“Sultan among Hindu Kings”: Dress, Titles, and the Islamicization of Hindu Culture at Vijayanagara

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 851-880

  Wagoner, Phillip B ^a  

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DOI: 10.2307/2646526     Document Type: Article

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