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Manohar The Jungle Kings Ethnohistorical Aspects of Politics and Ritual in Orissa by Burkhard Schnepel
Presenting and interpreting his ethnohistorical data, the author addresses several issues of importance: the nature of kingship and the state in colonial and post-colonial India; the politics of ritual and the ritual of politics; the relation between kings and tribes; the Hinduization of tribal deities and more.