Recreating the past; Revivalism in Northeastern India
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عنوان ژورنال: Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0006-2294,2213-4379
DOI: 10.1163/22134379-90003014