Historical Consciousness, Cultural Memory and the National Myth

Historical Consciousness, Cultural Memory and the National Myth

Review Article

Historical Consciousness, Cultural Memory and the National Myth
Hindutva and History: Part 2

Author(s): Manan Ahmed Asif & Blain H. Auer & Shahid Amin & Cynthia Talbot & Romila Thapar & Shlomo Sand

Reviewed by: Abu Lilia Sulani, London, UK

 

Review

A Book of Conquest: The Chachnama and the Muslim Originsin South Asia. By Manan Ahmed Asif.Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. and London, 2016. Pp 2016. ISBN: 9780674660113

Symbols of Authority in Medieval Islam: History, Religion and Muslim Legitimacy in the Delhi Sultanate. By Blain H. Auer. I.B. Tauris, London, 2015. Pp. 237. ISBN: 9781848855670

Conquest and Community: The Afterlife of Warrior Saint Ghazi Miyan. By Shahid Amin. The University of Chicago Press, 2015. Pp. 337. ISBN: 9780226372600

The Last Hindu Emperor: Prithviraj Chauhan and the Indian Past 1200–2000. By Cynthia Talbot. Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. 327. ISBN: 9781107118560

The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions of Early India. By Romila Thapar. Harvard University Press, 2016. Pp. 758. ISBN: 9780674725232

Twilight of History. By Shlomo Sand. Verso Books, London, 2017. Pp. 341. ISBN: 9781786630223


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