Description: "Especially significant about this work is its focus upon fundamentalistic elements within religions and nationalisms which are now competing for dominance in South Asia. With rising concern over many kinds of fundamentalism in South Asia, this very sensitive analysis of the roots of another form of fundamentalism, which has strong ties to indigenous culture in South India, is especially timely."--Robert Frykenberg, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Embree is much against prevailing views of India, and that is good in stirring thought. I have modified my views about pluralism in India as a result of reading this book. Embree raises important and prickly questions."--Ninian Smart, University of California, Santa BarbaraBrief description: Ainslie T. Embree was Professor of History at Columbia University, general editor of the Encyclopedia of Asian History, and author of numerous books on religion, politics, and society in India.