The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 1 of 2
Title | The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 1 of 2 PDF eBook |
Author | William Crooke |
Publisher | Forgotten Books |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 2015-06-02 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9781330028261 |
Excerpt from The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 1 of 2 The success of this book has been much beyond my expectations. That a considerable edition has been exhausted within a few months after publication proves that it meets a want. I have now practically re-written the book, and have taken the opportunity of introducing a considerable amount of fresh information collected in the course of the Ethnographical Survey of the North-Western Provinces, the results of which will be separately published. For the illustrations, which now appear for the first time, I am indebted to the photographic skill of Mr. J. O'Neal, of the Thomason Engineering College, Rurki. I could have wished that they could have been drawn from a wider area. But Hardwar and its shrines are very fairly representative of popular Hinduism in Northern India. Many books have been written on Brâhmanism, or the official religion of the Hindu; but, as far as I am aware, this is the first attempt to bring together some of the information available on the popular beliefs of the races of Upper India. My object in writing this book has been threefold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Title | The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) PDF eBook |
Author | William Crooke |
Publisher | Forgotten Books |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2017-12-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780484427272 |
Excerpt from The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 1 of 2 Many books have been written on Brahmanism, or the. Official religion of the Hindu; but, as far as I am aware, this is the first attempt to bring together some of the information available on the popular beliefs of the races of Upper India. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. II (of 2)
Title | The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. II (of 2) PDF eBook |
Author | Crooke W |
Publisher | Hardpress Publishing |
Pages | 572 |
Release | 2016-06-23 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781318069996 |
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. II (of 2)
Title | The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. II (of 2) PDF eBook |
Author | W. Crooke |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. I (of 2)
Title | The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. I (of 2) PDF eBook |
Author | Crooke W |
Publisher | Hardpress Publishing |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2016-06-23 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781318069989 |
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India
Title | The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India PDF eBook |
Author | William Crooke |
Publisher | |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 1896 |
Genre | Ancestor worship |
ISBN |
The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India
Title | The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India PDF eBook |
Author | W. Crooke |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 393 |
Release | 2018-09-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3734039967 |
Reproduction of the original: The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India by W. Crooke