The changing perspectives of three Muslim men on the question of saint worship over a 10-year period in Gujarat, Western India

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 377-403

  Simpson, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; CULTURAL TRADITION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; RELIGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 40949147790     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: 14698099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X07003216     Document Type: Article

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