An unholy brew: alcohol in Indian history and religions

McHugh, James

ISBN: 9780197641958, 0197641954

The first comprehensive book on alcohol in pre-modern India, the book uses a wide range of sources from the Vedas to the Kamasutra to explore drinks and styles of drinking, as well as rationales for abstinence from the earliest Sanskrit written records through the second millenniums CE.

Chinese sources of South Asian History in translation, Vol. VIII: the oceanic islands

Ray, Haraprasad

ISBN: 9789381574911, 938157491X

This volume mainly deals with two oceanic Islands-Laccadive and Maldives. This volume will enhance the knowledge of the region.

Jainism before 650 BCE, 2nd rev.

Jain, Shugan C. et al.

ISBN: 9788124611081, 8124611084

Ancient history of India reveals that there were two parallel traditions in India, viz. Vedic and Sramanic. The Sramana Tradition includes Jainism, Buddhism and others such as the Ajivikas and Ajtianas. Jain religious tradition is one of the oldest living religions of India. Historicity of 24th Tirthalikara Mahavira in sixth century BCE is well established. The Jain records mention the name of ...

Religious sects in Ancient India (ancient and medieval), ed. by Pushpendra Kumar

Pai, D.A.

ISBN: 9788178543321, 817854332X

Physical education in ancient India

Deshpande, S.H.

The book contains exhaustive account of the programme of physical education in ancient India. The author has given copious references from the spectrum of wide variety of ancient Indian texts, with some archaeological findings. This book is a sort of compendium and authentic text sheding light on the programme of physical education in ancient Indian.

Research in history of middle ages

Narayan, Awadh

ISBN: 9788189981730, 8189981730

The ring of truth and other myths of sex and jewelry

Doniger, Wendy

Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas

Kanisetti, Anirudh

ISBN: 9789391165055, 9391165052

The author takes us to early medieval Deccan, from 6th century CE to 12th century CE, in all its splendour and riotous glory.

The sacred landscape of Mundeshwari: the 'oldest living' temple

Jayaswal, Vidula et al.

ISBN: 9788173055867, 8173055866

Reputed to be one of the oldest living temples of the world, Mundeshwari is also the oldest temple of Nagar/North Indian style in the outskirts of Varanasi. The present volume brings to light all the available information on the historical, ethnographic and archival records of Mundeshwari. Together with the data which has been assimilated by experts in the field of epigraphy, art history and et...

Sakuntala: texts, readings, histories

Thapar, Romila

ISBN: 9788188965601, 818896560X

This book attempts to explore some of the links between culture, history and gender, and between literature and history, through reading variant versions of the narrative of Sakuntala.

Savagery and Colonialism in the Indian Ocean: power, pleasure and the Andaman Islanders

Sen, Satadru

ISBN: 9781138896000, 1138896004

Valiant voyaging: a short history of the British India steam navigation company in the second world war 1939-1945

Saunders, Hilary St. George

ISBN: 9789390035915, 9390035910

Still no trace of an Aryan Invasion: a collection on Indo-European origins

Elst, Koenraad

ISBN: 9788173056048, 8173056048

The book is a collection of scholarly papers and journalistic articles by the author on the Aryan Invasion controversy.

The stone age in South Asia

Sharma, D.P.

ISBN: 9789386223364, 9386223368

This book gives a brief introduction on choronology, origin of Earth planet, origin of Homonid, Lower, Middle, Upper palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Rock Art, Neolothic, Early potteries of South and East Asia, Mehrgarh and beginning of Chalcolithic Age in South Asia.

A history of water management and hydraulic technology in India (1500 B.C. to 1800 A.D.)

Mate, M.S.

ISBN: 9788170189695, 8170189691

A study of Indus script

Tanwar, Satyabir Singh

ISBN: 9789383154463, 9383154462

Geomorphology and pre-history of South India, foreword by H.D. Sankalia

Sudarsen, V.

ISBN: 9789388789240, 9388789245

Taksasila to Tosali: trade and urbanization in early Odisha

Patnaik, Sunil Kumar

ISBN: 9788177023985, 8177023985

The present volume is a sincere attempt to highlight the recent researches on archaeological heritage and Buddhist studies of Early India. This volume deals with primary resources that are retrieved from the recent excavated Buddhist and Early Historic sites of Odisha undertaken by the OIMSEAS and other Organisations like ASI.

Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: reflections on the Chola naval expeditions to Southeast Asia

ISBN: 9788173048746, 8173048746

The papers in this volume provide valueable insights into eleventh century naval expeditions in the Indian Ocean, thus adding vibrancy to the study of seafearing activity across the Bay of Bengal.

Tribes in ancient India, reprinted from the 1st edition

Law, Bimal Charan