Speaking from Siva's temple: Banaras scholar households and the Brahman 'ecumene' of Mughal India

South Asian History and Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-277

  O'Hanlon, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banaras; Brahman; household; Mughal; public; scholar

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953114593     PISSN: 19472498     EISSN: 19472501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19472498.2011.553496     Document Type: Review

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