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Devendra Handa |
An Epic Pilrimage |
$77.78 $58.33 |
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| This book is the first comprehensive account of Pehowa, one of the oldest and most sacred place (tirtha), located on the banks of the illustrious Rigvedic river Saraswati, in the Kurukshetra region. It is believed that Yudhisthira performed the obsequies of all those who died in the great war of Mahabharata, here. After giving the geographical and archaeological background and the historical survey of region, the book presents an account of the different places of pilgrimage- tirthas, asramas,... |
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Raymond Buckland |
An Illustrated Guide To Magical & Spiritual Symbolism |
$12.99 $9.74 |
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| In an illustrated guide to Magical & Spiritual Symbolism, leading occult authority Raymond Buckland describes the form and meaning of over 800 symbols from ancient and modern religious, magical traditional, and indigenous cultures around the world. Understand the symbols used throughout human history and gain a deeper appreciation for the depth of the human experience and the vast uncharted realm of the collective unconscious. Raymond Buckland introduced Gardnerian Wicca to the United... |
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Subodh Kapoor |
An Introduction to Epic Philosophy |
$179.95 $134.96 |
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| The Epic Age of India was an age of Light and Darkness, Peace and Unrest, Progress and Decline, Prosperity and Adversity- an age of proud self-assertion and fiery valour. It was an age of excellent learning, culture, religion, philosophy. moral and manners, solemn rites and pompous ceremonies. It was an age where the learned Rishis became the pioneers of civilization. They traveled all over India, selected suitable sites for their hermitages on hill-tops, by tidal rivers or in some lovely and... |
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Swami Harshananda |
An Introduction to Hindu Culture: Ancient & Medieval |
$4.99 $3.74 |
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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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Martin Heidegger |
An Introduction to Metaphysics |
$17.95 $13.46 |
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| In this work Heidegger presents the broadest and the most intelligible account of the problem of being, as he sees this problem. First, he discusses the relevance of it by pointing out how this problem lies at the root not only of the most basic metaphysical questions but also of our human existence in its present historical setting.
Then, after a short digression into the grammatical forms and etymological roots of the word "being", Heidegger enters into a lengthy discussion of the... |
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Ramesh Chandra Shah |
Ancestral Voices |
$10.99 $8.24 |
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| This is an extraordinary attempt to record and recover the long-neglected 'ancestral voices' of Indian civilisation.
The publication and subsequent reprinting of our civilisation ally significant lectures that Shah delivered at Temenos Academy, London in 1998, in the form of the book, is a welcome addition to the short-list of titles that sincerely explore the meaning of India. |
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R.C. Majumdar |
Ancient India |
$37.49 $28.12 |
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| This is a comprehensive, intelligible and interesting portrait of Ancient Indian History and Civilization from a national historical point of view. The work is divided into three broad divisions of the natural course of cultural development in Ancient India: (1) From the prehistoric age to 600 B.C., (2) From 600 B.C. to 300 A.D., (3) From 300 A.D. to 1200 A.D. The work describes the political, economic, religious and cultural conditions of the country, the expansionist activities, the... |
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K. D. Sethna |
Ancient India in a New Light |
$31.49 $23.62 |
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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."
Part two "aims at... |
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D.K. Ganguly |
Ancient India: History and Archaeology |
$14.49 $10.87 |
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| Table of Contents:
Preface
The Imperial Mauryas: Some Problems
The Pala Kings of Bengal and Bihar
Side-lights on the Religious Life of Ancient Orissa
The Satamana Metallic Currency
Some Disquieting Features of Indian Archaeology
Different Categories of the Brahmin Donees
Historical Researches in West Bengal
Professor Dines Chandra Sigar (1907-1985)
Appendix: Orissa and Her Heritage
Select Bibliography
Index.
About the Author:
Dilip Kumar Ganguly, born in 1939 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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V.S.Misra |
Ancient Indian Dynasties |
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Shailendra Sengar |
Ancient Indian Rituals and Their Social Impact |
$160.49 $120.37 |
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| The book holds that the beliefs and ideals of different civilizations are formulated in their rituals more explicitly than in any other cultural trait which gives the study of ritualism a greater historical significance. This book also examines the steps taken by the classical thinkers for restoring their deteriorating traditional social order and the declining hegemony of their managerial class in the society. The work evoked great scholarly interest and was acclaimed as a significant... |
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Darlena L'Orange |
Ancient Roots Many Branches |
$24.99 $18.74 |
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| Ancient Roots Many Branches takes us on a fascinating journey across cultures and through time.We journey to India, Egypt, China, Greece and the natives of America to explore and understand the diverse medical traditions of these cultures. Presenting a range of possibilities in our quest to health and hence growth and explorations, it offers practical suggestions to understand ourselves and to integrate these teachings in our lives. This journey through healing takes you from the... |
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Claude Apri |
And long and dark shall be the night |
$9.99 $7.49 |
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| This study tries to understand some of the events which occurred in Tibet during the first part of the 20th century. |
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S.Rama Krishna Pisipaty |
Andhra Culture: An Obscure Phase in the Early Historical Archaeology |
$60.99 $45.74 |
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| This book deals with an obscure cultural phase in the archaeological horizon of the Andhra Pradesh in the southern part of Vindhyan range during Early Historical Period in between the rivers Krishna and Godavari. The author carefully examines the entire archaeological material and other literary evidences and unambiguously identified an independent cultural horizon in between Early Iron Age Megalithic tribalism and popular dynastic rulers i.e. Satavahanas of the region, which is mingled with... |
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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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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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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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Sujata Miri |
Ao Naga World-view |
$39.49 $29.62 |
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| The book, as the title says, consists of a series of dialogues about the Ao Naga world-view, their traditions, rituals and ethical norms, and their ideas of history and objects of veneration. The dialogue took place in specially organized meetings and participants were drawn from elders of the Ao Naga tribe, Ao Naga intellectuals and scholars, a student and a visitor from outside. The conversations that took place in these meetings were recorded and what appears in the book is a very lightly... |
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C.P. Sinha |
Appreciation of Indian Art |
$70.18 $52.64 |
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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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Dilip K. Chakrabarti |
Archaeology In The Third World |
$44.44 $33.33 |
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| This volume shows how in the first flush of Independence archaeological research added new depths and dimensions to the ancient Indian past. It also looks closely at the tangled web of ideas behind this research, highlighting the major mile-posts in its story of development.At the same time it demonstrates with unerring clarity how the national archaeological policy of the 1950s and the 1960s has currently lost its direction. This is accompanied by an incisive analysis of different aspects of... |
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A.S. Gaur |
Archaeology of Bet Dwarka Island : An Excavation Report |
$96.49 $72.37 |
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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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D.V. Sharma |
Archaeology of Fatehpur Sikri: New Discoveries |
$218.99 $164.24 |
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| The Archaeology of Fatehpur Sikri-New Discoveries is a fundamental research work on medieval archaeology. It contains results of excavations at Birchhabili-Tila and exploration of the region within a radius of 25 km. Besides this, chronological study of the monuments have been made phase-wise along with inscriptions and mason marks. The site of Ibadat-Khanah which Akbar founded for religious and philosophical discussions has been identified with fair amount of certainty. ... |
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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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Deo Prakash Sharma |
Archaeology of Lower Ganga-Yamuna Doab (2 Vols.) |
$245.00 $183.75 |
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| The book "Archaeology of Lower Ganga-Yamuna Doab" includes field research work. Various controversies of Kausambi excavations done by G.R. Sharma have been discussed in this work. B.B. Lal had raised few points after a gap of 30 years of these excavations.
This region consisting of Fatehppur, Kausambi and Allahabad district and has
many significant discoveries like Reh inscription of Menander (Posthumous) and
inscribed 3rd century A.D. Siva Linga from Mazilgao, Neolithic tools from Khaga... |
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