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Hinduism before reform

"By the early eighteenth century, the Mughal Empire was in decline and the East India Company was making in-roads into the subcontinent with an eye on spices, indigo, and opium. A century later, Christian missionaries, Hindu "reformers," Muslim saints, and Sikh rebels formed the color...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hatcher, Brian A. (Brian Allison) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2020
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Before reform
  • Fluid landscapes
  • Polities before publics
  • On the road with Nilakantha
  • Upcountry with Rammohun
  • The guru's rules
  • The raja's darbar
  • The empire of reform
  • Old comparisons and new