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Author Bayly, Susan.

Title Saints, goddesses, and kings : Muslims and Christians in South Indian Society, 1700-1900 / Susan Bayly.

Publication Info. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  954.8 B359S    Check Shelf
Description xv, 504 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Cambridge South Asian studies ; 43
Cambridge South Asian studies ; 43.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages466-491.
Note Includes index.
Contents South Indian religion and society -- The development of Muslim society in Tamilnad -- The Muslim religious tradition in south India -- The south Indian state and the creation of Muslim community -- Warrior martyr pirs in the eighteenth century -- The final period of nawabi rule in the Carnatic -- South Indian Christians in the pre-colonial period -- The collapse of Syrian Christian 'integration' -- The Christian Paravas of southern Tamilnad -- Christian saints and gurus in the poligar country -- Christianity and colonial rule in the Tamil hinterland -- Conclusion -- Select glossary.
Subject Muslims -- India, South -- History.
Islam -- India, South -- History.
Christians -- India, South -- History.
Christianity -- India, South.
India, South -- Civilization.
ISBN 0521372011
9780521372015
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