Mapping the history of Ayurveda: culture, hegemony and the rhetoric of diversity

Girija, K.P.

ISBN: 9781032307350, 1032307358

This book looks at the institutionalisation and refashioning of Ayurveda as a robust, literate classical tradition, separated from the assorted, vernacular traditions of healing practices.

India's discourses with cultures of the world = Bharat ke viswa samskritio se samvad,

ISBN: 9789392556562, 939255656X

The archaeoastronomy of a few megalithic sites of Jharkhand

Das, Subhashis

ISBN: 9789386906168, 9386906163

This book discards the belief that megaliths are only sepulchral monuments and illustrates that they also served as temples of the ubiquitous Mother Goddesses of the fertility cult.

Hanumandhoka: doorway to Nepal's history and culture

ISBN: 9789937123341, 9937123348

Hanumandhoka is a door (dhoka) to our common future; and many of the critical political and cultural events that have shaped present day Nepal continue to be played out in the beautiful buildings, temples, courtyards, ponds and monuments. Each has a story to tell about our part and give insights for future.

Art, archaeology and cultural history of India: U.N. Roy felicitation volume, 2 parts, ed. by Ajoy Kumar Sinha et al., chief ed.: C.P. Sinha

ISBN: 9789386223500, 9386223503

Brings together the recent researches and discoveries in the various fields of Indological studies from scholars.

Awadh symphony: notes on a cultural interlude

Mahmud, Aslam

ISBN: 9788129146502, 8129146509

Lucknow, the cultural capital of erstwhile Awadh region, has charmed generations into writing about the city. This book captures all the aspects of Awadhi culture, history and traditions of the region.

The battle for Sanskrit: is Sanskrit political or sacred, oppressive or liberating, dead or alive?

Malhotra, Rajiv

ISBN: 9789351775386, 9351775380

There is a new awakening in India that is challenging the ongoing westernization of the discourse about India. The book seeks to alert traditional scholars of Sanskrit and sanskriti - Indian civilization - concerning an important school of thought that has its base in the US and that has started to dominate the discourse on the cultural, social and political aspects of India.

The battle for Sanskrit: is Sanskrit political or sacred, oppressive or liberating, dead or alive?

Malhotra, Rajiv

ISBN: 9789352641819, 9352641817

There is a new awakening in India that is challenging the ongoing;westernization of the discourse about India. The book seeks to alert;traditional scholars of Sanskrit and sanskriti--Indian civilization--;concerning an important school of thought that has its base in the US and;that has started to dominate the discourse on the cultural, social and;political aspects of India.

Vedic imprint in Southeast Asia with special reference to Manipur

Rajkumar, Maheshsana

ISBN: 9789392038600, 9392038607

This book is a study on the Vedic imprint of the late Vedic period (1100-500 BCE) impacting Southeast Asia and ancient Manipur by the movements of Kshatriyas and Brahmanas.

Pure entertainment: Parsi theatre, gender, and performance

Hansen, Kathryn

ISBN: 9789358527902, 9358527900

This book traces how Parsi theatre wedded vernacular narrative and musicality to new state technologies to create an aesthetic that appealed across classes and communities.

China and India: history, culture, cooperation and competition, ed. by Paramita Mukherjee, et al..

ISBN: 9789385985690, 9385985698

Chinese poems and pictures on Ahimsa by RaghuVira and Vibrations of Ahimsa in China by Lokesh Chandra

ISBN: 9788177421279, 8177421271

This book contains two volumes of Chinese sketches and poems on Ahimsa given to Prof. RaghuVira by Prof. Feng Tzu-Kai in 1941. These have been translated into English by RaghuVira and Lokesh Chandra and published here with original version with sketches.

Chinese sources of South Asian history in translation: data for study of India-China relations through history, Vol.5: Socio-econo-political relations between South Asia and ....

Ray, Haraprasad

ISBN: 9789381574713, 9381574715

.... and China, AD 502-1620: with emphasis on the fifteenth century.

Chinese sources of South Asian history in translation: data for study of India-China relations through history, Vol.6: From religion to commerce: the maritime rendezvous between.

Ray, Haraprasad

ISBN: 9789381574720, 9381574723

..... India and China, tenth to thirteenth century AD

Chinese sources of South Asian history in translation: data for study of India-China relations through history, Vol.7: From nationalism to foreign occupation: the Mongol interlud

Ray, Haraprasad

ISBN: 9789381574737, 9381574731

..... e.

The coils of Pakhangba: a cultural history of Meeteis

Parratt, John

ISBN: 9788183248235, 8183248233

The book traces the evolution of that culture, paying special attention to the oral traditions alongside the written manuscripts in the indigenous script, among which the Court Chronicle (Cheitharol Kumbaba) is preeminent.

Concise dictionary of Indian culture

Varadpande, M.L.

ISBN: 9788182904712, 8182904714

Gandhi and Ambedkar: a study in contrast

Roy, Ramashray

ISBN: 9788175418455, 8175418451

The book represents a radical departure from the genre of writings that deal with thought and works of M. K. Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar, either singly or in a comparative framework, in a discursive manner or historically and chronologically. These two extremely important personalities left a deep and indelible imprint on the content and direction of Indian politics. However, these writings rarel...

Indigenous knowledge systems: towards a holistic inclusive conservation

Majumder, Satarupa Dutta

ISBN: 9789388540162, 9388540166

Based on the trajectories of conservation - natural, cultural and museological - down time, and indigenous epistemological premises brought forth from previous research, the treatise proposes the concept of ECM as a paradigm for successful community-based conservation of indigenous knowledge systems or indigenous biocultural heritage in its holistic wholeness.

Cultural landscapes of Asia: understanding and managing heritage values

Chiba, Moe et al

ISBN: 9788173056000, 8173056005

The articles covered in this book are an overview of Cultural Landscapes typologies in India and beyond. They provide an understanding of the attributes that characterise cultural landscapes in Asia region, their diversity and the cultural, social and economic processes that have shaped these landscapes, their genesis and their associations. The book covers Cultural Landscape attributes and val...