India in the vernacular millennium: literary culture and polity, 1000-1500.(Early Modernities)

From: Daedalus | Date: June 22, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

India's societal transition from the 10th to the 15th century highlighted the rise of a more locally-focused culture. This was reflected in the increased use of vernacular languages in the nation's literary forms. This development is being usurped by 20th century global economic influences.

VERNACULARIZATION IN THEORY

In the early centuries of the second millennium, wide areas of Eurasia, and most dramatically India and Europe, witnessed a transformation in cultural practice, social-identity formation, and political order with far-reaching and enduring consequences. I call this ...

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