Studies in the Religious Life of Ancient and Medieval India

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The present volume is the fifth of the series of my Studies, its predecessors being those in Geography (1960 and 1971), Society and Administration (Vol. I-Society, 1967), Indian Coins (1968) and Political and Administrative Systems (in the press). It contains most of my papers on the Religious Life of Ancient and Medieval India, which appeared in various publications during the past three decades and a half. I am extremely thankful to the authorities of the said publications.

The plan of the present volume is the same as followed in its predecessors, more than one paper having often been clubbed together for the facility of presentation. In one case, however, the matter for a dissertation has been distributed among three Chapters (I-III). Thus more than forty papers and notes have been offered in 17 Chapters and 3 Appendices. The papers have all been suitably edited, some of them being considerably modified in the course of revision. There are of course a few omissions. A note on the Sectarian Difference among the Early Vaisnavas appearing in the Bharatiya vidhya, Bombay, Vol. VIII, Nos. 9-10, September-October, 1946, pp. 109 , has been left out because its gist has been included in Chapter III. The paper on Ardhanari-Ganapati (Journal of Ancient Indian History, Calcutta, Vol. IV, pp. 181-86) could not be included in this volume as it had not been completed in time.

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