Exalting the king and obstructing the state: a political interpretation of royal ritual in Bastar district, central India.

From: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | Date: September 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

This article offers an interpretation of tribalism in peninsular India based on the political and economic characteristics of 'tribal' kingdoms presided over by 'Hindu' kings. These kingdoms were markedly egalitarian with a relatively direct relationship obtaining between the ruler and his tribal subjects, unmediated by the layers of officialdom characteristic of neighbouring Hindu and Muslim kingdoms. This has been typically explained as an evolutionary and historical consequence of 'primitivism' reinforced by physical isolation and the operation of exclusionary criteria by Hindu society. ...

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