Scholars have long studied classical Sanskrit culture in almost
total isolation from its courtly context. This book focuses
exclusively on the royal court as a social and cultural
institution. Using both literary and inscriptional sources, it
begins with the rise and spread of royal households and political
hierarchies from the Gupta period (c.350-750), and traces the
emergence of a coherent courtly worldview which would remain stable
for almost a millennium to 1200. Later chapters examine key
features of courtly life such as: manners, ethics, concepts of
personal beauty, and theories of disposition. The book ends with a
sustained examination of the theory and practice of erotic love in
the context of the wider social dynamics and anxieties which faced
the people of the court.
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