＂In Royal Umbrellas of Stone : Memory, Politics, and Public Identity in Rajput Funerary Art, Melia Belli Bose provides the first analysis of Rajput chatrs (’umbrellas’; cenotaphs) built between
the sixteenth to early-twentieth centuries. New kings constructed chatrs for their late fathers as statements legitimacy. During periods of political upheaval patrons introduced new forms and
decorations to respond to current events and evoke a particular past. Offering detailed analyses of individual cenotaphs and engaging with art historical and epigraphic evidence, as well as
ethnography and ritual, this book locates the chatrs within their original social, political, and religious milieux. It also compares the chatrs to other Rajput arts to understand how artsof
different media targeted specific audiences＂--Provided by publisher.
