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by Wendy Doniger

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"Don't miss this equivalent of a brilliant graduate course froma feisty and exhilarating teacher."
-The Washington Post

An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth, The Hindus offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions. Hinduism does not lend itself easily to a strictly chronological account. Many of its central texts cannot be reliably dated within a century; its central tenets arise at particular moments in Indian history and often differ according to gender or caste; and the differences between groups of Hindus far outnumber the commonalities. Yet the greatness of Hinduism lies precisely in many of these idiosyncratic qualities that continues to inspire debate today. This groundbreaking work elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds, the inner life and the social history of Hindus.

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"Don't miss this equivalent of a brilliant graduate course froma feisty and exhilarating teacher." -The Washington Post

An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth, The Hindus offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions. Hinduism does not lend itself easily to a strictly chronological account. Many of its central texts cannot be reliably dated within a century; its central tenets arise at particular moments in Indian history and often differ according to gender or caste; and the differences between groups of Hindus far outnumber the commonalities. Yet the greatness of Hinduism lies precisely in many of these idiosyncratic qualities that continues to inspire debate today. This groundbreaking work elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds, the inner life and the social history of Hindus.

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  • Title The Hindus: An Alternative History
  • Author Wendy Doniger
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 800
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Publication date 2010-11-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780143116691 / 014311669X
  • Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.8 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 4.57 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Religious Orientation: Hindu
  • Category Religion - World Religions
  • Library of Congress subjects Hinduism - Relations, Women in Hinduism
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.509

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  • New York Times Book Review, 12/19/2010, Page 20

About the author

Wendy Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago, where she is also a professor of South Asian languages and civilizations. Her translations for Penguin Classics include The Rig Veda, The Laws of Manu, and Hindu Myths.
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