Somanatha : the many voices of a history /

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Author / Creator:Thapar, Romila.
Imprint:London ; New York : Verso, 2005.
Description:xxi, 265 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8374059
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ISBN:1844670201 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781844670208 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Originally published: New Delhi : Penguin Books India, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-240) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • The context
  • The setting
  • The Turko/Persian narratives
  • Sanskrit inscriptions from Somanatha and its vicinity
  • Biographies, chronicles, and epics
  • The perceptions of yet others
  • Colonial interpretations and nationalist reactions
  • Constructing memory, writing histories.