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Author:   Wendy Doniger (, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 6.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.256kg
ISBN:  

9780199593347

ISBN 10:   0199593345
Pages:   800
Publication Date:   30 September 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface: The Man or the Rabbit in the Moon 1: Introduction: Working with Available Light 2: Time and Space in India: 50 Million to 50,000 BCE 3: Civilization in the Indus Valley: 50,000 to 1500 BCE 4: Between the Ruins and the Text: 2000 to 1500 BCE 5: Humans, Animals, and Gods in the Rig Veda: 1500 to 1000 BCE 6: Sacrifice in the Brahmanas: 800 to 500 BCE 7: Renunciation in the Upanishads: 600 to 200 BCE 8: The Three (or Is It Four?) Aims of Life in the Hindu Imaginary 9: Women and Ogresses in the Ramayana: 400 BCE to 200 CE 10: Violence in the Mahabharata: 300 BCE to 300 CE 11: Dharma in the Mahabharata: 300 BCE to 300 CE 12: Escape Clauses in the Shastras: 100 BCE to 400 CE 13: Bhakti in South India: 100 BCE to 900 CE 14: Goddesses and Gods in the Early Puranas: 300 to 600 CE 15: Sects and Sex in Tantric Puranas and the Tantras: 600 to 900 CE 16: Fusion and Rivalry Under the Dehli Sultanate: 650 to 1500 CE 17: Avatar and Accidental Grace in the Later Puranas: 800 to 1500 CE 18: Philosophical Feuds in South INdia and Kashmir: 800 to 1300 CE 19: Dialogue and Tolerance Under the Mughals: 1500 to 1700 CE 20: Hinduism Under the Mughals: 1500 to 1700 CE 21: Caste, Class, and Conversion Under the British Raj: 1600 to 1900 CE 22: Suttee and Reform in the Twilight of the Raj: 1800 to 1947 CE 23: Hindus in America: 1900- 24: The Past in the Present: 1950- 25: Inconclusion, or, the Abuse of History Chronology Guide to Pronunciation and Spelling Glossary

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You will learn a huge amount about both the main thoroughfares and neglected byways of Hindu history. Jonathan Wright, Sunday Herald It is one of the most profound and enlightening anatomisations of Hindu history I have ever read. Jonathan Wright, Sunday Herald Scholarly, witty, and even-handed... one of the most profound and enlightening anatomisations of Hindu history I have ever read. Jonathan Wright, Sunday Herald

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