A Murderous Cult? — The British and Thuggee
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-import-d89fe57f3e4e6f8c3101
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-100B10-093
- Author or attribution
- Banerjee, Jacqueline
- Record type
- Article
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2025
- Source / repository
- The Victorian Web
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- 100-Source Research Supplement — Batch 10, November 2026; Thuggee; Colonialism; Kali
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On the British construction of Thuggee as a cult of Kali.
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Title: A Murderous Cult? — The British and Thuggee
Authors: Banerjee, Jacqueline
Record type: Article
Language: English
Year: 2025
Source / Publisher: The Victorian Web
Full-text URL: https://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/thuggee.html
Subjects: Thuggee; Colonialism; Kali
Description: On the British construction of Thuggee as a cult of Kali.
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Citation
Banerjee, Jacqueline. A Murderous Cult? — The British and Thuggee. The Victorian Web. 2025. https://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/thuggee.html
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