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An Alternative History
Penguin Press
March 2009
On Sale: March 5, 2009
688 pages
ISBN: 1594202052
EAN: 9781594202056
Hardcover
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An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history
and myth, The Hindus offers a new way of understanding one
of the world's oldest major religions. Hinduism does not
lend itself easily to a strictly chronological account. Many
of its central texts cannot be reliably dated within a
century; its central tenets arise at particular moments in
Indian history and often differ according to gender or
caste; and the differences between groups of Hindus far
outnumber the commonalities. Yet the greatness of Hinduism
lies precisely in many of these idiosyncratic qualities that
continues to inspire debate today. This groundbreaking work
elucidates the relationship between recorded history and
imaginary worlds, the inner life and the social history of
Hindus.
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