Publisher's Synopsis
"This is Volume 1 in the A Cultural History of Hinduism Series. The series spans the temporal frame of 2000 B.C.E. to 2017 through six volumes representing distinctive time periods that each contain an introduction plus eight chapters on eight themes that are applicable across all of the time periods: Sources of Authority; Body and Mind; Social Organization and Everyday Norms; Identity, Difference and Dialogue; Power and Politics; Visual Culture; Lineages and Emerging Exemplars and Movements; and Global Context"--.