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Author Glucklich, Ariel.

Title The strides of Vishnu : Hindu culture in historical perspective / Ariel Glucklich
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents 1 The Dig and the Temple -- 2 Sacred Knowledge and Indian Origins -- 3 A City Where the Rivers Meet -- 4 King Janaka's Contest -- 5 Vedic Science The Grammar of Reality -- 6 Kanishka and Krishna -- 7 Performing Arts and Sacred Models -- 8 The Second Rationality -- 9 Maps and Myths in the Matsya Purana -- 10 Shankara and Kumarila Between Brahman and Dharma -- 11 Devotion and Knowledge The Indo-Muslim Centuries -- 12 The Eternal Dharma
Summary Exploring a wide range of topics in Hindu culture and history, this book illuminates the connection between the practical and the transcendental realm and emphasises core themes that run through the major historical periods of Northern India, beginning with the Vedas and leading up to India's independence
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Hinduism and culture -- History
RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General.
Civilization
Hinduism and culture
SUBJECT India -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064872
Subject India
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199718252
0199718253
9780199871766
0199871760