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in Nalanda Rising: Buddhism, Heritage Diplomacy, and the Politics of Revival
> Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Published: 01 May 2023
Figure 4. Xuanzang Memorial, Nalanda, Bihar, India. Photograph by David Geary.
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2018) 38 (1): 89–106.
Published: 01 May 2018
...David Boyk At the turn of the twentieth century, the north Indian city of Patna was widely seen as a provincial town in decline. Together with the surrounding region of Bihar, Patna had lost much of its once considerable prominence and prosperity. Nonetheless, it supported a lively and confident...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2023) 43 (1): 26–42.
Published: 01 May 2023
...Figure 4. Xuanzang Memorial, Nalanda, Bihar, India. Photograph by David Geary. ...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2016) 36 (1): 134–151.
Published: 01 May 2016
.... In these novels, filth is characterized by its ability to cling and to spread, such that the only solution seems to be the creation of physical distance between the novel's protagonists and the rural sphere. Ethnographic fieldwork in rural Bihar, however, complicates this view. Villagers express ambivalence about...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1997) 17 (2): 21–34.
Published: 01 August 1997
... influenced by
well as in contemporary Bihar. But first, a preliminary Magadhi and Bhojpuri, with scores of authors being
mapping of the community. based in villages and qmbm.‘
Bihar did not form a single political entity in the Even today, most Bihari Muslims speak...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1989) 9 (1): 56–63.
Published: 01 May 1989
...Elizabeth LoGiudice Copyright 1988: South Asia Bulletin 1989 BIBLIOGRAPHY Chaudhry , Praveen , “Agrarian Unrest in Bihar A Case Study of Patna District 1960-1984”, Economic and Political Weekly , January 2–9, 1988 . Das , Arvind , “Revolutionary Movement in Bihar”, Economic...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1984) 4 (1): 61–71.
Published: 01 May 1984
... from the states of
Bihar, Orissa and Rajasthan. This in turn leads to many political and social tensions
in the country, often taking a communal form. Ever since Independence the state has
pompously pronounced lofty goals to improve their working and living conditions through...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2005) 25 (1): 46–62.
Published: 01 May 2005
...”—a man the as know villagers ways: these do of how variety But sympathizer. Muslim a or leader, Hindu of hero, por- any be in may for trayed struggle he the Nevertheless, with independence. synonymous is name many,his For narratives. their contro- in if characters prominent, versial, most the of Bihar...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2016) 36 (1): 83–101.
Published: 01 May 2016
....
82. The aim of the motion was “that instruc-
tions be issued forth with to the authorities
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istrators. They designed voter lists and registration Assam, and Bihar and Orissa...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1985) 5 (1): 27–34.
Published: 01 May 1985
..., Bombay and Central
can probably be safely extrapolated to other drought- Province), and 1873-74 (affecting Bengal, Bihar, Oudh, and
prone regions' (McAlpin, 1983: 44, n.29). In this way, N.W.P.) field laborers, village artisans and weavers suffered
McAlpin draws upon...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2005) 25 (1): 78–88.
Published: 01 May 2005
...-anwar Bihar al-athar wa al-khitat dhikr
o.1 d AiAbra-hfr Tha:Mkaa al- Maktabat (Tehran: al-Ghifari Akbar ‘Ali ed. 1, vol...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2019) 39 (3): 558–562.
Published: 01 December 2019
... asking these questions, since the books themselves implicitly gesture toward possible paths of inquiry along those lines. Some of the more absorbing parts of Vaishnav's book consist of individualized portraits he sketches of various notable criminal politicians (especially from Bihar and Andhra Pradesh...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2019) 39 (3): 547–551.
Published: 01 December 2019
... with a postelection survey from the northern Indian state of Bihar, famous for being among the most corrupt in India. Motivated by three specific questions—why those with criminal records seek election, why parties give such candidates tickets to contest elections, and why voters elect candidates with criminal...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1984) 4 (2): 38–47.
Published: 01 August 1984
... Baroda, Gujarat,
decade) were asked to leave India as the Indian government Samanvya Ashram at Bodhgaya, Bihar, Agrindus at Mirzapur,
felt that their methods were too drastic and unsuitable to the V.P., and Gandhigram in Madurai, Tamilnadu. The second
conditions of Indian...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2012) 32 (3): 633–643.
Published: 01 December 2012
... been in neighboring Bihar, and only flect reality.
5. For a parallel study focusing on the figuration of vani prakrtasamucitarasa balenaiva samskr- 8. These excursions, of course, beg the question of the
King Laksmanasena, see Jesse R. Knutson, “The Po- tam nita exact audience...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1983) 3 (2): 31–44.
Published: 01 August 1983
... of less For the Indian political leaders, the
than six months of import. Green Revolution was the perfect solution:
In 1966 the summer crops failed again it accelerated the rate of growth of
in Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, parts...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1990) 10 (1): 54–60.
Published: 01 May 1990
... philosophy, on a local and practical level populism is
number had shot up to 787 by 1941.11 In terms of news- another component of Indian official nationalism.
paper stability, numbers from the Central Provinces and There are at least three different ways in which this no-
Bihar show a pattern found...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2013) 33 (3): 408–416.
Published: 01 December 2013
... . Edited by Gros Frédéric and translated by Burchell Graham . Basingstoke, UK : Palgrave Macmillan , 2011 . ———. The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences . London : Routledge , 2001 . Gandhi Ramachandra . “ Earthquake in Bihar: The Transfiguration of Karma...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2020) 40 (1): 86–94.
Published: 01 May 2020
... western Indian town of Bhiwandi, to work in the textile powerloom sweatshops with a group of other young men from his village. To get there, Ehsaan first went to Patna, the capital of Bihar state, and when he saw the city he thought, “The world stretches till here”; then he caught a train to Bhiwandi...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (1991) 11 (1_and_2): 110–130.
Published: 01 August 1991
...,A comparative study done by Tata (x) Caste/classes where the sources of drinking water is
Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay regarding reactions more than one-half kilometer from their dwelling for
in four states - Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, more than 50 per cent of the households;
and Bihar...
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