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P.N. Oak |
Who Says Akbar was Great |
$23.49 $16.44 |
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| The Present day historians consider Akbar as a great Moghul emperor. The author of this book questions this view. He quotes innumerable incidents and deeds of the so called great emperor and proves that Akbar was the greatest rogue. A well documented work worth reading. In the preface to his eight-volume critical study of medieval Muslim chronicles a well-known historian, the late Sir H M Elliot observes that the history of the Muslim era in India is an impudent and interested fraud. This book... |
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Dr Manjul Kant Dwivedi |
Remedial Vastu Harmony With Nature For Peace, Health & Prosperity |
$43.95 $30.77 |
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R.D. Choudhury |
Kala |
$125.49 $87.84 |
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| Kala - the book publishes recent researches in the field of Indian Art History. This volume contains research articles on Indian art and architecture covering a vast area from Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar in the east to Gujarat in the west and down south to Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Equally diverse are the subjects dealt by eminent art historians, such as sculptural art, paintings, temple architecture, Jaina, Buddhist, Surya, Sakta, Saiva and Vaisnava iconography from proto-historic... |
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Pepita Seth |
Heaven on Earth: The Universe of Kerala’s Guruvayur Temple |
$191.99 $134.39 |
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| Every day of the year, thousands of pilgrims swarm into the sacred precincts of Kerala's Guruvayur Temple. They come to seek the blessings of Lord Krishna, known locally as Guruvayurappan, a deity whose precious idol was, according to myth, originally worshipped by Lord Vishnu. Another belief states that the idol was eventually inherited by Lord Krishna and enshrined in Dwaraka and that, just before his death. He declared that it was to be re-installed in India's most sacred place.
The task... |
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J. Soundararajan |
Early Chalukyan Temples: Art, Architecture & Iconography (with special reference to Aihole) |
$125.49 $87.84 |
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| The book deals with the essence of Art and Architecture subtly twain with Iconography and Aesthetics besides legend and tradition for the sake of readers, it has been designed to bring out the marked of location, environ with present administrative support. A horizontal outline based on the epigraphically evidence of the early Chalukya tracing the contemporary political set up of that age shown.
The work gives an emphasis to art form pattern set by the early Chalukyas tracing with veracity of... |
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Mary Shepherd Slusser |
Art and culture of Nepal Selected Papers |
$166.67 $116.67 |
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| This volume brings together in one convenient format a selection of papers devoted to Nepalese culture published over several years in a variety of places. In one of them, for example, jointly authored and published in Artibus Asiae in 1973, the authors make one exciting discovery after another as they unravel various facets of Nepalese history. The so-called "Sleeping Vishnu" at Balaju turns out to be actually part Siva and to be a thousand years older than previously thought. In an... |
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Irmgard Meininger |
Chittor-Historical View and a Guide |
$13.89 $9.72 |
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| It presents the history and culture of Rajasthan's greatest fortified citadel and Mewar's ancient capital, Chittorgarh. It narrates the heroic sages of its warriors and describes its beautiful palaces, temples and lakes.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Preface
Chittor in the eyes of historians and travellers
Historical overview
A tour of Chittor
Historical-genealogical tree of the dynasty of Mewar
Glossary
Plan of Rana Kumbha’s Palace
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Subhash Parihar |
History and Architectural Remains of Sirhind: The Greatest Mughal City on the Delhi-lahore Highway |
$160.49 $112.34 |
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| Sirhind, during the Mughal period, was the largest city situated in the midst of the Lahore-Delhi Highway. Even before that the antiquity of the city is traceable to the beginning of the Christian era. But it reached the zenith of its glory during the seventeenth century when it became one the most prosperous cities of the Mughal Empire. Its splendor is often described by the chroniclers and travelers of the period.
The work is dividing into two parts. The first part comprises three chapters.... |
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A.P. Singh |
Monuments: A Vision of Harmony |
$96.49 $67.54 |
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| The present books dealing with the monuments a comprehensive and cogent narration of the history and development, defensive architecture planning execution etc. The book is divided into several chapters dealing with the geography and topography of the region viz; North and Central India, East and West India, historical background, a brief history of art and architecture of monuments in India in general and centre.
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Braja Kishor Padhi |
Religious Art & Architecture of North East India |
$125.49 $87.84 |
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| Religious Art & Architecture of North East India by The book deals with the religion, art, architecture of various religious places belonging to Jainism, Buddhism, Hindu temples of Vaishnavism, Saivism, Shaktism, etc., Churches, Mosques. It contains seven chapters. The Chapter first analysises a short note on the southern zone interlinked with history of art and architecture of Orissa. The Chapter II is devoted to religious places of Jainism, Jain heritages, Jain sculptures and monuments... |
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Chob Singh Verma |
Splendour of Fatehpur Sikari |
$31.99 $22.39 |
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| Fatehpur Sikri-the red sand stone city built by Akbar is today one of the most important archaeological sites in India and exhibits an important phase of Mughal history. Here a galaxy of talented men lent luster to a brilliant Court. A visit to this historic city evokes this memorable epoch, when the dream of India-“equal respect for all religions” was realized again after centuries of conflict. This treatise - “Splendour of Fatehpur Sikri” traces the history of the town and planning and design... |
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