Querying the Medieval: Texts and the History of Practices in South Asia - Inden, Ronald (Professor of South Asian History, Professor of South Asian History, University of Chicago) - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780195124309 - June 8, 2000
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Querying the Medieval: Texts and the History of Practices in South Asia

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The authors look closely at three genres of texts that have been crucial to the representations of pre-colonial 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.


236 pages, 2 halftones, 6 line illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 8, 2000
ISBN13 9780195124309
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Pages 248
Dimensions 237 × 159 × 22 mm   ·   576 g
Language English