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005    20090407161641.0 
008    080917s2009    nyuab    b    001 0 eng   
010      2008041030 
020    9781594202056|qhardcover|c$35.00 
020    1594202052|qhardcover|c$35.00 
035    (OCoLC)256534061 
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049    WHPP 
050 00 BL1151.3|b.D66 2009 
082 00 294.509|222 
100 1  Doniger, Wendy. 
245 14 The Hindus :|ban alternative history /|cWendy Doniger. 
264  1 New York :|bPenguin Press,|c2009. 
300    779 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [704]-753) and 
       index. 
505 0  Preface: The man or the rabbit in the moon -- Introduction
       : Working with available light -- Time and space in India 
       : 50 million to 50,000 BCE -- Civilization in the Indus 
       Valley : 50,000 to 1500 BCE -- Between the ruins and the 
       text : 2000 to 1500 BCE -- Humans, animals, and gods in 
       the Rig Veda : 1500 to 1000 BCE -- Sacrifice in the 
       Brahmanas : 800 to 500 BCE -- Renunciation in the 
       Upanishads : 600 to 200 BCE -- The three (or is it four?) 
       aims of life in the Hindu imaginary -- Women and ogresses 
       in the Ramayana : 400 BCE to 200 CE -- Violence in the 
       Mahabharata : 300 BCE to 300 CE -- Dharma in the 
       Mahabharata : 300 BCE to 300 CE -- Escape clauses in the 
       Shastras : 100 BCE to 400 CE -- Bhakti in South India : 
       100 BCE to 900 CE -- Goddesses and gods in the early 
       Puranas : 300 to 600 CE -- Sects and sex in the Tantric 
       Puranas and the Tantras : 600 to 900 CE -- Fusion and 
       rivalry under the Delhi sultanate : 650 to 1500 CE -- 
       Avatar and accidental grace in the later Puranas : 800 to 
       1500 CE -- Philosophical feuds in South India and Kashmir 
       : 800 to 1300 CE -- Dialogue and tolerance under the 
       Mughals : 1500 to 1700 CE -- Hinduism under the Mughals : 
       1500 to 1700 CE -- Caste, class, and conversion under the 
       British Raj : 1600 to 1900 CE -- Suttee and reform in the 
       twilight of the Raj : 1800 to 1947 CE -- Hindus in America
       : 1900- -- The past in the present : 1950- -- Inconclusion,
       or the abuse of history. 
650  0 Hinduism|xSocial aspects|xHistory. 
650  0 Women in Hinduism|xHistory. 
650  0 Pariahs in Hinduism|xHistory. 
650  0 Hinduism|xRelations. 
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