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Muslim Minority Against Islamic Nation: The Shias of British India and the Demand for Pakistan, 1940–45 穆斯林少数民族反对伊斯兰国家:英属印度的什叶派和对巴基斯坦的要求，1940 - 1945

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/02576430221120312

Rajit K. Mazumder

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Book review: Sangeeta Dasgupta, Reordering Adivasi Worlds: Representation, Resistance, Memory 书评:桑吉塔·达斯古普塔，《重新安排土著世界:表现、抵抗、记忆》

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/02576430221120315

Indrani Chatterjee

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Book review: Pratik Chakrabarti, Inscriptions of Nature: Geology and the Naturalization of Antiquity 书评:Pratik Chakrabarti，《自然的铭文:地质学和古代的自然化》

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/02576430221141557

J. Mathew

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Transforming the Female Body: Gender Dialectics in Early Buddhism 改造女性身体:早期佛教的性别辩证法

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/02576430221124487

Megha Yadav

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Remembering a Date in the History of the Indian Subcontinent 纪念印度次大陆历史上的一个日子

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/02576430221120314

Pallavi Chakravarty

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Book review: Kanad Sinha, From Dasrajna to Kuruksetra: Making of a Historical Tradition 书评:卡纳德·辛哈，《从Dasrajna到Kuruksetra:历史传统的形成》

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/02576430221120307

Shalini Shah

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Book review: Naman P. Ahuja, ed., Phanigiri: Interpreting an Ancient Buddhist Site in Telangana 书评:Naman P. Ahuja编，《Phanigiri:解读泰伦加纳的古代佛教遗址》