# Session 8. Legitimising Texts in the Rajput Sphere > [!info] **Session Information** > **Date**: Friday, 4 July 2025 > **Time**: 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ([AEST](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20250703T053000&p1=57&p2=771&p3=106&p4=262&p5=339&p6=1246&p7=945&p8=1233&p9=418&p10=64&p11=256)) > **Mode**: online > **Chair**: [[Stefania Cavaliere]] ## Presenters: - **[[Arjun Bhattacharya]]** (University of Chicago) *online* - [[In praise of fatal kingship - Reading death and defeat in the Kanhaḍade Prabandha]] - **[[Aditi Jain]]** (University of Texas at Austin) *online* - [[Understanding Rajput Kingship in Brajbhasha Caritkavya - Vir Singh Deo and Jahangir's Sulh-i-Kull (c.1600-1630)]] - **[[Biljana Zrnić]]** (Ghent University) *online* - [[A comparative study of the Sarbaṅgī of Rajab, the Sarbaṅgī of Gopāldās, and the Guṇagañjanāmā]]