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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
ISSN: 1356-1863

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Volume 111 - April 1979

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JRA volume 111 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

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Buddhist Thought and Asian Civilization. Essays in Honor of Herbert V. Guenther on His Sixtieth Birthday. Edited by L. S. Kawamura and K. Scott, pp. xviii, 307. Emeryville, Cal., Dharma Publishing, 1977. $19.95.

The Ganges in Myth and History. By Steven G. Darian. pp. xvii, 219. Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii, 1978. $9.95.

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JRA volume 111 issue 2 Cover and Back matter

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Senarat Paranavitana Commemoration Volume. Edited by Leelananda Prematilleke, Karthigesu Indrapala, and J. E. Van Lohuizen-De Leeuw. (Studies in South Asian Culture, Vol. VII.) pp. xi, 300, 15 pl. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1978. Fl. 180.

Slavery in the Bengal Presidency 1772–1843. By Amal Kumar Chattopadhyay. With a foreword by Maj.J. B. Harrison, pp. xv, 178. London, Golden Eagle Publishing House, 1977. £4.50.

The Concept of Duty in South Asia. Edited by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty and J. Duncan M. Derrett. pp. xxii, 240. London, Vikas Publishing House Prt. Ltd., School of Oriental and African Studies, 1978.

A Caste in a Changing World: The Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmans 1700–1935. By Frank F. Conlon. pp. xv, 255. Berkeley, etc., University of California Press, 1977.

The Sherpas in the Solu District: A Preliminary Report on Ethnological Field Research in the Solu District of North-Eastern Nepal. By Hans Guldberg Axelsen. (Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Bind 47, 7.) pp. 71. København, Komm. Munksgaard, 1977. 70 kr.

Sir Aurel Stein: Archaeological Explorer. By Jeannette Mirsky. pp. xiii, 585, 16 pl. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1977.

Religion and Politics in Sri Lanka. By Urmila Phadnis. pp. xiv, 376. London, C. Hurst & Co., 1976. £7.

Modern Javanese Historical Tradition: A Study of an Original Kartasura Chronicle and Related Materials. By M. C. Ricklefs. pp. London, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1978.

A Concise Legal History of South-East Asia. By M. B. Hooker, pp. 289. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1978. £12.

Indonesian Manuscripts in Great Britain: A Catalogue of Manuscripts in Indonesian Languages in British Public Collections. By M. C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve. (London Oriental Bibliographies, Vol. 5.) pp. xxix, 237. Oxford, University Press, 1977. £16.

Choix de Documents Tibétains Conservés à la Bibliothèque Nationale Completé Par Quelques Manuscrits de l'India Office et du British Museum. Tome Ier. Présentés par Ariane Macdonald et Yoshiro Imaeda. 304 pl. Separate introductory volume, pp. 26. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, 1978.

Tibetan Frontier Families: Reflections of three Generations from D'ing-ri. By Barbara Aziz. pp. xiv, 292, 20 pl. New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House, 1978.

The Aristocratic Families of Early Imperial China: A Case Study of the Po-ling Ts'ui Family. By Patricia Buckley Ebrey. pp. 240. Cambridge, University Press, 1978. £9.50.

Portents of Protest in the later Han Dynasty: The Memorials of Hsiang K'ai to Emperor Huan. By Rafe de Crespigny. (Oriental Monograph Series No. 19.) pp. vii, 124. Canberra, Faculty of Asian Studies, in association with Australian National University Press, 1976.

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Volume 111 - April 1979

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