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Beyond the woman question: reconstructing gendered identities in early India with an introd. by Kumkum Roy

Beyond the woman question: reconstructing gendered identities in early India with an introd. by Kumkum Roy

Singh, Snigdha et al.

ISBN: 9789384092771, 9384092770

The book both revisits and interrogates some of the central tenets of the 'woman question' as it emerged in colonial India and shaped (and continues to shape) subsequent historiography. These includes issues of women's access to resources, ritual 'rights', and locations within the family, primarily relating to an unmarked category of upper-caste/class women.

Bharatavarsha: The Indian Narrative as told in Indravijayah  by Pandit Madhusudan Ojha, tr. from Sanskrit by Kapil Kapoor, ed. by Wilson John

Bharatavarsha: The Indian Narrative as told in Indravijayah by Pandit Madhusudan Ojha, tr. from Sanskrit by Kapil Kapoor, ed. by Wilson John


ISBN: 9788129149138, 8129149133

On first reading, this is the story of how Bharatavarsha came into being. But more than that, it is the story of Bharata--in the configuration of the continents, the world's peoples, and their location in the brahmanda. It is thus a fascinating account of how a vast geographical expanse is integrated by cosmic awareness. Rivers and mountains criss-cross the landscape of this dramatic story, liv...

A bibliography ancient Indian sciences, 2 volumes

A bibliography ancient Indian sciences, 2 volumes

Kar, Dillip Kumar

ISBN: 9788189149642, 8189149644

Volume I: Primary Sources (ISBN: 9788189149642); Volume II: Secondary Sources (ISBN 9788189149659)

Birth and early growth of Indian society

Birth and early growth of Indian society

Goyal, S.R.

The present work is an attempt to delineate the emergence and early evolution of Indian society. This work not only seeks to discuss the emergence of various social institutions but also throws light on such problems as the formation of social values and ideals, conflict of pravrtti and nivrtti ideals, role of Upanishads as a link between Vedic and Sramanic ideologies.

Ancient Indian historical tradition

Ancient Indian historical tradition

Pargiter, F. E.

ISBN: 9788121289320, 8121289327

The book discusses the importance of using information from Vedic, Epic, and Puranic literature for understanding the ancient history of India. Traditionally, our knowledge of ancient India has been based on these sources, which include accounts of early occurrences and historical allusions. The book argues that this approach is limiting and compares it to constructing European history solely f...

Living with water: peoples, lives and livelihoods in Asia and beyond, ed. by Rila Mukherjee

Living with water: peoples, lives and livelihoods in Asia and beyond, ed. by Rila Mukherjee


ISBN: 9789384092009, 9384092002

This book examines the relation between water and human history through the prism of archeology, ethnography, history, maritime, anthropology, literature, sociology and musicology.

Eloquent spaces, meaning and community in early Indian architecture

Eloquent spaces, meaning and community in early Indian architecture


ISBN: 9780367375010, 036737501X

This book adopts the twin analytic of meaning and community to write a fresh history of building in early India. It presents a new perspective on the principles and practices of early Indian architecture.;

The concept of Bharatavarsha and other essays

The concept of Bharatavarsha and other essays

Chattopadhyaya, B.D.

ISBN: 9788178245164, 8178245167

This collection explores what may be called the idea of India in ancient times. Its undeclared objective is to identify key concepts which show early Indian civilization as distinct and differently oriented from other formations.

Courting Hindustan: the consuming passions of iconic women performers of India

Courting Hindustan: the consuming passions of iconic women performers of India

Gupta, Madhur

ISBN: 9789357021036, 9357021035

This book delves into the scintillating world of courtesans who went on to become empresses, queens, prima donnas, pioneer filmmakers, music directors, ace dancers and so much more. Many of them went on to rule kingdoms, enjoyed positions of great power; many were venerated by governments and yet they lived on the fringes of society. In many ways, these were women, first of their kind, to survi...

The wonder that was Harappan civilisation

The wonder that was Harappan civilisation


ISBN: 9789393875051, 9393875057

The articles in this special book reveal the multi-sided grandeur of the Indus Valley Civilisation, which was an economic and manufacturing powerhouse during its heyday. The sites written about include Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Mehrgarh, Lothal, Kalibangan, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi, Bhirrana, Khirsara, 4MSR, and Sanauli. Other stories in the volume include the text of John Marshall's article in The Il...

The Mauryas: Chandragupta to Ashoka, the backstories, the sagas, the legacies

The Mauryas: Chandragupta to Ashoka, the backstories, the sagas, the legacies

Rangachari, Devika

ISBN: 9789392099397, 9392099398

In this book, the author weaves a fascinating history of the first pan-Indian Empire established in 321 BCE by Chandragupta. The deviously genius machanations of Kautilya, to install his protege Chandragupta on the throne and keep him there, the tough follow-up act for Bindusara and the gory details of Ashoka's early bloodlust and subsequent brilliant pacifist legacy which earned him the title ...

Dawn and devolution of the Indus civilization

Dawn and devolution of the Indus civilization

Rao, SR

ISBN: 9788185179742, 8185179743

The author puts forth convincing evidence to prove that the decline of Indus Valley cities was not due to the invasion of barbaric Aryans unsympathetic to civilization but due to natural calamities such as floods dessication and tectonic activity. A strong Aryan substratum was already present in the Indus Civilization during its early days, and continued to the last, leaving its indellible impr...

Ancient Rajasthan: research developments, epigraphic evidence on political power centres, and historical perspectives

Ancient Rajasthan: research developments, epigraphic evidence on political power centres, and historical perspectives

Chakrabarti, Dilip K.

ISBN: 9788173056260, 8173056269

This volume begins by offering a detailed review of the major stages and character of ancient historical research in Rajasthan till c.1950, highlighting the way in which this research had distinguishing features of its own and how James Tod played a stellar role in the process of establishing Rajasthan as a distinct field of scholarly enquiry. In the next part, the problem has been to understan...

Draupadi and her Pancala: re-asserting their place in history, ed. by Neera Misra

Draupadi and her Pancala: re-asserting their place in history, ed. by Neera Misra


ISBN: 9789387587335, 9387587339

This book is a collection of 23 papers, Draupati Dream from scholars on the occasion of Trust's 10th Anniversary, celebrated through the Pancala Mahotsava 2013. It is divided into two sections, Part I on Darupadi and Part II on `Her Pancala'.

Early Hindu civilisation

Early Hindu civilisation

Dutt, R.C.

ISBN: 9788180903816, 8180903818

Early history of Varanasi: recent excavations at Rajghat

Early history of Varanasi: recent excavations at Rajghat

Jayaswal, Vidula et al.

ISBN: 9788173055485, 8173055483

Contents: Cuttings and stratigraphy Pre-Northern Black polished ware period I: the northern black polished ware period II; post-northern black polished ware period III: The Kushan Period IV; Summary.;

Siyaru'l-muta'akhkhirin: the history of latter days: India in the eighteenth century, with a foreword and tr. by Wheeler Thackston

Siyaru'l-muta'akhkhirin: the history of latter days: India in the eighteenth century, with a foreword and tr. by Wheeler Thackston

Khan, Ghulam Husain

ISBN: 9789356870017, 9356870012

In this book the author has been criticized for giving 'undue praises to Shia political personages' (Banglapedia), a criticism that shows more than anything that sectarian bias is still alive and well in the subcontinent.

Education system under Vijayanagara empire (1336 AD-1648 AD)

Education system under Vijayanagara empire (1336 AD-1648 AD)

Pandaiah, Kandikanti

ISBN: 9789351711421, 9351711420

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