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With the opening up of the hitherto isolated areas of Lahul, Zanskar and Ladakh of the Western Trans-Himalayan region, to the outside world, and with the developments taking place in various fields, especially transport and communication, vestiges of cultural heritage in the area is under threat and in several cases completely lost or is on the verge of destruction. In fact, whatever records remains also posed problem regarding their interpretation, since these ...
Moravian missionaries entered the Himalayan states in the middle of the nineteenth century with the objective to propagate the Christian faith and remained there under very tough climatic conditions for nearly a century. The whole period of their stay is the story of their struggle and adventure. They were highly educated and some of them like Jaeschke and Francke were scholars of international repute. While there was general acceptance among ...
Kumbhalgarh has played an important role in the history of Mewar, particularly from the time of Maharana Kumbha to Maharana Pratap. It is located at a distance of 80 km north-west of Udaipur and about 48 km to the west of Rajsamand in Rajasthan. Due to the strategic location of the Fort, Maharana Pratap continued to retain his second capital here at Kumbhalgarh. In this monograph, an attempt has been made to highlight the historical background ...