27 down: new departures in Indian railway studies, with CD Rom

Kerr, Ian J (ed.)

ISBN: 9788125030638, 8125030638

The central goal of this book with its nine, railway-related studies-and CD-Rom is to explore some of the neglected dimensions of India's colonial and postcolonial railways.

The broken script: Delhi under the East India Company and the fall of the Mughal dynasty, 1803-1857

Liddle, Swapna

ISBN: 9789354473869, 9354473865

At the start of the nineteenth century, a new power had emerged--the British East India Company, which captured the Mughal capital in September 1803, becoming its de facto ruler. The author's book is an unprecedented study of the 'hybrid half-century' that followed--when the two regimes overlapped and Delhi was at the cusp of modernity, changing in profound ways.

400 years of capital Dhaka and beyond, 3 vols., Chief ed. Sharif uddin Ahmed

Chowdhury, Abdul Momin (ed.)

Vol.1: Politics society administration, ISBN: 9789845120111;Vol.2: Economy and culture, ISBN: 9789845120128;Vol.3: Urbanization and urban development, ISBN: 9789845120135

Assam in history and memory: restructuring the past in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Purkayastha, Sudeshna

ISBN: 9789361778674, 9361778676

This book examines the shaping of Assamese historiography in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book explores the complex relationship between vernacular historiography, Assamese nationalism, and the construction of an Assamese linguistic identity in the colonial and postcolonial periods.

501 images of Taj Mahal, photographs by Rupinder Khullar, introduction by Keshav Dev Sharma

Beautifully produced with lively photographs in colour alongwith tecxt providing historical background, this work is a fitting tribute to this great monument.

Discovering India anew: out of Africa to its early history

Machado, Alan (Prabhu)

ISBN: 9789354427275, 9354427278

This book reconstructs the history of Indian peoples, taking off from where the history of Indians really begins: Africa. Exploring their earliest journey out of Africa through the colonisation of South Asia by different genetic groups to the end of South Asia's first urban civilisation, Harappa, and the arrival of the Indo-Aryans, the author asks a fundamental question: Who are we Indians?

7 days in Myanmar: a portrait of Burma by 30 great photographers, foreword by Thant Myint-U, text by John Falconer et al

ISBN: 9789814385701, 9814385700

The book captures the life and spirit of Myanmar from every angle in every corner of the country. Featuring essays that provide context on Myanmar's history and culture and hundreds of outstanding original photographs.

A history of early Buddhism

Dube, S.N.

ISBN: 9789394201262, 9394201262

A history of India as it happened: not as it has been written

Gautier, Francois

ISBN: 9788124117620, 8124117624

This book now that not only the history of India's beginnings were written by European colonizers, with an intention to downsize, downgrade and postdate Indian civilization, but that, unfortunately, generation after generation of Indian historians, for their own selfish purpose, endorsed and perpetuated these wrong theories, such as the Aryan invasion, which divided India like nothing else, pit...

Post-Mauryan India 200 BC-AD 300: a political and economic history

Habib, Irfan

ISBN: 9789382381297, 9382381295

The A to Z of Jainism

Wiley, Kristi L

ISBN: 9788170946816, 8170946816

The book is a unique quick-reference book about a religion with an unbroken history of more than 2,500 year, and one which has influenced India's culture throughout this period.

Soul and sword: the history of political Hinduism

Sengupta, Hindol

ISBN: 9780670093786, 0670093785

Political Hinduism was once considered a sort of fringe ideology, shadowy and even misunderstood. Its ideas and narratives seemed, in popular discourse, to lack analytical rigour and were easily dismissed.;But history shows that political Hinduism as an intellectual idea was a pioneering theme in India's nationhood. In fact, it precedes the Indian republic and has been one of the most resilient...

The A.K. Narain omnibus, writings on ancient history, culture & archaeology of South & Central Asia, 5 vols.

ISBN: 9789386223647, 9386223643

A.Q. Ansari: social philosophy and political thought

Azizi, Alauddin

ISBN: 9788176254694, 817625469X

This book focuses on the intellectual and spiritual outlook of veteran freedom fighter Mr. Abdul Qaiyum Ansari, who devoted his life to the national politics and opposed two nation theory of Jinnah.

Abdul's taxi to Kalighat: a celebration of Calcutta

Roberts, Joe

This book is about the spell Calcutta casts and the shedding of perconceptions. It is a celebration of Calcutta's history, food and music, its warmth and comedy.

Abhayagiriya

Hettiaratchi, SB et al.

Abhayagiri Vihara occupies a unique place in the history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.

Abhidha, ed. by Jitendra B. Shah

Nandi, Tapasvi

ISBN: 9788185857138, 818585713X

Contains lectures delivered by the author on 'Abhidha' from the rhetorical angle alongwith different viewpoint of the ancient alamkarikas, including Acarya Hemacandra.

A modern history of Jammu and Kashmir, Vol.3: the times of turbulence (1975-2021)

Singh, Harbans

ISBN: 9789354477287, 9354477283

This third volume in the author's insightful trilogy on modern Jammu and Kashmir examines the period from 1975, when Sheikh Abdullah returned to active politics. The book discusses the emergence of the separatist movement, the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990, and the drastic decision of the BJP Central government to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian Constitution.

Miles Bronson: a lionheart among missionaries

Haolai, T.

ISBN: 9789380261829, 9380261829

ABIA South and Southeast Asian art and archaeology index, Vol. 4, ed. by Asha Gupta

ABIA (Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology) for 2007 to 2011, data was aquired and processed at IGNCA, India. Vol.4 covers mostly Indian publications and some from South Asian region.