"There is nothing remarkable about the people in premodern South Asia having a clear and accurate conception of the spatial organization of their world."
— Sheldon Pollock

January 1, 1970

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Sources

2006, The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India, pp. 194-196; also in S. Kaul, "The Empire Strikes Back: Ad Hominem as History".