Introduction -- A western Himalayan kingdom : the state formation and cultural complex, 700-1650 CE -- The state and the portal of Charpat : small shrine-big symbol -- Context : language, measures, and festivals -- Documents -- Epilogue : a small state and the little shrine -- A…
"While numerous studies exist on major South-Asian temples, surprisingly little is known about 'minor shrines' and 'lesser states'. Here, fifty-five new documents, in a western-Himalayan script and language, and belonging to a small Siddha shrine, redress this remarkable gap in …
Fifty-five documents in a western-Himalayan language dealing with land, pilgrimage, legality and temple-economy are presented. They explicate how a ~lesser statesa (TM) patronized numerous shrines and the role of Nath-Siddha-ascetics in creating consent-to-rule, and constructing…