The Concept of Race in South AsiaPeter Robb, Peter G. Robb South Asia has always played a part in the European imagining of race, but has not been much considered in the scholarly literature of the present generation; nor, recently, have concepts of race figured very prominently in South Asian studies. This volume constitutes one of the first attempts to raise the question comparatively and over a long time-span with regard to South Asia. |
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South Asia and the concept of race | 1 |
The language of historians and the morphology of history | 77 |
Concepts of race in the Mahabharata and Ramayana | 97 |
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anthropometry argued argument Arya Aryan Asian basis Bayly Bengal biological blood Brahmans British Calcutta caste Central Christian civilisation classes colonial concept of race context culture debates defined Delhi discourse distinctions Dravidian early Elliot empire ethnic ethnographic ethnological ethnologists Europe European example Gobineau Golwalkar Goyigama groups Gurkhas Hindu nationalist Hinduism historians human Ibbetson Ibid ideas identity ideology imperial important inam indigenous influence intellectual Iqbal Islam Jaffna jati Kailasapathy Kandy Khattris kings Kiruṣṇan Kshatriya language later literature London Mahābhārata Marai Malai martial martial races military Mlecchas modern moral Muslims nation Nepal nineteenth century notions of race orientalist origin Peter Robb physical political Punjab race theory racial racism Rajput religion religious Risley Sanskrit Savarkar Sinhalese social society South Asia South India Sri Lanka status Suresh Tamil Tamilakam theories of race theorists thought tion tradition tribal tribes varna Vellalars Washbrook Western