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Hamzah (Dastan-i-Amir Hamzah) that runs into twelve volumes, decorated with one thousand and four hundred illustrations prepared in about the year 1556. Amir Hamzah, was the son of Abb al-Muttalib and on uncle of the Prophet Muhammad (b. 570) Hamzah's illustrations or the Moghu) paintings, twelve in number, are presented in this present volume. SECTION 11-The Moghul school of painting derives its origin from the Persian-Mongol school and dates from the reign of ...
The entire Vedic age comes alive in the scrappy evidence the age left behind. IT is obvious that the Vedic age was melting pot of settlers from various lands. The seal gives just the name; but the identity is established through Puranic evidence. The mythified stories do not belie the genealogies of Vedic kings and Rishis, and the major events of their lives. The seals help abstract debris of legends, making the Puranas historical records. The seals were ...
The origin of Aryans still remains a phenomena. The historians made attempts to throw new lights by going through from all angles and get entangled when they reach the precision measures of a definite clue in their assumptions in relations to the origins of Aryans. As part of such early studies on the question of the exact definition of Aryans origin. This book examines with scientific measures, all indications in an early assumption as to the origin of the ...
Scholars are often handicapped by the difficulty of access to sources for conduction of a general survey of the places of the world. The Popular Gazetteer of the world provides well researched authentic but conscised information about the vast world. This Gazetteer was compiled during the British regime. It is a first rate source material for research not only in the field of history, but also in Religion, Sociology, economic, and political science. A ...
While going through this book, it is necessary to keep in mind that India has been inherited the colonial state of art. This book reveals as to how the Britishers were taken devoted interest in the development of the Institution of Archaeology in India, and a remarkable historic interest in a systematic functioning of ‘preserving’ ancient culture in India. The works of archaeology is an important part of preserving the by-gone civilization and a record of ...
Human being is addicted to power: Power over other human beings. This vice manifests itself in various forms, such as, Economic Power, Politics of Power, Priestly Power and Knowledge as a Source of Power etc. When, Siddhartha Gotama was born, the royal astrologer predicted that either he would become a Universal Monarch or attained Sambodh'i and thus become the Buddha Obviously, the prediction pointed to the enormous energy inherent in the child Gotama. And, we ...
The present Encyclopaedia in 7 Volumes gives exhaustive descriptions of mythical, legendary and poetic traditions related to art, religion, cul- ture and literature* It is a unique contribution of the authors who have made us acquainted with the various ramifications of the above mentioned subjects. It is the great endeavour of the authors which has brought to light the various tales and episodes to which a general reader has not an easy access. Volume one throws ...
The Present volume was originally intended to be a Felicitation Volume for the 80th birthday of Prof. Niharranjan Ray. But his unfortunate demise on August 30, 1981 compelled us to change it into a Commemoration Volume. In the course of his long academic career extending over three decades Prof. Niharranjan Ray has worked either alone or with his students upon a wide variety of subjects. Therefore, to expand the scope of the Volume an attractive variety of ...
This set (In 3 Vols) of the collection of the Stone and Copper-Plate inscriptions of South India, particularly of the Nellore district as it existed in 1903, contains about 903 inscriptions. With one exception no inscriptions subsequent to the eigthteenth century have been included; otherwise the collection is practically complete. The epigraphical history of the district begins with Copper-Plate No. 24. This is a grant by the Western Chalukyan King Vikramaditya ...
The present multivolume set (in 3 Volumes) which has been profusely illustrated contains more than 1800 illustrations is a monumental work on the manners and customs of mankind, their origins and their observance throughout the world today. Precisely speaking this multivolume set deals with wide range of topics on the above subjects, has been authored splendidly by J.A. Hammerton who needs no introduction. These volumes give a broad survey of fascinating topics ...
Thousands of inscriptions have been copied over a period of more than 100 years from different parts of India. Inscription serves as the important source material for the reconstruction of history. Coping new inscriptions is a desideratum on the one hand, they also reveal new information for further research on the other. The Epigraphical Society of India has been established with an idea to provide a forum to bring out fresh information and epigraphical ...