Military Sports and the History of the Martial Body in India

Author: O'Hanlon, Rosalind1

Source: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Volume 50, Number 4, 2007 , pp. 490-523(34)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

Cultivation of the bodily skills required in cavalry warfare was a prominent theme in India's pre-colonial societies. Demand for these expertises enabled fighting specialists to develop an India-wide network of patronage and employment. Wrestling and its associated exercises became the indispensable accompaniment to military preparation in the early modern period. Appreciation of the wide social diffusion of these expertises also allows for a better understanding of colonial demilitarization, the displacement of important cultures of the body, as well as the loss of mobility and honorable employment.

Keywords: BODY; MILITARY; WRESTLING; DEMILITARIZATION; INDIAN SPORTS

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1163/156852007783245133

Affiliations: 1: Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford;, Email: rosalind.ohanlon@orinst.ox.ac.uk

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