London. Thames & Hudson. 2022. Map, profuse colour illustrations, 319pp, bibliography, index. Hardback in dustjacket. "An authoritative visual history of one of the world's oldest and most vibrant cultures, drawing on South Asian art and artefacts from prehistory to the present. Arranged chronologically, and abundantly illustrated with expertly selected objects..... More
United Kingdom. Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2014. Maps, xx + 298pp, bibliography, index. "South Asia has developed from a group of newly independent post-Colonial states of at most secondary importance to the wider world to its current position as a region of central strategic importance to both global economic development..... More
New Delhi. Penguin Books India. 1998. xi + 278pp, dustjacket mildly worn with closed tear, occasional pencilling throughout text, prior owner's name front free endpapers, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 177559. More
New Delhi. Asian Educational Services. 1990. [Reprint]. 3 volumes. Translated, folding maps, Vol I From France through Syria, Ira and the Persia Gulf to Surat, Goa and Bijapur with an account of his grave illness. lvi + 315pp, Vol II From Bijapur to Madras and St Thome. Account of the..... More
No place of publication. Mapin. 1999. Colour frontispiece, numerous colour photographic illustrations, 120 pp, glossary, bibliography, dustjacket. A presentation of the Goddess Parvati in all of her manifestations, with photographic illustrations of stone sculptures, bronzes and paintings. When referring to this item please quote stockid 67538. More
Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2005. index, xiv + 252pp, paperback. "There is a growing dialogue between India and Southeast Asia. From a marginal relationship during the Cold War days to the participation of India at the East Asia summit in December 2005 has been a long journey. This..... More
New Delhi. Oxford University Press. 2002. Second Edition. xxxviii + 837pp, table of cases, appendices, index, paperback, remainder mark on lower edge. "Environmental law and policy in India affects almost all sections of society. Those most deeply affected by it are the poor. Displaced and dispossessed by deforestation and despoliation..... More
The Royal Asiatic Society. 1911. [Reprint]. Originally translated and printed for the first time in 1813 from manuscripts with the commentary of Vallabhadeva and provided with a complete Sanskrit-English vocabulary. This 1911 edition edited by E. Hultzsch. 143pp and errata. Red cloth covered boards, lettered in gilt on the spine..... More
Madras. Published for 'Man in India' by Geoffrey Cumberlege OUP, 1946. lxi + 466pp, index, Black cloth covered boards, shaken and quite rubbed, spine discoloured. A good working copy only. A scholarly exploration of Indian folk songs. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178480. More
Ankara. Publications of the Ministry of Culture of the Turkish Republic. 2002. 2nd Edition. Numerous photographic illustrations - generally black & white, a few in colour, xi + 947pp. Red cloth covered boards stamped with gilt decorative device and lettered in gilt, illustrated dustwrapper and silk marker tie. Text in..... More
Amsterdam. Jointly published by the Royal Dutch Geographical Society (KNAG), Utrecht University/Explokart (UU) and Asia Maior/Atlas Maior Publishers. Oct, 2009. Profusely illustrated throughout with high quality reproductions of manuscript maps and plans held in Dutch institutions, 420pp, ribbon bookmark. As new in dustjacket in slip case. A very handsome volume..... More
USA: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton. 1988. New ed. Map, xxvii + 433 pages, lower edges little marked, little worn covers lifting slightly, still a good copy in paperback. The Opening of India to the West, The Renascence of Hinduism, Nationalism Takes Root: The Moderates, The Marriage of..... More
Bangkok. Orchid. 1998. xx + 187pp, index, bibliography, appendices, dustjacket. This book is about cultural translation and comparison between Hinduism and capitalism, which can both be concieved as sociocultural systems which influence the ways people think, feel and communicate. When referring to this item please quote stockid 48941... More
Singapore. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2007. Black and white photographic illustrations, xix + 212pp, bibliography, index, paperback. This book looks closely at the Malaysian following of the contemporary Indian godman, Sathya Sai Baba, a new Hindu guru famed for his miracle-working. The "911" attacks on the United States and..... More
Ontario. Broadview Press. 2005. Edited by Maire ni Fhlathuin. 400pp, appendices, references, paperback. "Tells the story of Kimball O'Hara, an orphaned Irish boy growing up in late nineteenth-century India, and his quest for identity as he strives to reconcile his Western inheritance with the Indian life he has always known..... More
Melbourne. Brass Monkey Books. 2011. 156pp, paperback. A mother farewells her dead children on an unusual pilgrimage; a wife’s affair with an old schoolfriend brings unexpected joy and pain; a young domestic worker rediscovers the husband she thought she had lost. Mridula Koshy tells the stories of ordinary women in..... More
No place of publication. Mapin Publishing. 2010. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout, 90pp, oblong hardback, colour pictorial laminated boards. Very good. A visually delightful book which offers a fascinating picture of this form of Bangladeshi street art. This marvellous little book brings to life, through its very readable text, the..... More
New Delhi. Sterling Publishers Private. (c. 1996). ix + 223pp, index, notes, dustjacket. Asian Studies Association of Australia, South Asian Publications Series No. 10. A volume of essays relating to the period of the British retreat from India in the decades prior to independence in 1947. "Among the essays collected..... More
Albany. State University of New York Press. 1998. Notes, bibliography, index, xx + 205pp.. A good paperback copy. "Examines the legendary life and poetic works of Ramprasad, the eighteenth-century Bengali devotee of the Goddess, whose songs were influential in his own time and remain popular today." (Publisher's description). When referring..... More
London. Vintage. 2018. 374pp, paperback. "The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore is home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the heir to the throne is assassinated in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-not' Banerjee, they discover a kingdom riven..... More
London. Vintage. 2021. 339pp. Paperback. "Calcutta, 1923. When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of all-out religious war. Can officers of the Imperial Police Force, Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Surendranath Banerjee track down those responsible in time to stop a...... More
London. Vintage. 2019. 332pp Paperback. "India, 1921. Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force. But Wyndham finds himself in a tight spot when he stumbles across a corpse in an opium den. When he..... More
New Delhi. Sterling Publishers Private. (c. 1989). Map, xviii + 178pp, index, bibliography, notes, dustjacket. Asian Studies Association of Australia, South Asian Publication Series No. 4. "In a visual, almost photographic manner, the book presents that reality of schools and the problems of teachers and local administrators in three different..... More
London. Penguin. 2008. [Reprint]. 288pp. Paperback. "The Bhagavad Gita is an early epic poem that recounts the conversation between Arjuna the warrior and his charioteer Krishna, the manifestation of God. In the moments before a great battle, the dialogue sets out the important lessons Arjuna must learn to change the..... More
