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100	1		_aDoniger, Wendy, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWinged stallions and wicked mares : _bhorses in Indian myth and history / _cWendy Doniger ; illustrations curated by Anna Lise Seastrand.
264			_aNew Delhi : _bSpeaking Tiger, _c2021.
300			_axvi, 332 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aRichard lectures
500			_a"First published in the US by University of Virginia Press 2021" v.page.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Horses in Indian Nature and Culture -- 1. The Presence of Horses in the Indo-European World and the Absence of Horses in the Indus Valley Civilization, 3000 to 5100 BCE -- 2. Horses in the Vedas, 1500 to 500 BCE -- 3. Horses and Snakes in the Underworld in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, 300 BCE to 300 CE -- 4. Horses in the Ocean in the Sanskrit Puranas, 400 to 1400 CE -- 5. Ashvashastra, the Science of Horses, 200 BCE to 1200 CE -- 6. Buddhist Horses, 500 BCE to 500 CE -- 7. Arabian Horses and Muslim Horsemen, 500 to 1800 CE -- 8. Equestrian Epics and Mythic Mares, 600 to 2000 CE -- 9. Horses of the British Raj, 1700 to 1900 CE -- 10. Horse Myths and Rituals in the Absence of Horses, 1800 to 2000 CE -- 11. Horses in Modern India, 1900 to 2020 CE -- Conclusion: The Gift Horse -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_a"Explores the horse in Indian mythology and history. Despite the fact that horses were imported to India and associated with foreigners and conquerors, Indian villagers created wonderful stories and brilliant visual images of horses. The author relates how Turkish horses, tribal horses, Dalit horses, Hindu stallions, and Arab mares all mix in streams of story that raise issues about the assimilation of foreign cultures in India"--
650		0	_aWinged horses.
650		0	_aHorses _xMythology.
650		0	_aHindu mythology.
650		0	_aMares _xMythology.
700	1		_aSeastrand, Anna Lise, _d1980- _eother.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aDoniger, Wendy, _tWinged stallions and wicked mares _dCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021. _z9780813945767 _w(DLC) 2020037879
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