Talking Stones: Royal Inscriptions in Medieval Karṇāṭaka
The specific motivation of the medieval Hoysaḷa king Viṣṇuvardhana for a program of inscriptions that included both local and trans-regional elements was the necessity to present his lineage as a strong dynasty comparable to that of his forerunners. On the top of it, he chose a particularly shiny s...
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oai:doaj.org-article:b57e794089694afa8bae662747c580bf2021-11-27T12:53:30ZTalking Stones: Royal Inscriptions in Medieval Karṇāṭaka10.12797/CIS.18.2016.18.111732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/b57e794089694afa8bae662747c580bf2021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1572https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 The specific motivation of the medieval Hoysaḷa king Viṣṇuvardhana for a program of inscriptions that included both local and trans-regional elements was the necessity to present his lineage as a strong dynasty comparable to that of his forerunners. On the top of it, he chose a particularly shiny stone, the sandstone: this element of unicity in his program might be understood in relation to the necessity of the king to differentiate himself from other lineages and to make his presence on the territory quite noticeable. If the epigraphic sources—together with the temples, the sacred areas, and the literary courtly production—are to be considered as forms of media of communication, even of “mass-media”, we must read them in the space where they are located, as part of a broader cultural and political process. Elena MucciarelliKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleKarṇāṭakaHoysaḷainscriptionmedievalKannaḍafoundation legendIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 18 (2021) |
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The specific motivation of the medieval Hoysaḷa king Viṣṇuvardhana for a program of inscriptions that included both local and trans-regional elements was the necessity to present his lineage as a strong dynasty comparable to that of his forerunners. On the top of it, he chose a particularly shiny stone, the sandstone: this element of unicity in his program might be understood in relation to the necessity of the king to differentiate himself from other lineages and to make his presence on the territory quite noticeable. If the epigraphic sources—together with the temples, the sacred areas, and the literary courtly production—are to be considered as forms of media of communication, even of “mass-media”, we must read them in the space where they are located, as part of a broader cultural and political process.
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