Born of the soil,

Panigrahi, Kalindi Charan

ISBN: 9789385285585, 9385285580

Matira Manisha (Born of the Soil) is one of those uncommon artistic creations that prove that good art need not be convoluted or obscure. The book is remarkable not only for its depiction of enduring human values but also for its realistic portrayal of the culture of rural Odisha.

The Bower manuscript: facsimile leaves, Nagari transcript, romanised transliteration and Eng. tr. with notes

ISBN: 9788177421125, 8177421123

This is perhaps the oldest existing manuscript on Indian medicine. It was discovered at Kucha, principal oasis of Chinese Turkestan, on the great caravan route to China. A man from Kucha dug, in anticipation of getting some treasure, in an area supposed to contain an underground city. He found only this manuscript which he sold to Lt. L H Bower who had gone there on a mission from the Governmen...

Brahma Sri: researches in archaeology, history and culture in the new millennium, Dr. P.V. Parabrahma Sastry felicitation volume, 2 vols

Chenna Reddy, Pedarapu (b.1959)

ISBN: 9788188934164, 818893416X

The 59 papers included in this volume deal with a variety of themes and disciplines such as archaeology, rock art, temple art and architecture, iconography, epigraphy and numismatics, Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina religion and philosophy, Indian literature of various periods, folklore, new history and contemporary social issues.

The Anglo-Indians: a portrait of a community

O'Brien, Barry

ISBN: 9789393852380, 9393852383

In this book, the author delves deep into the heritage, culture, way of life, literature, social mores, and sheer dynamism of the community. The author has been deeply involved in the affairs of the Anglo-Indian community for over three decades and is the president in chief of the All-India Anglo-Indian Association.

Ancient ballads and legends of Hindustan

Dutt, Toru

ISBN: 9788121289702, 812128970X

This book is a collection of poems by Toru Dutt. Compiled after her death and published in London, this book is an invaluable work of art from a pioneering figure in Indian history and Bengali literature.

Buddhism across the grasslands of Chinggis Khan

Chandra, Lokesh

ISBN: 9788177421286, 817742128X

This book is a survey of Buddhist art, literature, monasteries and general history of Mongolian lands, the transcreation of the 6000 plus works in the Kanjur and Tanjur, highlights of Lamaism across the centuries, the writing of 220 philosophical, ritual, hagiographical and historical works under the Manchu dynasty, and so on. The development continued till 1920s when the communists took over. ...

Buddhism and Buddhist literature in early Indian epigraphy

Hazra, Kanai Lal

ISBN: 9788121510370, 8121510376

On the development of Buddhism in Asoka's time.

Buddhism in Indian literature

Dash, Narendra K (b.1960) (ed.)

ISBN: 9788173053085, 8173053081

A collection of the twenty-two research papers presented in the national seminar held at Shantiniketan and organised jointly by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and Vishwa-Bharati.

Buddhist art and thought

Shashibala

ISBN: 9788188643066, 8188643068

This book ecompasses a number of themes related to the study of cultural interflow among Asian countries, sharing philosophy, literature, arts and architecture, systems of polity and ways of living and thinking. It is a journey through the history of dissemination of Buddhism by monk-scholars to Central, East, Fareast and Southeast Asia. It brings forth the manifestations of divine forms of Bud...

Buddhist literature and art: collection of articles from the Indian Historical Quarterly, comp. by Mahendra et al., introd. by S.R. Bhatt

ISBN: 9788188629282, 8188629286

Buddhist themes in modern Indian literature, ed. by J. Parthasarathi

Hikosaka, Shu et al

Rethinking Judicial Reforms- Reflections on Indian Legal System

Kaleeswaram Raj

ISBN: 9788131253960, 8131253961

Legal Literature

A bull of a man: images of masculinity, sex, and the body in Indian Buddhism

Powers, John

ISBN: 9788192075297, 819207529X

In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, John Power skillfully adapts methodological approaches from European and North American historiography to the study of early Buddhist literature, art, and iconography, highlighting aspects of the tradition that have been suprisingly invisible in earlier scholarship.

Two Outstanding Indian Judges - Justice H.R. Khanna & Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer

Lokendra Malik & Manish Arora

ISBN: 9789350355558, 9350355558

Legal Literature

Emergence of the new women: the novels of Shobha De and Bharati Mukherjee

Saleema, P.

ISBN: 9789382186892, 9382186891

The striking quality of this book is its brilliant psychoanalysis of the behavioural patterns of women protagonists painted on a single canvas of universal womanhood by two different authors, cutting across continental boundaries. The selected authors Shobhaa De and Bharati Mukherjee are writers from diverse backgrounds. The former is a well-known socialite and a contemporary Indian writer whil...

Calcutta chromosome: a novel of fevers, delirium and discovery

Ghosh, Amitav

ISBN: 9780670081899, 0670081892

The novel includes advanced computer science, religious cults and wonderful portraits of Victorian and contemporary India.

The Calf became an orphan: a study in contemporary Kannada fiction

Zydenbos, Robert J

ISBN: 9788184700732, 8184700733

This book is a revised version of a Ph. D. Thesis submitted to the University of Utrecht. Through a literary analysis of 35 works, the author of the book has focused on such themes as Indian womanhood, aspects of Hinduism, its confrontation with other faiths, the implications of the caste systemm and so on.

Allah naam ki siyasat

Ahmad, Hilal

ISBN: 9788195965526, 8195965520

This book is part one of the book, Ahmad explain that prior to the advent of the British in India, the majority. Minority perception was not there in Indian society. The creation of these categories as the result of British colonialism. The conduct of census with categories of caste and religion gave these groupings fixed and denied identities. Part two of the book has Ahmad talking about some ...

Candan ke birave

Misra, Srikrisna

ISBN: 9788173413971, 8173413975

The puppets' tale, tr. from the original Bengali by Ratan Kumar Chattopadhyay, foreword by Samantak Das

Bandyopadhyay, Manik

ISBN: 9789354420252, 9354420257

Putulnacher Itikatha (1936) tells the story of a village in colonial Bengal at a time of sharp socio-cultural contrasts: modern medicine versus traditional systems; rationalism versus age-old beliefs; city versus village.