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This book examines the performance of Bauls, ‘folk’ performers from Bengal, in the context of a rapidly globalizing Indian economy and against the backdrop of extreme nationalistic discourses. Recog……続きを見る

Kulkarni's reminiscences of valour, heroism and courage on the Siachen glacier are like an action-packed thriller. The reader will find operational details, including many 'fog of war' situations, i……続きを見る

"Dr. Claudius Buchanan visited this part of India...in...Christian Researches in Asia he mentions...the Jews fled to Cochin and sued for the Rajah's protection...Jews are divided into distinct class……続きを見る

This comprehensive history of the Museum of London traces the ways that the relationship between Britain and its imperial past has changed over the course of three decades, providing a holistic appr……続きを見る

This book traces the history and politics of the Greater Nepal movement. It looks at major events in modern South Asia, in and around the Eastern Himalaya region in particular – colonialism, indepen……続きを見る

"Savory proved herself an able tiger hunter...wrote a description of her travels and adventures in A Sportswoman in India (1900)." - With Rifle & Petticoat: Women as Big Game Hunters, 1880-1940 (200……続きを見る

Winner, 2024 Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award Winner, 2024 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies, Modern Language Association Co-winner, 2023 AIPS Book Prize, Ame……続きを見る

What is fascism? Is it an anomaly in the history of modern Europe? Or its culmination? In Anti-Colonialism and the Crises of Interwar Fascism, Michael Ortiz makes the case that fascism should be und……続きを見る

Rabindrinath Tagore (1861–1941) and Amartya Sen (1933–) defend a distinctive form of foreign policy internationalism in their writings. Instead of increasing the economic and military power of democ……続きを見る

This book examines different dimensions of farmer agitations in Punjab, India. It situates the 2020–2021 farmer resistance movement within the wider context of India’s post-independent development t……続きを見る

This book is a sociological study of the resilience of Tingkao Ragwang Chapriak – one of the indigenous religions of the Rongmei people of Manipur. It examines the underlying factors contributing to……続きを見る

When Muslim rule in Kashmir ended in 1820, Sikh and later Hindu Dogra Rulers gained power, but the country was still largely influenced by Sunni religious orthodoxy. This book traces the impact of S……続きを見る

A FIGHT FOR HONOUR. A QUEST FOR REVENGE. Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought t……続きを見る

A fully illustrated study exploring the armies of what are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal during the period AD 500–1500, as well as Afghanistan until the early 13th century AD.……続きを見る

इस पुस्तक में भारत के इतिहास को उजागर करके भारत विश्वगुरु बनने एवं सारे विश्व को समां लेने की क्षमता कैसे रखता हैं इस विषय पर प्रकाश डालने की कोशिश की है । भारत का इतिहास हमेशा ही गौरवशाली रहा है । ……続きを見る

The period from 1872-1947 witnessed the rise of many movements in Bengal, where those who were considered lower castes were mobilised to protest against the inequality and injustice meted out to the……続きを見る

The volume introduces a new analysis of interconnected labour and economic history of colonial India and Scandinavia. From a recently found archive of a railway contractor’s private and business pap……続きを見る

This volume examines nationhood as a concept and how it became the basis of political discourse in South Asia. It studies the emergence of nationalism in modern states as a powerful, omnipotent, and……続きを見る

The Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, was the first Tibetan Buddhist leader to make extensive teaching tours to the West. His three tours to Europe and North America from 1974 to 1980 led to ……続きを見る

本书按时间顺序，主要记述了印度史前、吠陀时代、列国时期、孔雀王朝时期、笈多王朝时期、戒日王朝时期、群雄割据时期、莫卧儿王朝时期、近代时期的文化。介绍了印度文明的起源，以及宗教、艺术、文化的形成及发展……続きを見る

India and the Traveller: Aspects of Travelling Identity, a collection of essays on travel writings related to India, focuses on the evolving persona of travelers to India as well as Indians journeyi……続きを見る

A pioneering analysis of exemplary feature films Commercial cinema has been among the most powerful vectors of social and aesthetic modernization in South Asia. So argues Iftikhar Dadi in his provoc……続きを見る

In Semiotics of Rape, Rupal Oza follows the social life of rape in rural northwest India to reveal how rape is not only a violation of the body but a language through which a range of issuesーinclud……続きを見る

ERFAHRUNG Um diese Botschaft zu überbringen, um meinen Durst nach ewiger Wahrheit zu stillen, lege ich wie eine Schlange diese sterblichen Häute von Geschlecht, Hautfarbe, Nationalität, Steueronomie……続きを見る

A richly scholarly yet accessible and imaginative account of society in the time of the Buddha. What might daily life have been like in India in the time of the Buddha? Who were some of the rulers, ……続きを見る

Introducing materiality into the study of the history of medicine, this volume hones in on communities across the Indian Ocean World and explores how they understood and engaged with health and medi……続きを見る

Any attempt to homogenize Kashmiri society or the politico-cultural discourse on Kashmir is a dangerously flawed exercise. To that end, the chapters in this book address various aspects of the polit……続きを見る

The Ahoms is an epic retelling of the 600-year rule of the Ahom dynasty. In 1228 CE, a group of Shan or Tai warriors, led by a brave leader named Sukapha, left their home in Myanmar and travelled to……続きを見る

For more than four centuries Britons have been dominating and colonising other peoples and territories. Britain’s Empires tells that story without flinching from the oppressive and exploitative side……続きを見る

This book is a multidisciplinary study of the Indian Ocean region, bringing together perspectives from the disciplines of history, defense and strategic studies, cultural and religious studies, and ……続きを見る