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The Hindus: An Alternative History

By: Doniger, Wendy Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi: The Penguin Press, 2009Description: 779pISBN: 9789385288661Subject(s): Hinduism -- Social aspects -- History | Pariahs in Hinduism -- History | Women in Hinduism -- HistoryDDC classification: 294.509

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Introduction: Working with Available light Time and space in India:50 Million to 50,000 BCE Civilization in the Indus Valley Between the Ruins and the text Humans, Animals, and Gods in the Rig Veda: 1500-1000 BCE -- Sacrifice in the Brahmanas: 800-500 BCE -- Renunciation in the Upanishads: 600-200 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-300 CE -- Dharma in the Mahabharata: 300 BCE-300 CE -- Escape Clauses in the Shastras: 100 BCE -- 400 CE -- Bhakti in South India: 100 BCE -- 900 CE -- Goddesses and Gods in the Early Puranas: 300-600 CE -- Sects and Sex in the Tantric Puranas and the Tantras: 650-900 -- Fusion and Rivalry under the Delhi Sultanate: 650-1500 CE -- Avatar and Accidental Grace in the Later Puranas: 800-1500 CE -- Philosophical Feuds in South India and Kashmir: 800-1300 CE -- Dialogue and Tolerance under the Mughals: 1500-1700 CE -- Hinduism under the Mughals: 1500-1700 CE -- Caste, Class, and Conversion under the British Raj: 1600-1900 CE -- Suttee and Reform in the Twilight of the Raj: 1800-1947 CE -- Hindus in America: 1900- -- The Past in the Present: 1950-

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General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	294.509 DON/H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		050817

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Introduction: Working with Available light
Time and space in India:50 Million to 50,000 BCE
Civilization in the Indus Valley
Between the Ruins and the text
Humans, Animals, and Gods in the Rig Veda: 1500-1000 BCE --
Sacrifice in the Brahmanas: 800-500 BCE --
Renunciation in the Upanishads: 600-200 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-300 CE --
Dharma in the Mahabharata: 300 BCE-300 CE --
Escape Clauses in the Shastras: 100 BCE --
400 CE --
Bhakti in South India: 100 BCE --
900 CE --
Goddesses and Gods in the Early Puranas: 300-600 CE --
Sects and Sex in the Tantric Puranas and the Tantras: 650-900 --
Fusion and Rivalry under the Delhi Sultanate: 650-1500 CE --
Avatar and Accidental Grace in the Later Puranas: 800-1500 CE --
Philosophical Feuds in South India and Kashmir: 800-1300 CE --
Dialogue and Tolerance under the Mughals: 1500-1700 CE --
Hinduism under the Mughals: 1500-1700 CE --
Caste, Class, and Conversion under the British Raj: 1600-1900 CE --
Suttee and Reform in the Twilight of the Raj: 1800-1947 CE --
Hindus in America: 1900- --
The Past in the Present: 1950-

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