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Kings, Spirits and Memory in Central India : Enchanting the State by Aditya Pratap Deo is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Part anthropological history and part memoir, this book is a unique study of the polity of the colonial-princely state of Kanker in central India. The author, a scion of the erstwhile ruling family of Kanker, delves into the oral accounts given in the ancestral deity practices of the mixed tribe-caste communities of the region to highlight popular narratives of its historical polity. As he struggles with his own dilemmas as ethnographer-king, what comes into view is a polity where the princely s
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Aditya Pratap Deo
- Publisher
- Routledge India
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781032108377
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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