Upendra Thakur
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Although many scholars have commented on different aspects of the history of the Buddhist Cities in early India, which in those days attracted the seekers of truth from various parts of the Asian continent, the picture that has emerged so far is not at all satisfactory, and requires re-interpretation and critical assessment, in order to reveal its various interesting facets which have widely influenced not only the culture of India but that of the whole Asia. As ...
The present work, for the first time, portrays a comprehensive picture of cultural contacts between India and laos since times immemorial. In ancient time, India’s cultural contacts extended to a wide region all over Asia. Its beginning go back a very long way in time, and the great cultural movements accompanied with political settlements in the beginning of the first two centuries of the Christian era brought about by the Indians in those far-off lands ...
There is no human phenomenon which is more baffling than Suicide. It has always puzzled and intrigued the thinking mind that man, in a moment of frenzy, should kill himself and in one stroke end that mighty dream of his-the life-which he has so selfishly built. To this day, there is not a single undivided opinion on suicide. Some have commended it: others have condemned it. Even our ancient seers and philosophers have taken sides on the issue. But suicide has ...
The present work throws light on many intriguing aspects of the history and culture of India, which have not received comprehensive treatment atThe hands of the scholars so far. They deal with political, socio-economic architecture relative to different periods of our history. Some of the chapters beyond the frontiers of india and throw altogether a new light on some of the obscure problems regarding the origin and establishment of Indian settlements in ...
The study of crime in ancient India is not a matter of antiquarian interest only. This study may be found to be profitable by the society because of its having a certain amount of bearing on the problem of combating the growing criminality of our present day society. It may have some lessons or at least some hints, to give on its solution. In fact, there is no human phenomenon which is more baffling than homicide and suicide. It has always puzzled and intrigued ...