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This book challenges the prevalent assumptions of caste, hierarchy and social mobility in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal. It studies the writings of colonial

In this text, leading scholars from around the world take stock of two centuries of international intellectual investment in Hinduism. Since the early 19th cent

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In 'Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls', June McDaniel provides an overview of Bengali goddess worship or Shakti. She identifies three major forms of goddess wors