The Purāṇas
| Author | : Ludo Rocher |
| Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Hindu literature, Sanskrit |
| ISBN | : 9783447025225 |
Geographical Data In The Early Puranas
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Explorations in Applied Geography
| Author | : ASHOK K. DUTT |
| Publisher | : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 548 |
| Release | : 2008-02-21 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9788120333840 |
Applied geography, a new frontier in geographic discipline, distinguishes itself from other branches of geography through the application of geographical knowledge and its techniques in solving practical problems of the land and the environment. Explorations in Applied Geography is a felicitation volume in honour of Professor L.R. Singh, Department of Geography, University of Allahabad, who has established his international credentials as a leading exponent of Applied Geography. He considers public policy to be one of the applications of applied geographic principles, since many problems facing society today have a geographical dimension. To Professor L.R. Singh, Applied Geography is the strategy of the trinity of men, space and resources which need to be harmonized in advancing human well-being. This volume, contributed by geographers of eminence within the country and from other parts of the globe, focuses on the following thrust areas: • Natural and environmental hazards • Environmental change and management • Challenges of the human environment • Application of techniques of spatial analysis In a nutshell, the book emphasizes the important proactive role that the Applied Geography must play in the formulation of public policies and programmes for sustainable human development. This comprehensive and classic compendium will not only be useful to post-graduate students in geography but also provide new vistas in geographic research.
Geographical Names in Ancient Indian Inscriptions
| Author | : Parmanand Gupta |
| Publisher | : Concept Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| Genre | : India |
| ISBN | : |
The Past Before Us
| Author | : Romila Thapar |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 778 |
| Release | : 2013-10-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0674726510 |
The claim that India--uniquely among civilizations--lacks historical writing distracts us from a more pertinent question: how to recognize the historical sense of societies whose past is recorded in ways very different from European conventions. Romila Thapar, a distinguished scholar of ancient India, guides us through a panoramic survey of the historical traditions of North India, revealing a deep and sophisticated consciousness of history embedded in the diverse body of classical Indian literature. The history recorded in such texts as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata is less concerned with authenticating persons and events than with presenting a picture of traditions striving to retain legitimacy amid social change. Spanning an epoch from 1000 BCE to 1400 CE, Thapar delineates three strains of historical writing: an Itihasa-Purana tradition of Brahman authors; a tradition composed mainly by Buddhist and Jaina monks and scholars; and a popular bardic tradition. The Vedic corpus, the epics, the Buddhist canon and monastic chronicles, inscriptional evidence, regional accounts, and literary forms such as royal biographies and drama are all scrutinized afresh--not as sources to be mined for factual data but as genres that disclose how Indians of ancient times represented their own past to themselves.
The Geopolitics of South Asia: From Early Empires to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
| Author | : Graham Chapman |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 533 |
| Release | : 2018-02-06 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1351734687 |
This title was first published in 2000: This volume explores one of the world's greatest cultural heartlands - the Indian sub-continent. It shows how geological movements moulded the land and how they still impact upon it; how the culture of early setters evolved to form Hinduism; how its wealth and power attracted the attention of Islamic invaders who founded the Sultanate of Delhi and then the great Mogul Empire; and how they were later usurped by the British Raj. The story continues with the trauma of Partition and Independence in 1947, as India's unique form of Islam shook free from Nehru's secular India with the founding of Pakistan. At different points in the story, discussions are woven in on subjects such as caste or the management of water resources. Much of the book is written in terms of the three major forces of integration.These are "identitive" forces - bonds of language, ethnicity, religion or ideology; "utilitarian" forces - bonds of common material interests; and "coercion" - the institutional use or threat of physical violence. By studying these forces, Professor Chapman shows how the organization of territory - as states and empires, as monarchic realms and as representative democracies - has been central to the region's historic, cultural, linguistic and economic development. In doing so, he contends that the lynchpin of this region's story is a geopolitical one.
The Geopolitics of South Asia: From Early Empires to the Nuclear Age
| Author | : Graham Chapman |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 377 |
| Release | : 2018-10-22 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1351777270 |
Anyone who is planning on carrying out research in South Asia or indeed anyone who simply wishes to understand more about this cultural heartland should read this book. It shows how geological movements moulded the land of this unique cradle and how they still impact on it. Discussions are woven around the three major forces of integration. These are 'identitive' forces - bonds of language, ethnicity, religion or ideology; 'utilitarian' forces - bonds of common material interest, and 'coercion' - the institutional use or threat of physical violence. By studying these forces, Professor Chapman shows how the organization of territory has been central to the region's historic, cultural, linguistic and economic development. In addition to the material on the Northwest frontier, Afghanistan and Kashmir which was added for the second edition, the Northeastern borderlands are also now examined in this fully revised third edition. The current geopolitical state of the region is completely updated and greatly enhanced.
Mapping Place Names of India
| Author | : Anu Kapur |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 191 |
| Release | : 2019-03-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0429614217 |
This book is the first of its kind to chart the terrain of contemporary India’s many place names. It explores different ‘place connections’, investigates how places are named and renamed, and looks at the forces that are remaking the future place name map of India. Lucid and accessible, this book explores the bonds between names, places and people through a unique amalgamation of toponomy, history, mythology and political studies within a geographical expression. This volume addresses questions on the status and value of place names, their interpretation and classification. It brings to the fore the connections between place names and the cultural, geographical and historical significations they are associated with. This will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of geography, law, politics, history and sociology, and will also be of interest to policy-makers, administrators and the common reader interested in India.
Researches Into the History and Civilization of the Kirātas
| Author | : G. P. Singh |
| Publisher | : Gyan Publishing House |
| Total Pages | : 612 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9788121202817 |
The kiratas janapadas, kingdoms, principalities, urban culture, subjugation by the contemporary rulers, dynastic rule in northern India and Nepal, based on a large number of rare sources have received extensive and deep attention in a subtle and penetrating way. The author has brought to light several valuable facets relating. The work is based on interdisciplinary research. The author has critically examined the relevance of historical, anthropological and linguistic data. The work is of immense academic value not only for historians but also for anthropologists and linguists.
An Epic and Puranic Bibliography (up to 1985) Annotated and with Indexes
| Author | : Heinrich von Stietencron |
| Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 1116 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9783447030281 |
The Geopolitics of South Asia
| Author | : Graham P. Chapman |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 383 |
| Release | : 2016-03-09 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1317030435 |
Anyone who is planning on carrying out research in South Asia or indeed anyone who simply wishes to understand more about this cultural heartland should read this book. It shows how geological movements moulded the land of this unique cradle and how they still impact on it. Discussions are woven around the three major forces of integration. These are 'identitive' forces - bonds of language, ethnicity, religion or ideology; 'utilitarian' forces - bonds of common material interest, and 'coercion' - the institutional use or threat of physical violence. By studying these forces, Professor Chapman shows how the organization of territory has been central to the region's historic, cultural, linguistic and economic development. In addition to the material on the Northwest frontier, Afghanistan and Kashmir which was added for the second edition, the Northeastern borderlands are also now examined in this fully revised third edition. The current geopolitical state of the region is completely updated and greatly enhanced.
