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Introducing Hinduism: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...)

By Vinay Lal , Borin Van Loon

Book information

Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Year
2014
ISBN
9781848311145
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
22 MB (23428492 bytes)
Series
Introducing ... A Graphic Guide Series #1
Pages
193\0
Time added
2017-09-12 05:32:10

Description

"Introducing Hinduism" offers a guide to the key philosophical, literary, mythological and cultural traditions of this extraordinarily diverse faith. It untangles the complexities of Hinduism's gods and goddesses, its caste system and its views on sex, everyday life and asceticism. This work answers questions including: Why do Hindus revere the cow? Must Hindus be vegetarian? And much more... ** About the Author Vinay Lal teaches at UCLA. He writes widely on Indian history, contemporary politics, Bollywood and the Indian diaspora. Recent books include The History of History: Politics and Scholarship in Modern India (Oxford University Press, 2003). Borin Van Loon has worked on numerous Introducing titles. He is a freelance illustrator, surrealist painter and collagist who produces the comic strip 'The Severed Head' for The Chap magazine

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