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Language, Caste and the Brahmanical framing of European Indology: Aleksei Barannikov's “Some Positions in the Field of Indology” (1941)

Craig Brandista School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Aleksei Barannikovb Translated and edited by Craig Brandist, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Pages 215-249 | Published online: 07 Jun 2023

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