Dead in Banaras

Dead in Banaras
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9780192864284
ISBN-13 : 0192864289
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Book Synopsis Dead in Banaras by : Ravi Nandan Singh

Download or read book Dead in Banaras written by Ravi Nandan Singh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work is an anthropological analysis of death and the dead, which attempts a significant reworking of the idea of death that is prevalent in Hinduism.


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