India And The Subcontinent
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Author | : Burjor Avari |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2016-07-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317236734 |
India: The Ancient Past provides a clear and systematic introduction to the cultural, political, economic, social and geographical history of ancient India from the time of the pre-Harappan culture nine thousand years ago up until the beginning of the second millennium of the Common Era. The book engages with methodological and controversial issues by examining key themes such as the Indus-Sarasvati civilization, the Aryan controversy, the development of Vedic and heterodox religions, and the political economy and social life of ancient Indian kingdoms. This fully revised and updated second edition includes: Three new chapters examining the differences and commonalities between the north and south of India; Extended discussion on contested issues, such as the origins of the Aryans and the role of feudalism in ancient India; New source excerpts to introduce students to the most significant works in the historiography of India, and questions for discussion; Study guides, including a list of key issues, suggested readings and a selection of internet sources for each chapter; Specially designed maps to illustrate different time periods and geographical regions This richly illustrated guide provides a fascinating account of the early development of Indian culture and civilization that will appeal to all students of Indian history.
Author | : A.K. Jain |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2020-04-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3030428451 |
This books documents the salient characters of the tectonic evolution of the Indian subcontinent. It showcases the well investigated subcontinent of Gondwana. The book is linked to an updated geological and tectonic map of this region on 1:12,000,000 in scale. The Indian subcontinent displays almost uninterrupted and unique the geological history since about Eo-Archean (~3800 Ma) to recent, with the development of many Proterozoic deformed and metamorphosed fold belts around Archean nuclei, and enormously thick undeformed platform deposits. After their stabilization during late Proterozoic, the subcontinent underwent Paleozoic rifting and deposition of coal-bearing thick sequences, followed by enormously-thick outpouring of Deccan volcanics as a consequence of huge mantle plume. The youngest event in its evolution is the Cenozoic Himalayan Orogenic Mountains, spanning the area between Nanga Parbat and Namcha Barwah; a part of which extends both in Pakistan and Myanmar.
Author | : Dhavendra Kumar |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 611 |
Release | : 2012-09-15 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 140202231X |
The Indian subcontinent is a vast land mass inhabited by over one billion people. Its rich and varied history is reflected by its numerous racial and ethnic groups and its distinct religious, cultural and social characteristics. Like many developing countries in Asia, it is passing through both demographic and epidemiological transitions whereby, at least in some parts, the diseases of severe poverty are being replaced by those of Westemisation; obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, for example. Indeed, as we move into the new millennium India has become a land of opposites; on the one hand there is still extensive poverty yet, on the other hand, some of the most remarkable developments in commerce and technology in Asia are taking place, notably in the fields of information technology and biotechnology. India has always fascinated human geneticists and a considerable amount of work has been done towards tracing the origins of its different ethnic groups. In the current excitement generated by the human genome project and the molecular and genetic approach to the study of human disease, there is little doubt that this field will develop and flourish in India in the future. Although so far there are limited data about genetic diseases in India, enough is known already to suggest that this will be an extremely fruitful area of research.
Author | : Valmik Thapar |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780520214705 |
Showcases the diversity and beauty of the animals sharing the tiger's domain and documents the strain that modern and urban values place on India's ecosystems
Author | : Paul Mason |
Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2009-01-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780761431787 |
The Indian subcontinent has been a hot spot since 1947 when India and Pakistan were formed. Since then, they have been in conflict over religion and land. There are other conflict zones in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The Indian Subcontinent tells the story of this region and the conflicts between its nations and its peoples. Book jacket.
Author | : Pranay Lal |
Publisher | : Random House India |
Total Pages | : 639 |
Release | : 2016-12-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9385990365 |
Few places have been as influential as the Indian subcontinent in shaping the course of life on Earth. Yet its evolution has remained largely unchronicled. Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent fills this gap. From the oldest rocks, formed three billion years ago in Karnataka, to the arrival of our ancestors 50,000 years ago on the banks of the Indus, the author meticulously sifts through wide-ranging scientific disciplines and through the layers of earth to tell us the story of India, filled with a variety of fierce reptiles, fantastic dinosaurs, gargantuan mammals and amazing plants. Beautifully produced in full colour, with a rare collection of images, illustrations and maps, Indica is full of fascinating, lesser-known facts. It shows us how every piece of rock and inch of soil is a virtual museum, and how, over billions of years, millions of spectacular creatures have reproduced, walked and lived over and under it.
Author | : Yasmin Khan |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199753490 |
"First published in Great Britain in 2015 as The Raj at War by The Bodley Head"--Title page verso.
Author | : Sonali Deraniyagala |
Publisher | : McClelland & Stewart |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2013-03-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0771025386 |
A brave, intimate, beautifully crafted memoir by a survivor of the tsunami that struck the Sri Lankan coast in 2004 and took her entire family. On December 26, Boxing Day, Sonali Deraniyagala, her English husband, her parents, her two young sons, and a close friend were ending Christmas vacation at the seaside resort of Yala on the south coast of Sri Lanka when a wave suddenly overtook them. She was only to learn later that this was a tsunami that devastated coastlines through Southeast Asia. When the water began to encroach closer to their hotel, they began to run, but in an instant, water engulfed them, Sonali was separated from her family, and all was lost. Sonali Deraniyagala has written an extraordinarily honest, utterly engrossing account of the surreal tragedy of a devastating event that all at once ended her life as she knew it and her journey since in search of understanding and redemption. It is also a remarkable portrait of a young family's life and what came before, with all the small moments and larger dreams that suddenly and irrevocably ended.
Author | : Anita Ganeri |
Publisher | : Creative Company |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2005-07-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781583406021 |
Chronicles the upheavals that have made this part of the world a battleground for centuries.
Author | : Annemarie Schimmel |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2022-02-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004492992 |