A NEW WAVE OF INDIAN INSPIRATION: Translations from Urdu in Malay Traditional Literature and TheatreFootnote

¹The authors are most grateful to Rosemary Robson-McKillop for her invaluable help in revising the English text of this article and to Dr Jan van der Putten for his useful comments on an earlier draft.

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