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P.N. Oak |
Some Missing Chapters of World History |
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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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Edward C. Sachau |
Alberuni's India |
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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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Sushama Londhe |
A Tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and Wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture |
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| Thoughts and Wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture by Sushama Londhe is a collection of quotations from some of the world's greatest philosophers, thinkers, scientists, and leaders. The book asks us to take a fresh look at Hinduism and her many traditions through the eyes of these great personalities. Organized into 14 chapters including topics such as Science and Art, this hardbound book also contains beautiful photographs and illustrations. It is a great addition to... |
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J. P. Vaswani |
I am a SINDHI: The Glorious Sindhi Heritage |
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| The (Hindu) Sindhi diaspora is a unique example of a community that was driven away from its native land, became refuges in their own country, and rose like Phoenix from the smouldering ashes of Partition, to become one of the most successful and philanthropic people in the world. Dada J.P. vaswani's book is a gripping account of Sindhi civilisation and culture. It catalogues the dawn of the sacred Sindhu River, and traces its history to the present. The many faiths which had their confluence... |
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Frits Staal |
Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights |
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| This is a remarkable book. It untangles the many complexities of the Vedas and combines Staal’s scholarly respect for the texts, with explanations that are lucid and occasionally witty. His insights are thoughtful and perceptive. Romila Thapar In this unprecedented guide to the Vedas, Frits Staal, and the celebrated author of Agni: The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar and Universals: Studies in Indian Logic and Linguistics examines almost every aspect of these ancient sources of Indic... |
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V.K. Jain |
Prehistory and Protohistory of India (An Appraisal): Palaeolithic -- Non-Harappan Chalcolithic Cultures |
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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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G.P. Singh |
Early Indian Historical Tradition and Archaeology |
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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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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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Purushottam Lal Bhargava |
Chandragupta Maurya: A Gem of Indian History |
$16.49 $12.37 |
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| A Ksatriya hero of little-known antecedents, Chandragupta Maurya was unmistakably a born leader of men, who within twenty-four years of his reign: 317 bc-293 bc, established a gigantic empire by not only unifying the countless fragments of a distracted India, but annexing some of the erstwhile Persian dominions as well. Professor Bhargava here profiles this “first historical emperor of India”, in all essential detail. Based on diverse original sources, notably, Brahmanical,... |
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Swami Harshananda |
An Introduction to Hindu Culture: Ancient & Medieval |
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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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John M. Fritz |
A New Light on Hampi |
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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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K. Krishna Murthy |
Archaeology of Indian Musical Instruments |
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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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Asko Parpola |
Deciphering the Indus Script |
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| Of the writing systems of the ancient world which still await deciphering, the Indus Script is the most important. It developed in the Indus or Harappan Civilization, which flourished c. 2500 -1900 bc. in and around modern Pakistan. Prof. Parpola outlines what is known about the Harappan culture and its script, presents a decipherment of a small number of interlocking Indus signs, and proposes a method which will permit further progress in decipherment. His fascinating study confirms that the... |
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Arundhati banerji |
Hari Smriti - Studies on Art Archaeology and Indology (2 Vols) |
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| This collection of sixty-one papers contributed by the scholars from India and abroad is in memory of Dr. H Sarkar who retired as Jt. Director General, Archaeological Survey of India. He is very well known for his invaluable contribution to the field of archaeology. The papers included herein are the outcome of researches done on art, architecture, iconography, epigraphy, numismatic, archaeological explorations and excavations, antiquities and museums, conservation and heritage management... |
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Hananya Goodman |
Between Jerusalem and Benares: Comparative Studies in Judaism and Hinduism |
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| This book represents the first serious attempt by a group of eminent scholars of Judaic and Indian studies to take seriously the cross-cultural resonances among the Judaic and Hindu traditions. |
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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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Sadasiba Pradhan |
Rock Art in Orissa |
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| The book Rock Art in Orissa for the first time presents an exhaustive account of the rock art heritage in Orissa documented from 55 rock shelters by the explorer himself. It brings to limelight a distinct regional style in the rock art heritage of India.
One notices a happy blending of engravings (petroglyphy) with paintings (pictographs), both being complementary to each other, drawn in non-thematic and non-figurative pictorial codes - a rare phenomenon not encountered so far from anywhere... |
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B.B. Lal |
The Homeland of the Aryans : Evidence of Rigvedic Flora and Fauna and Archaeology |
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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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G.T. Shendey |
Global Awareness for Preservation of Cultural Property |
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| The Control over the illegal activities of art treasures in cultural properties should be tighten with International Conventions and national legislations on the International platform by UNESCO and inside the country by the concern nation for preserving the human art treasures and could pass on it to the future generals intact.
The United Nations had proclaimed the period 1988-1997 as would decade of cultural development. Out of this, the global awareness concept for preserving... |
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B.V. Subbarayappa |
The Tradition of Astronomy in India Jyotihsastra: History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization (Volume IV Part-4) |
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| This Volume endeavours to present the preceptible facets of the tradition of astronomy in India:- the torch-bearers of this tradition and their texts; main characteristics of Indian astronomy; scientific approach to the phenomenon of eclipse; pancanga and its social dimensions including the vrata-s, festivals and other observances, origin of astrological ideas, their seeming links with astronomy and certain contraditictions; extensive computations concerning planetary revolutions in a huge... |
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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) |
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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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R.K. Ramakrishnan |
Ravana and Lanka |
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| This title is a critical and historical analysis of Ravana and geographical identification of Lanka. Lanka is popularly believed to be the home of the Raksasas (demon). The Ramayana describes clearly about three clans of the Raksasas: Viradha, Danavas, and Raksasas. Raksasas were inhabitants of Lanka under the rule of Ravana. This work has been classified into seven chapters: the characteristic features of Ravana and his empire Lanka; ethnic history of Ravana's tribes; geographical... |
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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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S.K. Mitra |
Early Rulers of Khajuraho |
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| Dr. Sisir Kumar Mitra's book, entitled "The Early Rulers of Khajuraho" constitutes a welcome addition to the existing literature on the history of the Candellas of Bundelkhand. He gives a comprehensive and fascinating account of the varied activities of this distinguished family of rulers, based on a minute and detailed study of the material which he collected with great industry and thoroughness from diverse sources, indigenous and foreign, literary and archaeological. Though most of... |
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Vijaya Laxmi Singh |
Mathura Sculptures |
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| Mathura, widely known as birth place of Lord Krishna, is located on the western bank of the river Yamuna, north-west of Agra in the State of Uttar Pradesh, India. In times past, Mathura was the hub of culture and civilization and is held in sanctity by the Buddhists, Jain and Brahmanical faith alike.
The book "Mathura" has been undertaken to understand the spacial aspect of Mathura's early growth and culture and its socio-political and economic history. Drawing on the archaeological... |
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