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Never in recorded history has there been a group of murderers as deadly as the Thugs. For nearly two centuries, groups of these lethal criminals haunted the roads of India, slaughtering travellers w……続きを見る

The question of how Islam arrived in India remains markedly contentious in South Asian politics. Standard accounts center on the Umayyad Caliphate’s incursions into Sind and littoral western India i……続きを見る

भाग 1. आदि पर्व भाग 2. सभा पर्व भाग 3. वन पर्व भाग 4. विराट पर्व भाग 5. उद्योग पर्व भाग 6. भीष्म पर्व भाग 7. द्रोण पर्व भाग 8. कर्ण पर्व भाग 9. शल्य पर्व भाग 10. सौपतिक पर्व भाग 11. स्त्री पर्व भाग ……続きを見る

This book investigates the intersection of Indian society, the encoding of post-millennial modernity and ‘ways of seeing’ through the medium of Indian graphic narratives. If seeing in Indian culture……続きを見る

At some point during the inhumanly cold Himalayan winter straddling 1965 and 1966, a peculiar collection of box-shaped objects -- one sprouting a six-foot, insect-like antenna -- plummets nine thous……続きを見る

Pakistan was born amid communal violence and a collective consciousness of danger. Right from the outset, democracy was up for debate between the politicians nurtured by the British Raj and an ortho……続きを見る

World Literature and the Question of Genre in Colonial India describes the way Marathi literary culture, entrenched in performative modes of production and reception, saw the germination of a robust……続きを見る

The Gospel Of Ramakrishna ed. by Swami Abhedananda God is Infinite. Infinite are the Forms in which He manifests Himself. Infinite also are the ways leading to Him. Sri Ramakrishna, (1836-1886) was ……続きを見る

In Muslim Becoming, Naveeda Khan challenges the claim that Pakistan's relation to Islam is fragmented and problematic. Offering a radically different interpretation, Khan contends that Pakistan inhe……続きを見る

After Shakyamuni’s death, his followers were able to establish the foundation of Buddhism and spread it beyond India, transcending national boundaries. How did they succeed in doing so? Ikeda offers……続きを見る

Unlike most other major religions, Buddhism depends on neither divine revelation nor an incarnation of God for its authenticity. Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha, was a man who through his own effo……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1926, 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

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama is the foremost spokesperson for the people of the Tibetan Plateauーalthough his home is in India, in the Himalayan foothills, where he has been forced to live……続きを見る

This book is an important addition to the history of Tibetan opposition to the Chinese takeover of their country. Shangri Lhagyal was one of many Tibetans who refused to cooperate with the Chinese a……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize “Remarkable and pathbreaking…A radical rethink of colonial historiography and a compelling argument for the reassessment of the historical traditions of Hin……続きを見る