Asie du Sud

L'Australie

Lecturer in Asian History

Monash University, Clayton, Victoria

Kate.Brittlebank@arts.monash.edu.au

School of Historical Studies
Monash University
Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3800
Australia

phone: 61-3-9905-2163
fax: 61-3-9905-2210

India

Late 18th century-early 19th century history, especially south India:
Mysore; Karnataka; Tipu Sultan.

Research interests include cultural history; kingship; royal ritual and
display; religion, particularly Hindu/Muslim interaction; early colonial
history; south-Asian anthropology.

Indian languages: Indo-Persian

Current research project is a study of the final years of
Tipu Sultan's reign and the fall of Srirangapattana (Seringapatam), its
local impact and consequences.

Tipu Sultan's Search for Legitimacy: Islam and
Kingship in a Hindu Domain, Oxford University Press, Delhi,
1997;

"Sakti and Barakat: The Power of Tipu's Tiger. An
Examination of the the Tiger Emblem of Tipu Sultan of Mysore", Modern
Asian
Studies, 29, 2, 1995, pp. 257-69;

"The White Raja of Srirangapattana: Was Arthur Wellesley Tipu Sultan's
True Successor?", _Indo-British Review_ [Special Edition on Reconstructing
South-Indian History], in press.

history ; Mysore ; Karnataka ; Tipu Sultan ; cultural history ; kingship ; religion ; ritual ; ...