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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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Justin Meiland |
Mahabharata Book 9, Shalya Vol. 1 |
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| The Book of Shalya recounts in gory detail the final destruction of the Kurava army and the defeat of its leader, Durydhana. The texts reflect the vibrant literary culture of the classical Sanskrit period, taking readers on an adventurous journey through the palaces and gardens of ancient India. |
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William Barr |
Journal of a March from Delhi to Peshawur and from thence to Cabul |
$19.49 $14.62 |
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| This is a reprint of the 1844 classic.
Originally published in 1844 contains an account of the operations undertaken in 1839 by Colonel Wade`s auxiliary army. Contains useful information of the areas concerned.
Contents:
From Delhi to Kurnal,
Kurnal to Lodianah,
Lodianah to Lahore,
Lahore,
Lahore to Rhotas,
Rhotas to Peshawur,
Camp at Peshawur (2 chapters),
Camp at Koulsir,
The Khyber Pass,
From Dhaka to Cabul,
From Cabul to Ferozepore.
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Eugene Schuyler |
Turkistan |
$77.77 $58.33 |
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| Eugene Schulyer, former Secretary of the American Legation at St. Petersburgh, travelled extensively in Russian Central Asia and provides in this monumental work, an exceptionally detailed description of the regions through which he travelled. Eugene gives accounts of the economic, political, religious and social conditions of Russian Central Asia, as well as detailed descriptions of places of worship, habits of dress and local languages. "The chief aim of my journey in Central Asia was... |
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Suphal Kumar |
Delhi City of Yoginis |
$13.99 $10.49 |
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| This book should be an eye opener and a jolt back to reality and the realization that it is time to search for one's roots, not in the by lanes of London or New York, but there in Delhi, the seat of a heritage still unfathomed by those closest to it. |
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Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty |
Indian Rock Art and its Global Context |
$94.44 $70.83 |
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| This is a unique volume in the history of rock art studies, meant at once for the advanced scholar, serious student and the curious but conscientious layman, co-authored by K.K. Chakravarty and R.G. Bednarik, who co-chaired the Rock Art session of the World Archaeological Congress 3 at Delhi in 1994. It is a synoptic but comprehensive survey, illustrated by 221 photographs and sketches, including 172 photographs in colour.
The two scholars have not only described the latest state of research... |
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Kunal Verma |
Ocean to Sky: India from the Air |
$80.99 $60.74 |
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| This book, over eight years in the making, is a dramatic photo exploration of the Indian subcontinent from the air. The breathtaking visuals – many of them taken from over 30,000 feet from the cockpit of MiG fighter planes, and others from AN-32 aircraft and choppers – are a poetic mosaic of the stunning variety of India’s landscape, from ocean to sky.
A visual feast unlike any attempted before, the book extends from the southern tip of the Andaman Islands to the... |
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Marti |
Japan Haiku |
$6.49 $4.87 |
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| Japan Haiku is an exquisite journey through a Japanese landscape rich in beauty, irony, simplicity, and humour. Marti, the author, loves nature and is a student of Zen.
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Dr. Giriraj Shah |
Glory of Indian Culture |
$12.99 $9.74 |
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James Tod |
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan |
$76.99 $57.74 |
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| This work relates to the (erstwhile) Central and Western Rajput States of India. It embodies the results of scholarly investigation into the ethnology of Rajputs, their religious and social practices, their festivals and rites, their legal and political institutions and the merits and demerits of their characters.
Herein we get a real portrait of the different aspects of Rajput life: their loyalty, devotion, gallantry, chivalry as also the instability of their character, their outbreaks of... |
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P.Arundhati |
Annapurna |
$11.11 $8.33 |
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| Annapurna is a bunch of flowers that bloomed in the course of quarter century of research with a fragrance of Indian thought on different branches of knowledge like nourishment, medicine, ecology, psychology, chemistry, petrology and like, spreading the aroma of Indian culture to the length and breadth of the world. The articles reflect the strength, vitality and vigour of Indian culture as known even in the times of hoary antiquity. Annapurna is a valuable contribution to Indological studies.... |
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Manish Kumar Verma |
Fast & Festivals of India |
$6.49 $4.87 |
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| The book enlightens us about the Hindu festivals, fasts, rituals, holy baths and observance of sacred days which are a part and parcel of the great cultural heritage of India. They are religious, social and a great source of spiritual and moral enrichment. It contains a special chapter on the non-Hindu fasts and festivals, in particular of the Christians and Muslims. There are a number of festivals, celebrations, feasts and fasts which may be called non-Hindu festivals for the sake of... |
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S. N. Mathur |
Hindu Fasts & Festivals |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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F.S. Growse |
Mathura & Vrindavan, The Mystical Land of Lord Krishna |
$31.99 $23.99 |
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| Mathura- also known as Brajbhoomi, it is a small town in India. The legendary tales associated with Krishna has always been a matter of awe-inspiring attraction and enigma for both--the natives and foreigners alike.A detailed account of all those places and events, their legendary origin and significance, the evolution of various places of pilgrimage are much more authentically recorded in this book. The author gradually unleashes the mystique of the land, giving first hand information on each... |
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Sanjay Singh |
Yatra 2 Yatra |
$141.49 $106.12 |
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| With these points in mind, this collection of pilgrimages, Yatra2Yatra has been compiled. It includes the chronological history of the pilgrimage site, the various mythological beliefs involved, important tourist spot, major festivals and all other vital information like, location, weather, suggested time of travel, travel guide etc. |
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F.R. Allchin (Ed.) |
A Source-Book of Indian Archaeology (Vol. 1) |
$19.44 $14.58 |
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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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R.Nath |
Antiquities of Chittorgadh |
$8.33 $6.25 |
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Prabodh Kumar Mishra |
Archaeology of Mayurbhanj |
$26.67 $20.00 |
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| This book delves into the rich antiquity of Mayurbhanj as evident in its archaeological discoveries. It discusses how the patronage of enlightened rulers helped archaeologist-scholars like K.P. Bose to unravel Mayurbhanj's ancient wealth.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Historical background
Archaeology of Haripur
Archaeology of Khicing
Epilogue
Postscript
Visuals
Appendix
Bibliography
Index. |
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Compiled by Mahendra & P. Mittal |
Buddhist Literature and Art |
$16.67 $12.50 |
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| The basic Buddhist literature grew up on Indian siol in Pali nad Sanskrit languages and has shaped the Intellectual climate of India in ancient times. Soon it spread out to other Asian countries and reformed their psyche. It will be a gigentic work to be undertaken by a team of scholars. The Buddhist art occupies a very significant position in the totality of Indian art traditions. The Buddhist art went outside India alongwith the spread of Buddhism and it assumed newer forms in the countries... |
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A.K. Sharma |
Buddhist Bronzes from Sirpur |
$125.49 $94.12 |
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| The book, Buddhist Bronzes from Sirpur is a detailed, well researched account of a hoard of bronze sculptures recovered during Sirpur excavation in 2005-2008. The recovery of this hoard along with raw material, crucibles and crucible stands from of Buddha Vihar located in Industrial area in the Capital of Dakshin-Kosala at Sirpur, on the bank of Mahanadi dispels the earlier held view that bronze were imported from Gujarat and Bihar. It is now established that in 7th-8th cent. A.D., during the... |
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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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Samarendra narayan Arya |
History of Pilgrimage in Ancient India |
$30.99 $23.24 |
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| The book outlines the origin and development of the practice of pilgrimage in India between AD 300 and 1200 and draws extensively on epigraphic and literary data particularly the Puranic corpus to delineate the growing popularity of the ritual, spatially and chronologically.
Viewing religion as part of the social process, it seeks to explore linkages between new religious trends and changes taking place in the material conditions of life. Although there are a few references to pilgrimage... |
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Irfan habib |
India-Studies in the History of an Idea |
$27.99 $20.99 |
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| What India means may elicit different answers from people today. The answers that might have been given a thousand, two thousand or three thousand years ago would have been possibly quite different.
This volume explores how notions of India have grown: even as a geographical expression the notion (under whatever name) took time to form. Political factors and cultural diffusion both helped in the formation. Nor is the role of outsiders in looking at India as country with some identifiable... |
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Sarojini Chaturvedi |
A Short History of South India |
$23.86 $17.90 |
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| A Short History of South India covers a vast canvas from the 4th Century A.D. which coincided with the rise of the Sathvahans, South of the Vindhyas and stretching up to the 16th Century A.D., which witnessed the decline of the Vijayanagara Kingdom. The objective of this book is mainly to focus attention on certain hitherto neglected areas of the South Indian history and to explode the myth that the presence of the Vindhyas caused a North-South divide. The North remained mostly isolated from... |
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