How Long to Read The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen

By Ramya Sreenivasan

How Long Does it Take to Read The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen by Ramya Sreenivasan

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Winner of the 2009 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives, ranging from a Sufi mystical romance in the sixteenth century to nationalist histories in the late nineteenth century. The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen explores how early modern regional elites, caste groups, and mystical and monastic communities shaped their distinctive versions of the past through the repeated refashioning of the legend of Padmini. Ramya Sreenivasan investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Using Padmini as a means of illustrating the power of gender norms in constructing heroic memory, she shows how such narratives about virtuous women changed as they circulated across particular communities in South Asia between the sixteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book will interest historians of memory, gender, community, culture, and historywriting in South Asia. Illustrating how enduring legends emerged out of particular precolonial repositories of "tradition," the book also addresses the nature of colonial transitions and precolonial historical consciousness.

How long is The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen?

The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen by Ramya Sreenivasan is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen aloud.

What Reading Level is The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen?

The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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