| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 400 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Brill's Indological library,
0925-2916 ;
v. 31
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Brill's Indological library ; v. 31.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- A western Himalayan kingdom : the state formation and cultural complex, 700-1650 CE -- The state and the portal of Charpaṭ : small shrine-big symbol -- Context : language, measures, and festivals -- Documents -- Epilogue : a small state and the little shrine -- Appendices. |
| Summary |
Fifty-five documents in a western-Himalayan language dealing with land, pilgrimage, legality and temple-economy are presented. They explicate how a ~lesser statesa (TM) patronized numerous shrines and the role of Nath-Siddha-ascetics in creating consent-to-rule, and constructing hybridity between the Hindu and Tibetan-Buddhist traditions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Charpatnath (Shrine : Chamba, India) -- History -- Sources.
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Charpatnath (Shrine : Chamba, India) |
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History. |
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Charpatnath (Shrine : Chamba, India) |
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Nātha sect -- India -- Chamba (Princely State) -- History -- Sources.
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Hinduism and state -- India -- Chamba (Princely State) -- History -- Sources.
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Chamba (Princely State) -- History -- Sources.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Sources.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sharma, Mahesh. Western Himalayan temple records. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004176935 (DLC) 2009015838 (OCoLC)318869914 |
| ISBN |
9789047430377 (electronic book) |
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9047430379 (electronic book) |
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