Kashmir's contested pasts : narratives, sacred geographies, and the historical imagination /
This volume explores the idea of Kashmir and the idea of history, and their articulation in tandem within Kashmir's multilingual historical tradition. It illuminates the multiple definitions of Kashmir as a sacred space and polity, and history as a tradition and a set of facts. It reflects on t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This volume explores the idea of Kashmir and the idea of history, and their articulation in tandem within Kashmir's multilingual historical tradition. It illuminates the multiple definitions of Kashmir as a sacred space and polity, and history as a tradition and a set of facts. It reflects on the historical memories and practices that have informed imaginings of Kashmir and its past, and the challenges posed to these ideas in Kashmiri political culture today. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199084951 0199084955 0199450676 9780199450671 |