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Punarvivaham vs. Pativratyam: Pulugurta Lakshmi Narasamamba and the Widow Remarriage Question in Colonial Andhra Punarvivaham vs. Pativratyam: Pulugurta Lakshmi narasamba和殖民地安得拉邦的寡妇再婚问题

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/02576430211001763

S. Basha

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The Will of the Gods: Patterns of Dream Interpretation in Early Tamil Literature 神的意志:早期泰米尔文学中梦的解释模式

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643021998935

S. Gunasekaran

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Book review: Romila Thapar, Ramin Jahanbegloo and Neeladri Bhattacharya, Talking History: Romila Thapar in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo with the Participation of Neeladri Bhattacharya 书评:Romila Thapar, Ramin Jahanbegloo和Neeladri Bhattacharya, Talking History: Romila Thapar在Neeladri Bhattacharya的参与下与Ramin Jahanbegloo的对话

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/02576430211007628

Meera Visvanathan

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Nationalism: One or Many 民族主义:一个还是多个

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643020971959

S. Misra

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Tales of Restoration: A Study of the Evacuee Property Laws 重建的故事:撤离者财产法研究

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643020953553

Shikha Goel

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Violence and Defiance of Authority in Mughal India: A Study of the Shoe Sellers’ Riot of Shahjahanabad 印度莫卧儿王朝的暴力与对权威的反抗——对沙贾哈纳巴德卖鞋者骚乱的研究

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643020958097

N. Haider

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The Question of Dalit Conversion in the 1930s 20世纪30年代达利特皈依的问题

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643020956627

Rohit Wanchoo

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Gandhi’s Spiritual Politics: Austerity, Fasting and Secularism 甘地的精神政治:紧缩、斋戒和世俗主义

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643020953564

A. Farooqui

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The Improbability of a Temple: Hindu Mobilization and Urban Space in the Delhi Shiv Mandir Agitation of 1938 寺庙的不可能性:1938年德里湿婆庙运动中的印度教动员和城市空间

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643020956624

Deepasri Baul

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Book review: Vasudha Dalmia, Fiction as History: The Novel and the City in Modern North India 书评:《作为历史的小说:现代北印度的小说与城市》

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643020971963

F. Orsini

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