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Somanatha : the many voices of a history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thapar, Romila
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Verso, 2005.
Subjects:
India > History > 1000-1526 > Sources.
Somanatha Temple (Somnāth, India) > History > Sources.
India > History > 1000-1526 > Historiography.
Mahmud, > Sultan of Ghazni, > 971-1030.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • The context
  • The setting
  • The Turko/Persian narratives
  • Sanskrit inscriptions from Somanatha and its vicinity
  • Biographies, chronicles, and epics
  • The perceptions of yet others
  • Colonial interpretations and nationalist reactions
  • Constructing memory, writing histories.