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There are the select collection of papers on Indian Ceramics published by the Author from time to time basing on the available evidence. The papers have been updated with fresh data of new discoveries revealed from excavations and arranged in a chronological sequence ranging from Mesolithic to Medieval times.
This book on Varaha Avatara of Visnu in art and literature of Tamil Nadu is an outcome of an inspiration to further explore and study the Varaha avatara of Visnu in art and literature of Tamil Nadu, by perusing the events of history in chronological order. The primary source such as literature, epigraphy, and numismatics were consulted and Varaha temples were visited and studied elaborately. The narrative history of Varaha incarnation in Tamil Nadu is carried out ...
The history of the Buddhist Sangha and Viharas is of multifarious interest and of much value to the historians and the compilers of folk-lore, as well as Buddhist scholars and students of comparative religion. Sri Lanka is an important center of Buddhism, and is known as the home of orthodox Buddhism, commonly called Theravada Buddhism. This book deals with the early Buddhist Sanghas and monasteries (viharas) and attempts to give a historical account of their ...
Afghanistan has been in the news for some time now. One of the least developed nations in the world, with one of the lowest life expectancy, a phenomenally high inflation at 500% and the largest number of landmines per square kilometer in the world—this country has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. A never ending civil war has seen hundreds of thousand killed and maimed and millions flee to the neighboring countries of Iran and Pakistan. The civil war ...
Eurasia was dominated for thousands of years by the dualism of nomadic people and the settled communities of the agrarian civilization. China, Europe, the Middle East, Iran and India were under constant pressure of the riding hordes - invaders like Sakas, the Scythes, the Alans, the Sarmatians, the Hsiung-nu, Huns or Hunas, the Turkish tribes, the Mongols and others. These raids went on from the prehistoric times till the eighth century A.D. From the neolithic ...
Bangladesh is a country with approximately 130 million people squeezed into a territory of only about 55,598 square miles (147,570 square kilometres). With the exception of Hongkong and Singapore Bangladesh is the world's most densely populated country. It became an independent country in 1971 after a bitter nine months war (March-Dec ‘71) with Pakistan and became a member of the UN in 1974. The book is built around three themes: how foreign policy is made, the ...