False Allies : India’s Maharajahs in The Age of Ravi Varma


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India’s maharajahs have traditionally been cast as petty despots consumed by lust and luxury. The British circulated the idea that brown royalty needed ‘enlightened’ white hands to guide it and many Indians too bought into the stereotype. In this brilliant book Manu S. Pillai disputes this view. Tracking the travels of the painter Ravi Varma through five princely states he uncovers a picture far removed from this cliché. We meet maharajahs obsessed with industrialization and rulers who funded na
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ISBN 13
:
9789353452162
Publication Date
:
27-09-2024
Pages
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552
Weight
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739 grams
Dimensions
:
152x229x30.2 mm
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