[INDOLOGY] Candles in India

[Lubomír Ondračka]

As is often the case with questions like this concerning the history of 
material culture, PK Gode is there to help:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41784587

L.

On 02/06/2026 15:12, Oliver Hellwig via INDOLOGY wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> did they use candles in premodern India? Searching NWS, I didn't find a 
> lemma for this. Any papers / books on this topic?
> 
> Any hints are highly appreciated.
> 
> Best, Oliver
> 
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