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The Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in India: Privileges and Predicaments (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The team also visited the PVTG hamlets, interviewed the people, and recorded their observations with regard to development. Socio-economic status of each PVTG is described in the volume while a summary including a few suggestions is given in the introduction.
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Native Life in Travancore (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This book covers the cultural, regional, and socio-economic aspects of the Travancore region, which was a Princely state.
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Srivijaya Kavirajamargam: The Way of the King of Poets (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
It is therefore, a work of monumental importance for understanding the development of a regional poetic consciousness within the contexts of classical cosmopolitan structures of thought and aesthetic taste."
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A History of Urdu Literature (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
It also covers the religious period, the first literary period in the Deccan when Qutb Shahi poets flourished, the Adil Shahi poets, Urdu poetry in Delhi and Lucknow in the nineteenth century.
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Cyclic Tables of Hindu and Mahomedan Chronology Regarding the History of the Telugu and Kannadi Countries (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The text also includes the names of zodiac signs used in these areas, tables containing the Islamic Hijri calendar, and other Indian calendars, such as the Vilayati and Samvat Eras, providing a comprehensive understanding of the time periods followed by different dynasties.
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Female Body Image and Beauty Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature and Culture (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This long overdue volume addresses the pressures of beautification that Indian women face as they struggle with body acceptance and are often denied pride in their natural bodies.
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Confessions of a Thug (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Notably, after Rudyard Kipling’s Kim (1900), Confessions of a Thug became a best-selling English novel about India.
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Sarasvati, Riverine Goddess of Knowledge: From the Manuscript-Carrying Vina-Player to the Weapon-Wielding Defender of the Dharma (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Through the study of Chinese translations of no longer extant Sanskrit versions of the Buddhist Sutra of Golden Light, furthermore, the author sheds light on Sarasvati’s interactions with other Indian goddess cults and their impact on one another.
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Greater Magadha: Studies in the Culture of Early India (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In order to correct the incorrect notions, two types of questions are dealt with: questions pertaining to cultural and religious dependencies, and... Læs mere
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The Saint in the Banyan Tree: Christianity and Caste Society in India (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Mosse throws new light on the contemporary nature of caste, conversion, religious synthesis, secularization, dalit politics, the inherent tensions of religious pluralism, and the struggle for recognition among subordinated people.
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Sangitasiromani: A Medieval Handbook of Indian Music (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The extensive introduction will familiarize the reader with the characteristic Indian concepts of music and the problems of their interpretation.
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Soldier of Misfortune: The Memoirs of the Comte De Modave (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The melancholy ruins that marked the twin capitals of Agra and Delhi did not escape the Count's notice. His tone becomes elegiac as he... Læs mere
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