Procreation and Pleasure: Writings of a Woman Ayurvedic Practitioner in Colonial North India

Studies in History

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-44

  Gupta, Charu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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EID: 61049548425     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/025764300502100102     Document Type: Article

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