Divided conveniently into three major regions--South Asia, South-East Asia and Far East Asia--the eight volumes present a panoramic view of the glory and splendour of the millennia-old civilisations of Asia in a lucid countrywide series of profiles that extend over origins, settlements, daily life, religious influences, customs and practices, myth and magic, ritual and worship, folk expressions and creative manifestations, and social mores. The series represents ...