Caste or qualification? Chaitanya Vaishnava Discussions about Brahmanas in Colonial India by Martin Fárek

“…Chaitanya Vaishnava movement, very influential bhakti tradition during the British Raj, is a chosen example for analyses. Its resources provide us with domestic ideas and practices that are challenging dominant interpretations of both caste system and the rise and nature of bhakti movements themselves. …”
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Bengal: From a Periphery to the Heartland of South Asia by Csaba M. KOVÁCS

“…In the 18th century Bengal became the center of the British Raj, which gradually extended to the whole of India, with its capital at Calcutta until 1911. …”
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