Typology of sacred groves and their discrimination from sacred sites

Current Science

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 596-599

  Garg, Arti ^a  

^a BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Sacred groves; Sacred sites; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874953269     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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