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Mahatma Gandhi |
Gandhi an Autobiography |
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| Gandhi's nonviolent struggles in South Africa and India
had already brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation, and controversy
that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it
as an opportunity to explain himself. Although accepting of his status as a
great innovator in the struggle against racism, violence, and, just then,
colonialism, Gandhi feared that enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a
deeper understanding. He says that he was... |
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Georg Feurstein |
In Search of the Cradle of Civilization |
$18.99 $13.29 |
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| The book shows that the ancient Indians were no primitives but possessed a high spiritual culture, which not only influenced the evolution of the Western world in decisive ways but which still has much to teach us today. India's archaic spirituality is codified in the rich symbols, metaphors, and myths of the magnificent Rig-Veda, which is shown to be much older than has been widely assumed by scholars. The present book also unravels the astonishing mathematical and astronomical code... |
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Pushkar Bhatnagar |
Dating The Era of Lord Ram |
$24.99 $17.49 |
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| Sage Valmiki, a contemporary of Lord Ram, mentioned in his magnum opus Ramayana that when Lord Ram was born, the sun was located in Aries,Saturn was in libra, Jupiter and the moon were shining in Cancer, Venus was seen in Pisces while Mars was in Capricorn. Moreover, It was the ninth day of the increasing phase of the moon in the lunar month of Chaitra.
The two illustrations on the cover display, with the help of a powerful software, that these unique astral conditions were present in the sky... |
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Holger Kersten |
Jesus Lived in India - His Unknown Life Before and After the Crucifixion |
$19.49 $13.64 |
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| This compelling book presents irrefutable evidence that Jesus did indeed live in India, dying there in old age. The result of many years of investigative research, this study takes the reader to all the historical sites connected with Jesus in Israel, the Middle East, Afghanistan and India. Why has Christianity chosen to ignore its connections with the religions of the East, and to dismiss repeatedly the numerous claims that Jesus spent a large part of his life in India? This compelling book... |
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Prem P. Bhalla |
Hindu Rites, Rituals, Customs and Traditions |
$16.49 $11.54 |
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| Rites, rituals and customs play a major role in the life of every person, irrespective of religious affiliations. However,this is more prominent in the case of Hindus. Right from the time of conception and birth, up to a person`s passing away and even after it, rites and rituals follow a Hindu at all times, much like a shadow. Indeed, there is one or the other rite, ritual or custom that comes into play for Hindus 365 days of the year. However, unlike other religions where many customs are... |
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Alain Danielou |
The Ragas of Northern Indian Music |
$32.49 $22.74 |
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| The first part of the book traces the history of Indian music and the continuity of its theory and practice for more than two thousand years. It is based on many years' research into the vast ancient Sanskrit literature of music. These valuable technical treatises, which lie in the form of scarcely catalogued manuscripts throughout the public and private libraries of India, had hitherto remained unemplored. Part Two transcribes and studies in detail 50 typical Raga-s. Each is preceded by a... |
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T.A. Saraswati Amma |
Geometry in Ancient and Medieval India |
$24.99 $17.49 |
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| This book is a geometrical survey of the Samskrit and Prakrt scientific and quasi-scientific literature of India beginning with the Vedic literature and ending with the early part of the 17th century. It deals in detail with the Sulbasutras in the Vedic literature, with the mathematical parts of Jaina Canonical works of the Hindu Siddhantas, and with the contributions to geometry made by the astronomer mathematicians Aryabhata I & II, Sripati, Bhaskara I & II, Sangamagrama Madhava,... |
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Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
Orion : A Search into the Ancientness of Aryan-Vedic Culture (An Ignored Historical Research) |
$19.49 $13.64 |
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| That the sacred thread – Yajnopavita among the Hindus and Kushti among the Parsis – is the sign of the constellation Orion’s belt, underlines its supreme significance among ancient and modern Aryans. Its mention in Vedic literature inspired the Sanskrit scholar Lokmanya Tilak to use it to fix the date of that early period of history – a task neither Yaska nor Sayana could think of.
A unique and definitive study of the subject, it casts interesting new light on obscure Aryan-Vedic culture. It... |
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P.N. Oak |
Some Missing Chapters of World History |
$23.49 $16.44 |
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| A revolutionary work by P N Oak. The book is about those facts which were ignored knowingly or unknowingly by the said great historians. In the light of these facts history seems to be different.This book is intended to awaken and arouse the world from its complacent slumber about its history to the realization that there is much to learn and unlearn.History as it is currently taught, presented and presumed throughout the world, harbours a number of misconceptions, at times so gross as to... |
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David Kinsley |
Hindu Goddesses |
$12.99 $9.09 |
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| Hindu Goddesses is a valuable sourcebook and reference work for students
and scholars of Hindu goddesses and of Hinduism in general. Each goddess is
dealt with as an independent deity with a coherent mythology, theology and, in
some cases, cult of her own. Within the complex, diverse, and rich goddess
traditions of Hinduism, one can find suggestions of nearly every important theme
in the Hindu religion. In many ways, this book is as much a study of the Hindu
tradition itself as it... |
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R. Satyanarayana |
Caturdandiprakasika of Venkatamakhin (2 volumes) |
$149.95 $104.97 |
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| Caturdandiprakasika (c. 1650 A.D.) of Venkatamakhin is a fundamental treatise of Karnataka music and marks the rearguard in the renaissance of Indian music. It has launched a crucial, conceptual revolution which has metamorphosed this musical system into an enduring the attractive paddhati. Caturdandiprakasika is written in ten chapters: Vina, Sruti, Svara, Mela, Raga, Alapa, Thaya, Gita Prabandha and Tala. The first volume consists of the critically edited Text, English Translation,... |
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Mukund Lath |
Dattilam |
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| The Dattilam is a remarkable treatise from the earliest known period of organized, systematic writing on music in India. The work can be placed in the same period as the Natyasastra (the beginning of the Christian era) and it presents to us a well-developed sastra, composed at the end of a long tradition of analytic thinking on music. It is devoted to the description of gandharva, a sacred corpus of music, derived from the still more ancient sama, sacred Vedic form. Gandharva was also the... |
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P.N. Oak |
The Taj Mahal is A Temple Place |
$23.49 $16.44 |
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| P N Oak has given such evidences in this book which prove that the building Taj Mahal existed years before the death of Mumtaj Mahal.The book shows that the archaeological records of the Taj Mahal were falsified. Historians had duped the public and changed the Temple Palace to grave.This book is dedicated in grateful memory particularly to Her Highness the late Maharani Chandrawati Holkar of Indore, to whose munificence the author owes a part of his academic education, and generally to the... |
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Ramashankar Tripathi |
History of Ancient India |
$15.99 $11.19 |
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| This book gives an authoritative, up-to-date, and compendious account of the history, institutions and culture of India from the earliest times to the advent of the Moslem period. It is based on all available materials- literary, epigraphic, and numismatic- and is written in a most elegant, sober, and lucid style.
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Ram Avtar |
Theory Of Indian Music |
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| This book provides a historical, cultural & technical overview of the evolution of Indian music. |
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Arthur A. Macdonell |
A History of Sanskrit Literature |
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| Among all the ancient literatures, that of India is... undoubtedly in intrinsic value and aesthetic merit second only to that of Greece. The work presents a complete history of Sanskrit literature in a condensed and succinct form. It embodies a general study of the Vedic, Epic, Puranic, Classical and Philosophical Literature. It sheds light on the life and thought of Ancient and Medieval India as reflected in the literary productions of those periods.
Sanskrit was considered the... |
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Kireet Joshi |
Towards Universal Fraternity |
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| This text by the renowned educationist and philosopher Kireet Joshi is a meaningful essay on the necessity of human unity, but it also highlights the mistakes to avoid on the path.
Is human unity achievable, and if so, how?
What should be the contribution of India to this effort?
These are some of the central questions of this essay. |
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P.N. Oak |
Some Blunders Of Indian Historical Research |
$17.99 $12.59 |
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| The author, in this book incites some blunders of India historical Research. This is Oak’s most popular work.Table of Contents:PrefaceWhat Prompted My Historic QuestBlunder No.Indian monuments Credited to Alien MuslimsIgnoble Akbar Believed NobleMisplaced Faith in Mediaeval ChroniclesMyth of the Indo-Saracenic Theory of ArchitectureMyth of the Moghul School of PaintingMyth of the Development of Music in Mediaeval Muslim CourtsMyth about the Moghul Garden ArtMythical... |
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M.R. Kale, Ed. |
The Kiratarjuniyam of Bharavi |
$6.49 $4.54 |
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| The Kiratarjuniya is a Mahakavya and is named after its chief incident, viz. the fight between Siva under the guise of a Kirata (Mountaineer) and Arjuna. This metrical composition describes the journey of Arjuna to the mountain Indrakila, part of Himalayas, for the propitiation of the gods Indra and Siva and the final obtainment of the divine weapons Pasupata and others from the gods. |
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Suniti Kumar Chatterji |
The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language (3 vols.) |
$73.00 $51.10 |
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| The first systematic and detailed history of Bengali—a
modern Indo-Aryan language- by an Indian scholar, it is an invaluable
contribution to the scientific study of the modern Indo-Aryan Languages as a
whole and is a landmark in the history of philological researches into Indian
languages.
"The admirable work, says Sir George Grierson in his Foreword, "which is a fine example of wide knowledge and of scholarly research, is the result of a happy combination of proficiency in facts and... |
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V.K. Jain |
Prehistory and Protohistory of India |
$9.99 $6.99 |
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| Fresh excavations, new dating techniques and ever-growing conceptual frame-works since 1950 have greatly reshaped our perspective on Prehistory and Protohistory of the Indian subcontinent.
This monograph, which is primarily aimed to serve as a starter for the undergraduate and postgraduate students, presents, in a concise but comprehensive manner, a syncretic view of the latest information on various aspects such as tools and technologies, settlement and subsistence patterns, ecological... |
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Ashvini Agrawal |
In Search of Vedic-Harappan Relationship |
$75.00 $52.50 |
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| Although the idea of a Vedic-Harappan
relationship was put forward as early as the 1920s, it is only recently
that scholars have given it serious attention.
With the renewed interest in India's past, a number of works both by Indian and foreign scholars have been published on the subject. Where as a specific group of scholars continues to be sceptic about the idea, going to the extent of calling it a fundamentalist attempt, more scientifically inclined scholars around the world have... |
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M. K. Gandhi |
The Way To Communal Harmony |
$6.10 $4.27 |
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| The Way to Communal Harmony is a compilation of Gandhi's reflections on certain problems which divide mankind. Though they deal immediately with India, their validity extends beyond the circumstances of our country. Everywhere in the world, individuals and groups are divided because of fear, suspicion and hatred. It depends on local conditions whether the division expresses itself along religious, economic, political, caste or colour lines. Whatever be the form, insecurity is perhaps the major... |
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
Ideal India |
$98.95 $69.27 |
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| This book is a special presentation of the highest quality of the
applications of Maharishi's Vedic Science to restore India as the Lighthouse of
Peace on Earth. Maharishi describes how this Vedic transformation can easily be
created through five main areas of governmental responsibility — education,
health care, administration, defence and agriculture.
A presentation of all Maharishi's Programmes in the fields of Vedic
Education, Health Care, Administration, Defence, and... |
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Mahadeva Chakravarti |
Concept of Rudra-Siva Through the Ages |
$21.94 $15.36 |
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| The present book throws new light on the gradual development of the concept of Rudra-Siva in his animal, phallic and human forms, since the days of the Harappa Civilization. It examines how Siva, the composite Aryan-non-Aryan Divinity, was not only admitted but was ultimately crowned with an exalted position in the Brahmanical pantheon; how the bull once identified with the deity, was regulated to the position of a vahana; how phallism was related to Saivism and also how Siva, in his different... |
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Dr R. S. Agarwal |
Secrets of Indian Medicine |
$4.95 $3.47 |
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| Expounding the concept that eyesight is intricately connected to the mind, and suggesting exercises and treatment based on traditional Indian medicine, for the betterment of eyesight without the use of glasses.
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Swami Vimalananda |
In Indian Culture: Why do we |
$2.49 $1.74 |
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| Indian culture is admired and respected all over the world for its beauty and depth. This book features in simple terms, the various aspects of both beauty and depth in this culture. Almost every Indian custom and tradition has either a scientific, logical, historical, social or spiritual significance.
Understanding this lends meaning to an otherwise mechanical following of the customs which are often misunderstood to be mere superstitions that fade away in time. |
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Edward C. Sachau |
Alberuni's India |
$20.99 $14.69 |
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| It was in 1017 AD, at the behest of Sultan Muhmud of Persia, Alberuni, aka A1-Biruni, travelled to India to learn about the Hindus, and to discuss with them questions of religion, science, and literature, and the very basis of their civilisation. He remained in India for thirteen years, studying and exploring. Alberuni's scholarly work has not been given the due recognition it deserves. Not for nearly eight hundred years would any other writer match Alberuni's profound understanding of almost... |
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Nalinksha Dutt |
Buddhist Sects in India |
$18.99 $13.29 |
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| This extraordinary book is the only authentic document of its kind.
Beginning with a detailed and lucid exposition of the political background of
India from Ajatasatru to Mahapadma nanda, it goes on to trace the sources of the
Second Buddhist Council, to locate with unerring exactitude the disruptive
forces in the Sangha and, in the fourth chapter, to classify the Sects. In the
chapters that follow, the learned author deals with the Mahasanghikas, doctrines
of Group II-V Schools. In... |
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A.K. Warder |
Indian Buddhism |
$31.99 $22.39 |
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| This book describes the Buddhism of India on the basis of the comparison of all the available original sources in various languages. It falls into three approximately equal parts. The first is a reconstruction of the original Buddhism presupposed by the traditions of the different schools known to us. It uses primarily the established methods of textual criticism, drawing out of the oldest extant texts of the different schools their common kernel. This kernel of doctrine is presumably common... |
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Johannes Bronkhorst |
The Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India |
$9.99 $6.99 |
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| This book elucidates the early Buddhist teachings and beliefs concerning meditation and its role to liberation. An analysis is offered also of the non-Buddhist (especially Jaina and early Hindu) practices and beliefs as they are described in the non-Buddhist literature of the time. Passages in the Buddhist canon which emphasize the distinctions between Buddhism and other religious currents are also taken into consideration. |
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Patrick Olivelle |
The Asrama System |
$25.26 $17.68 |
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| The lesser known and explored of the two pillars of Hinduism- asrama and varna-asrama is the name given to a system of four distinct and legitimate ways of leading a religious life: as a celibate student, a married householder, a forest hermit, and a world renouncer. In this, the first full-length study of the asrama system, Olivelle uncovers its origin and traces its subsequent history. He examines in depth its relationship to other institutional and doctrinal aspects of the Brahmanical world... |
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
India Government Rise Above Problems |
$2.99 $2.09 |
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| Pocket size, 32-page full colour booklet, printed on fine quality paper, gilded, softcover edition
‘Let us create a government in India, the Land of the Veda, of that indomitable authority where no one can do wrong. Let us maintain integrated national consciousness, which will disallow the tendencies of any individual to fall into wrong temptations that take him off the royal road of life.’ - Maharishi |
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Motilal Pandit |
Encounter with buddhism |
$30.99 $21.69 |
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| The main purpose of writing this book is not only to explain, but also to interpret, the three phases of development of Buddhist thought in India, and how and in what manner it spread out to countries as far away from the land of its origin as Japan. Though the subject may be vast, a conscious effort has been made to explain the complexity of Buddhist philosophical thought in as concise terms as possible.The first five hundred years, which constitute the initial phase of development, is that of... |
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H.D. Griswold |
Religion of the Rigveda |
$21.94 $15.36 |
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| The present work expounds substantially the value and significance of Indo-Aryan religious ideas as represented in the Rgveda.
The work is divided into three Sections arranged in thirteen chapters.
Section I deals with the origin of Indo-European and Indo-Iranian religion, its development into the concept of Godhood, Demonology and Priesthood. It describes Vedic tribes, their expansion, colonization, settlement, organization and culture.
Section II discusses the peculiar traits of major... |
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D.K.R.R. Patil |
Cultural History from the Vayu Purana |
$8.33 $5.83 |
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| The present book attempts to supplement the work of Pargiter on the Cultural plane. Pargiter was concerned with the dynastic records of the Puranic texts while this book aims to interpret "cultural history" from the Vayu Purana.
The work is divided into ten chapters arranged systematically. The first five chapters contain facts of intellectual culture and the last five of material culture. The presentation of material has involved a great deal of translation and interpretation of the Puranic... |
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Daniel P. Sheridan |
The Advaitic Theism of the Bhagavata Purana |
$8.33 $5.83 |
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| Within a compass of eight chapters of this volume the author makes a close examination of the fundamental tenets of Bhagavata Purana. By penetrating analysis he shows how as a unified scripture Bhagavata Purana combines Vedantic non-dualism and Vaisnava devotionalism; and how the Bhagavata non-dualism accommodates the reality of the universe and of the individual selves in it within the all-encompassing reality of Brahman.
According to the author, this wonderful beldning the devotionalism and... |
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K. D. Sethna |
The Problem of Aryan Origins: From an Indian Point of View |
$28.49 $19.94 |
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| This research work is a challenge to the historical orthodoxy that believes in the dogma of an Aryan invasion of the Indian subcontinent around the middle of the second millennium B.C..
The author, with the help of the insight provided by Sri Aurobindo in this subject, has mustered a host of arguments archaeological, literary and linguistic, in order to establish his thesis that contrary to the belief of an Aryan invasion of a Dravidian country, the presence of Dravido-Aryanism or... |
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Prasanna Kumar Acharya |
Indian Architecture According to Manasara-Silpasastra - Manasara Series 2 |
$6.49 $4.54 |
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| This volume entitled Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Silpasastra is the second in the series of Professor P.K. Acharya's Manasara Series.
Here he has discussed exhaustively the question, waht is Manasara? An understanding of this term Manasara is essential; for buildings are the yard-sticks by which the achievements and standards of living of bygone ages can be correctly evaluated. But this term defies elucidation; for it not only embraces all activities connected with the... |
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Prasanna Kumar Acharya |
Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad - Manasara Series 6 |
$18.99 $13.29 |
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| Contents:
Preface
Introduction
I. Pre Vedic Architecture/Mohenjo-Daro
Harappa
Jhukun
Johi, Sehwan and Kohistan
Baluchistan
Waziristan
II. Vedic Architecture:
Vedas
Brahmanas and Suras
III. Classical or Post-Vedic Architecture:
Buddhist architecture
Jain architecture
Brahmanical architecture: i. Epicsii. Puranasiii. Agamasiv. Miscellaneous treatises
IV. Silpa-Sastra:
Manasara
Mayamata
Amsumadbheda of Kasyapa
Visvakarma... |
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Swami Harshananda |
An Introduction to Hindu Culture: Ancient & Medieval |
$4.99 $3.49 |
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| The book presents a panoramic view of Hindu culture in all its aspects from the ancient days to the end of the medieval period.
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J Agarwal |
Hindu Tenets: The Founding Doctrines of Vedic Hindu Dharma |
$9.99 $6.99 |
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| This is the story of the religiosity of the ancient Aryan race of people who lived in their homeland called the Aryavarta or Bharata or India (now) from the most prehistoric times in the history of human civilization, and their way of life called the Vedic Dharma, which forms the heart and soul of the present day Hindu Dharma or Hinduism. The general reader from any part of the world will find this small book to be quite informative about one of the most widely practiced and living religions of... |
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Christopher Bartley |
Indian Philosophy A-Z |
$14.49 $10.14 |
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| This alphabetical handbook defines and explains key concepts in classical Indian philosophy, identifies controversial issues, describes major traditions of thought, and locates influential thinkers in their intellectual and religious contexts. They introduce the central concepts of the various branches of philosophy written by establsihed philosophers, covering both traditional and contemporary terminology.
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M. Hiriyanna |
Outlines of Indian Philosophy |
$12.99 $9.09 |
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| The beginnings of Indian Philosophy takes us very far back to about the middle of the second millennium before Christ. The speculative activity begun so early was continued till a century or two ago, so that the history that is narrated in the following pages covers a period of over thirty centuries. During this long period Indian thought developed practically unaffected by outside influence; and it has evolved several systems of philosophy. The present work is based upon the... |
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Sukumar Dutt |
Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India |
$38.95 $27.27 |
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| Though India is no longer a Buddhist country, Buddhism held its place
among Indian faiths for nearly seventeen centuries (500 B.C.--A.D. 1200). During
this long stretch of time the Buddhist monks were organized in Sanghas in most
parts of the country and their activities and achievements have profoundly
influenced India's traditional culture.
There are monumental remains of Buddhist monastic life scattered ll over India: in the south there are about a thousand cave-monasteries,... |
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E.B. Havell |
Encyclopaedia of Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent |
$169.95 $118.97 |
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| The book is a scholarly account of the glories of India's architectural heritage and deals with the entire subcontinet including Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The book traces the cultural contacts which have contributed to the rich mosaic of temples, mosques, palaces, forts and other nonuments that have gone towards the creation of one of the greatest civilizations of the world.
The book is a scholarly account of the glories of India's architectural heritage and deals with the... |
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John Lall |
Taj Mahal and Mughal Agra |
$22.95 $16.07 |
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| The Taj Mahal, one of the world's acknowledged wonders, represents the culmination of the arts of architecture and decoration which had developed in India during centuries of Mughal rule. In this book, John Lall briefly traces the history of the Mughals in India. The account of the lives of the six great Mughal emperors has been enlivened by a lucidly written text which successfully recreates the spirit of the time and place. The greatness of the Mughals has been vividly captured by the... |
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V.V. Mirashi |
Literary and Historical Studies in Indology |
$31.99 $22.39 |
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| Literary and Historical Studies in Indology contains twenty-seven articles grouped under four sections. The first section has nine articles on various topics dealing with Indian literature and history.
This is the fifth collection of the research articles of Dr. Mirashi, dealing with various problems of Sanskrit literature, ancient Indian history, art and architecture. |
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Rudrangshu Mukherjee |
India Then and Now |
$149.00 $104.30 |
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| India lives in many centuries. Discover the majesty and sweep of India's rich cultural and historical heritage, replete with the people, events and places that have contributed the chequered mosaic of India's past. Featured in this exquisite book, India Then and Now gives rare and never-before-seen vintage photographs from some of the finest collections across the world. The vibrant and ever-changing cultural landscape of contemporary India is also featured in a series of... |
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Margaret Stutley |
The Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography |
$38.49 $26.94 |
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| Indian art is becoming increasingly popular in the West, but it cannot be appreciated fully without some knowledge of the religious and philosophical background. Margaret Stutley covers all aspects of Hindu iconography, and explains that its roots lie far back in the style of prehistoric art which has remained part of a living tradition for 7, 000 years and which resembles the folk murals of many Indian houses today. The dictionary demonstrates the rich profusion of cults, divinities,... |
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R.C. Sharma |
Vaisnava Contribution to Varanasi |
$20.49 $14.34 |
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| Varanasi, the abode of Lord Siva has also embraced other sects including Vaisnavism. If Siva is Nataraja or Natesa, Krsna is known as Natavara dancing with gopies.
There are traditions which reveal that Kashi was once a Vaisnava stronghold. In the medieval period many Vaisnava saints from different quarters thronged to Varanasi to preach and popularise their faith.
The book projects the Vaisnava contribution to Varanasi in literature, sculptural and other artistic... |
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Claude Arpi |
Born in Sin: The Panchsheel Agreement |
$27.99 $19.59 |
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| The Sacrifice of Tibet: A hundred years ago a young British Colonel, Francis Younghusband entered the holy city of Lhasa and forced upon the Tibetans their first Agreement with the mighty British empire. In signing this treaty with the Crown, Tibet was acknowledged as a separate nation by the British. Ten years later, London called for a tripartite Conference in Simla to settle the issue: British India, Tibet and China sat together at a negotiation table for the first time.... |
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Anand Mulloo |
Voices of the Indian Diaspora |
$21.99 $15.39 |
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| Written in an easy readable style and shorn of academic jargon, Voices of the Indian Diaspora is a contemporary effort at understanding overseas Indians. It is honest, compelling, thought provoking and substantial. |
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John M. Fritz |
A New Light on Hampi |
$125.49 $87.84 |
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| Within the past two decades, a considerable amount of research has been done on the layout, architecture, and art of Hampi, indentified with the 14th- to 16th-century imperial city of Vijayanagara.
Taking into account the most recent discoveries and interpretations at this largest and grandest of all South Indian urban sites, John M. Fritz and George Michell, who are co-directors of the Vijayanagara Research Project, have assembled here a group of scholars and the wide range of topics covered... |
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Sri Aurobindo |
The Genius of India |
$9.99 $6.99 |
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| This consists of a major extract from Sri Aurobindo's essay, The Renaissance in India.
In this text Sri Aurobindo gives us a masterly overview of India's culture through the ages. He evokes India’s essential spirit and her constant tendencies, her unique genius; in short, the qualities that have allowed her to survive for so long when many other ancient civilisations have disappeared. |
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
India to be the Supreme power in the world |
$4.95 $3.47 |
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| This book contains Maharishi’s address to political leaders of India (actually meant for political leaders of the world), on 26 May 1986, at Maharishi Nagar, India.
‘I have great joy to express my very strong desire to make India the supreme power in the world; and this desire has at its basis our ability to do so.’ - Maharishi |
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G.P. Singh |
Early Indian Historical Tradition and Archaeology |
$41.99 $29.39 |
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| Surveying the whole extent of Itihasa-Purana and sifting facts from myths, the book reconstructs millennia of ancient India`s political-cultural history (pre-Bharata war days to about AD 1200), with chronological details of all kingdoms that ruled. |
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B.M. Barua |
History of Pre-Buddhistic Indian Philosophy |
$38.49 $26.94 |
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| The present work is designed to survey the evolution of philosophical thought in the Vedic and post-Vedic periods preceding the rise of Jainism and Buddhism. The author has traced up the development of early Indian philosophy on divergent lines on the basis of the Rgveda, Atharvaveda, Aranyakas, the older Upanisads and the allied literature.
The author has exploited the original Indian sources and in defiance of several scholiasts has proved that the process of early Indian thought evolution... |
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Sri Ram Sharma |
Maharana Raj Singh and His Times |
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| Maharana Raj Singh became the ruler of Mewar at a very critical juncture in its history. As soon as the ascended the throne, Shah Jahan sent the largest Mughal force that had ever ventured into Mewar. Then followed the last sack of Chitor. Raj Singh however soon had his revenge. When Aurangzed rebelled against his father he sought Raj Singh`s support and offered ot restore what Raj Singh had lost earlier. The Maharana spun out the negotiations till Aurangzeb had finally defeated his... |
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K.C. Jain |
Malwa Through the Ages (Hardback) |
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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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R.B. Whitehead |
Catalogue of Coins |
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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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Johannes Beltz |
Mahar, Buddhist and Dalit |
$39.95 $27.97 |
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| Bhimrao Ambedkar born in a Mahar (of the untouchable caste) converted to Buddhism at Nagpur in Maharashtra in 1956. Buddhism was for him the only religion which could solve the problems of social inequality and caste. Thousands of untouchables in the State followed his example against their social exclusion. Today the majority of the Mahars (more than 5 million) consider themselves Buddhists.
The objective of this book is to analyse the discourses, representations, ritual practices and... |
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Bu Ston |
The History of Buddhism in India and Tibet |
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| The History of Buddhism and Tibet contains the translation of the 2nd part of Bu-ton's History of Buddhism, beginning with the life of Buddha and ending with an account of the work carried out by the Tibetan Lotsvas and Indian Pandits of Bu-ton's own period and immediately before him (XII and XIII cent.). The
book contains translations of the Buddhist Cannonical texts, exegetical
treatise from Sanskrit and numerous quotations from both sutra and sastra.
Because of this it... |
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R.G. Bhandarkar |
Study of Philology |
$33.69 $23.58 |
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| This book deals with various aspects of philology. Modern vernaculars of Northern India are also included. This book delivers a course of seven lectures on Sanskrit in its several forms, the Pali and the Dialects of the period, the Prakrits and the Apabhramsa, Phonology of the Vernaculars, Remnants of the older Grammatical Forms in the Vernaculars, New Grammatical Formations to supply the place of the forms that have disappeared and General Questions as to the relation between several... |
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C.P. Sinha |
Appreciation of Indian Art |
$70.18 $49.13 |
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| Art in India, as in other countries of the world, was principally devoted to the service of religion. It reflects the intimate relationship of ideas and life.Mythology, symbolism and iconography are just vehicles or aids to understand the essence and spirit of Indian art as each symbol or every icon has a specific meaning and is expressed with a specific purpose. To appreciate and enjoy Art in its proper perspective, it is imperative to understand the inner meaning and the philosophy behind the... |
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John Garrett |
A Classical Dictionary of India |
$28.99 $20.29 |
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| This Dictionary attempts to unfold all that anyone would want to know about Vedic, post-Vedic and classical India: its religions, mythology, pantheonic/legendary personages, schools of philosophy, sacred and secular texts, arts, antiquities, sciences, geography, rituals, customs, and the like. These besides, the dictionary includes English equivalents and definitions of a myriad of Indic (largely Sanskrit) terms.
For authenticity, the late John Garrett had drawn on key eminent Orientalists:... |
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Barindra Kumar Ghosh |
The Truth of Life |
$4.95 $3.47 |
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| Barindra Kumar Ghosh, younger brother of Sri Aurobindo, was a leader of the revolutionary movement in Bengal. He spent ten years in prison in the Andamans, and later lived for six years in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram before settling in Bengal. He was involved in various literary activities in different languages, much of which has recently come to light.
This booklet is a compilation of some of his articles on a variety of themes revolving around India, her destiny, and the evolution of... |
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K. D. Sethna |
Ancient India in a New Light |
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| Broadly serves as a sequel to The Problem of Aryan Origins and Karpasa in Prehistoric India. The author effectively challenges the modern chronology.
Part One "lays out the traditional-Puranic scheme of Indian history and focuses on a crucial problem in India of the 4th century B.C. for which the Puranically derived answer oposes the current solution very impresively. It goes on to drive the modern chronologist into a corner from which there seems to be no logical escape."... |
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K. D. Sethna |
Problems of Ancient India |
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| In this collection of essays the author re-examines available evidence relating to various events in the history of the Indian sub-continent, shedding new light on old problems. With his original handling of existing data he convincingly points out subtle weaknesses in the received wisdom relating to the location and chronology of certain historical events as reflected in modern textbooks.
A sampling of the essay titles best conveys the wide range of material analysed:
The Aryans, the... |
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Prof L.S. Rathore |
The Regal Patriot: Maharaja Ganga Singh Of Bikaner |
$37.49 $26.24 |
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| The princely states of pre-independent India threw up many charismatic leaders, political stalwarts and influential princes. Among the more dynamic was Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner (1880-1943).
Inheriting a strife-ridden kingdom as a mere adolescent of eighteen, Ganga Singh showed a leadership and wisdom well beyond his years, successfully reigning in warring factions and carving out a meticulous, and far sighted plan of progress for Bikaner, which he executed with remarkable success.... |
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Barbara Schmitz |
Mughal and Persian Paintings and Illustrated Manuscripts in the Raza Library, Rampur |
$250.49 $175.34 |
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| During the 19 century and the first half of the 20 century, the Nawwabs of Rampur, the hereditary rulers of Rohilkhand, a district some 75 kilometers east of New Delhi, amassed a large collection of books and art, including illustrated books and album paintings. Their collection was given to the people of India after independence.
The Raza Library at Ramput thus possesses a remarkable collection of Mughal and Persian Paintings and illustrated books. This includes miniatures from the great... |
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B.B. Lal |
The Homeland of the Aryans : Evidence of Rigvedic Flora and Fauna and Archaeology |
$78.49 $54.94 |
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| For well over seven decades two theories have been blinding our vision of India's past, viz. that:
There was an 'Aryan Invasion' of India
The invaders destroyed the Harappan civilization which became extinct.
Although in his book, The Sarasvati Flows On, the present author completely demolished these theories, there are still a few scholars who cling to them.
Resurrecting the 'Aryan Invasion/Migration' theory, a stalwart writes: 'one thing seems certain; the speakers of Vedic Sanskrit...... |
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A.S. Gaur |
Archaeology of Bet Dwarka Island : An Excavation Report |
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| The book incorporates archaeological findings, both from land and under-water explorations, carried out a Bet Dwarka by the Marine Archaeology Centre of the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.
Bet Dwaraka is one of the most significant archaeological sites in Okhamandal region of Gujarat as it has preserved the longest cultural sequence, commencing from protohistoric period to modern times. The time bracket of archaeological remains have been well supported by the scientific dates such as... |
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Shamsul Islam |
Golwalkar’s “We or our nationhood defined”: A critique |
$7.99 $5.59 |
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| This book attempts to put across actual facts about Golwalkar's life and beliefs in the light of his original writings, publications of the RSS, documents available in its archives and many other RSS documents the writer collected over the last 35 years from different parts of the country, specially the original text of Golwalkar's book We or Our Nationhood Defined (1939) which is being reproduced in this book.
It is the most important text in order to understand the RSS' concept of Hindu... |
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Tarapada Bhattacharyya |
Vastuvidya Systems of Indian Architecture |
$124.99 $87.49 |
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| The Indian Vastusastra or the canons of Indian Architecture is a field of study in which very few scholars have worked in the last few years in India. The Indfian Vastusastra includes 'Brihat Samhita' Samarangaon Sutradhara' and the 'Isana-SivaGurudeva Paddhati'. We know from the South Indian inscription that Isana-Siva-Gurudeva was the preceptor of King Rajendra Choladeva of the Chola dynasty who has helped us a lot to form a chronology of the history of the Vastusastra.
The origin of Indian... |
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Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
Democratic Values |
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| This book is and attempt to bring together speeches, and passages from speeches, which deal with the same general theme, regardless of the date and place of their utterance. The first, section, Government and People, is devoted to the general political principles involved; the second section illustrates Vinoba’s thought on the conditions and opportunities for democracy obtaining after Independence, while the third section analyses some of the disquieting features of our present democratic... |
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Vibha Tripathi |
Archaeometallurgy in India |
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| Ancient metals and their manufacturing make a fascinating, as well as challenging subject of academic investigation. The overgrowing application of scientific knowledge and sophisticated analytical techniques in archaeological studies have opened newer perspectives on the understanding of ancient metals and metallurgy. The resultant inter-disciplinary subject of Archaeo-metallurgy adds new dimensions to archaeological research. It bridges the gap of Arts and Sciences. It is only through such an... |
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S.P. Sharma |
Fairs & Festivals of India: Unfolding the Colourful Heritage of India |
$25.99 $18.19 |
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| Hinduism remains the oldest religion in the world. It has, over the years, continued to assimilate within itself different sects, creeds and castes, along with their respective customs, traditions, culture and mode of worship, forming a formidable amalgam of astonishing vitality and dynamism.
The secret of Hinduism’s successful survival can be traced to the imaginative and colourful celebration of its festivals by the people. These joyous occasions of festivals have a powerful impact on the... |
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Farley P. Richmond |
Indian Theatre: Traditions of Performance |
$41.99 $29.39 |
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| Indian Theatre expands the boundaries of what is usually regarded as theatre in order to explore the multiple dimensions of theatrical performance in India. From rural festivals to contemporary urban theatre, from dramatic rituals and devotional performances to dance-dramas and classical Sanskrit plays, this volume is a vivid introduction to the colourful and often surprising world of Indian performance. Besides mapping the vast range of performance traditions, the volume provides in-depth... |
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Hans Raj Agarwal |
A Short History of Sanskrit Literature |
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Bhagwant Sahai (Ed.) |
Recent Researches in Indian Art and Iconography |
$160.49 $112.34 |
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| This collection of fifty-one articles brings to light the recent trends in the study of sculptural art, iconography and architecture and focuses on the different aspects of Indian Art. These papers are contributed by the eminent scholars expert in their fields from different parts of India and presented in honour of in honour of Dr. C.P. Sinha, former Director of the prestigious K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna. The papers, written in wide and expressive style are supported with... |
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James R. Ballantyne |
Sankhya Aphorisms of Kapila: With Extracts from Vijnanabhiksus Commentary |
$19.49 $13.64 |
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| Traditionally and historically it is affirmed that Kapila is the real founder of the philosophical school known as Sankhya, or Enumeration. The school is so termed on account of it having given rise to twenty-four categories of existence or what may be called evolutes. Prior to Kapila, Indian philosophical scene was in a state of diffusion, in that the Sankhya elements of thought were scattered in various Upanisadic texts, which meant no systematic presentation existed insofar as philosophical... |
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Ravindra Kumar |
Selected Documents Of Lokamanya Balgangadhar Tilak (in 4 Vols.) |
$175.49 $122.84 |
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| Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, who passed away little before Gandhiji becoming the supreme leader in Indian Politics, cannot be excluded from freedom struggle for India from 1880 to 1920. His role in Swadeshi movement (1905), Surat Session of Indian National Congress (1907) accord with Muslim League in Lucknow and in the formation of Indian Home Rule League was noteworthy. As a matter of fact it is true that behind the heritage of mass awareness which Mahatma Gandhi got during freedom struggle,... |
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Dilip K. Chakrabarti |
The Battle for Ancient India - An Essay in the Sociopolitics of Indian Archeology |
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| A number of issues regarding the study of ancient India have recently emerged in the public domain. The most important of them are the saraswati project, Aryan invasion theory, the textbook controversy in India and California and the language of the Indus civilization. The intensity of debate on each of these issues is reminiscent of religious clashes. Much of this debate is also not limited to professional historians and archeologists. The mass of data and opinions, which are currently... |
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Bimala Caran Law |
Ksatriya Clans in Buddhist India |
$23.49 $16.44 |
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| This study, a monograph on Ksatriya clans in Buddhist India prepared by Bimala Charan Law, has proved to be promising on the basis of his authentic work as a research scholar. The study is divided into two parts. The first-one deals with the Licchavis and the second is devoted to the Videhas, the Mallas, the Sakyas and other minor clans. As is well known, there is no systematic account available in early Pali books on the political conditions of Northern India during the life time of Lord... |
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Swami Ramashankar Das |
Encyclopaedia of Indian Mythology |
$192.49 $134.74 |
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| Hinduism has often puzzled Westerners and its plethora of Gods and Goddesses, intricate philosophies and an overpowering mythological contents. This work fulfils the long-felt demand for an all-inclusive lexicon of Hinduism. It contains both religion and mythology, which are so closely linked in the Hindu perspective. The book covers a large span of literature-from Rigveda to iconographical texts. Also it contains exhaustive translations of the Asvin hymns from the Vedic Samhitas and the... |
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Subrata Banerjee |
Punjab in the 20th Century: The Crucial Years |
$63.99 $44.79 |
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| The Book: A Study of the finings of a survey of the border districts of Punjab by the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh, in the nineteen-eighties, at the height of Sikh militancy, led the Author to seek an understanding of this traumatic development. Those were indeed crucial years for the people of Punjab. The Author has sought the roots of this crisis in the history of Punjab, since the days of the national movement. The result is a comprehensive study of the... |
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R.N. Sharma(Ed.) |
Manusmrti : Sanskrit text with English translation of M.N. Dutt, Index of Slokas and Critical Notes |
$32.49 $22.74 |
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| The Manu-smrti stands foremost among the principal works of its class. It has always been a work of universal authority. It has served as a veritable storehouse of information for social, cultural, political and religious life of the people. It contained the very essence of later Hinduism. Its study is imperative for the proper understanding of Indian culture. In fact the period represented by the Manusmrti holds a key to the understanding of the entire and subsequent social history of India.... |
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John S. Strong |
The Legend of King Asoka |
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| This is the first English translation of the Asokavadana text, the Sanskrit version of the legend of King Asoka, first written in the second century A.D. Emperor of India during the second century B.C. and one of the most rulers in the history of Buddhism. Asoka has hithero been studied in the West primarily from his edicts and rock inscriptions in many parts of the Indian subcontinent. Through an extensive critical essay and a fluid translation, John Strong examines the importance of the Asoka... |
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Anantalal Thakur |
History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: Origin and Development of the Vaisesika System (Volume II, Part 4) |
$80.49 $56.34 |
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| The volumes of the project on the history of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India's heritage and present them in an interrelated way. These volumes, in spite of their unitary look, recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ideologically identical in their... |
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Thomas McEvilley |
The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies |
$102.49 $71.74 |
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| This unparalleled comparative study of early Eastern and Western philosophy challenges every existing belief about the philosophical foundations of Western civilization. Spanning thirty years of intense intellectual inquiry and research, the author proves what many scholars before him have sensed but couldn't empirically explain: that the seemingly autonomous and separate metaphysical schemes of Greek and Idnian cultures have mutually influenced each other over a long period of time, to the... |
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SPB Enterprises, Noida (U.P.) |
CD-ROM on the History of India |
$18.99 $13.29 |
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| A simple interactive presentation, using more than 200 visuals, some animation, video and audio clips. History of India is the story of India's past, about its people and how they lived. It covers the Indian history from the magnificent Indus valley civilization of 2500 BC, right through the centuries, covering thr triumph of the freedom struggle, coming upto the present era. All the important personalities and events that gave shape and colour to the Indian history are discussed in vivid... |
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V.S.Misra |
Ancient Indian Dynasties |
$22.49 $15.74 |
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Amulya Ranjan Mohapatra |
Swaraj: A Multi-Dimensional Concept |
$7.95 $5.57 |
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| Swaraj is a multi-dimensional concept. It not only relates to political freedom, but also means autonomy and harmony in all spheres of life—political, economic, social, cultural, spiritual and moral. This book presents a spiritual and moral exposition of the concept of Swaraj as interpreted by great Indian thinkers like M. K. Gandhi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sri Aurobindo, Raja Rammohun Roy, Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda.
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T. Ganesan |
Two Saiva Teachers of the Sixteenth Century |
$37.95 $26.57 |
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| This book is a complete analytical study of all the œuvres of Nigamajñana I and his nephew-cum-disciple Nigamajñana II. This study aims at bringing to limelight the great contributions made by these two teachers in the sixteenth century for the consolidation, elaboration and propagation of the Saivasiddhanta religious system and philosophical doctrines.
For the first time the contents of all the available texts of these two Saiva teachers in Sanskrit and Tamil, of which many are unpublished,... |
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Prof. M.A. Lakshmithathachar |
Sri Ramanuja Life & Philosophy |
$12.99 $9.09 |
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| A detailed authentic account of the Life and Philosophy of Sri Ramanuja - A saint-philosopher of South India who lived in the 11th & 12th CenturiesA short author introduction Authored by Prof MA Lakshmithathachar & Dr MA Alwar, Sanskrit scholars and experts in Indian Philosophy, especially the philosophy of Sri Ramanuja |
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Sangitanarayana (2 vols.) |
$134.99 $94.49 |
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| Sangitanarayana is a Sanskrit text on music and dance written in the 17th century by Purusottama Misra, a minister at the court of King Gajapati Narayanadeva of Parlakimidi in Orissa and his instructor in musicology, with the assistance of the king. While the precise date of the Sangitanarayana is not known, its relationship to Purusottama Misra and Gajapati Narayanadeva prompts us to place it in the first half of the 17th century.
One of the most valuable and extensive texts on music and... |
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Kenneth G.Zysk |
Medicine in the Veda: Religious Healing in the Veda (Soft Cover) |
$31.99 $22.39 |
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| Tracing the history and evolution of Indian medicine is a complex enterprise. Continuties of doctrine and practice rarely occur, preventing historian from positing an unbroken succession of development from earliest time. Until now most commentary has focused on later stages of Indian medical science that feature approximate analogies to the Hippocratic and Gaelic systems. This volume looks back to the earliest period (1200-200 B.C.) in which a clearly discernible medical... |
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Jadunath Sarkar |
The Fall of the Mughal Empire (4 Vols.) |
$95.99 $67.19 |
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D.C. Sircar |
Indian Epigraphical Glossary |
$30.56 $21.39 |
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| The interested world of scholars is sure to receive with gratitude this latest work from the erudite pen of Prof. D.C. Sircar who has opened up for us new vistas in the study of Indian antiquities. Prof. Sircar`s Indian Epigraphical Glossary, characterised by a wide sweep of vision based on a meticulous attention to details, is a contribution of the utmost importance. Here one finds an embarras de richesses in a comprehensive dictionary of technical expressioins found in documents embracing... |
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