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Reinventing caste : Islam and hierarchy in late colonial India /

"This book reveals that caste, usually assumed to be a feature of Hindu society, was in fact a trans-religious phenomenon in colonial India, as it is today. Even in an Islamic religious milieu that was supposed to be more egalitarian than hierarchical Hinduism, colonial Indian subjects thought...

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Main Author: Koul, Ashish (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2026.
Series:South Asia in motion
Subjects:
Arains > History > 19th century.
Arains > History > 20th century.
Muslims > India > History > 19th century.
Muslims > India > History > 20th century.
Caste > India > History > 19th century.
Caste > India > History > 20th century.
Caste > Religious aspects > Islam.
Musulmans > Inde > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Musulmans > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Castes > Inde > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Castes > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Castes > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Arains
Caste > Religious aspects > Islam
Caste > History.
Muslims > History.
India
1800-1899
1900-1999

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