Brahmanical icons in northern India

The concluding chapter reviews the book’s argument and argues that scholars have been confusing cause and effect in attributing the rise of the early Indian religions to a metahist...

What gives beauty such fascinating power? Why is beauty so easy to recognize but so hard to define? Across cultures and continents and over the centuries the standards of beauty ha...

This chapter begins with the ordination of Dhanam’s son and pans out to compare all three women. Aananthan is ordained in Mātāpuram, with the bishop of Meerut (Agra) presiding. The...

The Introduction frames the book’s problematic. It begins by describing the received narrative on the origins of early Indian religions using the metaphor of the snake and the mong...

This chapter begins with the caste conflicts leading up to the possession and healing of a Dalit woman in rural Sivagangai District. It offers a general background for readers on t...

Originally published in 1953, this book investigates the most important problems connected with the clan system of the Vedic Brahmans, and also presents the textual evidence for th...

Lost Glory: India’s Capitalism Story describes India’s industrialization experiences. Questions about long-term industry and productivity evolution, and their impact on economic gr...