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Much work has been published on the different aspects of Chandella art and architecture. An attempt has been made in the present volume to study the reflection of nature on the basis of literary and archaeological sources.
Gujarat played a significant role in the first war of independence in 1857. The Sabhamandapa of the Shri Swaminarayan Temple, Ahmedabad, built over a span of ffifteen years (1856-71) stands as an important testimony to this historic movement. At a casual glance, all the carvings on the wooden pillars appear just as beautiful motifs. However, a careful examination, keeping in mind their contemporary historical background, reveals some remarkable and hidden facts ...
The present volume is a absorbing and informative account of Afghans and Pathans of the North-West frontier, Afghanistan and the borderlands. The book presents a fascinating panorama of landscape, environment and life-style of the turbulent occupants of the trans-Indus mountains. In his long and intimate intercourse with the tribesmen, as recounted in this book, the author throws many new and interesting sidelights on the domestic and social, as well as on the ...
The present work in two volumes is the English translation of Tarikh-I-Rashidi, written by Mirza Muhammad Haidar, Daughlat. The book brings forth an absorbing and informative history of Central Asia. The Object of the Tarikh-I-Rashidi, as the author tells his readers, is to preserve the memory of Moghuls and their Khans. The Author, Mirza Haidar, has attempted a very minute and first hand account of the region which reveals in both in depth and on a personal ...
The present collection marks an attempt to bring together outstanding examples of the Short Story as it has been practiced by writers of almost every race, from the earliest days of civilization down to the present century. Its purpose is not to show, by a series of texts chosen on academic grounds, how the form developed, but to bring together the best examples of every form by which men have endeavoured to entertain and instruct their fellows. Not art is more ...
This book profiles the achievements of an inspiring and dedicated educator, Professor Tanjore Ramachandra Anantharaman, a doyen of metallurgical engineering in independent India. Professor Anantharaman's students have immensely contributed to the growth of the field of metallurgy both in India as well as in several other countries. The research and professional achievements of Professor Anantharaman have been lucidly brought out in this volume, including a ...