submitted: 3/21/94 (by mail) Brian Smith Professor of Religious Studies & History Department of Religious Studies University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521 USA phone: 909-787-6444 FAX: 909-787-6444 email: bkskt@ucrac1.ucr.edu Indian religions, Veda/Vedic religion, contemporary Hinduism, modern and ancient Indian history, Sanskrit, caste studies