Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Hindus, Muslims, and the Other in Eighteenth Century India Chapter 4 Fortuitous Convergences and Essential Ambiguities: Transcultural Political Elites in the Medieval Deccan Chapter 5 Surprising Bedfellows: Vaisnava and Shi'a Alliance in Kavi Ariph's 'Tale of Lalmon' Chapter 6 The dharma of Islam and the din of Hinduism: Hindus and Muslims in the Age of Sivaji Chapter 7 Conclusion

About the Author

Sushil Mittal is Assistant Professor of Religion and the John C. Griswold Distinguished Professorship in Religion at Millikin University.

Reviews

This collection of essays will be extremely useful to scholars seeking specific examples of cases where the Hindu/Muslim binary simply does not work-and given the constant reinforcement for mass media and academic institutions today, such examples are welcome, and worthy of being propagated.
*Intenerario 2G:1, (2005)*