Popular Literature and Pre-modern Societies in South Asia
Transcript of papers presented during a seminar titled Popular literature and premodern societies in South Asia held in the Department of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh on 1-2 February 2005.
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Peasant Leaders of the Jammu Region in Oral Tradition
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A Critical Study of Shah
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Representations of Rinchen
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Jasnathis
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Concept and Praxis of Martyrdom
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Position of Prostitutes in Bengali Culture as Gleaned
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Folklore Ordinary People and Making of
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Chishti
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Legends Hagiographies and Sufism in NorthEastern
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Sufic
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Popular Culture as Represented in the Sufi
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Social Structure Values and Norms of Pushtoon
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The Role of Legends Memories and Folk Culture
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Love and Syncretism
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WomenOriented Myths and Legends of
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About the Contributors
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