James W. Laine, professor of religious studies at Macalester College, wrote this academic study of Shivaji's religious and political legitimation, tracing his recruitment of the Varanasi brahmin Gaga Bhatta to conduct an orthodox Vedic coronation in 1674 and to compose a Sanskrit court epic establishing Shivaji as a Hindu king ruling in Islamic India.
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An Oxford University Press academic monograph by a specialist in South Asian religious history, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable university press scholarship, used here for Gaga Bhatta's role and the coronation's religious legitimating purpose, corroborated by Stewart Gordon's academic history of the Marathas. NotesUsed for Gaga Bhatta's recruitment and the coronation ceremony's religious legitimating purpose.
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AuthorJames W. Laine
PublisherOxford University Press
URLhttps://global.oup.com/academic/product/shivaji-9780195141269
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Varanasi directly: "tracing his recruitment of the Varanasi brahmin Gaga Bhatta to conduct an orthodox Vedic coronation in 1674 and to compose a Sanskrit court epic establishing Shivaji as a Hindu king ruling in..."
Source James W. Laine, Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India (Oxford University Press)James W. Laine
This source names Varanasi directly: "tracing his recruitment of the Varanasi brahmin Gaga Bhatta to conduct an orthodox Vedic coronation in 1674 and to compose a Sanskrit court epic establishing Shivaji as a Hindu king ruling in..."
Source James W. Laine, Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India (Oxford University Press)James W. Laine
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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