Somanatha
Subtitle: the many voices of a history
By: Romila Thapar.
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Mahmud, Sultan of Ghazni, 971-1030; Somanatha Temple (Somnāth, India) -- History -- Sources; India -- History -- 1000-1526 -- Sources; India -- History -- 1000-1526 -- Historiography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-240) and index.
Originally published: New Delhi : Penguin Books India, 2004.
Table of contents: title: The context; title: The setting; title: The Turko/Persian narratives; title: Sanskrit inscriptions from Somanatha and its vicinity; title: Biographies, chronicles, and epics; title: The perceptions of yet others; title: Colonial interpretations and nationalist reactions; title: Constructing memory, writing histories.