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100 _aMani Braj Ranjan
245 _aDebrahmanising history : Dominance and resistance in Indian society
260 _aNew Delhi
_bManohar Publications
_c2011
300 _a456p
365 _b Rs. 395
505 _aContents: 1. Historical roots of Brahmanic dominance and Shramanic resistance; 2. Buddhist India : against caste and Brahmanism; 3. Medieval Mukti movements of the subaltern saint-poets; 4. Colonialism, and birth of Vedic-Brahmanic Nationalism; 5. Phule's struggle against Brahmanical Colonialism; 6. Guru, Iyothee, Periyar, Acchutanand : different strategies, one goal; 7. Nationalist power politics, excluded masses and the Gandhi-Ambedkar debate; 8. Epilogue : institutionalised discrimination from the past to the 'Democratic' present.
650 _a1. Dalits - History2. Dalits - Historiography3. Civilization
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