This book unravels the non-European origins of enlightenment science. Focusing on the mundane materials of empire-building, this study traces the history of substances like mud, mortar, ice, and paper, as well as forms of knowledge like inoculation.

The Ali Rajas of Cannanore

Kurup, KKN

ISBN: 9788177480313, 8177480316

On the confrontation between the native rulers and the western powers in the history of north Malabar.

Alibis of empire: Henry Maine and the ends of liberal imperialism

Mantena, Karuna

ISBN: 9788178242873, 8178242877

This book presents a novel account of the origins, substance, and afterlife of late imperial ideology.

All about Hinduism: from Vedas to Devas and past to present

Tyagi, Ashok

ISBN: 9788175417960, 817541796X

This book, meant for the present generation interested in understanding Hinduism, covers its entire history of 5000 years in a capsule form. It endeavours to expose its readers to the great Indian heritage of Vedas, Upanishads, Epics and Puranas.

The American war in Afghanistan: a history

Malkasian, Carter

ISBN: 9780197645499, 0197645496

This book provides the first comprehensive history of the entire conflict. Drawing from a deep well of local knowledge and a rich array of primary sources, the author moves through the war's multiple phases: the 2001 invasion and after; the resurgence of the Taliban in 2006...

Allahabad: where the rivers meet

Gour, Neelum Saran (ed.)

ISBN: 9788185026947, 8185026947

Enlivened with many interesting and lesser-known details, the essays in this volume cover a comprehensive range of subjects on Allahabad's mythological and popular narratives, its medieval architecture and paintings, its world of Persian and Urdu letters, the city's centrality in the National Movement and in post-1947 politics etc.

Allamah Fadl-i-Haq: scholar and freedom-fighter

Ali, Abdul

ISBN: 9788190563031, 8190563033

An analytical and comprehensive account of the role played by Allamah Fadl-i-haq Khairabadi as scholar, freedom fighter and one of the architect of modern secular India.

The famine campaign in Southern India: Madras and Bombay Presidencies and province of Mysore, 1876-1878, 2 vols.

Digby, William

ISBN: 9788121298032, 8121298032

Vol.1 (ISBN 9788121298025); Vol.2 (ISBN 9788121298018). Digby was a liberal who saw the famine in India of 1876-1878 first-hand and reviled the laissez-faire policies of the Famine Commission. Whilst preparations were being made for the proclamation of her majesty the Queen of Great Britain as Empress of India, and whilst the ceremonies were actually in progress, 65,000 died of starvation and t...

Ganga-Brahmaputra & beyond: exploring art and iconography of eastern and north-eastern India

Sengupta, Gautam

ISBN: 9789356877658, 9356877653

This book explores these diverse creative traditions, visualized and successfully strategized by premodern silpins or craftsmen.

Alternative realities: love in the lives of Muslim Women

Gandhi, Nighat M.

ISBN: 9789383260324, 9383260327

Women and their love have been celebrated as well as rendered upon in this book, across three countries - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh.

Alwars and the Indian Vaishnavite literatures (originally written in Tamil was awarded by the Government of Tamilnadu in 2012)

Doss, K.R. Vittal

ISBN: 9788121513067, 8121513065

This book contains 16 chapters which deal with the Rama and Krishna Kavyas composed in the vernaculars of India. The author has described in detail the history of the direct and indirect impact of the hymns of Alwars on the Indian Vaishnavite literatures.

Amarajyoti: a brief life historyof Shri Lalbahadur Shastri, by Mahadeva Upadhyaya, foreword by Rajendra Mishra, tr. and ed. by Rajeshwar Upadhyaya

ISBN: 9788172701390, 817270139X

Lucknow 1857

Llewellyn-Jones, Rosie

ISBN: 9789354894053, 9354894054

This richly illustrated field guide draws on author's intimate knowledge of the city to paint a vivid picture of the events that unfolded in this historic urban battlefield.

Amazing Amils: lessons from the lives of Sindhi achievers

Engineer, Shernaaz

The Amils are Sindhi Hindus, who played a significant role as administrators in the history of medieval Sind. This volume is an earnest attempt at chronicling the special Amil ethos, values and strengths, as epitomised by some leading achievers within the community.

Amazing Arunachal Pradesh: land, people, culture

Behera, M.C. et al

ISBN: 9788173054495, 8173054495

The present volume is a comprehensive illustrated survey of land and people of tribal dominated Arunachal Pradesh which attained statehood in 1987. The relationship of the land and people of Arunachal Pradesh with the Indain civilization has a very long past. This is evident from various myths and legends, Buranjis-the Ahom Chronicle, and from archaeological sites.

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