Some papers presented at a conference held at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wassenaar, The Netherlands on 12-3 March, 2009.
The study of South Asia between antiquity and modernity - parallels and comparisons: coffee break conference 2
by Study of South Asia Between Antiquity and Modernity-- Parallels and Comparisons. the Coffee Break Conference, Rome, Italy), Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Dipartimento di Studi Orientali
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