Royal Imagery and Networks of Power at Vijayanagara: A Study of Kingship in South India brings a unique perspective to the study of kingship in South India by understanding Vijayanagara as a collection of neighbourhoods centered around shared religious, economic, and political landmarks, where art and architecture were a visual form of power that sustained the people, captial and kingdom between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries A.D. An analytical study of the artistic remains found in Vijayanagara from the perspective of networks and authority and exchange and an examination of secular sculpture and architecture in VIjayanagara in terms of the dynamics of royal power, this book offers a new outlook on our understandings of the nature, role, and institution of kingship as a semi-structured yet cohesive system of power.
