Introduction; Are Cultures Readable? Reconsidering Some Questions of Method; The Making of a Local Chronicle: The Ranapur Rajavamsa Itihasa; Ranpur Resolved: Spatial Analysis of a Town in Orissa Based on a Chronicle; Jaypur Parlakimedi Vizianaragaram: The Southern Gajapatis; Anecdotes of History: Reflections on Contexts & (Hi)stories; Devotion, Poetry & Healing: Exploring Bhima Bhois Stuticintamani; Mantra-Recitation as a Religious Institution: Sri Kalpataru Seva Asrama in Bhubaneswar; Creating Performative Texts: The Introduction of Mangala puja in Southern Orissa; 'Facing the Trial: Fire Energy Day': Text & Performative Context in South Orissa; Entering the Realm of Durga: Patkhanda, a Hinduized Tribal Deity; Imagining Orissa: Archaeology, Art History & Cultural Identity; Gita-Govinda Traditions: A Medieval Debate & Its Impact on Modern Oriya Identity; Appropriating Jagannatha: Texts & their Contexts; Autobiographies of Oriya Leaders: Contributions to a Cause; Tribal Society of Highland Orissa, Highland Burma, & Elsewhere; Indology & the Cultural Turn; Index.