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082			_a297 RIZ
100			_a"Rizvi, S.H.M."
245		0	_aMuslims
260			_aDelhi
260			_bB.R. Publishing Corp.
260			_c1984
300			_a232p.
520			_a This book aims to answer the question of bio-cultural. identity of Muslims from exclusively anthropological perspective. The concept prevailing currently and accepted by the native population dichotomies Muslims. Those who came and settled in India during the various invasions and historical migrations constituted one group while the other group was believed to be formed by mass conversions of the local Hindu populations of a comparatively lower order in the caste hierarchy. Based on this, a clear line of distinction was draw between 'shurfa' and nau-Muslim and non muslim elements present in the Indian sub-continent.
650			_aIslam
942			_cB _2ddc