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Article: Syllables of Sky: Studies in South Indian Civilization in Honour of Velcheru Narayana Rao.(Review)
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- October 1, 1998
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Edited by David SHULMAN. Delhi: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1996. Pp. xi + 478, plates, index of subjects. $29.95.
Those who know David Shulman are well aware that he has found the experience of studying and working with V. Narayana Rao to be enormously satisfying, stimulating, and enriching. Likewise, those who know Narayana Rao are aware that the admiration is reciprocated. Here we have a case of two humanist scholars engaged in a collaboration that has contributed significantly to knowledge about South Asian civilization.
The volume under review is a collection of essays edited by David Shulman as a tribute to Narayana Rao, and the contributors are all ...