JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
VOLUME XIV · PART 2 · JULY  2004

Contents

The Tomb of Sayyidna ‘Ali in Arsuf: the Story of a Holy Place
HANA TARAGAN 
 83-102
Rigvedic tiróahnyam
KAREN THOMSON
 103-110
The Jaipur Exhibition of 1883
GILES TILLOTSON
 111-126
Book Reviews
ASTRONOMICAL PAPYRI FROM OXYRHYNCUS (P. OXY. 4133–4300a). By ALEXANDER JONES.
Benno van Dalen
 127-129
PAITIMÂNA. ESSAYS IN IRANIAN, INDO-EUROPEAN, AND INDIAN STUDIES IN HONOR OF HANS-PETER SCHMIDT. by SIAMAK ADHAMI.
Johnny Cheung
 129-134
ASIA'S MARITIME BEAD TRADE, 300 B.C. TO THE PRESENT. By PETER FRANCIS, JR.
Roderich Ptak
 134-136
CIVIL AND CORRUPT ASIA. IMAGE AND TEXT IN THE ITINERARIO AND THE ICONES OF JAN HUYGEN VAN LINSCHOTEN. By ERNST VAN DEN BOOGAART.
Roderich Ptak
 136-138
THE ROOTS OF TANTRA. by KATHERINE ANNE HARPER and ROBERT L. BROWN.
Christian K. Wedemeyer
 138-140
THE FEMALE VOICE IN SUFI RITUAL: DEVOTIONAL PRACTICES OF PAKISTAN AND INDIA. By S. B. ABBAS.
Wendy Dunleavy
 140-141
ANGLO-EUROPEAN SCIENCE AND THE RHETORIC OF EMPIRE: MALARIA, OPIUM, AND BRITISH RULE IN INDIA, 1756–1895. By PAUL C. WINTHER.
David Arnold
 141-143
SACRED TRACES: BRITISH EXPLORATIONS OF BUDDHISM IN SOUTH ASIA. By JANICE LEOSHKO.
Jennifer Howes
 143-146
TRACES OF INDIA: PHOTOGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE, AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION, 1850–1900. Edited by MARIA ANTONELLA PELIZZARI.
George Michell
 146-148
THE LAST MAN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SURGEON MAJOR BRYDON, CB. By JOHN C. CUNNINGHAM.
David Murphy
 148-150
ORGANIZING EMPIRE: INDIVIDUALISM, COLLECTIVE AGENCY AND EMPIRE. By PURNIMA BOSE.
Antony Copley
 150-151
CONGRESS POLITICS IN BENGAL, 1919–39. By SRILATA CHATTERJEE.
Antony Copley
 151-152
NOBODIES TO SOMEBODIES – THE RISE OF THE COLONIAL BOURGEOISIE IN SRI LANKA. By KUMARI JAYAWARDENA.
Markus Daechsel
 153-155
THE MALAY PENINSULA, CROSSROADS OF THE MARITIME SILK ROAD. By MICHEL JACQ-HEROUALC'H
David Snellgrove
 155-159
WORSHIING SIVA AND BUDDHA: THE TEMPLE ART OF EAST JAVA. By ANN R. KINNEY
Trudy Jacobsen
 159-160
CHOIX D'ARTICLES DE KHMEROLOGIE/SELECTED PAPERS ON KHMEROLOGY. By SAVEROS POU.
Trudy Jacobsen
 161-162
DEATH WAITS IN THE DARK: THE SENOI PRAAQ, MALAYSIA'S KILLER ELITE. By ROY DAVIS LINVILLE JUMPER.
Simon C. Smith
 162-163
EARLY BUDDHIST ART OF CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA, VOL. 1: LATER HAN, THREE KINGDOMS AND WESTERN CHIN IN CHINA AND BACTRIA TO SHANSHAN IN CENTRAL ASIA. VOL. 2: THE EASTERN CHIN AND SIXTEEN KINGDOMS PERIOD IN CHINA AND TUMSHUK, KUCHA AND KARASHAHR IN CENTRAL ASIA. By MARYLIN MARTIN RHIE.
Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt
 164-169
HISTOIRE DES MARCHANDS SOGDIENS. By ÉTIENNE DE LA VAISSIÈRE.
Yutaka Yoshida
 169-175
DAS SONGZEITLICHE QUANZHOU IM SPANNUNGSFELD ZWISCHEN ZENTRALREGIERUNG UND MARITIMEM HANDEL. UNERWARTETE KONSEQUENZEN DES ZENTRALSTAATLICHEN ZUGRIFFS AUF DEN REICHTUM EINER KÜNSTENREGION. By ANGELA SCHOTTENHAMMER.
Claudine Salmon
 175-177
LIKE FROTH ON THE SEA. THE WORLD OF PIRATES AND SEAFARERS IN LATE IMPERIAL SOUTH CHINA. By ROBERT J. ANTONY.
Claudine Salmon
 177-178
THE CHINESE HSINHAI REVOLUTION: G. E. MORRISON AND ANGLO-JAPANESE RELATIONS, 1897–1920. By EIKO WOODHOUSE.
Hsiao-Ting Lin
 179-181
CULTURAL COMMERCE AND DUTCH COMMERCIAL CULTURE: THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN MATERIAL CULTURE ON JAPAN,1700–1850. By MARTHA CHAIKLIN.
Timon Screech
 181-182