Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies: The Classic First-Hand Account of India in the Early Nineteenth Century

Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies: The Classic First-Hand Account of India in the Early Nineteenth Century image
ISBN-10:

0486421155

ISBN-13:

9780486421155

Edition: 3
Released: May 08, 2002
Format: Paperback, 775 pages
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Description:

Based on an 1815 manuscript by a French missionary, this comprehensive work offers a unique panorama of early-19th-century Indian life. Caste system, ceremonial procedures, rules and etiquette, marriage, fasting, widowhood, funerary rites, literature, religion, much more. Index. 6 Appendices.


























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