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Introduction; PART 1: Beginnings; 1 The cult of Nidra-Kalaratri, Goddess of Sleep, Swoon, Death and the Night (c. 3rd- century CE-5th century CE); 2 Candika, Parvati’s Unwanted Self (c. 5th-7th centuries CE); 3 Taking over Skanda (c. 6th century CE-7th century CE); 4 Patronage, the civilizational process and the spread of heroic Saktism (c. 7th century CE-11th century CE); PART 2: Synthesis; 5 The Regional Cults of Goddesses Merged with Durga; PART 3: Belief systems and rituals; 6 Heroic Saktism and the Myths of Civilization; 7 Navaratra: The Festival of the Nine Nights; Conclusion: Durga and the making of early Indian Civilization

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