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040 _aMAIN
041 _aENG
082 _a294.509
_bDON/HIN
100 _aDoniger, Wendy
245 _aHindus :
_ban alternative history
_cby Wendy Doniger.
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bSpeaking Tiger Publishing Pvt. Ltd.,
_c2015.
300 _a779 p.
500 _aTable 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
650 _aHinduism -- Social aspects -- History.
650 _aReligion of Vedic Period.
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