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In one of the most definitive accounts of the Wodeyar Dynasty, author Vikram Sampth, Sketches this long and fascinating regime, replete with wars, palace intrigues, romance, valour and deceit. From the genesis in 1399 to the age of glory under Raja Wodeyar, Ranadhira Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar and Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar, to the times of spineless monarchs who let the reigns of the kingdom slip into the hands of the powerful ministers, the book revisits the ups and downs of the dynasty.
The growth of Mysore as cultural capital of southern India, alongside Tanjore, in areas of classical music, dance, folk traditions, painting and literature, has also been traced over these fascinating and delightful six-hundred years.
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