Aya Ikegame is a research associate for the ERC-funded OECUMENE project ‘Citizenship after Orientalism’ at the Open University, UK. She has co-edited The Guru in South Asia: new interdisciplinary perspectives (Routledge, 2012) with Jacob Copeman.

"The nine chapters of this diligent reworking of a PhD thesis probe the rituals and ideas on which Indian kingship was founded, the way in which such things changed under British rule and the survival of “kingly” practices in the twenty-first century...The book is immensely conscientious and meticulous. Authorities are cited relentlessly...The book displays its author’s remarkable talents: assiduous scholarship, the patience and listening skills of a dedicated ethnographer, a first degree in architecture and enviable linguistic ability." - Pacific Affairs: Volume 86, No. 4 – December 2013 - Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore Robin Jeffrey"The present reviewer recommends this book to all who are interested in understanding the contribution of precolonial South Asian patterns of segmentary power towards the evolution of modern Indian democracy. Most importantly, the book will fascinate all those desiring a sharper understanding of how extra-European social expectations about governance and modes of popular participation in administration interact with European institutions and ideas of liberal politics in shaping the formation of democratizing public life and global political modernities." - Milinda Banerjee, Presidency University, Kolkata, H-NET 2013"Aya Ikegame’s book will certainly become a major source of material for debates of these kinds in future. This fine monograph will, I am sure, be well-received by both historians and anthropologists." – Anthony Good, University of Edinburgh, The South Asianist

• 1. Introduction 2. The Palace 3. The Politics of Honour 4. Educating the Maharajas 5. Becoming Gentlemen 6. Marriage Alliances in Imperial Space 7. The Capital of Raajadharma: modern space and religion 8. Dasara, Durbar, and Dolls: multi-dimensionality of public ritual 9. The king is dead, long live the king!

Aya Ikegame is a research associate for the ERC-funded OECUMENE project ‘Citizenship after Orientalism’ at the Open University, UK. She has co-edited The Guru in South Asia: new interdisciplinary perspectives (Routledge, 2012) with Jacob Copeman.

"The nine chapters of this diligent reworking of a PhD thesis probe the rituals and ideas on which Indian kingship was founded, the way in which such things changed under British rule and the survival of “kingly” practices in the twenty-first century...The book is immensely conscientious and meticulous. Authorities are cited relentlessly...The book displays its author’s remarkable talents: assiduous scholarship, the patience and listening skills of a dedicated ethnographer, a first degree in architecture and enviable linguistic ability." - Pacific Affairs: Volume 86, No. 4 – December 2013 - Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore Robin Jeffrey"The present reviewer recommends this book to all who are interested in understanding the contribution of precolonial South Asian patterns of segmentary power towards the evolution of modern Indian democracy. Most importantly, the book will fascinate all those desiring a sharper understanding of how extra-European social expectations about governance and modes of popular participation in administration interact with European institutions and ideas of liberal politics in shaping the formation of democratizing public life and global political modernities." - Milinda Banerjee, Presidency University, Kolkata, H-NET 2013"Aya Ikegame’s book will certainly become a major source of material for debates of these kinds in future. This fine monograph will, I am sure, be well-received by both historians and anthropologists." – Anthony Good, University of Edinburgh, The South Asianist

• 1. Introduction 2. The Palace 3. The Politics of Honour 4. Educating the Maharajas 5. Becoming Gentlemen 6. Marriage Alliances in Imperial Space 7. The Capital of Raajadharma: modern space and religion 8. Dasara, Durbar, and Dolls: multi-dimensionality of public ritual 9. The king is dead, long live the king!

Aya Ikegame is a research associate for the ERC-funded OECUMENE project ‘Citizenship after Orientalism’ at the Open University, UK. She has co-edited The Guru in South Asia: new interdisciplinary perspectives (Routledge, 2012) with Jacob Copeman.

"The nine chapters of this diligent reworking of a PhD thesis probe the rituals and ideas on which Indian kingship was founded, the way in which such things changed under British rule and the survival of “kingly” practices in the twenty-first century...The book is immensely conscientious and meticulous. Authorities are cited relentlessly...The book displays its author’s remarkable talents: assiduous scholarship, the patience and listening skills of a dedicated ethnographer, a first degree in architecture and enviable linguistic ability." - Pacific Affairs: Volume 86, No. 4 – December 2013 - Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore Robin Jeffrey"The present reviewer recommends this book to all who are interested in understanding the contribution of precolonial South Asian patterns of segmentary power towards the evolution of modern Indian democracy. Most importantly, the book will fascinate all those desiring a sharper understanding of how extra-European social expectations about governance and modes of popular participation in administration interact with European institutions and ideas of liberal politics in shaping the formation of democratizing public life and global political modernities." - Milinda Banerjee, Presidency University, Kolkata, H-NET 2013"Aya Ikegame’s book will certainly become a major source of material for debates of these kinds in future. This fine monograph will, I am sure, be well-received by both historians and anthropologists." – Anthony Good, University of Edinburgh, The South Asianist

• 1. Introduction 2. The Palace 3. The Politics of Honour 4. Educating the Maharajas 5. Becoming Gentlemen 6. Marriage Alliances in Imperial Space 7. The Capital of Raajadharma: modern space and religion 8. Dasara, Durbar, and Dolls: multi-dimensionality of public ritual 9. The king is dead, long live the king!