Antiquities, history, culture and shrines of Jammu

Sharma, Shiv Chander (b.1959)_

ISBN: 9788185599465, 8185599467

Antiquity of Indian tribes

Tiwari, SK (b.1941)

Contents: (i) Tracing the antiquity (ii) Totemic tradition in Indian tribes (iii) Indian way of narrating the animate and inanimate world (iv) Riksha tribe (v) Suparna tribe (vI Vanara tribe (vii) Naga tribe (Antiquity) (viii) Naga tribe (History) (ix) Assimilation of Totemic tribes.

Akbar: the aesthete, foreword by Karan Singh

Anand, Indu

ISBN: 9788124607381, 8124607389

Mughal miniatures are a vivid account of the cultural, sociopolitical scenario of the Mughal era. Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar, the most powerful Mughal emperor, was a great aesthete and promoter of arts. Eminent Persian and Indian artists thronged his Royal Studio and were encouraged to paint numerous emotive miniatures of style and substance, communicating highly complex narratives. These mini...

Anxious nation: Australia and the rise of Asia 1850-1939, 2nd edition

Walker, David

ISBN: 9788190228251, 8190228250

This book is the winner of the Ernest Scott prize for history 2001.

Aparadh aur arthashastra (prachin kal se arvachin tak) (in Hindi)

Sharma, Renu (b.1961)

ISBN: 9788170815884, 8170815886

Odissi and the Geeta Govinda

Citaristi, Ileana

ISBN: 9789391928575, 9391928579

The book attempts to trace an overview of the different components that define the cultural landscape of the state of Odisha in relation to its history, religious cults, art, and literature and to link the development of the various aspects to the role played over the centuries by the Geeta Govinda poem in its different manifestations.

Apocalypse Pakistan: an anatomy of 'the world's most dangerous nation', foreword by Ayesha Siddiqa

Marino, Francesca et al

ISBN: 9789381523964, 9381523967

This book analyses the political and cultural evolution of Pakistan from Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to the present day. It presents a multi-faceted history of contemporary Pakistan and offers a balanced view without taking sides or trying to offer solutions to govern the country.

The apparatus of Rathors: a study of Marwar, assignment of Jagirs, award of offices, titles and honours to the Rathor nobility (1764-1858 v.s.)

Saxena, RK

Appointment with Kalidasa

Bhat, GK

Mimamsa literature, by Jean-Marie Verpoorten, Series ed. by Jan Gonda

ISBN: 9789388540490, 9388540492

Approaches to history, culture, art and archaeology: essays in the honour of professor Om Prakash

Sinha, AK (ed.)

The volume contains 94 articles covering a wide range of study in the historical and cultural past of India. The arcas covered are: Historiography, Polity and Vedic Studies; Social and Economic History and Numismatics and Epigraphical Studies; Archaeology; Art and Literature; Religion and Philosophy; World Culture and Civilization; and lastly the Medieval India.

Approaches to history: essays in Indian historiography

Bhattacharya, Sabyasachi (ed.)

ISBN: 9789380607177, 9380607172

The history of modern Kashmir

Khan, Mohammad Saleem

ISBN: 9788183390132, 8183390137

Contents: (i) Foundation of Jammu and state. (ii) British policy towards Kashmir. (iii) Political consciousness and formation of Muslim conference. (iv) Role of Muslim conference and national conference. (v) Kashmir and freedom movement. (vi) Partition of Kashmir and Kashmir question. (vii) Political and economic development 1947-1953.

Notes of dissent: essays on Indian history

A history of India through 75 objects

Guha, Sudeshna

ISBN: 9789350099025, 9350099020

Through a selection of things from prehistoric to modern-day India, this book encourages the appreciation of the complexity of history. It illustrates the logic of expecting many histories of a particular phenomenon and conveys the merit of evaluating the historical linkages we construct.

The Apracharajas: a history based on coins and inscriptions

Srivastava, Prashant

ISBN: 9788173200748, 8173200742

The monograph aims at highlighting the significant role played by the family of the Apracha kings in ancient Indian history, and at connecting this family of the Apracha kings with the Asvaka tribe.

Agneya-Kona of Bharatavarsa

Deo, Jitamitra Prasad Singh

ISBN: 9788124606636, 8124606633

The book focuses on the cultural developments of Agneya-Kona (the South-East India) and their contributions to the development of humanity, and highlights the concocted history of Bharatavarsa, especially of Agneya-Kona.

Apsarases at Angkor wat: in Indian Context

Srivastava, KM (b.1927)

ISBN: 9788185992013, 8185992010

Contents: (i) Preamble (ii) Cambodia - The Country (iii) Historical Background (iv) Indian Influence on Ancient Cambodia (v) The Temple of Angkor Wat (vi) Kingship and the Cult of Devaraja in Cambodia (vii) Apsarases in Indian Literature (viii) Apsarases in Indian Art (ix) Apsarases at Angkor Wat.

Arab spring, Libyan winter

Prashad, Vijay

ISBN: 9789380118079, 9380118074

The author explores the recent history of the Qaddafi regime, the social forces who opposed him, and the role of the United Nations, NATO, and the rest of the world's superpowers in the bloody civil war that ensued.

The Arabian seas: the Indian ocean world of the seventeenth century, rev. and expanded version

Barendse, RJ

ISBN: 9788170945185, 8170945186

An important work on the world political economy (trade, war power) that explores the intersect of the worlds of Islam and the European world economy on the eve of the modern world system.