Date:
Fri, 11/14/2014 - 3:00pm to Sat, 06/25/2022 - 3:50am
The talk argues for combining insights and methodologies from two disciplines -- conventional archive-based history, and art history -- in order to come to a clearer understanding of state formation and interstate relations in early modern India. Specifically, building on Oleg Grabar's formulation of the `symbolic appropriation of the land,' this paper will identify various strategies by which governors or monarchs manipulated architecture to lay claim to possession of strategically important sites in the Deccan during the tumultuous sixteenth century. Principal sites include Bijapur and Vijayanagara, and the principal feature examined will be gateways. But the paper will also discuss other monuments and other sites, such as mosques or temples in Goa, Raichur, Mudgal, and Bankapur.
RICHARD M. EATON
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
MENAS Colloquium Series
Friday, November 14, 2014