Cults and shrines in early historical Mathura (c. 200 BC-AD 200)

World Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 378-398

  Singh, Upinder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Goddesses; Hinduism; Mathura; Religion; Temples; Vaishnavism

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; RELIGION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; WORLD;

EID: 10444232722     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824042000282803     Document Type: Article

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