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Religious Interaction in Early Medieval Kamarupa: An Insight into the Kalikapurana 中世纪早期伽摩茹巴的宗教互动:对伽摩茹那的洞见

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Indian Historical Review Pub Date : 2021-10-10 DOI: 10.1177/03769836211052098

R. Bhuyan

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Book review: Jaswandi Wamburkar (ed.), Indian Modernity: Challenges and Responses 书评:Jaswandi Wamburkar主编，《印度现代性:挑战与回应》

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Indian Historical Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1177/03769836211010113

G. Gadgil

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Disciplining a ‘Pathological Province’? Orissa, Smallpox and Colonial Order 惩戒一个“病态省份”?奥里萨邦，天花和殖民秩序

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Indian Historical Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1177/03769836211009653

C. P. Nanda

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Assessing Cultural Experiences in Historic Urban Centres: Built Forms and Qualities 评估历史城市中心的文化体验:建筑形式和品质

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Indian Historical Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1177/03769836211009705

Godwin Emmanuel Jeyaraj, Meenatchi Sundaram

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The Indian Invasion of Alexander and the Emergence of Hybrid Cultures 印度人对亚历山大的入侵与杂交文化的出现

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Indian Historical Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1177/03769836211009651

C. Wickramasinghe

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A Modern Non-Western Thinker as a Subject of Intercultural Dialogue (Based on M. K. Gandhi’s Example) 作为跨文化对话主体的现代非西方思想家(以甘地为例)

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Indian Historical Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1177/03769836211009649

E. Bitinayte

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Book review: B. D. Chattopadhyaya, The Concept of ‘Bharatavarsha’ and Other Essays 书评:B. D. Chattopadhyaya，《Bharatavarsha的概念和其他散文》

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Indian Historical Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1177/03769836211010112

A. K. Thakur

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Land Revenue Settlements: The Magnitudes of Economic Development in the State of Bahawalpur (1866–1947) 土地收入结算:巴哈瓦尔普尔邦经济发展的规模(1866-1947)

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Indian Historical Review Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1177/03769836211009711

Z. A. Hashmi

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Book review: Alexandra de Heering, Speak, Memory: Oral Histories of Kodaikanal Dalits 书评:亚历山德拉·德·希林，《说话，记忆:Kodaikanal达利特的口述历史》