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Merchants of virtue : Hindus, Muslims, and untouchables in eighteenth-century South Asia /

"Merchants of Virtue explores the question of what it meant to be Hindu in pre-colonial South Asia. Turning to the kingdom of Marwar in eighteenth-century western India, Divya Cherian, through a fine-grained study of everyday life and local politics, uncovers how Marwari merchants enforced thei...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cherian, Divya, 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]
Series:South Asia across the disciplines.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Power
  • Purity
  • Hierarchy
  • Discipline
  • Nonharm
  • Austerity
  • Chastity.