Yang Xiong (53 BC-AD 18), the Han philosophical master was supremely aware of longstanding traditions, ascribed both to the sages... Læs mere
This book is the first historical analysis of those parts of Islamic legal theory that deal with the language of... Læs mere
This book explores how ancient Mesopotamian and Near Eastern states conceptualized, managed, and recorded internal resistance and peripheral conflicts.
This monograph examines a number of motifs central to the expression of the ideal of sovereignty as it is articulated in Vedic liturgical poetry.
A compilation of three essays by Julian Reade, Walther Sallaberger, and Philippe Talon, introduced and edited by Barbara Nevling Porter. The essays stem from a... Læs mere
This text represents a significant improvement over the two previously published texts of Vrttivarttika. This volume includes commentary, transliterated Sanskrit text and notes.
An annotated translation of the entire Míng version of the Soushen houji (Latter Notes on Collected Spirit... Læs mere
An extract from Abu l-Mahasin Ibn Taghri Birdi’s Chronicle, entitled Hawadith ad-Duhur fi Mada l-Ayyam wash-Shuhur (845-843 A.H.), translated by William Popper.
The Vasanta Vilasa is a poem of the spring festival in Old Gujara¯ti¯ accompanied by Sanskrit and Prakrit stanzas and illustrated with miniature paintings. Here it is critically edited and translated, with an introduction and a description of the paintings.