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Chatterjee, Indrani,

Forgotten friends : monks, marriages, and memories of Northeast India / Indrani Chatterjee. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text traces the changing, long-term history of the vast Brahmaputra valley region. Examining the political and economic order of Buddhist, Vaisnava, Saiva, Tantric, and Sufis in the northeast, this is a story of how a modern Indian nation forgot its cosmopolitan past and gave itself a new history by forgetting the large numbers of societies centred on women.

ISBN: 9780199082551 (ebook) : No price

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Buddhism--History.--Brahmaputra River Valley
Hinduism--History.--Brahmaputra River Valley
Sufism--History.--Brahmaputra River Valley
Women and religion--History.--Brahmaputra River Valley

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Brahmaputra River Valley--Religious life and customs--History.

LC Class. No.: BL2016

Dewey Class. No.: 294.095416