Rana rule in Nepal

Amatya, Shaphalya (b.1944)

ISBN: 9788185693675, 8185693676

This is a pioneering study of the most intriguing chapters of Nepalese history. It focuses on the armed revolution of 1950-51, a popular uprising against the autocracy and tyrannical regime of the ruthless Rana rules.

Readings in South Indian history, Gen. ed. S.P. Gupta, ed. by K.S. Ramachandran

Mahalingam, TV

ISBN: 9789350500361, 9350500361

Reconsidering untouchability: Chamars and Dalit history in North India

Rawa, Ramnarayan S

ISBN: 9788178243559, 8178243555

Rediscovering Bhutan

Gulati, MN (b.1931)

ISBN: 9788170491569, 8170491568

A short history of Nepal: from ancient to modern times

Upadhyaya, Shreeram Prasad

ISBN: 9788182500174, 8182500176

This book is unique and different from the rest of the world. The Gopal dynasty in Nepalese history represents agricultural age of human civilization. It's believed originally the Nepal Valley (Kathmandu) was a lake. The legend goes that Manjushri from the north and God Krishna along with other Gopals from south made this valley suitable place for human settlement.

Religion and politics in Indonesia

Tandon, Pradeep

ISBN: 9788172731359, 8172731353

In the wake of the general Islamic revival, and as a reaction against the conservatives' tendency of accommodating the established Muslim organisations, a new generation of Muslim activists emerged in Indonesia. The role of religion in power politics is gradually increading which may not complement the secular framework in course of time.

The restless quest: Britain and Nepal on collision course and the start of the British Gurkha connection 1746-1815

Cross, JP

ISBN: 9789994650095, 9994650092

The river of lost footsteps: histories of Burma

Myint-U, Thant

ISBN: 9780571217557, 0571217559

The author relates the story of Burma, in part through a telling of his own family's history, in an interwoven narrative that is by turns lyrical, dramatic and appalling. It is a work both personal and global, a distinctive contribution that makes Burma accessible and enthralling.

Second-hand time

Alexievich, Svetlana

ISBN: 9788193237243, 8193237242

The author writes the stories of housewives, artists, party workers, students, traders living through a time of political upheaval during the fall of the Soviet Union and two decades that followed it.

Intimation of revolution: global sixties and the making of Bangladesh

Basu, Subhi

ISBN: 9781009329873, 1009329871

The book studies the rise of Bengali nationalism in East Pakistan in the 1950s and 60s by showcasing the interactions between global politics and local social and economic developments.

Singha Durbar: rise and fall of the Rana regime of Nepal

Rana, Saga S.J.B.

The Rana s of Nepal were de facto rulers of the Kingdom for over a century. For the firt time, a descendant of the Rana clan opens up about his family, setting right certain historical misconceptions, and offerering an honest critique of one of the most important periods in the history of Nepal.

Sketches by Hootum the Owl: a satirist's view of colonial Calcutta, a tr. of the original Bengali, text Hootum Pyanchar Naksha, tr., ed., and with an introd. by Chitralekha Basu..

Sinha, Kaliprasanna

ISBN: 9788185604862, 818560486X

...foreword by Amit Chaudhuri, illus. by Sumitro Basak

A social and cultural history of Sindh: based on the accounts of the European travellers who visited Sindh

Ali, Mubarak

The soul of India

Patel, Satyavrata R

State of Buddhism in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) as depicted in the Pali chronicles

Bhattacharya, Sandhya

ISBN: 9788177691863, 8177691864

The chronicles like Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa, Culavamsa, Mahabodhivamsa, Thupavamsa etc. are productions of Ceylonese poets and are based on historical events of Buddhist community. The author takes these in account for the study of Buddhist culture.

The story of Asia's elephants

Sukumar, Raman

ISBN: 9789380581101, 9380581106

This book is an ecological and cultural history of the Asian elephant and is the first single volume to comprehensively cover the history of Asia's elephants, profusely illustrated with images of the elephant in art from ancient to contemporary times, offering new interpretations, and drawing upon a wide range of literary texts.

Thaidessya itihasha sanskrtisca (in Sanskrit)= history and culture of Thailand

Tripathi, Radhavallabha

ISBN: 9788177021028, 8177021028

Thailand: Buddhism, society and women

Kapur-Fic, Alexandra R

Threat from China

Verma, Bharat (ed.)

ISBN: 9781935501305, 1935501305

Tibet, Tibet: a personal history of a lost land

French, Patrick (b.1966)

ISBN: 9788172235086, 8172235089

This book has its origins in the author's twenty year involvement in the Tibetan cause. Part memoir, part travel book, part history, it is a quest for the true, as opposed to the mythical, Tibet.