Cosmopolitan Soirées in Eighteenth-Century North India: Reception of early Urdu poetry in Kishangarh

This paper looks at poetic dialogues and exchange of ideas in eighteenth-century North India. The focus is on the reception of the new Urdu poetry (then called Rekhtā) in the lesser-known Rajasthani principality, Kishangarh. This small kingdom near Jaipur is known in the art world for its gorgeous p...

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Main Author: Heidi Pauwels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud 2014-10-01
Series:South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/3773