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The religions of India : a microcosm of world religions

"This volume is about the religions of India as well as about world religions given that India is the repository of the world’s greatest religions: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikh­ism, Zoroastrianism and Judaism. A distinctive feature of this volume is that a scholar who...

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Other Authors: Meenaz Kassam,Ed
Format: Printed Book
Published: New Delhi manohar 2017
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