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In fact, such an academic study of Sarasvati as the present one has long been a desideratum. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the publication of the present title new discoveries about Vedic Sarasvati a long felt ardent need has been fulfilled. This work would certainly set aside the various unfounded notions and ill-conceived assumptions, flimsy suppositions regarding the various origins and flows of perennial Vedic Sarasvati. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work would help the archaeologists, historians and other scholars interested in the study of the Vedic Sarasvati to formulate their views and theories on the origin and evolution of Vedic Sarasvati as per the description of Sarasvati available in the Vedic and post Vedic Sanskrit literature. Since Sarasvati is purely a Vedic Concept and as such no one has the moral right to make surmises and postulate Imaginary theories without their assumptions being supported by the relevant Vedic and Pauranika records. 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Lucknow: The Last Phase of an Oriental Culture, the work of the essayist, historian and novelist Abdul Halim Sharar (1860-1926), describes the culture and way of life of the people of Lucknow during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is a work that has long been recognized as the most authentic and circumstantial account of its subjects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late Colonel E S HARCOURT served in the British Indian Army, and lived for many years in Lucknow. After his Army career he taught Urdu and Persian at Oxford University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFAKHIR HUSSAIN, born and brought up in Lucknow, belongs to an eminent literary family whose most important members are discussed by Sharar in the present work.  He holds a PhD from the University of London, and a further Doctorate from the Sorbonne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Abdul Halim Sharar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the First Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Second Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText:\u003cbr\u003eFaizabad and the Early History of Avadh: Burhan ul Mulk and the predecessors of the Avadh Dynasty\u003cbr\u003eThe Origins and Early History of Lucknow\u003cbr\u003eBurhan ul Mulk, Safdar Jang and the Foundation of the Avadh dynasty\u003cbr\u003eShuja ud Daula and Asaf ud Daula\u003cbr\u003eSadat Ali Khan and Ghazi ud Din Haidar\u003cbr\u003eNasir ud Din Haidar and Muhammad Ali Shah\u003cbr\u003eAmjad Ali Shah, Wajid Ali Shah and the end of the Dynasty’s Rule –Urdu Drama\u003cbr\u003eWajid Ali Shah in Matiya Burj-the Mutiny\u003cbr\u003eMirza Birjis Qadar-Urdu Poetry\u003cbr\u003eThe Development of Urdu Poetry-Masnavi, Marsiya and Form of Humorous Verse\u003cbr\u003eThe Development of Urdu prose\u003cbr\u003eDastan Goi, The art of Story-Telling\u003cbr\u003eIslamic Studies\u003cbr\u003eThe Development of Yunani Medicine\u003cbr\u003eThe Significance of the Persian Language\u003cbr\u003eScripts-Calligraphy and the Urdu Press\u003cbr\u003eThe Arts of Combat and Self-Defence\u003cbr\u003eAnimal combats-Beasts of Prey and other Quadrupeds\u003cbr\u003eBird-Fighting and Pigeon-Flying\u003cbr\u003eParrots and Kite-Flying\u003cbr\u003eThe Origin and Growth of North Indian Music\u003cbr\u003eThe Development of Light Classical and Instrumental Music\u003cbr\u003eDance and the Development of the Kathak School\u003cbr\u003eLight Entertainment\u003cbr\u003eCourtesans and Theatre\u003cbr\u003eSoz-The Chanting of Dirges\u003cbr\u003eBands, processions and the Telling of Time\u003cbr\u003eGastronomy\u003cbr\u003eDelicacies and Confectionery\u003cbr\u003eMore Delicacies and Confectionery\u003cbr\u003eFood Refinements and Water Cooling\u003cbr\u003eThe Evolution of Men’s Dress\u003cbr\u003eForms of Headwear\u003cbr\u003eMore Headwear\u003cbr\u003eForms of Trousers (Pyjamas)\u003cbr\u003eFootwear and Female Fashion\u003cbr\u003eWinter Clothing, New Fashions and Jewelry\u003cbr\u003eThe Building of Houses\u003cbr\u003eDomestic Furnishings\u003cbr\u003eHair Fashions, Etiquette and Courtesans\u003cbr\u003eMore on Etiquette\u003cbr\u003eSocial Gatherings and forms of Greeting\u003cbr\u003eEveryday Speech in Urdu\u003cbr\u003eWit and Female Celebrations\u003cbr\u003eFestive Celebrations\u003cbr\u003eThe Wedding Ceremony\u003cbr\u003eThe Wedding procession\u003cbr\u003eFuneral Services\u003cbr\u003eForms of Religious Assembly\u003cbr\u003eBetel leaf, its appurtenances and Tobacco\u003cbr\u003ePreparing and Serving Betel Leaf\u003cbr\u003eUtensils for Everyday use\u003cbr\u003eConveyances and Dress for Outings\u003cbr\u003ePottery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevised Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome Recent Publications on Lucknow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Abdul Halim Shrar \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785579081897,"sku":"14011","price":24.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/14011.jpg?v=1625524713"},{"product_id":"14813-cultural-factors-in-international-relations","title":"Cultural Factors in International Relations","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: R P Anand\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Abhinav Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1996\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 291\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8170171342\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the fact that our newly emerging worldwide community of states has become increasingly inter-dependent in the present thermo-nuclear age, the world today is seriously divided by ideology and aspirations.  Understanding culture in a wider sense as reflecting the values, habits, and accumulated mores of a society, there can be little doubt that peoples and countries are affected by their cultural differences which reflect their values, outlooks, intentions, interests, habits and historical hopes and fears.  Unless these cultural and other differences are understood and appreciated, there is a possibility of misconceptions, misinterpretations, and erroneous judgment on all sides, which can be extremely dangerous in this age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book seeks to understand some aspects of these cultural differences of various countries in their dealings with each other.  Specifically, it examines in one part the cultural problems in treaty negotiations because it is through treaties or agreements, formal or informal, that independent sovereign states interact with each other and try to protect their interests and rights in the international society.  Several eminent scholars and practitioners of international law and relations from several countries study and evaluate the impact of cultural differences on international relations with special reference to the negotiation of treaties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the second part, the book examines how similar or diverse cultural factors affect the relations amongst states in a limited region of Southeast Asia.  ASEAN has been taken up as a subject of study by several scholars not only because of its importance as an area lying on the crossroads of the East and the West, but also because it provides a rich and fertile ground for the study of the impact of diverse cultural factors on the lives and behaviour of these ancient societies in an entirely new age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLIST OF CONTRIBUTORS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOREWORD \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITOR’S INTRODUCTION \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: Soviet and Japanese Negotiating Behaviour \u003cbr\u003eThe Spring 1977 Fisheries Talks (Hiroshi Kimura) \u003cbr\u003eThe San Francisco Peace Treaty: Cross-Cultural elements in the Interaction between the Americans \u0026amp; the JAPANESE (Marie D Strazar) \u003cbr\u003eCultural Problems in Treaty Negotiation: A Case Study of the International Convention on the Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific, Apia, 1976 (Ernst Willheim)\u003cbr\u003eSome Cultural Factors Affecting Chinese in Treaty Negotiation (Jen-Huong Wang) Cultural Problems in Negotiation of Convention of Peking, 1898  (Peter Wesley-Smith) Some Recent International Codification Conferences \u0026amp; Cultural Interactions (Mrs. K.Thakore) \u003cbr\u003eCultural Problems in Treaty Negotiations: A Case Study (Tan Sri Datuk Haji Mohd. 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From the time that I read my first paper before the Madras Literary Society in 1888, I read my first paper before the Madras Literary Society in 1888, I have been speaking or writing on south Indian Coins. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe limited number of copies of my contributions to learned Societies or Journals has become exhausted-for year after year those who have done me the honour of visiting me and seeing my coins have been given copies of whatever I had written on the relics of a forgotten coinage illustrating South Indian history. The call came for these being collected and printed in the form of a book so that my early efforts in this still vast and unexplored field of research might be made available to students interested in south Indian Coins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are many departments of Numismatic interest in my coin Register still requiring scholarly treatment; but many preoccupations, unrelated to scholarly pursuits, did latterly so obsess me as to neglect the publication of my notes that I sometimes thought that they could be published but posthumously. Still I hope, the span of life allotted to me permitting its being done, to complete the work if at least demonstrate that there is yet a great deal to be done for our reading and understanding properly the history of the Dravida Desam from inscriptions and coins. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sole object of the present reprint of my papers, articles and notes on South Indian Coins is but to instill an enthusiasm and promote a keen desire for the reconstruction of South Indian history on the basis of such evidence as is real and not on materials as are based on mere tradition and imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProceedings of the Madras Literary Society\u003cbr\u003eSouth Indian Epigraphy and Numismatics Andhras-Pallavas\u003cbr\u003eThe Chalukyas and their Coinage\u003cbr\u003eThe Cholas and their Coinage\u003cbr\u003eThe Coins of Vijaiyanagar\u003cbr\u003eThe Coins of Malabaar\u003cbr\u003eNotes on the Indo-Dutch Coinage\u003cbr\u003eIndo-French coins\u003cbr\u003eThe Pallavas and Their Coinage\u003cbr\u003eList of Pallava Coins in the Cabinet of T M Rangachari and T Desikachari\u003cbr\u003eList of Pallava Coins in the Government Central Museum, Madras, and in the Cabinet of Dr J R Henderson\u003cbr\u003eDravidian Coins by Dewan Bahadur T M Rangachari, B A, and Dewan Bahadur T Desikachari, B A, BL, MRAS\u003cbr\u003eList of Pandiyan Coins\u003cbr\u003eList of Chola Coins\u003cbr\u003eSome inedited Coins of the Kings of Vijayanagara by T M Rangachari, B a and T Desikachari, B A B L\u003cbr\u003eIndo-Danish Coins by t M Rangachari and T Desikachari\u003cbr\u003eSix plates-Illustrating Pandyan and Chola Coins in lists on pages 167-185\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"T Desikachari \/ Asian Educational Services \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40785635770537,"sku":"18357","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/18357.jpg?v=1625526045"},{"product_id":"22754-civilization-one-the-world-is-not-as-you-thought-it-was","title":"Civilization One - The World is Not as You Thought it Was","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Christopher Knight\u003cbr\u003eAlan Butler\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Viva Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 258\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 1842931377\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCivilization One tells of the startling conclusions that came from two scientists' quest to try to crack the mystery of the ancient \"megalithic yard\" — a unit of 82.966656 centimeters used to construct thousands of megalithic structures in Britain and France. The discovery was an extraordinary ancient culture predating the earliest known civilizations. The scientists of this time derived the megalithic yard from observing the Earth's rate of spin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors show how this measurement is part of an integrated system, far more advanced than anything used today that forms the basis of both the imperial and metric systems. The culture that created it understood the dimensions, motions, and relationships of the Earth, Moon, and Sun, and was able to actually measure the solar system. The implications of these revelations go far beyond the fascination of the discovery of a super-science of prehistory; they indicate a grand plan which will have far-reaching theological ramifications.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHard facts that change history for ever:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- The builders of the stone Age monuments of the British Isles used a unit of length that was defined to one ten-thousandth of a millimeter.\u003cbr\u003e- That unit is fundamental to the sun, Moon and Earth\u003cbr\u003e- There are 366 degrees to an Earth circle not 360.\u003cbr\u003e- The pound and the pint are derived from this prehistoric unit of length.\u003cbr\u003e- The metre, kilo and litre were in use over 4,000 years before the French ‘Invented’ them.\u003cbr\u003e- The hour, minute and second were developed more than two millennia before Christ – from the movements of the Moon.\u003cbr\u003e- The further back in time all measurements are studied, the more they merge into one great system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1  The Great Wall of History\u003cbr\u003e2. The Turning Earth\u003cbr\u003e3. The Harmony of the Spheres\u003cbr\u003e4. Sumerian Degrees\u003cbr\u003e5. The Rebirth of the Metric System\u003cbr\u003e6. The Jefferson Report\u003cbr\u003e7. Grains of ancient Truth\u003cbr\u003e8. The weight of the World\u003cbr\u003e9. The Missing Link\u003cbr\u003e10. Widening the Search\u003cbr\u003e11. Music and Light\u003cbr\u003e12. Sun, Moon and Megalithic Measure\u003cbr\u003e13. A New Paradigm of Prehistory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendices:\u003cbr\u003e1. Earth Days and Proving the Megalithic Yard\u003cbr\u003e2. The Formula for finding the volume of a Sphere\u003cbr\u003e3. More about Megalithic Music\u003cbr\u003e4. Music and Light\u003cbr\u003e5. The Phaistos disc and the Megalithic year\u003cbr\u003e6. The Amazing Barley Seed\u003cbr\u003e7. The Megalithic principle and Freemasonry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Christopher Knight \/ Viva Books \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785703698601,"sku":"22754","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/22754.jpg?v=1625526854"},{"product_id":"26837-post-hindu-india-a-discourse-on-dalit-bahujan-socio-spiritual-and-scientific-revolution","title":"Post - Hindu India :    A Discourse on Dalit - Bahujan, Socio - Spiritual and Scientific Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Kancha Ilaiah\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2009\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 302\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788178299020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKancha Ilaiah, the author of the best selling book Why I am Not a Hindu, pens a thought-provoking critique of Brahmanism and the caste system in India, while anticipating the death of  Hinduism as a direct consequence of, what he says is, its anti-scientific and anti-nationalistic stand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work challenges Hinduism’s interpretation of history, with a virulent attack on caste politics, and also takes a refreshing look at the necessity of encouraging indigenous scientific thought for the sake of national progress. It establishes Hinduism as a ‘backward’ religion that suppresses the latent scientific and productive potential of the Dalit-Bahujan communities. The author says this oppressive system of spiritual fascism is detrimental to both the future of religion and the nation-state. He thus criticizes the idea of spiritual justice or varnadharma, used to justify the caste system, as rooted in spiritual inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a micro-analytical level, it is based on a thorough study of the productive knowledge systems of the Dalit – Bahujan communities of Andhra Pradesh, and provides a detailed day-to –day analysis of the scientific technological processes and events at work in the life of a member of these communities. On a macro level, it shows how Hinduism fails to negotiate between faith and reason, unlike other major religions of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKancha Ilaiah the intellectual imagination of the dominant communities and inspire the marginalized. In the process of doing so he crafts a work of immense socio-political interest which appeals to academics, and also to all those who are concerned about contemporary India’s polity and social fabric.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEW:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“…the Indian nation is on course for a civil war, a civil war that has been simmering as an undercurrent of the caste-based cultural system that Hinduism has constructed and nurtured for centuries.”\u003cbr\u003e-\tKancha Ilaiah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKancha Ilaiah is India’s Earthy Pundit.\u003cbr\u003e-\tSagarika Ghose in Outlook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Unpaid Teachers\u003cbr\u003e2. Subaltern Scientists\u003cbr\u003e3. Productive Soldiers\u003cbr\u003e4. Subaltern Feminists\u003cbr\u003e5. Social Doctors\u003cbr\u003e6. Meat and Milk Economists\u003cbr\u003e7. Unknown Engineers\u003cbr\u003e8. Food Producers\u003cbr\u003e9. Social Smugglers\u003cbr\u003e10. Spiritual Fascists\u003cbr\u003e11. Intellectual Goondas\u003cbr\u003e12. Symptoms of Civil War and End of Hinduism\u003cbr\u003e13. Conclusion: The Post-Hindu India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Kancha Ilaiah \/ Sage Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785761992873,"sku":"26837","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/26837.jpg?v=1625528025"},{"product_id":"4093-the-rise-of-civilization-in-india-and-pakistan","title":"The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Raymond Allchin\u003cbr\u003eBridget Allchin\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Cambridge University press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 379\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8185618720\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with photographs, maps and line diagrams, this work incorporates the results of the most recent research offering an original and stimulating perspective on the archaeology of the subcontinent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany spectacular discoveries of archaeological significance have been made in the Indian subcontinent since the first appearance of Raymond and Bridget Allchin' book: The Birth of Indian Civilization, for long the most authoritative and widely read text on its subject. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Advances in related fields, particularly in geomorphology, palaeobotany and palaeoclimatology, have also radically altered our picture of the emergence of Indian civilization.  In this work, the authors have completely revised and rewritten their earlier work to present an integrated and dynamic account of human culture in South Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn invaluable offering to students of South Asian culture and early history.  It will also appeal to anyone interested in historical geography, world prehistory and archaeology in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE AUTHORS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaymond Allchin is Reader in Indian Studies, University of Cambridge; Bridget Allchin is Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of tables and figures\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eArchaeology in South Asia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eCONSTITUENT ELEMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003ePrehistoric Environments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eThe earliest South Asians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eHunter-gatherers and nomadic pastoralists\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eThe First Agricultural Communities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eINDUS URBANISM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eThe Early Indus Period\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eThe Mature Indus Civilization - 1\u003cbr\u003eThe Mature Indus Civilization - 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003eTHE LEGACY OF THE INDUS CIVILIZATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003eThe aftermath of the Indus civilization in the Indus and Ganges Systems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003eThe aftermath of the Indus Civilization in Peninsular India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003eThe arrival of Indo-Aryan speaking people and the spread of the Indo-Aryan languages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003eThe Iron Age and the emergence of classical Indian civilization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003eSubcontinental unity and regional diversity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelect general bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Raymond Allchin \/ Cambridge University press \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785816977577,"sku":"4093","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/5462.jpg?v=1625529303"},{"product_id":"6343-the-vedic-people-their-history-and-geography","title":"The Vedic People: Their History and Geography","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Rajesh Kochhar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orient Longman\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2009\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 259\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 81-250-1080-7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bestseller, now in paperback edition, this work serves as a virtual primer to the major issues of Indo-Aryan origins.  Written in an extremely  lucid style  with laudable detachment and restraint, this book is remarkable for its openness and lack of bias.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas the Rgveda composed in Afghanistan? Was the Ghaggar River once the mighty Sarasvati of the Rgveda? Were the Rgvedic people and the Harappans the same? Was Rama's Ayodhya in India?  In 'The Vedic People', well -known astrophysicist Rajesh Kochhar provides answers to these quintessential questions of ancient Indian history.  Drawing upon and synthesizing data from a wide variety of fields - linguistics and literature, natural history, archaeology, history of technology, geomorphology and astronomy- the author presents a bold hypothesis which seeks to resolve several paradoxes that have plagued the professional historian and archaeologist alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguing that a major part of the Rgveda was composed in south Afghanistan (after c.1700BC) before the Rgvedic people entered the Punjab plain and well before they moved east of the Ganga River, the author asserts that during their migrations the Indo-Aryans not only carried with them their rituals and hymns but also place and river names which they selectively used.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR THE BOOK:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat an astrophysicist had published a book on Vedic people made one wonder what would surface.  It turns out to be a sensible and down-to-earth book for the interested general reader. Kochhar's book points out to the diverse sources that have to be consulted in order to chart the arrival and establishment of the Vedic people, and the range is immense.                                               - Romila Thapar in The Outlook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat sets this book apart from the others is the author's command on the language, and the sheer felicity and brevity with which he writes, making his point sharply, concisely and clearly.                                              - The Sunday Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book bears the stamp of the author as a reputed scientist.  Very informative maps are furnished.  This highly scholarly book from the eminent astrophysicist would be very much enjoyed by students of history, not only for the conclusions reached but for the tenor and logic as well.                                             - The Hindu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKochhar is not out to make a political point.  What his book affirms - and reaffirms, given the number of primary sources he has studied and cited - is that Indian civilization has been on a constant march eastwards.  Comparing the Avestan culture of Iran to Vedic life in India, he sees them as flowing from the same fount.                                             - India Today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age when the past is seen thorough the ideological filters, the discipline of history needs an arsenal of academic rigor, combining historical methodology with cross discipline analysis to establish its claim as a social science.  This book is a lucid example of how that can and should be done.  Kochhar's book is like a breath of fresh air.                                            - The Hindu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRajesh Kochhar's approach is the well-balanced one of a natural scientist.  His conclusions are notably different from the slew of recent revisionist re-writings of Indian history, whose schemes project the Rigveda into a hoary, improbable past, well before any horses and chariots were found in South Asia.  Kochhar's book is a long needed corrective to such adventurous - and potential dangerous - theories.  He puts us back on the firm ground of facts and their explanation..                                           - Michael Witzel, Professor of Sanskrit, Harvard University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a fascinating book with a wealth of information culled from the latest researches on the subject, presenting a certain number of original hypotheses which are consistent, in many areas, with what can be known from the Vedic texts themselves and logical in their overall arrangement.                                          - The Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKochhar's work is remarkable for presenting a masterly synthesis of reasonably up-to-date specialized writings on the subject.  His multi-pronged reconstruction of vexed problems is quite thought provoking.                                          - K M Shrimali in Biblio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClearly, the Vedic period is mired in mystery and only an interdisciplinary approach like the one used by Kochhar can extricate it from the cobwebs of inherited prejudices.                                          - Sourish Bhattacharya in The Hindustan Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRajesh Kochhar's excellent 'The Vedic People' serves as a virtual primer to the major issues of Indo-Aryan origins. His blend of scientific skepticism, systematic logic and original thought will require the widest attention.                                         - J P Mallory, author of 'In Search of the Indo-Europeans'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRajesh Kochhar writes with laudable detachment and restraint, whilst carefully discussing a mass of data .  This book is a sound and well-argued account of much recent research is remarkable for its openness and lack of bias.                                         - F R Allchin, The Ancient India and Iran Trust, Cambridge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKochhar is not a dishonest man.  He does not manipulate the evidence and he freely mentions data which on closer examination against his own position.  His fresh and independent approach in extracting a credible Aryan invasion scenario from the data makes him dissent from much standard AIT lore.                                         - Koenraad Elst, Leuven, Belgium\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Rajesh Kochhar \/ Orient Longman \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785820319913,"sku":"6343","price":32.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/6343.jpg?v=1625529417"},{"product_id":"9090-ethnicity-and-nation-building-in-south-asia","title":"Ethnicity and Nation-building in South Asia","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Urmila Phadnis\u003cbr\u003eRajat Ganguly\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 467\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0761994386\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith sensitivity and analytical rigor, this book addresses the central issues of regional politics in both their intrastate and interstate manifestation and provides an incisive analysis of ethnicity as an idea and of its application to the politics of the region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book constitutes a timely contribution to the understanding of ethnic phenomena in a complex region: South Asia.  It makes a succinct review of the approaches used in the study of ethnic phenomena and stands as a piece of work that will be of great interest to those in the fields of sociology and the political sciences.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe case studies, in particular, are lucid syntheses of the tensions that attend the interaction between social groups with heightened ethnic consciousness.  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In serving as a corrective to the conventional models of the Indian past derived from brahmanical literature, modern ethnography, and colonial observation, this case study of a neglected period and region has important ramifications for our general understanding of the history of precolonial India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrecolonial India in Practice makes a useful contribution to the manner in which scholars need to re-envision medieval India as a complex kaleidoscope of diverse regions and cultures, where a multiplicity of historical processes, cultural practices, and powerful agents interacted with each other to produce a dynamic and expansionist world. 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