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Ganges - The Many Pasts of an Indian River (Hardcover)
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Ganges - The Many Pasts of an Indian River (Hardcover)
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A remarkable portrait of the Ganges, India's most sacred and
important river and a potent symbol across South Asia.
"Indisputably the single best text on the Ganges and its
history."-Wall Street Journal Originating in the Himalayas and
flowing into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges is India's most
important and sacred river. In this unprecedented work, historian
Sudipta Sen tells the story of the Ganges, from the communities
that arose on its banks to the merchants that navigated its waters,
and the way it came to occupy center stage in the history and
culture of the subcontinent. Sen begins his chronicle in
prehistoric India, tracing the river's first settlers, its myths of
origin in the Hindu tradition, and its significance during the
ascendancy of popular Buddhism. In the following centuries, Indian
empires, Central Asian regimes, European merchants, the British
Empire, and the Indian nation-state all shaped the identity and
ecology of the river. Weaving together geography, environmental
politics, and religious history, Sen offers in this lavishly
illustrated volume a remarkable portrait of one of the world's
largest and most densely populated river basins.
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