Ronald Inden, Jonathan Walters, Daud Ali
Description
Indologist Ronald Inden has in the past raised questions about the images of a "traditional" or "medieval" India deployed by colonial scholars and rul
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ers--"Orientalists"--and has also argued that a history of "early medieval" India very different from both the colonial and nationalist accounts could be written. This volume is designed as an important first step towards that goal. The authors look closely at three genres of texts that have been crucial to the representations of precolonial India. All three essays challenge not only colonialist scholarship but the attempts by religious nationalists to identify Hinduism as the essence of national identity in India and Buddhism as the essence of nationality in Sri Lanka.
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Genres
History
Religion & Spirituality
Tags
Religion
History
Asia
South
Medieval
Eastern
Europe
Reading Moods
Adventurous & Action-Packed
Nostalgic & Sentimental
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Month-Year
Jun, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780195124309
ISBN-10: 0195124308
Language
English
No. of Pages
235
Format
Hardcover
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