Minor Majesties: The Paluvēttaraiyars and Their South Indian Kingdom of Paluvūr, 9th-11th centuries A.D...

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Valérie Gillet (Associate Professor of History and Archaeology of the Indian World, Associate Professor of History and Archaeology of the Indian World, École française d'Extrême-Orient)

Minor Majesties

The Paluvēttaraiyars and Their South Indian Kingdom of Paluvūr, 9th-11th centuries A.D

Valérie Gillet (Associate Professor of History and Archaeology of the Indian World, Associate Professor of History and Archaeology of the Indian World, École française d'Extrême-Orient)

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Oxford University Press Inc
19 September 2024

Asian history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Religion & politics; History of religion; Buddhism

Series: South Asia Research

Minor Majesties studies the small ancient kingdom of Paluv=ur, a town located on the northern bank of the K=av=eri river, about 30 kilometers north of Tanjavur. Between the ninth and the eleventh centuries C.E., Paluv=ur was the capital of the dynasty of the Paluv=e.t.taraiyars, a minor dynasty of ""little kings"" who swore allegiance to the C=ola dynasty. Today, Paluv=ur is divided in two distinct villages, K=ilappaluv=ur and M=elappaluv=ur, and four temples dedicated to the god 'Siva built during the reign of the little kings remain standing. In Minor Majesties, author Valérie Gillet surveys, translates, and analyzes 136 Tamil transcriptions spread across these temples, scrutinizing in depth each one's materiality, location, and epigraphy for the first time.

Through these analyses, Gillet brings forth a better understanding of the functioning of the minor dynasty of the Paluv=e.t.taraiyars whose little kings often appear in the inscriptions of the temples, as well as the interactions between the temples and their patronizing communities. The small size of Paluv=ur with its hub of still-standing monuments permits an exceptionally clear overview of the possible relations between distinct temples, allowing readers to unpick complexities related to temple sponsorship, organisation, and functioning. The study of Paluv=ur also reveals how these religious monuments-accruing wealth but, in exchange, enabling donors to accrue merit and power-became a place for the fabrication of political discourses and powers, specific social configurations, and religious practices.Â

By: Valérie Gillet (Associate Professor of History and Archaeology of the Indian World Associate Professor of History and Archaeology of the Indian World École française d'Extrême-Orient)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 712g
ISBN: 9780197757710
ISBN 10: 0197757715
Series: South Asia Research
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 19 September 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Note on the Transliteration of Tamil Words Abbreviations Maps, Plans, and Figures Introduction CHAPTER 1: A Tentative Biography of the Paluvettaraiyars CHAPTER 2. The Avanikantarpa / Avanigandharva Isvaragrham Mahadeva Temple Complex (AIM) of Avanikantarpapuram / Avanigandharvapuram CHAPTER 3. The Pakaivitai Isvaragrham Mahadeva Temple (PIM) and the Tiruttorramutaiyar of Mannupperumpaluvur CHAPTER 4. The Tiruvalanturai Mahadeva Temple of Cirupaluvur CHAPTER 5. The Maravanisvaragrhattu Mahadeva of Cirupaluvur CONCLUSION. The Configuration of Social and Political Powers of Paluvur Through Its Religious Centres Appendix 1. The Epigraphical Corpus of Paluvur Appendix 2. The Paluvettaraiyars in Inscriptions Outside Paluvur Appendix 3. Hymn 2.34 of the Tevaram by Campantar, Dedicated to Paluvur Appendix 4. Photographs of Paluvur Bibliography Index

Valérie Gillet is a specialist on South India. In 2007, she joined the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO); she was posted in the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO between 2007 and 2016, and has been based in Paris since 2017. Gillet works primarily with material culture and Tamil epigraphy of the first millennium found on the territories of P=a.n.dya and Pallava dynasties, covering almost the entire Tamil-speaking South.