{"product_id":"the-balija-queen-of-malnad-k-n-kumar-9798903426126","title":"The Balija Queen of Malnad: Rani Chennammaji","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the rain-soaked hill country of Karnataka's Malnad, Keladi Rani Chennammaji faces an imperial demand that would have broken most kingdoms: surrender Rajaram, Chhatrapati Shivaji's son, to Aurangzeb. She refuses-and then defends that refusal, outmanoeuvring invasion and safeguarding her guest's passage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer reign begins in crisis. The kingdom's sovereign, Somashekhara Nayaka I-her husband-suffered a tragic decline and was murdered, triggering intrigue and a scramble for legitimacy that she had to quell before she could govern. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Gazetteer synthesis, primary chronicles, and community memory, The Balija Queen of Malnad follows Chennammaji beyond the famous asylum episode into the harder labor of rule: restoring order, reorganizing military preparedness, managing the temple and treasury, and holding together a coastal-inland political economy where treaties, monopolies, arrears, and cannon belonged to the same calculus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eK.N. Kumar offers a Balija-centred reading without propaganda-treating identity as capability and asking the sharper question: how did a mid-sized hill kingdom preserve sovereignty, commerce, and continuity when an intrusive empire came calling? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K N Kumar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798903426126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Notion Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d","brand":"K N Kumar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437813281023,"sku":"9798903426126","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_28f72060-14ec-4c7a-abab-6d19b8174e47.jpg?v=1777164233","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-balija-queen-of-malnad-k-n-kumar-9798903426126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}