Author’s Note

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Author’s Note xi
5. An Empire without a “Religion” 1
6. Readings of the “Sacred” 23
7. Writing the Empire 59
8. Narrating the Empire 101
9. Time, Myth, and Memory 135
10. Place and Ritual 173
11. The Importance of Getting Lost 209
12. Notes 217
13. Bibliography 289
14. Index 321