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This book explores the modern transformation of state and society in the Indian Himalaya. Centred on three Rajput-led kingdoms during the transition to British rule (c. 1790-1840) and their interconnected histories, it demonstrates how border making practices engendered a modern reading of 'tradition' that informs communal identities to date. By revising the history of these mountain kings on the basis of extensive archival, textual, and ethnographic research, it offers an alternative to popular and scholarly discourses that grew with the rise of colonial knowledge. This revision ultimately points to the important contribution of borderland spaces to the fabrication of group identities.

Rajput (Indic people) --- India --- History --- Rajasthan (Indic people) --- Rajasthani (Indic people) --- Rajpoot (Indic people) --- Rajputs --- Ethnology --- Raiput (Indic people) --- Early Colonial Encounter, Borderlands, Himalaya, Rajput, Kingship, State Formation.

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Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics-the Mahabharata and the Ramayana-continue to exert considerable cultural influence. Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics offers an unprecedented exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. Using his own fieldwork as a starting point, Alf Hiltebeitel analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional martial oral epics compare with one another and tie in with the Sanskrit epics. Drawing on literary theory and cultural studies, he reveals the shared subtexts of the Draupadi cult Mahabharata and the five oral epics, and shows how the traditional plots are twisted and classical characters reshaped to reflect local history and religion. In doing so, Hiltebeitel sheds new light on the intertwining oral traditions of medieval Rajput military culture, Dalits ("former Untouchables"), and Muslims. Breathtaking in scope, this work is indispensable for those seeking a deeper understanding of South Asia's Hindu and Muslim traditions. This work is the third volume in Hiltebeitel's study of the Draupadi cult. Other volumes include Mythologies: From Gingee to Kuruksetra (Volume One), On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess (Volume Two), and Rethinking the Mahabharata (Volume Four).

Rajput (Indic people) --- Dalits --- Hinduism --- Islam --- Depressed classes (South Asia) --- Harijans --- Scheduled castes (India) --- Untouchables --- Caste --- Ethnology --- Rajasthan (Indic people) --- Rajasthani (Indic people) --- Rajpoot (Indic people) --- Rajputs --- Religious life. --- Religion. --- Relations --- Islam. --- Hinduism. --- Draupadī --- Mahābhārata --- Makhabkharata --- Mahabarat --- Mahabarātah --- History. --- Draupadī (Hindu mythology) --- india, indian literature, literary studies, classic epics, southeast asia, mahabharata, ramayana, traditions, fieldwork, oral tradition, cult, goddess, draupadi, sanskrit, culture, local history, historical, religion, religious, military, former untouchables, muslims, hindu, dalits, hinduism, islam, mythology, mythological, real hero, deification, regionality, marriage, transformation, divine, divinity. --- Draupadī (Hindu mythological character) --- Draupadi (Hindu mythology) --- Mahabharata