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Western Texts on Indian Dance : An Illustrated Guide from 1298 to 1930, EPUB eBook

Western Texts on Indian Dance : An Illustrated Guide from 1298 to 1930 EPUB

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This unique work is an annotated collection and collation of Western writing on Indian dance from the period of Marco Polo’s travels to India to the formulation of the anti-devadasi bill in 1930, and a little beyond.

The book reproduces more than 250 extracts from important texts, which provide examples of how dance in India was perceived as an art, as well its position in the broader cultural, religious, social, and ethical environment.

Though some excerpts from these texts are cited in other writings on Indian dance history, there is no other available work that reproduces such a large number of historical writings on Indian dance and places them in a fluid historical context.

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