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The Thiri Rama – or the Great Rama – was written for court performance and is the only known illustrated version of the Ramayana story in Myanmar. Based on palm-leaf manuscripts and scenes carved on……続きを見る

An epic historical consideration of the Mongol conquest of Western Asia and the spread of Islam during the years of non-Muslim rule The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirte……続きを見る

An exploration of the roots of beauty in Japanese aesthetics. Written by the foremost authority of the era on Oriental archeology and art, this extremely influential book offers a brief but concise ……続きを見る

An early account of Japan's culture and customs, already vanishing as Japan lept into modernity in the late 20th century. Basil Hall Chamberlain left Britain after suffering a nervous breakdown. His……続きを見る

In India, in the second half of the twentieth century, there was a vastly increased concern for the welfare of children. Various developmental programs were undertaken for the improvement of childre……続きを見る

Nel novembre 1525, Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, discendente di Tamerlano e Gengis Khan, partì dalla Fergana con un esercito di dodicimila uomini per il Khyber Pass, attraversò il fiume Indo e raggiuns……続きを見る

This work, first published in 1980, breaks new ground as concerns caste in India. It first examines the nature of caste and its relation to Hinduism and questions in what sense it is possible to spe……続きを見る

According to Arnold J. Toynbee, ‘India is a world in itself; it is a society of the same immensity and importance as is our Western society’. In global perspective, the immensity, diversity, and uni……続きを見る

Nearly 16% of India’s population – or over 100 million people – are untouchables. Most of them, despite decades of government efforts to improve their economic and social position, remain desperatel……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1943, sets forth the history of the rise and development of the states of princely India from the end of the eighteenth century until the beginning of nineteenth. This ……続きを見る

British military history in India has been amply documented, but From Sepoy to Subedar by Sita Ram is the only published account by an Indian soldier of his experiences serving in the East India Com……続きを見る

The empire which Curzon left late in 1905 was different from what it had been at the close of the nineteenth century when he came to rule over it. After memorable events and political climax, the aw……続きを見る

The Routledge History of Madness and Mental Health explores the history and historiography of madness from the ancient and medieval worlds to the present day. Global in scope, it includes case studi……続きを見る

The status and position of Indian women have undergone many changes since the high status they enjoyed in the Vedic era yielded to forced suicide during the dark ages, female infanticide, purdah, ch……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1954 with this revised edition published in 1972, was recognised as the standard work on Indo-Pakistani geography. Part 1 focuses on climate and soils; Part 2 provides ……続きを見る

Verrier Elwin wrote this book to show the people of Britain the situation in India as it appeared in the early 1930s. His book, first published in 1932 and full of valuable insights into India at th……続きを見る

The need to study the effects of technology and science in development has been increasingly emphasized in recent years. At the same time, India and China have emerged on the world scene as large de……続きを見る

This is the fascinating biography, first published in 1985, of the remarkable Bengali religious leader Swami Pranavananda who lived in the turbulent years of the early twentieth century. The story o……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1936, provides a comprehensive description and analysis of every constitutional aspect of British rule in India from 1600 to 1936. Beginning with a description of the E……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1973, gives a vivid picture of British-Indian social life from the eighteenth century to Independence, as well as of the houses themselves. The Government Houses were n……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1974, seeks to answer the questions whether the nuclear family tends to be an isolated unit relatively cut off from its extended kin network; whether the patterns and e……続きを見る

In this book, first published in 1972, Indian music is given the comprehensive treatment it so richly deserves. The author brings a wealth of association with the country and its music into focus wi……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1975, is a comprehensive list of all the books on India, written in English before 1900. It is an invaluable reference source on India of the eighteenth and nineteenth ……続きを見る

The purpose of this book, first published in 1982, is to probe the nature of the state in India and the role played by it in the evolution of the social economy, particularly in the growth of indust……続きを見る

The celebration of the centenary of the Indian National Congress prompted a scholarly re-examination of that organization in the midst of an active international discussion about the nature of India……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1979, explores the sources and patterns of the distribution of personal incomes in India, between rural and urban areas and among socio-economic classes, differentiatin……続きを見る

The twelve essays that form this book, first published in 1993, interpret Bharati Mukherjee’s oeuvre from a variety of critical perspectives. The authors’ approaches range from the biographical to t……続きを見る

老舍生于北京，当时住在今小杨家胡同。次年，八國聯軍進攻北京。老舍的父親身為護軍永壽鎮守天安門，面對來犯的日本軍隊力戰殉國，八國聯軍攻入北京後，老舍家曾遭意大利军人劫掠，當時才一歲半的老舍因为一个倒扣……続きを見る

老舍生于北京，当时住在今小杨家胡同。次年，八國聯軍進攻北京。老舍的父親身為護軍永壽鎮守天安門，面對來犯的日本軍隊力戰殉國，八國聯軍攻入北京後，老舍家曾遭意大利军人劫掠，當時才一歲半的老舍因为一个倒扣……続きを見る

In detailing the affair between a garden designer and his client's wife, this stylistic Japanese novel explores the roots of passion. Mizue is a Japanese housewife. Kase is a garden designer hired b……続きを見る