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Was Hinduism
Invented?
Britons, Indians, and the Colonial
Construction of Religion
brian k. pennington
2005
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Pennington, Brian.
Was Hinduism invented? : Britons, Indians, and the colonial construction of religion /
Brian K. Pennington.
p. cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13 978-0-19-516655-2
ISBN 0-19-516655-8
1. Hinduism—India.
2. India—Social life and customs.
3. India—Religious life
and customs.
4. India—Colonial influence.
I. Title.
BL 1201.P4 2005
294.5'09'034—dc22
2004054715
Frontispiece: “Missionary Influence or How to Make Converts” (1815). Pitts Theology Library,
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