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The present volume is a detailed study of the history of Some Aspects of the Jainas with an introductory note on the emergence of the Parivrajaka sect in general and the Jaina Parivrajaka in particular in the context of the profound turmoil that has taken place in Indian religious life and thought in the sixth-fifth centuries BC. It highlights the emergence of new trends of thought and belief represented by diverse sects and schools which clashed with the ...
The present volume ‘Perspective of Buddhist Studies’ is dedicated to Professor Giuseppe Tucci, an outstanding scholar of oriental studies. There are nineteen research papers in this volume which covers almost all branches of the area of studies of Professor Tucci. Most of the papers were presented in the National Seminar organised on the occasion of the birth centenary of the great scholar.
Glimpses of Hindu Cults and Culture is an embodiment of thoughts and ideas of the people of traditional India. Cultural vibration encircling the nature and characteristic features of the varied and various cults have been portrayed in the writings included in this volume. The title of each paper incorporated in this volume is self-evident about the contents of discussion. The study has been made as thorough and exhaustive as possible from the religious and ...
The present work strives to reflect through the prisms of coins-the forces at work in the realm or religion and culture in early north Indian history. The extraordinary assimilated genius of India in imprinted on her coins struck throughout the ages, stretching from its genesis to the modern times. The study is primarily concerned with early north Indian coinage highlighting the religio-cultural scenario. It includes the history as reflected on ...