Presenting the Past Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India

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Cultural Heritage, ed. Doris Meth Srinivasan (New Delhi: American Institute of
Indian Studies, 1989). For a much broader description of the Mathura temple, see
Alan W. Entwistle, Braj: Center of Krishna Pilgrimage (Groningen, the Netherlands:
Egbert Forsten, 1987).



  1. See Shastri Ramachandran, "The Other Disputed Shrines," Illustrated
    Weekly of India, 5-11 December 1992, pp. 26-27.

  2. S.N.M. Abdi, "Two Props for Ayodhya," Illustrated Weekly of India, 5-11
    December 1992, pp. 30-32. See also Baidyanath Saraswati et al., Shri Kashi Vishwa-
    natha: astha aur vyavastha ka prashan (Varanasi, India: Nirmalkumar Bose Smarak
    Prathishtan, 1983).

  3. Michael W. Meister, "Mystifying Monuments," Seminar, no. 364 (December
    1989), p. 27.

  4. "BJP on the Warpath," India Today, 15 October 1990, p. 34.

  5. Dilip Awasthi and Farzand Ahmed, "Crucible of Conflict," India Today, 15
    October 1990, p. 38. However, BJP's White Paper, p. 41, claims that Ram Jyotis were
    lit "in lakhs of villages.

  6. Dilip Awasthi, "The Siege Ahead," India Today, 15 December 1990, pp. 48-



  7. Inderjit Badhwar and Pankaj Pachauri, "Communalism: Dangerous Dimen-
    sions," India Today, 31 October 1989, p. 29.

  8. Basu et al, Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags, pp. 97-101.

  9. See "Educating and Ennobling the Young Minds" and "New Value-Thrust
    in Diverse Fields," in RSS: A Vision in Action, by H. V. Seshadri (Bangalore: Jaga-
    rana Prakashana, 1988), pp. 223-84.

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