Essays on Gupta Culture
Author: Bardwell L. Smith
Publisher: South Asia Books
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13:
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The Age of the Guptas and Other Essays
Author: Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar
Publisher: Delhi : Ajanta Publications : Distributors, Ajanta Books International
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On the Gupta dynasty in northern India, 4th-6th century, and Indic studies.
The Gupta Empire
Author: Radhakumud Mookerji
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9788120800892
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The present work describes the material and moral progress which India had achieved during the paramount sovereignty of the Gupta emperors in the fourth and fifth centuries a.d. It traces the origin and rise of the ruling family to Srigupta (240-280 a.d.) and concludes with the reign of Kumaragupta III (543 a.d.). It discusses the spirit of the age and the various trends in the sphere of Religion, Economy, Society, Education, Administration, Art and Architecture. It seeks to bring together all the facts and data derivable from different sources--literary, epigraphic and numismatic, the accounts of foreign visitors, particularly of the Chinese pilgrim Fa-hien who has left a detached and valuable record of India`s civilization during the reign of Chandragupta II. Herein we get an accurate picture of India`s golden age, the growth of her various institutions, her activities of expansion, colonization and her intercourse with Indonesia, China and other countries. The work is divided into sixteen chapters. It has an index of proper names and an addenda on the hoard of new Imperial Gupta coins discovered at Bayana in Bharatpur. The work is very interesting and instructive and is designed to meet the requirements of the academic student of history and the general reader alike.
Essays on Ancient India
Author: Raj Kumar
Publisher: Discovery Publishing House
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9788171416820
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Contents: Introduction, The Geographical Background, How Nehru Discovered Ancient India-I, How Nehru Discovered Ancient India-II, The Economic History of Ancient India, Trade and Commerce in Ancient India, Town- Planning and House-Building in Ancient According to Silpasastras, Art and Architecture, Ancient House-Planning, Naming A Child or A Person, Mantra, Yantra and Tantra.
Is India Civilized?
Author: Sir John George Woodroffe
Publisher:
Published: 1922
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13:
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Author: Tej Ram Sharma
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9788170222514
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Primary Sources and Asian Pasts
Author: Peter C. Bisschop
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2020-11-09
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 3110674262
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This conference volume unites a wide range of scholars working in the fields of history, archaeology, religion, art, and philology in an effort to explore new perspectives and methods in the study of primary sources from premodern South and Southeast Asia. The contributions engage with primary sources (including texts, images, material artefacts, monuments, as well as archaeological sites and landscapes) and draw needed attention to highly adaptable, innovative, and dynamic modes of cultural production within traditional idioms. The volume works to develop categories of historical analysis that cross disciplinary boundaries and represent a wide variety of methodological concerns. By revisiting premodern sources, Asia Beyond Boundaries also addresses critical issues of temporality and periodization that attend established categories in Asian Studies, such as the “Classical Age” or the “Gupta Period”. This volume represents the culmination of the European Research Council (ERC) Synergy project Asia Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the State, a research consortium of the British Museum, the British Library and the School of Oriental and African Studies, in partnership with Leiden University.
The Rise of Mahāsena
Author: Richard D. Mann
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2011-12-07
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9004218866
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book studies the early development of Skanda-Kārttikeya’s Hindu cult from its earliest textual and material sources to the end of the Gupta Empire in the north of India. The text argues that Skanda’s early ‘popular’ cult is found in Graha and Mātṛ traditions oriented towards appeasing potentially dangerous spirits. Once propitiated, however, Skanda and his Grahas/ Mātṛs could become fierce protectors of their followers. During the Kuṣāṇa and Gupta empires, this tradition gains the attention of rulers, who transform the deity’s protective cult into one focused on the ruler’s military prowess and right to rule. Once detached from his former popular traditions the deity’s cult begins to falter in the north as it becomes increasingly focused on elite agendas.
Ancient Worlds
Author: Michael Scott
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2016-11-01
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 0465094732
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"As panoramic as it is learned, this is ancient history for our globalized world." Tom Holland, author of Dynasty and Rubicon Twenty-five-hundred years ago, civilizations around the world entered a revolutionary new era that overturned old order and laid the foundation for our world today. In the face of massive social changes across three continents, radical new forms of government emerged; mighty wars were fought over trade, religion, and ideology; and new faiths were ruthlessly employed to unify vast empires. The histories of Rome and China, Greece and India-the stories of Constantine and Confucius, Qin Shi Huangdi and Hannibal-are here revealed to be interconnected incidents in the midst of a greater drama. In Ancient Worlds, historian Michael Scott presents a gripping narrative of this unique age in human civilization, showing how diverse societies responded to similar pressures and how they influenced one another: through conquest and conversion, through trade in people, goods, and ideas. An ambitious reinvention of our grandest histories, Ancient Worlds reveals new truths about our common human heritage. "A bold and imaginative page-turner that challenges ideas about the world of antiquity." Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads
The English Paradigm in India
Author: Shweta Rao Garg
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-09-18
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9811053324
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection pulls together a wide range of perspectives to explore the possibilities and the boundaries of the paradigm of English studies in India. It examines national identity and the legacy of colonialism through a study of comparative and multi ethnic literature, education, English language studies and the role ICT now plays in all of these fields. Contributors look at how the issue of identity can be addressed and understood through food studies, linking food, culture and identity. The volume also considers the timely and very relevant question of gender in Indian society, of the role of the woman, the family and the community in patriarchal contemporary Indian society. Through the lens of literature, culture, gender, politics, this exciting volume pulls together the threads which constitute modern Indian identity.
