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Harsha V. Dehejia |
Gods Beyond Temples |
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| The sacred in the Indian tradition is more an experience than a concept and goes much beyond the narrow confines of an organized temple or even a shrine. The gods of this tradition, as well as those who hold them sacred, are simple and unpretentious yet dignified and self-assured.
Whether it is a tree that is held sacred or a naturally occurring stone that is revered, a river that is the embodiment of divinity itself, an ancestor that is worshipped, a fabric that is simply draped, a road side... |
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John Stratton Hawley |
At Play With Krishna |
$48.49 $36.37 |
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| Every year thousands of pilgrims travel to Brindavan, the village where Krishna is said to have lived as child. There, in one of north India’s great spiritual centers, they witness a series of religious dramas called ras lilas, whose central roles are performed by children. By translating four plays that collectively span this cycle, John Hawley provides a lively perspective on the mythology of Krishna as Hindus experience it today. His book contains an opening chapter describing the... |
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Sarat Chandra Das & W.W. Rockhill |
Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet |
$12.49 $9.37 |
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| A Journey to lhasa and Central Tibet is a record of explorer Sarat Chandra Das' travels through Sikim into Tibet during the year 1879-1891. Das is considered as one of the greatest pioneering travellers who ever entered Tibet.
The marvelous primary resource - later edited by W.W. Rockhill - covers Das' journey from Darjeeling to Tashilhunpo, his residence there, on to Dongtse, and his onward journey to Lhasa via Tashilhunpo and Yamdo Samding.
From his time at Lhasa, he... |
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Adam Clapham |
Beware Falling Coconuts: Perspectives of India |
$18.49 $13.87 |
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| A documentary maker can never be off duty in India because there are too many terrific stories waiting to be told. So says the author Adam Clapham, a BBC producer who has worked and played in India all his professional life. Along the way Adam has kept his eye open for the off-beat, the bizarre and the British angle. This book is a kaleidoscope of his experiences, stories from the political hard edge to the downright whimsical.
The 400-croe diamond that cost 400 rupees
Mark Tully, the... |
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Diana Preston |
A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time: The Story of the Taj Mahal |
$43.49 $32.62 |
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| Emperor Shah Jahan married Mumtaz Mahal in 1612 in an unusual love match. Jahan involved his wife on all matters of state, and she followed him on all his military campaigns in spite of being almost constantly pregnant. She bore him 14 children, but her sudden death in childbirth caused Jahan inconsolable grief. His only solace was in creating the perfect memorial to his lost love on the banks of the Jumna River at Agra.
The mausoleum, made from milk-white marble and studded with a fortune in... |
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Mireille Josephine Guezennec |
Ganga: In Search of the Source |
$24.99 $18.74 |
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| Since the dawn of humanity, Ganges-Ganga-the sacred river of India, born in the higher Himalayan realms, has inspired the imagination of mankind. In this book, the author invites us on an initiatory voyage to the sources of the revered river at Gaumukh, passing through the principal holy cities of Uttaranchal (Haridwar, Rishikesh, Gangotri, Badrinath) and following the prestigious junctions where the powerful affluent mixes with the venerated river. A crowned path in the Garhwal Himalayas,... |
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H.D. Sharma |
Ten Walks of Mumbai |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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| In Ten Walks of Mumbai, the author takes you along many fascinating journeys through a different Mumbai altogether - oft-forgotten sights, sounds and roads. The book offers tourists as well as the city-bred junta a wider canvas to probe further into Mumbai’s invaluable expanse of heritage sites, forgotten roads and public buildings - its magnificent monuments and structures. The book will throw light on many nuances of the city’s priceless and intriguing past. The ten... |
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Narendra Luther |
Raja Deen Dayal: Prince of Photographers |
$125.49 $94.12 |
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| This is the story of Deen Dayal, the greatest photographer of India whose genius was acknowledged worldwide. It is also the history of photography, its arrival in India, the work done by the British and Indian photographers, and its application in the documentation of various aspects of administration.
On the human side, it gives a glimpse of the fabulous life-style of the nabobs of the East India company, and the sahibs of the British Empire. The latter’s fascination for documenting the... |
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Prem Singh Jina |
Tourism and Buddhist Monasteries of Ladakh Himalaya |
$45.49 $34.12 |
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| Ladakh, isolated for centuries, therefore, preserved unique historical monuments and cultural heritage. Recent post fast development activities and tourism in Ladakh have created alarming situation. Hence, we need to imply sustainable development policy, so that besides others we can be able to preserve our rich heritage.
This book is an attempt to tell the monastic history of the Buddhist Monasteries and the alarming situation of migratory birds. This work will be useful for teachers and... |
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Biswajit Roy Chowdhury |
Sunderbans- The Mystic Mangrove |
$83.49 $62.62 |
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| The Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove expanse, are nothing less than a hub for naturalists and scientists-a paradise for nature and wildlife photographers and a wonderland for tourists from all over the world. With a unique eco-system, two high tides and two low tides each day, this terrain is very difficult to negotiate, both for man and animal.
Here the tiger strives hard to catch its prey while the deer is equally vigilant to defend itself from the predator. In such typical natural... |
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Prem Singh Jina |
Tourist Resources of Ladakh |
$19.49 $14.62 |
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| Ladakh, variously known to outsiders, has remained a fascinating land to tourists, scholars and others. Like Tibet (China), bordering to Ladakh region, Buddhism is the main religion professed by majority of the population. There are many prominent monasteries in the region.
This book gives a vivid account of many such Buddhist Monasteries which are rich resource for tourism. This will prove a reliable source of reference to one and all concerned.
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Nick Edwards |
The Rough Guide to India |
$51.49 $38.62 |
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| The Rough Guide to India is the essential handbook to this extraordinary country. The 24 page full-colour introduction includes stunning photography of the country''s many highlights. The guide has comprehensive accounts of every attraction, from fast-paced Delhi and the sacred sites of the Ganges plain to the Moghul splendour of Agra and the shell-sand beaches of the south. There is also practical advice on activities as diverse as boating through the Keralan backwaters, hiking through the... |
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T.M. Manoharan (ed.) |
Silent Valley: Whispers of Reason |
$76.99 $57.74 |
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| This anthology of 38 articles on various aspects of Silent Valley is the culmination of the selfless endeavour of many persons who love Silent Valley and cherish the memory of the popular campaign for its conservation. It contains papers on the historical and managerial evolution of Silent Valley National Park as well as on its biodiversity. The decision to bring out such a comprehensive volume on Silent Valley was taken in a jubilant meeting on 25th November 1995, convened to celebrate the... |
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Rana P.B. Singh |
Banaras, The Heritage City of India Geography, History, and Bibliography |
$50.99 $38.24 |
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| "This book describes various facets of geography, history and heritage of Varanasi, the heritage city of India, on/about which a vast historical literature is available. The section on Geography covers the general background of the topography, climate, soils, vegetation, and human landscape. The history section gives a general brief outline of history, from the ancient to the modern, including a chronological chart. The issue of inscribing the heritage scopes, especially of the riverfront... |
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Ven. Gyomyo Nakamura |
Buddhist Tales in Modern Times Stories of the Soul |
$9.99 $7.49 |
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| Stories of the Soul are a collection of stories woven from the many accounts which exist of things the author did and experienced. Most of the stories have been inspired by the author's various trips to Latah, Nepal and many places in India. This book takes us to a fantasy world where there are animals, insects, birds, and trees that talk and behave like human beings. The stories are presented in an unusual but interesting style. As in Buddhists teachings, most of the characters mentioned... |
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Anil Saxena |
Hindu Kingdoms of South |
$64.49 $48.37 |
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| Indian history is glamorous and eventful. India is a great country, which boasts of a rich history, richer than may a nation in the world. Its history is vast and illustrious by all counts. He term 'India' finds its origin in the 'Indus Valley Civilization' that flourished at the banks of the river Indus.
The history of India is one of the most interesting and enlightening ones in the midst of a plethora of world histories. For the purpose of ease, it can broadly be divided into... |
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P. V. L. Narasimha Rao |
Kanchipuram: Land of Legends, Saints & Temples |
$37.99 $28.49 |
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| This is a heritage book which takes readers on a spiritual voyage of legends, mythology, saints, temples and dynasties. It presents vignettes of India's rich cultural background. As one of the seven mokshapuris (centers of salvation) and the nerve-centre of vedic schools, Kanchipuram has always been a role model. Adi Sankaracharya, brought religious renaissance in the country by providing a new meaning to sanatana dharma. He established the Kanchi Kamakotipeetham which continues to be a center... |
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R.D. Benerji |
Prehistoric Ancient and Hindu India |
$89.99 $67.49 |
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| This book is about the prehistoric, ancient and Hindu India, and covers several aspects such as physical features of India, the races of India and their languages, earlier Indo-Aryans and the Dravidian,s Vedic Literature, the Epic Literature of India.
Besides, sixteen kingdoms of the north, the Persian conquest of north-western India, the Maurya empire, Greek invasions, Dravidian dynasties of the South, the culture of northern India, Gupta empire of northern India, southern dynasties of the... |
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Pepita Seth |
Heaven on Earth: The Universe of Kerala’s Guruvayur Temple |
$191.99 $143.99 |
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| Every day of the year, thousands of pilgrims swarm into the sacred precincts of Kerala's Guruvayur Temple. They come to seek the blessings of Lord Krishna, known locally as Guruvayurappan, a deity whose precious idol was, according to myth, originally worshipped by Lord Vishnu. Another belief states that the idol was eventually inherited by Lord Krishna and enshrined in Dwaraka and that, just before his death. He declared that it was to be re-installed in India's most sacred place.
The task... |
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Anita Sharma |
The Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir: Navigating through Nomadism |
$80.49 $60.37 |
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| Sedentary patterns of living are often termed as ‘civilized’, yet, in semi-arid regions, pastoral nomadism remains an efficient subsistence-base. While seven percent of India is nomadic, a majority have little access to development programs. Research across continents reveals that the success of such initiatives among nomads is contingent upon their sensitivity to a mobile lifestyle.
The personal Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir herd goat and sheep and are a subset of the buffalo-herding... |
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J. Soundararajan |
Early Chalukyan Temples: Art, Architecture & Iconography (with special reference to Aihole) |
$125.49 $94.12 |
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| The book deals with the essence of Art and Architecture subtly twain with Iconography and Aesthetics besides legend and tradition for the sake of readers, it has been designed to bring out the marked of location, environ with present administrative support. A horizontal outline based on the epigraphically evidence of the early Chalukya tracing the contemporary political set up of that age shown.
The work gives an emphasis to art form pattern set by the early Chalukyas tracing with veracity of... |
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Jeyapriya Rajarajan |
Terrific Manifestations of Siva: Virabhadra |
$125.49 $94.12 |
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| There are several books on such individual manifestations of Siva such as Nataraja, Ardhanarisvara, Sadasiva and so on. There is no exhaustive study of a fierce form of the Lord Virabhadra. This work fulfils the need. In seven chapters and three appendices the mythology, art and cult of Virabhadra is systematically sketched.
The first chapter deals Prolegomena, second chapter deals exhaustively with most of the Sanskrit Puranas and other liturgical works. The specialty is the summary of Tamil... |
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DN Chaudhuri |
Delhi: Light, Shades, Shadows |
$24.49 $18.37 |
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| Whether it is the narrow lanes of Old Delhi, partition and the dramatic days that followed, the River Yamuna in flood, the Delhi railway station or college life at Delhi University, Delhi: Light, Shades, Shadows captures the spirit of the capital city of India.
Indeed, Dhruva N Chaudhuri has seen Delhi from close quarters. Son of the famous ‘Unknown Indian’, the late Nirad C Chaudhuri, Dhruva presents Delhi’s history in a vivid and natural way.
Delhi: Light, Shades, Shadows holds an... |
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A.K. Bhattacharyya |
Indian Numismatics and its Cultural Aspects |
$128.49 $96.37 |
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| The book presented here in ten chapters and an important Appendix contains not only general surveys of the coin-systems in India but also some studies of important aspects of the coins issued from the 8th or 7th century B.C. down almost to the present times. Some of the interpretative essays apart, compositional excellences of the legends and artistic achievements in the issues have been discussed in extensor.
An additional merit of the book consists in laying before scholars and the lay... |
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Jayanti Dora |
Sakta Monument of Orissa: A Study on Art, Architecture and Iconography |
$256.49 $192.37 |
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| This book is during attempt to present a consolidated record of Sakta Monuments of Orissa which are so widely distributed throughout the length and breadth of the state. Sakti, the eternal source of energy is an indigenous conception of the universal mother goddess. The impact of Saktism shapes the religious and socio-cultural fabric of the mass.
The author deals with the organization and evolution of Saktism in India as well as in Orissa. It reveals the scheme of art and architectural... |
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