Saints, Goddesses and Kings Muslims and Christians in South Indian Society, 1700-1900

Name: Saints, Goddesses and Kings Muslims and Christians in South Indian Society, 1700-1900
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ISBN: 9780521891035

ISBN-10: 0521891035

ISBN-13: 9780521891035

Edition: 2002

Authors: Susan Bayly

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This text uses a powerful combination of oral, literary and archival evidence to investigate the social and religious world of those large and influential groups of south Indians who came to identify themselves as Christians and Muslims.

Book details

List price: $89.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/22/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 532
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English



Preface


List of maps


Note on transliteration


Abbreviations


Glossary


Introduction



South Indian religion and society



The development of Muslim society in Tamilnad



The Muslim religious tradition in south India



The south Indian state and the creation of Muslim community



Warrior martyr pirs in the eighteenth century



The final period of nawabi rule in the Carnatic



South Indian Christians in the pre-colonial period



The collapse of Syrian Christian 'integration'



The Christian Paravas of southern Tamilnad



Christian saints and gurus in the poligar country



Christianity and colonial rule in the Tamil hinterland



Conclusion


Bibliography