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236 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9789004249189
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Brill
Publication date: 13 September 2013
Description
'Caste' is today almost universally perceived as an ancient and unchanging Hindu institution preserved solely by a deep-seated religious ideology. Yet the word itself is an importation from sixteenth-century Europe. This book tracks the long histo...
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236 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9789004249189
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Brill
Publication date: 13 September 2013
Description
'Caste' is today almost universally perceived as an ancient and unchanging Hindu institution preserved solely by a deep-seated religious ideology. Yet the word itself is an importation from sixteenth-century Europe. This book tracks the long histo...