num_pages: 412
description: This volume of essays explores the various ways in which the past has been used to construct identity and authority in south Asia. The essays examine various genres, with a view to understanding the different frames through which the past has been viewed and used to remake the present.
language: English
title: Invoking the Past: The Uses of History in South Asia
titlecomplete: Invoking the Past: The Uses of History in South Asia (SOAS Studies on South Asia)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: School of Oriental and African Studies