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W.H. Valentine |
Copper Coins of India |
$21.99 $16.49 |
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Vinay Kumar Rao |
Buddhist Sculptural Art of Krishna Lower Valley |
$160.49 $120.37 |
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| Krishna is one of the most prominent rivers of peninsular India. It forms a large and fertile land. The convenient navigational approach to sea through Krishna helped in flourishing number of urban settlements like Amaravati, Nagarjunakonda, Goli, Jaggayepetta, Chezarla, Ghantasala, Gummadidurru, Bhattiprolu. The river also encouraged the rulers and traders of this region to influence the polity, economy and culture through maritime relations in Far East Asian region. The political and... |
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Sunil Khosa |
Antiquities of Western Himalayas (2 Vols.) |
$288.49 $216.37 |
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| Himalaya is known as the abode of Lord Siva. Its cultural, social, religious and political significance is so vast that it allured the foreigners in the ancient past and continues to entice people from every nook and corner even today. The present book Antiquities of Western Himalayas has dealt with the cultural aspects of the western Himalayas. An art heritage may belong to a particular region yet it transcends all physical and language barriers to become a pan-human phenomena. The authors of... |
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Subhash Parihar |
History and Architectural Remains of Sirhind: The Greatest Mughal City on the Delhi-lahore Highway |
$160.49 $120.37 |
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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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Snigdha Tripathy |
Inscriptions of Orissa (Vol. 1) |
$33.33 $25.00 |
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| The present volume, the result of the intellectual labour, covers a subject of immense value for those interested in the reconstruction of ancient and mediaeval history and culture of Orissa, the major part of which is still in darkness. Based on the original documents in the form of copper plate and stone records, discovered from different parts of Orissa, it presents almost a complete picture of the history and culture of the period (C.A.D. 5th-8th century A.D.) in Orissa as part of the wider... |
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Salim Pushpanath |
Temples of South India |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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| This book "Temples of South India" presents a fascinating insight into the major temples of the three southern states of India – Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The architectural grandeur of the temples; colourful history of the dynasties of that period and the beauty of the powerful deities worshipped are vividly described. These centuries old historical monuments are great tourist attractions. Despite rapid condensation and a shift in socio-cultural values these temples have maintained... |
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S.P. Verma |
Aspects of Mughal Painting: Expressions and Impressions (Vol.I) |
$134.99 $101.24 |
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| Present collection of essays researched and analyzed by S.P. Verma, since 1973, provides the readers an introduction to the Mughal painting. The sixteen studies in this volume offer a fresh interpretation of the Mughal miniatures. These relate to the aesthetic values, art-forms, signs and symbols, and the social and cultural history. Most importantly, Akbar's attempt to liberate painting from the straitjacket of sectarian ideology is the theme of Chapter 1.2. The 'artists signatures' (Chapter... |
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Rekha Rao |
Therapeutics in Indian Sculptures: Ranki Vav-Patan |
$80.49 $60.37 |
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| India is a land known for its antiquity. Its heritage is expressed in its cultural and architectural traditions, which have transcended time and space to remain alive and appropriate even in the present. Gujarat in western India is a place with many historical monuments, the step-wells; especially the one at a place called “Patan” is truly a store-house of the rich cultural and religious heritage of India with stunning architectural grandeur. Ranki Van also called Rani-ki-Vav; the step-well at... |
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Rekha Jain |
Ancient Indian Coinage |
$31.49 $23.62 |
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| This book studies ancient India's monetary economy in terms of its 'coinage' through six successive periods--from the janapadas to the pre-medieval. It establish linkages between the ancient coins and their references in ancient texts. |
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R.Nath |
Antiquities of Chittorgadh |
$8.33 $6.25 |
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R.B. Whitehead |
Catalogue of Coins |
$8.33 $6.25 |
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| The book describes four hundred and six coins comprising well known types of all important rulers as well as a number of rare specimens. The catalogue is in three parts-first part deals with coins of pre-Muhammad an dynasties, second with those of Pathan kings and the third with the coins of Mughal emperors. |
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R. Nath |
Chittorgadh Kirtti-Stambha |
$83.33 $62.50 |
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| Maharana Kumbha of Mewar, who was the preceptor of Medieval Indian Renaissance, built his greatest monument, the Kirttistambha in the fort of Chittorgadh (Rajasthan) between 1440 and 1460 A D. It is generally known by the misnomer Vijaya Stambha (The Tower of Victory), though it was not built to commemorate a military event. The author has examined here the fundamental question : what was the idea which led to its incarnation in such a beautiful form, under such headings as Mahameru, Vedic... |
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Prasanna Rao Bandela |
Coin Splendour |
$66.67 $50.00 |
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| Coins are indeed the most enduring pieces of frozen time. These time-capsules transport us instantly into our past. They conjure up before us the lives and times of our ancestors. They provide the most authoritative record of history. As pieces of evidence they are invaluable because they may add a new fact, or a name, or a date to history.
The rise and fall of great early civilizations of Rome and Greece are well chronicled and illustrated on their coins. In India, for example, the coins of... |
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Prabodh Kumar Mishra |
Archaeology of Mayurbhanj |
$26.67 $20.00 |
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| This book delves into the rich antiquity of Mayurbhanj as evident in its archaeological discoveries. It discusses how the patronage of enlightened rulers helped archaeologist-scholars like K.P. Bose to unravel Mayurbhanj's ancient wealth.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Historical background
Archaeology of Haripur
Archaeology of Khicing
Epilogue
Postscript
Visuals
Appendix
Bibliography
Index. |
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P.N. Oak |
Agra Red Fort is a Hindu Building |
$4.99 $3.74 |
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| We are proud to present to the Indian people, to students of Indian history the world over and to the tourist who loves to visit Indian historical sites this unique book revealing the hoary and glorious history of the majestic Red Fort in Agra.
In the present volume we have exposed one glaring mis-concept of mediaeval historical texts and tourist guide books. Visitors to the Red Fort in Agra and students and scholars of history are being made to believe and propagate that the Red Fort in Agra... |
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P.N. Oak |
Who Says Akbar was Great |
$23.49 $17.62 |
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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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P.K. Mishra (Ed.) |
Researches in Archaeology and Conservation |
$83.33 $62.50 |
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| This book of its kind is being published in India for the first time. Here we have a book for those who are interested in the critical appreciation of the problems relating to conservation and preservation of monuments and antiquities including the entire World Heritage. It encompasses in itself a vast vista of visions visualizing the entire gamut of conservation and preservation required for the safeguard of the World Cultural Heritage including minor antiquities housed in museums and varied... |
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P.K. Kaul |
Antiquities of the Chenab Valley in Jammu |
$83.33 $62.50 |
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| An attempt is made by the author, in this Monograph, to evaluate the antiquity of the Jammu region, and valuable material in terms of some 150 items of inscriptional record, copper plates, Sanads, Pattas, Grants, official Certificate and Firmans etc. have been treated. All these pertain to the valleys of Chenab and its tributaries in the mountains of Jammu. |
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P.C. Roy |
The Coinage of Northern India |
$15.99 $11.99 |
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| The present thesis fulfils a long felt desideratum in the field of numismatical studies in India. So far our knowledge about early medieval coinage of India has been very poor and pragmentary. A systematic and comprehensive study of sporadic materials has been, for the first time, successfully attempted in this subject. The author with industry and intelligence has collected thematerials, sorted and collated them and reconstructed the structure of his subject. It is based on the discovery of... |
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P.Arundhati |
Annapurna |
$11.11 $8.33 |
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| Annapurna is a bunch of flowers that bloomed in the course of quarter century of research with a fragrance of Indian thought on different branches of knowledge like nourishment, medicine, ecology, psychology, chemistry, petrology and like, spreading the aroma of Indian culture to the length and breadth of the world. The articles reflect the strength, vitality and vigour of Indian culture as known even in the times of hoary antiquity. Annapurna is a valuable contribution to Indological studies.... |
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Nonoru Karashima |
A Concordance of Nayakas |
$29.17 $21.88 |
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| In the history of the Nayakas of the Vijayanagar kingdom, in South India, the period from 1326 to 1675 is particularly important. The Nayaka system was dominant from the fifteenth to the early seventeenth century. The Nayakas were key state administrators, functionaries, and revenue collectors and as such were liable to be transferred. Although they played a very important administrative role, there are no detailed studies on them except those on some big families. This detailed statistical... |
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Mary Shepherd Slusser |
Art and culture of Nepal Selected Papers |
$166.67 $125.00 |
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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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Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty |
Indian Rock Art and its Global Context |
$94.44 $70.83 |
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| This is a unique volume in the history of rock art studies, meant at once for the advanced scholar, serious student and the curious but conscientious layman, co-authored by K.K. Chakravarty and R.G. Bednarik, who co-chaired the Rock Art session of the World Archaeological Congress 3 at Delhi in 1994. It is a synoptic but comprehensive survey, illustrated by 221 photographs and sketches, including 172 photographs in colour.
The two scholars have not only described the latest state of research... |
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K.C. Jain |
Malwa Through the Ages (Hardback) |
$50.99 $38.24 |
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| The present book offers an exhaustive treatment of the political, social, economical and cultural history of Malwa from the earliest times to 1305 A.D. Herein for the very first time the author has arranged systematically and discussed and relevant historical material in the form of archaeological antiquities, inscriptions, coins and literature.
About the Author:
The author born on 21st April 1930 at Maroth in Nagaur District of Rajasthan Professor K.C. Jain got a merit scholarship a the... |
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K. Krishna Murthy |
Archaeology of Indian Musical Instruments |
$27.78 $20.84 |
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| This book is a study of the different varieties of musical instruments delineated in the early Indian plastic art. It discusses in detail each item of the musical instruments under the classification. |
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