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Hardcover. The society of traditional India is frequently characterized as static and dominated by caste. This study challenges older interpretations, arguing that medieval India was actually a time of dynamic change and fluid social identities. Using records of religious endowments from Andhra Pradesh, author Cynthia Talbot reconstructs a regional society of the precolonial past as it existed in practice. The society of traditional India is frequently characterized as static and dominated by caste. This study challenges older interpretations, arguing that in medieval times India was actually a place of dynamic change and fluid social identities. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780195136616
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Title: Precolonial India in Practice (Hardcover)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new
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