Representing the other? : Sanskrit sources and the Muslims : eighth to fourteenth century (Record no. 66443)
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| fixed length control field | 02340nam a2200193 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 8173042527 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954.00882971 |
| Item number | BRA/R |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Representing the other? : Sanskrit sources and the Muslims : eighth to fourteenth century |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Manohar Publishers & Distributors |
| Year of publication | 1998. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 129 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Examines the wide range of epigraphic and historical texts to know the different immigrants to India society in different contexts.<br/>The deeply entrenched image of the interaction between Hindus and Muslims in India's past?as indeed in the present? has generally been that of two aggressively antagonistic religious communities, with the superior political power wielded by one community defining its dominance over the other. This original colonial notion has often been contested by positing the thesis of syncretism at the religious level; by citing evidence of patronage across religious establishments, and of participation of both communities in the country's administration. Neither approach, however, took up the critical task of examining the viability of the premise of homogeneity in the composition of the two communities, or how contemporary perceptions may be used as a touchstone for 'othering' in heterogeneous societies of the past. Chattopadhyaya's Representing the Other?, originally published almost two decades ago, makes an attempt to construct perceptions of new ethnic groups in India in an important phase of its history, from the eighth to the fourteenth century. The evidence though insufficient, reveals not homogenous religious communities, but ethnic groups of diverse origins, located in different socio-political contexts as traders, raiders and plunderers, as well as rulers and administrators. The contexts define the characterization of these different categories by either invoking terminologies from the past for others or by coining ethnic terms. Based mainly on contemporary Sanskrit epigraphic and textual sources, this book is expected to be a major corrective to the way students are generally taught to read the history of our country of this period and of what followed. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Muslims |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Muslims |
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| Topical Term | Ethnic attitudes |
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| Koha item type | BK |
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| control field | 194811 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 98909931 |
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| Collection code | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 01/04/2023 | 995.00 | 954.00882971 BRA/R | 59320 | BK |