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| List of illustrations | |
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| List of maps | |
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| Note on transliteration | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Traditions of South Asia: from inside and outside | |
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| South Asia as a region | |
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| Dharma in Indic or South Asian religions | |
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| Traditions of outsiders: the world's gifts to India | |
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| The teacher-scholars who are the book's authors | |
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| Recommendations for student readers | |
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| What India has given to the world | |
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| Hindu Dharma | |
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| The tradition defined | |
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| History | |
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| Cosmos | |
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| Literature | |
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| Ethics and human relations | |
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| Institutions and practices | |
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| Modern expressions | |
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| Relations with other religions | |
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| Transmission of the tradition outside of India | |
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| Jaina Dharma | |
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| The tradition defined | |
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| Cosmos and history | |
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| Sacred life and literature | |
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| Institutions and practices | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Relations with other religions | |
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| Modern expressions and the tradition outside of India | |
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| Bauddha Dhamma | |
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| The tradition defined | |
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| Cosmos and history | |
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| Ethics and human relations | |
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| Sacred life and literature | |
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| Relations with other religions | |
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| Sikh Dharam | |
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| The tradition defined | |
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| Cosmos and history | |
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| Sacred life and literature | |
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| Institutions and practices | |
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| Ethics and human relations | |
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| Modern expressions | |
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| Transmission of the tradition outside of India | |
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| Relations with other religions | |
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| The tradition in the study of religions | |
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| What India has received from the world | |
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| Indian Zoroastrian tradition | |
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| The tradition defined | |
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| Cosmos and history | |
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| Sacred life and literature | |
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| Institutions and practices | |
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| Ethics and human relations | |
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| Modern expressions | |
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| Transmission of the tradition outside of India | |
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| Relations with other religions | |
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| The tradition in the study of religions | |
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| Indian Judaic tradition | |
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| The tradition defined | |
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| Cosmos and history | |
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| Sacred life and literature | |
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| Institutions and practices | |
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| Ethics and human relations | |
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| Modern expressions | |
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| Transmission of the tradition outside of India | |
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| Relations with other religions | |
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| The tradition in the study of religions | |
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| Indian Christian tradition | |
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| The tradition defined | |
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| Cosmos and history | |
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| Sacred life and literature | |
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| Institutions and practice | |
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| Ethics and human relations | |
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| Modern expressions | |
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| Transmission of the tradition outside of India | |
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| Relations with other religions | |
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| The tradition in the study of religions | |
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| Indian Muslim tradition | |
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| The tradition defined | |
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| The tradition in the study of religions | |
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| Cosmos and history | |
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| Sacred life and literature | |
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| Institutions and practices | |
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| Ethics and human relations | |
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| Modern expressions | |
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| Transmission of the tradition outside of India | |
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| Relations with other religions | |
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| Indian Baha'i tradition | |
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| The tradition defined | |
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| Cosmos and history | |
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| Ethics and human relations | |
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| Scriptures and sacred places | |
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| Institutions and practices | |
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| Relations with other religions | |
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| Prospects for the future | |
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| Beyond the introduction | |
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| Contested categories and issues in interpretation | |
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| The problematic nature of religion | |
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| Problems of terminology and categories | |
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| Edward Said and Orientalism | |
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| Representations and representational thinking | |
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| Beyond prejudice | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |