The Brahmans, Theists and Muslims of India: Studies of Goddess-Worship in Bengal, Caste, Brahmaism and Social Reform
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-fifty-047
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-50-047
- Author or attribution
- John Campbell Oman
- Record type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- Undated second edition; first publication 1907
- Source / repository
- sriswamisivananda.org
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- 50 Full-Text Sources — November 2026; Historical and literary sources; Historical Accounts and Colonial Records
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The opening chapter, Kali-Ghat and Hinduism in Bengal, examines the temple, worshippers and goddess worship across five sections. A substantial historical source on Kalighat, best read with awareness of the author’s colonial-era perspective.
Curator source KALI-50-047. Historical and literary sources. Export dated 5 November 2026.
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47 The Brahmans, Theists and Muslims of India: Studies of Goddess-Worship in Bengal, Caste, Brahmaism and Social Reform
John Campbell Oman • 1907
Historical ethnographic book • English
London: T. Fisher Unwin; linked electronic text identifies a second edition
1907 first publication; date of linked second edition not established.
The opening chapter, Kali-Ghat and Hinduism in Bengal, examines the temple, worshippers and goddess worship across five sections. A substantial historical source on Kalighat, best read with awareness of the author’s colonial-era perspective.
Access: Complete book HTML, approximately 692,000 characters, checked against a freely downloadable 384-page scan; full chapters and ending present.
Full text: https://sriswamisivananda.org/THE-BRAHMANS-THEISTS-AND-MUSLIMS-OF-INDIA.html
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John Campbell Oman. The Brahmans, Theists and Muslims of India: Studies of Goddess-Worship in Bengal, Caste, Brahmaism and Social Reform. sriswamisivananda.org. Undated second edition; first publication 1907. Historical ethnographic book • English
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