Forgotten friends: monks, marriages, and memories of Northeast India [electronic resource]
Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)Content type: cartographic image | still image | text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199082551 (ebook) :Subject(s): Buddhism | Hinduism | Sufism | Women and religion | Brahmaputra River ValleyAdditional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 294.095416 LOC classification: BL2016Online resources: Click here to see the view Summary: This text traces the changing, long-term history of the vast Brahmaputra valley region. Examining the political and economic order of Buddhist, Vaisnava, Saiva, Tantric, and Sufis in the northeast, this is a story of how a modern Indian nation forgot its cosmopolitan past and gave itself a new history by forgetting the large numbers of societies centred on women.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text traces the changing, long-term history of the vast Brahmaputra valley region. Examining the political and economic order of Buddhist, Vaisnava, Saiva, Tantric, and Sufis in the northeast, this is a story of how a modern Indian nation forgot its cosmopolitan past and gave itself a new history by forgetting the large numbers of societies centred on women.
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