Spiritual Journey, Imperial City

Spiritual Journey, Imperial City

Pilgrimage to the Temples of Vijayanagara

LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ( 2010-01-27 )

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Pilgrimage is deeply rooted in human spirituality and charged with emotional and symbolic meanings, yet its economic, social, and political consequences have been little studied. In this book Alexandra Mack explores these themes with an archaeological perspective focused on Vijayanagara. The city, which served as the capital of an empire that dominated south India from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, had ritual connections for centuries before the city was established, and several large Hindu temple complexes were constructed during the imperial period. Mack argues that pilgrimage reinforces feelings of group identity while at the same time preserving existing social boundaries. Multiple lines of evidence, including literary texts, ethnographic data, inscriptions from the temples, maps of Vijayanagara, and ceramic and grinding stone data create a holistic perspective of both the material and experiential aspects of pilgrimage.

Book Details:

ISBN-13:

978-3-8383-4190-3

ISBN-10:

3838341902

EAN:

9783838341903

Book language:

English

By (author) :

Alexandra Mack

Number of pages:

220

Published on:

2010-01-27

Category:

The Middle Ages