CA forum on anthropology in public: Archaeology at the heart of a political confrontation. The case of Ayodhya

Current Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-259

  Ratnagar, Shereen ^a  

^a Churchgate Reclamation   (India)

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EID: 27844539735     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381044     Document Type: Review

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