...Dennis Dalton Hindus of the Himalayas . By Gerald D. Berreman . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 1963 . x , 430 . Bibliography; Appendices; Maps. $8.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1963 1963 BOOK REVIEWS 145 drawal of effective...

...Agehananda Bharati Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1969 1969 Ritual Songs and Folksongs of the Hindus of Surinam . By U. Arya . Leiden : E. J. Brill , 1968 . ix , 178 pp. Bibliography, Index. 36 gld. BOOK REVIEWS 869 not wholly succeeed. Pronouncing the magic word...

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...George W. Spencer Trade and Statecraft in the Age of the Cōḻas . By Kenneth R. Hall . New Delhi : Abhinav Publications , 1980 . 212 pp. Appendixes, Bibliography, Inde. $16 (cloth). Culture and Political-Military Behavior: The Hindus in Pre-Modern India . By Joel Larus . Columbia...

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...). The Eternal Food: Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists . Edited by R. S. Khare . Albany : State University of New York , 1992 . xv, 273 pp. $54.50 (cloth); $17.95 (paper). Food From the Mouth of Krishna: Feasts and Festivities in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre . By Paul M...

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...Robert W. Hefner The Struggle of the Hindu Balinese Intellectuals: Developments in Modern Hindu Thinking in Independent Indonesia . By Frederick Lambertus Bakker . Amsterdam : Vrije University Press , 1993 . 389 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1994 1994...

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...John Stratton Hawley Kabir: The Apostle of Hindu-Muslim Unity: Interaction of Hindu-Muslim Ideas in the Formation of the Bhakti Movement with Special Reference to Kabīr, the Bhakta . By Muhammad Hedayetullah , Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass , 1977 . xxiv, 320 pp. Notes, Bibliography. Rs...

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