SRS 2195 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Thanesar, Anandapala, James Mill
22 Mar 2017
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Partha chatterjee, history and the nationalization of hinduism, pp. Heinrich von stietencron, eds. , representing hinduism: the construction of religious traditionsand. Hindu nationalism in india: violent political conflict in india happens b/c of history, ex. political hinduists (?) make religion a big deal w/ regards to a mosque in uttar. Pradesh: bjp (bharatiya janata party) & viswa hindu prasad are spearheading campaign to make india. Hindu again : this work focuses on the historical claims made by the 2 groups about hindutva , their rhetoric comes from how india was imagined in the 19th century by colonialists. A puranic history: history book written by mrityunjay vidyalankar on india from perspective of elite bengali society. Tale of prithvig chauhan losing to shihabuddin md. Ghuri: his dynasty was guilty of patricide & cannibalism, thus divine retribution caused him to lose right of power to rule (108, this puranic history was abandoned in favour of rational historiography by english-educated.
