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ANCIENT INDIA'S HINDU ORIGIN The reprimand of Lord Shiva by Brahma for harboring sexual feelings for his own daughter, Sandhya, led him to consult Daksha and his other sons about what to do. Due to ……続きを見る

Between 1985 and 2001, the collaborative research initiative known as the Bannu Archaeological Project conducted archaeological explorations and excavations in the Bannu region, in what was then the……続きを見る

Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britai……続きを見る

This book forwards Assam (and Northeast India) as a specific location for studying operations of gendered power in multi-ethnic, conflict-habituated geopolitical peripheries globally. In the shiftin……続きを見る

First published in 1937, India captures the tense and tumultuous developments in India that would eventually result in her freedom a decade later. The author, unaware of this future of freedom, stil……続きを見る

**A lost princess and a vanished world: a remarkable true story that moves from the Punjab of the Raj to 1930s Paris and the Second World War ‘Remarkable and compelling’ Edmund de Waal ‘Thoroughly e……続きを見る

The exclusion of the destitute population from the formal financial system is a long-standing problem in India. This book examines the performance of financial inclusion policies in India to underst……続きを見る

India had its own ups and downs with its history well known throughout the world before and after the Colonial period. It was called the Land of Gold, where its rivers known by the inhabitants (or l……続きを見る

Tradition and Transformation in Mohiniyattam Dance: An Ethnographic History demonstrates how Mohiniyattam, a form previously stigmatized, was reinvented as a sign of traditional Keralite womanhood. ……続きを見る

MAHAD has an iconic place in Dalit universe. Associated with legendary personality of Dr Ambedkar, the struggle of Dalits at Mahad for asserting their rights to access the public tank, the Chavadar ……続きを見る

First published in 1965, The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India in Historical Outline is a strikingly original work, the first real cultural history of India. The main features of the Indian ……続きを見る

First published in 1988, The Bhopal Syndrome documents one of world’s worst industrial disaster: The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984. The tragedy exposed a variety of issues plaguing rapid development su……続きを見る

This book challenges the prevalent assumptions of caste, hierarchy and social mobility in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal. It studies the writings of colonial ethnographers, Orientalist scholars, C……続きを見る

In March 1947 Lord Louis Mountbatten became the last Viceroy of India, with the mandate to hand over ''the jewel in the crown'' of the British Empire within one year. Mountbatten worked with Nehru, ……続きを見る

This book analyzes the domestic relations which British men came to establish with native Indian women in early colonial Bengal. It provides a fresh look into the history of imperial expansion and c……続きを見る

Sacred Thread: A Complete Yoga Timeline makes yoga's backstory simple for novices and newly-compelling for those who know the tradition. It brings to life a conversation that starts with Indian arch……続きを見る

First published in 1963, Massacre at Amritsar recreates the terrible scene of the Jallianwala Bagh from the stories of eyewitnesses and survivors. General Dyer’s action at Amritsar on April 13, 1919……続きを見る

Human-fashioned boundaries transform spaces by introducing dualisms, bifurcations, creative symbioses, contradictions, and notions of inclusion and exclusion. The Buddhist boundaries considered in t……続きを見る

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 l……続きを見る

Honorable Mention, 2025 Monsoon Book Prize in History Winner, 2023 New South Wales Premier's History Awards, General History Prize An imam banished from eastern Indonesia to the Cape of Good Hope in……続きを見る

关于克什米尔问题的产生和发展有多种解释路径。人们固然可以从不同的角度来阐释克什米尔问题，但对其来龙去脉进行详细考查之后可以发现，它之所以产生和发展无不受亚洲地缘政治的影响。《南亚顽疾：克什米尔冲突之……続きを見る

This book explores how the media was used by the armed forces during the India-Burma campaigns of WWII to project the most positive image to domestic and international audiences of a war that often ……続きを見る

This book studies the history of intercultural human rights. It examines the foundational elements of human rights in the East and the West and provides a comparative analysis of the independent str……続きを見る

**** WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2024 ** ** LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 **** **This is the authoritative history of South Asia in the 20th century. 'A classic ... w……続きを見る

Sufism in India and Central Asia is an attempt to put into perspective the relevance of Sufism – the concept and teaching, and to provide a realistic assessment of its role in India and Central Asia……続きを見る

This book is a significant contribution to the socio-political history of science and technology in India, combining a wholistic perspective with a strong regional flavour. It revolves around two ba……続きを見る

This book examines the emergence of professional advertising in western India during the interwar period. It explores the ways in which global manufacturers advanced a 'brand-name capitalism' among ……続きを見る

This book explores the manner in which human societies understood and managed scarce water resources. Focusing on the arid, rain shadow region of Marathwada, it documents the panoramic history of th……続きを見る

《印度高科技发展战略研究》是南亚前沿问题研究丛书之一，共分五部分十五章，内容包括：印度高科技发展战略形成的背景，印度高科技发展战略的基本内容，印度高科技发展战略的实施，印度高科技发展战略的成效，印度……続きを見る

In this colletion of essays the eminent social scientist, Dr. P.C. Joshi, argues that Marxism needs to be extended beyond the traditional confines set by Lenin and Mao in order to remain relevant in……続きを見る