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The Resources of history:

Tradition, narration and nation in South Asia
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École française d'Extrême-Orient, 1999 - Buddhism and politics - 374 pages
Contributed papers presented at a symposium on Indology and Social Sciences held in Pondicherry January 11-16, 1997.

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TitleThe Resources of history: Tradition, narration and nation in South Asia
Volume 8 of Études thématiques
Volume 8 of Etudes Hispaniques
AuthorJackie Assayag
EditorJackie Assayag
ContributorJackie Assayag
Editionillustrated
PublisherÉcole française d'Extrême-Orient, 1999
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized29 Aug 2008
ISBN2855396077, 9782855396071
Length374 pages
SubjectsBuddhism and politics
Ethnicity
Group identity
Hinduism and politics
Historiography
Islam and politics
Literature and folklore
Nationalism
Oral tradition
Regionalism
Religion and politics
South Asia
Tradition (Philosophy)
  
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