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The communities that depend on growing different crops and keeping some livestock are called Agricultural Communities. They mainly depend on farming, which is of two types-Subsistance Farmers produce only enough to feed their household, with little or no surplus to sell because the farmers rely on certain old farming methods. On the other hand, commercial farmers aim for a high yield to sell their products for profit. For this purpose they farm animals and crops ...
An attempt has been made in this book to analyse the patterns of conventional and non-conventional energy in India. The study identifies the reasons for the enlarging energy deficits in India and suggests measures to reduce the widening gap between demand and supply of energy. A detailed and comprehensive analysis of the structure of energy generation, distribution, consumption and losses has been made with respect to India. The study examines in detail the ...
A Sourcebook of World Politics is a study of some major currents and developments in international relations as they have evolved during the last century. The work can be considered a companion volume of An Encyclopaedia of the twentieth century which the editors have brought out last year in three volumes—India, Asia and Africa and The West. The vast field of world politics has been encompassed in two volumes: 1. An encyclopaedia of world politics; and 2. A ...
The present work An Encyclopaedic Dictioinary of Medieval India is the third publication under the ongoing series An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Indian History and Culture. It deals with medieval India which saw the rise and fall of the Mughal empire, the genesis and the Mughal empire, the genesis and the spread of the Bhakti movement, the emergence of the Sikhs and the Marathas as powerful political forces, the construction of the immortal monuments like Taj ...
It is the Author's contention that both the state of valuelessness in modern times, and the crisis in the social sciences demand a restatement of value theory, based on new theoretical, experiential and empirical developments in the various branches of human knowledge concerned with value. Values are derived from life, from environment, from self, society and culture, and above all from human existence and experience. Cultural, anthropological and sociological ...
Dr. Radhakamal Mukerjee, a vetern sociologist and economist, in the present volume, outlines a blueprint for a rational ethical theory based on the biology of human nature and on the cohesive forces of human culture. Dr. Mukerjee does not believe in the antithesis between the biological and the cultural sciences and strives to create a new nature of man’s needs is fully realized and equal attention is paid to special individual choice. The ideal has not been ...
Infrastructure development is a key to economic development. It is widely recognized that there is a positive nexus between infrastructure development and economic growth. The infrastructure sector covers various services such as transportation, communications and power. The inadequate infrastructure in our country has been constraining the growth performance of the economy. For adequate infrastructure growth, the Central and State governments in India have ...
The fiancés of State Governments in India are not in good shape. There are structure weaknesses in State Finances. The State Governments in India relising fiscal stress have initiated fiscal reforms during nineties in the field of taxation, public undertakings, public debt and public expenditure. An attempt has been made in this study to examine the recent trends in the finances of State Governments in India. It describes the resource mobilization effort of ...
The Present work 'An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Contemporary India' is the sixth title under the ongoing series 'An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Indian History and Culture'. The volume aims to be a handy reference manual for understanding the different aspects of Indian history and cultures since the dawn of independence in 1947. It is a saga of the triumphs and tragedies of independent India during the last 55 years of its existence, covering the period ...
An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Indian Mythology is the first title in the series on an Encyclopaedic dictionary of Indian History and Culture. The volume proposes to deal with Indian mythology in all its aspects. The Indian mythology is probably the most complicated and the oldest mythologies in the world. The origin of this mythology can be traced to the first book of mankind – the Rigveda. The mythology was developed in the two epics – the Ramayana and the ...
The present work an Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Freedom Movement is the fifth publication under the ongoing series An Encyclopaeidc Dictionary of Indian History and Culture and it aims at being a handy reference manual for understanding the saga of Indian freedom struggle. The story has epic dimensions and is liable for more than one interpretation. Although India lost to the British at the battle of Plassey in 1757, it never gave up the continued to fight for ...
Geography is the scientific study of the earth's surface-physical features, divisions, climate, products, population etc. It is a very broad subject and has close affinity with a number of disciplines such as geology, geophysics and geopolitics. The geographical factors have played an important role in the evolution of human race as well as nations. The scope of Indian geography is as wide as that of India itself. An humble attempt has been made in the present ...
An Encyclopaedic dictionary of Indian Constitution' the seventh volume in the ongoing series "An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Indian History and Culture" deals with the Indian Constitution and Parliamentary procedure in India. The volume is divided into five sections: (1) Nature and operation; (2) The Dictionary; (3) The miscellany; (4) The Chronology; and (5) The Bibliography. Section one gives a background and broad introduction to the Indian ...
The present work An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Modern India is the fourth publication under the ongoing series An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Indian History and Culture and aims to be a reference manual for the modern period of Indian history and culture, encompassing the major developments and forces which were responsible for the subjugation of India as well as its resurgence during the years 1757-1947. The work has been designed in the format of an ...
The present work An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ancient India is the second publication under the ongoing series An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Indian History and Culture. It aims to be a handy reference manual for understanding the different aspects of Indian history and culture from the dawn of civilization to the year 1192 when the last Hindu ruler Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Muhammad Ghori at the second battle of Tarain. The book is divided into four ...
The Present volume titled War of Indian Independence: 1857 (Before and After) s the sixth volume in the ongoing series Cross-currents of Indian History and Culture. The period covered is 1857 to 1920. The volume is Divided into two P{arts: (1) The Dawn of new India and (2) A nation in the Making. The First part furnishes an exhaustive account of the Revolt of 1857, its background, outbreak, suppression and general review. The Revolt was the first national ...
The present work is not a purely dynastic history providing a chronological framework. Te essential thrust of the book is its focus on some cross-currents, including outstanding rulers, events, thinkers, artistic achievements, religious reforms, philosophic ideas and social formations. The Volume, the first in the series Cross-currents of Indian History and Culture portrays a survey of early Indian history from the Indus Valley Civilization to the founding of the ...
The Rise and fail of the Mughal Empire is the Fourth Volume in the series Cross-currents of Indian History and Culture. The Volume id divided into two parts. The First part comprises three sections: (1) The Early Phase; (2) The Empire at its Zenith; and (3) decline and Fall of the Mughal Power. The first section deals with the various sources for the study of the history of the Mughal Empire, condition of India at the opening of the sixteenth century. Conquest of ...
The present volume strives to make a systematic study of India's literary heritage preserved in various languages of the country. A perusal of the book will enable the discernible readers to appreciate the fundamental unity of Indian literature. The write ups included in the volume provide authentic glimpses of Indian languages and literatures constituting a priceless possession for the nation. Indian literature is marked by its spirit of acceptance and ...
The role of personalities in the growth of nations cannot be overemphasized. It is ultimately the human factor that makes civilizations and moulds societies. Indian culture is a result of the endeavours and sacrifices of the countless generations who laid the foundations of its institutions and germinated the ideas that have withered the vicissitudes of time. The present work, An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Eminent Personalities (Ancient India), purports to ...