TY - BOOK AU - Kapadia, Aparna AU - Kapadia, Aparna TI - In praise of kings: : Rajputs, sultans and poets in fifteenth century Gujarat SN - 9781107153318 U1 - 954.750 KAP PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - : Cambridge University Press, KW - History KW - History of Asia KW - India & neighboring south Asian countries KW - Gujarat (India) -- History KW - Sultans -- India -- Gujarat KW - Gujarat (India) -- Literatures KW - Literature KW - India -- History -- 1526-1765 KW - History / Asia / India & South Asia N1 - Setting the stage : contextualizing fifteenth century Gujarat -- RaṇMallachand : a warrior imagined -- Gangadhara's oeuvre : cosmopolitan poetry for local kings -- Rājavinoda : the sultan as an Indic king -- Rās Mālā : re-discovering a warrior past N2 - "Attempts close readings of several narratives that have rarely been used for historical analysis and studies the complex processes that contributed to the formation of Gujarat in the fifteenth century, and how it has subsequently shaped Gujarat's future" ER -