This book is the result of the long interest in Hindu pilgrimage which was encouraged during his study of Sanskrit and Hinduism It provided a detailed historical anthropology of Ayodhya, which argues that religious values can reflect political and economic processes. This is Volume 59 of the London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology.

Peter van der Veer (Author)

I Ayodhya: Time and Place, II Problems and Perspectives, III Devotion and Ascetisicm, IV The sacred as a profession, V Conclusion