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    <title>image of India</title>
    <subTitle>the study of ancient indian civilisation in the USSR</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Bongard-Levin, G.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Vigasin, A. A., author</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Greenwood, Peter, translator.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Progress Publishers</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1984</dateIssued>
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    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>270 pages ;  23 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>The Image of India examines the development of Soviet scholarship on ancient Indian civilization. It traces the history of Indological research in the USSR, highlighting major scholars, institutions, and contributions to the study of India's history, archaeology, religion, literature, philosophy, and culture. The book also discusses the intellectual and cultural links between India and the Soviet Union, making it an important reference for the history of Indology and Indian historiography.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">G. Bongard-Levin and A. Vigasin ; translated from the Russian by Peter Greenwood.</note>
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    <topic>India--Civilization--Study and teaching--Soviet Union</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Indology--Soviet Union</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Oriental studies--Soviet Union</topic>
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