Western Jews in India: From the Fifteenth Century to the Present

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This is the first book describing the roles of Western Jews in South Asian political affairs, medicine, painting, architecture and religion. A time-line summarizes their contributions and those of the Indian Jews to the Indian subcontinent. Many of these foreign Jews left behind their Jewish identities. Others remained Jews, but functioned as individuals unconcerned with implementing any Jewish agenda.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kenneth X. Robbins

Kenneth X Robbins, a Psychiatrist, has published more than forty articles on Indian history and art. He has curated nine exhibitions, at sites ranging from Columbia University to the National Library of Medicine.

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Title
Western Jews in India: From the Fifteenth Century to the Present
Author
Edition
1st.ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8173049831, 9788173049835
Length
310p., Illustrations; Chiefly Colour; Colour; Maps; 29cm.
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