G.P. Singh
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Of all the countries of the ancient world, it was India that attracted the utmost attention of ancient Greeks and Romans. The classical accounts of India is the best of all foreign accounts of ancient India that have come down to us.
This is a pioneering work in the field of the study of Greek and Roman accounts of ancient India. In this work, the author has brought to light the facts discovered by the classical writers regarding geography and ethnography of ...
This historical treatise fundamentally dilates upon the progress of Hinduism in Manipur during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and highlights the far-reaching impact of Hinduism on the contemporary society, indigenous religion and culture, language and literature, art and architecture, sculpture and iconography, coins and epigraphy, and music and dance. It also focuses on religious and cultural assimilation and syncretization. It presents a balanced ...
In India, historical writing was a tradition that evolved in different ways in the ancient, medieval and modern periods of history. Several traditions of historiography evolved during the centuries. This volume is an attempt to present a systematic and comprehensive history of historical writing in ancient and medieval India based on many original sources and works written in the modern times.A well-researched, painstaking study, the book broadly discusses the ...
The volume is a collection of papers on certain aspects of Indian history, historiography and culture. The papers are fundamental, insightful and path-breaking to some extent. Combining literary, archaeological, scientific and other perspectives, they cover a range of subjects stretching from ancient to modern India. The volume deals with the Greek historians, the Indian epic and Puranic tradition of historiography, colonial and cultural expansion of the Aryans, ...
1. Some Newly Discovered Sources on the History and Culture of North-East India2. Researches into the Origins, Antiquity, Nature and Functions of the Pre-Historic Megalithic Cultures of the Hill People of North-East India3. A Glimpse into the History of Evolution of Tribal Civilization in North-East India in Ancient Times4. Aryanisation, Brahmanisation and Sanskritization in the Valley of Manipur in North-East India : A Historical Reappraisal5. The History of ...
Facets of Ancient Indian History and Culture: New Perception is an attempt to study various phases of ancient Indian history and culture in a new light and present fresh approaches to understanding and interpreting historical information and evidences. Prof. G.P. Singh here examines aspects of ancient Indian social, economic, cultural, religious and political life, propounding theories for discussion and opening up new avenues for research. Examining works on the ...
In ancient India, learning and literature flourished at different levels and concerned almost all broad disciplines of knowledge. One such stream was historiography as we find a rich tradition of history-writing maintained over the centuries. This book examines the evolution of the tradition of historiography from the Vedic times to the 12th century AD, arguing against an oft-held belief that ancient Indians lacked a sense of chronology and history. Here, Dr. ...
Land revenue administration has been and will continue to be one of the most important areas of public administration for a very long time to come. This is mainly because of the dependence of vast majority of the population on land for their livelihood. Land revenue administration does not include only ‘levy and collection’ of land revenue but it also extends to survey and settlement, land reforms, revenue loans, certificates, stamps, excise, etc. in the ...
This is a pioneering in-depth study of the life and culture of the Kiratas from the prehistoric age down to the end of the twentieth century A.D. The author has exhaustively dealt with their origin, antiquity, identification and expansion within the geographical limits of ancient Bharatavarsa and colonization of different parts of the country. It covers their primitive life and culture, social and, economic condition, policy, administration, religion, philosophy, ...
Ancient Indian polity took a new turn with the emergence of republics in the post-Vedic age. The history of republics covers the period from the age of the Mahabharata to the fourth century AD. Dr. G.P. Singh here comprehensively, yet incisively, studies the rise, growth and fall of republics in ancient India during the period. He has also dwelt upon the rise and expansion of kingdoms and growth and decline of towns, cities and various urban centers in different ...
In mankind's history, India's is the longest literary tradition - "so ancient that it cannot be illustrated either by con- temporary books or from monuments". The Rigveda, indisputably the oldest literary work, was written at a time when many a great, old-world civilization lay in the wombs of futurity. And almost equal is the antiquity of the Puranas which, considered as "the fifth Veda", figure distinguishedly among the traditional sources: ...
Ancient Indians were a highly organized polity, with a well-established worldview of the Rajya (the State). And also of its seven distinct organs: svamin (the king), amatyas (the ministers), janapada/rashtra (the territory and the people), durgas/pura (the forts/capital), kosha (the treasury), danda/bala (the army), and mitra tatha niti (the allies and inter-state relations). In their togetherness, these components of the state led political ideologues to advance ...
Kingship was one of the most important political institutions of ancient India. This work provides new insights into the evolution of kingship in ancient India. It contains valuable information regarding the emergence, growth and development of the institution of kingship from the Vedic age to the twelfth century. The origin and antiquity of kingship, Kingship System and hereditary and elective kingship in the Vedic Age, political and constitutional significance ...
This monograph is a research-based disquisition on the historicity of Rama and Krsna. Their historicity has been proved on the combined testimony of literature, history, archaeology and science. The work is largely based on original sources. It deals with all relevant aspects of the subject. It provides new insights into the history of India of he epic age. The author has brought to light many new facts relating to the subject. ...
This is a pioneering in depth research based study of the history and civilization of the Kiratas, one of the tribes of India. The author has exhaustively dealt with their origin, antiquity, identification and expansion within the geographical limits of ancient Bharatavarsa and colonization of different parts of the country. It covers their primitive life and culture, social and economic condition, polity, administration, religion, philosophy, art, language, ...