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Vernacular Imperialism, Vedic Nationalism: Listening for Disparate Accents in the Linguistic Survey of India

Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India. By Javed Majeed. London: Routledge, 2018. 266 pages. ISBN 9781138320086. £115 (hbk).Nation and Region in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India. By Javed Majeed. New Delhi: Routledge, 2018. 230 pages. ISBN 9781138556706. £115 (hbk).

Alexander BubbUniversity of Roehampton, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 282-288 | Published online: 16 Oct 2019

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