An Unholy Brew: Alcohol in Indian Religion and History

ISBN-10: 0199375941
ISBN-13: 9780199375943
Category: Alcoholic beverages
Pages: 408
Language: English
Published: 2021
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Author: James McHugh

Description

The first book on alcohol in pre-modern India, An Unholy Brew: Alcohol in Indian Religion and History uses a wide range of sources from the Vedas to the Kamasutra to explore intoxicating drinks and styles of drinking, as well as sophisticated rationales for abstinence found in South Asia from the earliest Sanskrit written records through the second millennium CE.

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An Unholy Brew: Alcohol in Indian History and Religions
- 2021-09-17
- 304 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
An Unholy Brew: Alcohol in Indian History and Religions
- 2021
- 408 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press

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