Ayodhya's sacred landscape: ritual memory, politics and archaeological `fact'.(Statistical Data Included) From: Antiquity | Date: September 1, 2000| Author: SHAW, JULIA | COPYRIGHT 2000 Antiquity Publications, Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Keywords: India, identity, Ayodhya, Babri mosque, Hindu fundamentalism, ritual landscape

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