In Tirthas in the Kandula Purana, S. K. Dave examines a minor Gujarati Purana that incorporates local pilgrimage traditions into the wider Purana genre. Puranas mix legend and history and are…
The review summarises Atul Chandra Roy’s study of Mir Jafar Khan, a key figure in the fall of Bengal. Roy argues that the Battle of Plassey (1757) was won through Mir Jafar’s treachery and Siraj…
This review assesses Louis Renou’s *Religions of Ancient India*. Renou, a distinguished Vedic scholar, treats the Vedas as a ritual anthology compiled from family traditions rather than a…