Tyrants, Villains, Belles and Saints: Stereotyped Portraits of Muslim Characters in Early Hindi Novels
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عنوان ژورنال: Cracow Indological Studies
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1732-0917
DOI: 10.12797/cis.15.2013.15.14