Pondicherry. Sri Aurobindo Ashram. 1968. 421pp, appendix, index, edges browned, a good copy in polythene covered paperback. Chapters on religion and spirituality, art, literature, and polity. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 153104). More
Bloomington. Indiana University Press. 2014. Map, black and white illustrations, xi + 214pp, notes, references, index, paperback, very good. The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for..... More
Ithaca. Cornell U.P., 1991. xix + 335pp, index, bibliography, glossary, dustjacket trifle rubbed, an excellent hardback copy. The author addresses the conditions that have limited our understanding of Vedic myth and ritual, such as the profusion and obscurity of the texts and tendency on the part of scholars to approach..... More
Durham. Duke University Press, 2009. Black and white illustrations, xii + 343pp, appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Very good paperback copy. An innovative cultural history of the evolution of modern marriage practices in Bengal, "Marriage and Modernity" challenges assumptions that arranged marriage is an antiquated practice. Rochona Majumdar demonstrates that..... More
Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 1975. Illustrations, x + 277pp, index, dustjacket. Deals with the problems of Sanskrit literature, ancient Indian history, art and architecture. It contains twenty-seven articles grouped under four sections (Sanskrit Literature; Ancient Indian History and Culture; Numismatics; and Miscellaneous). (When referring to this item please quote stockid 11832)..... More
London. David Poynter. 1973. Black and white line illustrations, 232pp, appendices, dustjacket edges trifle worn, signed by author half-title, a clean copy in good to very good condition. "In this series of delightful vignettes Prafulla Mohanti paints a vivid picture of life in his village in India as it is..... More
New Delhi. Sterling Publishers Private Ltd., 1985. xii + 312pp (1505-1817), bibliography, index, small stain from removed label front free endpaper, lower front cover bumped, still a good copy in little worn hardback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 152668. More
Baroda. Shri D.J. Dave. 1964. Black and white photographic llustrations, upper edges browned, wrappers marked and torn with loss on head and tail of spine, corners somewhat bumped, amateur lettering on spine. "This presentation volume comprises articles of three types: 1) Pade Shastree as I know him; 2) select articles..... More
