Hindus :
Doniger, Wendy
Hindus : an alternative history by Wendy Doniger. - New Delhi : Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2015. - 779 p.
Table of Contents :
Preface :The man or the rabbit in the moon
Chapter 1. Working with available light
Chapter 2. Time and space in India : 50 million to 50,000 BCE
Chapter 3. Civilization in the Indus Valley : 50,000 to 1500 BCE
Chapter 4. Between the ruins and the text : 2000 to 1500 BCE
Chapter 5. Humans, animals, and gods in the Rig Veda : 1500 to 1000 BCE
Chapter 6. Sacrifice in the Brahmanas : 800 to 500 BCE
Chapter 7. Renunciation in the Upanishads : 600 to 200 BCE
Chapter 8. The three (or is it four?) aims of life in the Hindu imaginary
Chapter 9. Women and ogresses in the Ramayana : 400 BCE to 200 CE
Chapter 10. Violence in the Mahabharata : 300 BCE to 300 CE
Chapter 11. Dharma in the Mahabharata : 300 BCE to 300 CE
Chapter 12. Escape clauses in the Shastras : 100 BCE to 400 CE
Chapter 13. Bhakti in South India : 100 BCE to 900 CE
Chapter 14. Goddesses and gods in the early Puranas : 300 to 600 CE
Chapter 15. Sects and sex in the Tantric Puranas and the Tantras : 600 to 900 CE
Chapter 16. Fusion and rivalry under the Delhi sultanate : 650 to 1500 CE
Chapter 17. Avatar and accidental grace in the later Puranas : 800 to 1500 CE
Chapter 18. Philosophical feuds in South India and Kashmir : 800 to 1300 CE
Chapter 19. Dialogue and tolerance under the Mughals : 1500 to 1700 CE
Chapter 20. Hinduism under the Mughals : 1500 to 1700 CE
Chapter 21. Caste, class, and conversion under the British Raj : 1600 to 1900 CE
Chapter 22. Suttee and reform in the twilight of the Raj : 1800 to 1947 CE
Chapter 23. Hindus in America : 1900
Chapter 24. The past in the present : 1950
Chapter 25. Inconclusion, or The abuse of history
9789385288661
Hinduism -- Social aspects -- History.
Religion of Vedic Period.
294.509 / DON/HIN
Hindus : an alternative history by Wendy Doniger. - New Delhi : Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2015. - 779 p.
Table of Contents :
Preface :The man or the rabbit in the moon
Chapter 1. Working with available light
Chapter 2. Time and space in India : 50 million to 50,000 BCE
Chapter 3. Civilization in the Indus Valley : 50,000 to 1500 BCE
Chapter 4. Between the ruins and the text : 2000 to 1500 BCE
Chapter 5. Humans, animals, and gods in the Rig Veda : 1500 to 1000 BCE
Chapter 6. Sacrifice in the Brahmanas : 800 to 500 BCE
Chapter 7. Renunciation in the Upanishads : 600 to 200 BCE
Chapter 8. The three (or is it four?) aims of life in the Hindu imaginary
Chapter 9. Women and ogresses in the Ramayana : 400 BCE to 200 CE
Chapter 10. Violence in the Mahabharata : 300 BCE to 300 CE
Chapter 11. Dharma in the Mahabharata : 300 BCE to 300 CE
Chapter 12. Escape clauses in the Shastras : 100 BCE to 400 CE
Chapter 13. Bhakti in South India : 100 BCE to 900 CE
Chapter 14. Goddesses and gods in the early Puranas : 300 to 600 CE
Chapter 15. Sects and sex in the Tantric Puranas and the Tantras : 600 to 900 CE
Chapter 16. Fusion and rivalry under the Delhi sultanate : 650 to 1500 CE
Chapter 17. Avatar and accidental grace in the later Puranas : 800 to 1500 CE
Chapter 18. Philosophical feuds in South India and Kashmir : 800 to 1300 CE
Chapter 19. Dialogue and tolerance under the Mughals : 1500 to 1700 CE
Chapter 20. Hinduism under the Mughals : 1500 to 1700 CE
Chapter 21. Caste, class, and conversion under the British Raj : 1600 to 1900 CE
Chapter 22. Suttee and reform in the twilight of the Raj : 1800 to 1947 CE
Chapter 23. Hindus in America : 1900
Chapter 24. The past in the present : 1950
Chapter 25. Inconclusion, or The abuse of history
9789385288661
Hinduism -- Social aspects -- History.
Religion of Vedic Period.
294.509 / DON/HIN