World Heritage Sites and Indigenous Peoples' Rights

World Heritage Sites and Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Author: Stefan Disko
Publisher: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2014
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This book includes twenty case studies of World Heritage sites from around the world that explore, from a human rights perspective, indigenous peoples' experiences with World Heritage sites and with the processes of the World Heritage Convention. The book will serve as a resource for indigenous peoples, World Heritage site managers, and UNESCO, as well as academics, and it will contribute to discussions about what changes or actions are needed to ensure that World Heritage sites can play a consistently positive role for indigenous peoples, in line with the spirit of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Polemics and Patronage in the City of Victory

Polemics and Patronage in the City of Victory
Author: Valerie Stoker
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2016-09-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520965469

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. How did the patronage activities of India’s Vijayanagara Empire (c. 1346–1565) influence Hindu sectarian identities? Although the empire has been commonly viewed as a Hindu bulwark against Islamic incursion from the north or as a religiously ecumenical state, Valerie Stoker argues that the Vijayanagara court was selective in its patronage of religious institutions. To understand the dynamic interaction between religious and royal institutions in this period, she focuses on the career of the Hindu intellectual and monastic leader Vyasatirtha. An agent of the state and a powerful religious authority, Vyasatirtha played an important role in expanding the empire’s economic and social networks. By examining his polemics against rival sects in the context of his work for the empire, Stoker provides a remarkably nuanced picture of the relationship between religious identity and sociopolitical reality under Vijayanagara rule.

Deccan Megaliths

Deccan Megaliths
Author: Kudupudi Pulla Rao
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN:

Study relates chiefly to Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

The Asian City: Processes of Development, Characteristics and Planning

The Asian City: Processes of Development, Characteristics and Planning
Author: Ashok K. Dutt
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1994-10-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780792331353

In The Asian City the Asian urbanisation processes, nature and characteristics of the 1990s have been analyzed by countries, by comparing different countries and in an international context. The authors are urban specialists from four continents. This volume has been divided into six parts: Part I Urbanisation in an international context; Part II Comparative urban setting; Part III Urbanisation characteristics by country; Part IV Urban planning; Part V The urban poor, and Part VI Perspectives on urbanization. This work allows the reader to understand Asian urban forms, their evolution, the nature of urbanisation, its impact on economic growth in cities, the living and working conditions of the poor, and urban planning and problems.

Lacquerware in Asia, Today and Yesterday

Lacquerware in Asia, Today and Yesterday
Author: Monika Kopplin
Publisher: Unesco
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Dating back several thousand years, the art of lacquer is one of the most ancient expressions of Asian culture, and this publication provides an overview of the different kinds of methods and materials used in Cambodia, China, India, Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The number of people employed in this ancestral art has fallen dramatically throughout Asia in recent decades, and this book considers the challenges to its survival as well as highlighting the importance of documenting past and modern procedures.

India 2020

India 2020
Author: Publications Division
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Total Pages: 939
Release: 2020-02-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 8123032749

India 2020 - A Reference Annual is a comprehensive digest of the country's progress in different fields.The book deals with all aspectsof development - from rural to urban, industry to infrastructure, science and technology to art and culture, economy, health, defence to education and mass communication. The sections on general knowledge, current affairs, sports and important events, are a must read for comprehensive understanding of these fields.

The Recognition of Shakœntala

The Recognition of Shakœntala
Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2006-11
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0814788157

A well-known Sanskrit drama presented here in a bilingual translation.