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Book review: Suraj Bhan Bhardwaj, Contestations and Accommodations: Mewat and Meos in Mughal India

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643019874555

Cynthia Talbot

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Book review: Shubhra Chakrabarti and Utsa Patnaik (eds), Agrarian and other Histories: Essays for Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri 书评:Shubhra Chakrabarti和Utsa Patnaik(编)，《农业和其他历史:为Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri撰写的文章》

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643018816399

R. Ray

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Sovereignty, Religion and Law in the British Empire: Raja Rammohan Roy’s Public Hermeneutics in His Times 大英帝国的主权、宗教与法律:拉贾·拉莫汉·罗伊时代的公共解释学

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643019864299

Rahul Govind

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Book review: Sumanyu Satpathy, Will to Argue: Studies in Late Colonial and Postcolonial Controversies 书评:苏曼玉Satpathy，《争论的意志:晚期殖民和后殖民争议研究》

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643019863936

A. Sarangi

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Book review: Ranabir Samaddar, Crisis of 1974: Railway Strike and the Rank and File 书评:Ranabir Samaddar，《1974年危机:铁路罢工和普通工人》

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643019864910

S. Sherlock

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‘In Search of Mammon’s Treasure Trove’: Hemendrakumar Roy’s Use of Travel in Children’s Adventure Literature “寻找财神的宝藏”:Hemendrakumar Roy在儿童冒险文学中的运用

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/2348448919876869

Rajashree Mazumder

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Redefining Dharma in a Time of Transition: Ānṛśaṃsya in the Mahābhārata as an Alternative End of Human Life 在转型时期重新定义佛法:Ānṛśaṃsya在Mahābhārata中作为人类生命的另一种终结

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643019852823

Kanad Sinha

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Building for the Buddha: Patrons in the Pa-la Kingdom 为佛而建:帕拉王国的赞助人

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2019-07-30 DOI: 10.1177/0257643019844620

Sanjukta Datta

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Book review: Saurabh Mishra, Beastly Encounters of the Raj: Livelihoods, Livestock and Veterinary Health in North India, 1790–1920 书评:Saurabh Mishra, Raj的野兽遭遇:北印度的生计、牲畜和兽医健康，1790-1920

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643018804315

Pratik Chakrabarti

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Book review: Rajan Gurukkal, Rethinking Classical Indo-Roman Trade: Political Economy of Eastern Mediterranean Exchange Relations 书评:Rajan Gurukkal，《重新思考古典印度-罗马贸易:东地中海交流关系的政治经济学》

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Studies in History Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/0257643018804048

F. D. Romanis

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