Constructing Community: Tamil Merchant Temples in India and China, 850-1281

This dissertation studies premodern temple architecture, freestanding sculpted stones, and Tamil language inscriptions patronized by south Indian merchants in south India and China. Between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, Indian Ocean trade was at its apex, connecting populations on European and...

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Main Author: Lee, Risha
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Art
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D8W95H8W