Books
India & The World Area Studies
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RAMA-LEGENDS AND RAMA-RELIEFS IN INDONESIA
ISBN : 81-7017-251-9Edited By :Willem Stutterheim, C. D. Paliwal and R. P. Jain
(1988, xxx+296pp., b&w plates, notes, bibl., index)
Rs.600.00The work, first published in 1925 in the series Der indische Kulturkreis in Einzeldarstellungen (in German), has been considered a classic, but has not been easily accessible to the English reading public. The publication of the English translation opens up many new vistas of exploration…Read More
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THE ART OF INDONESIA
ISBN : 97889350501771Edited By :Bachchan Kumar
(2014, xxiii + 224 pp.index, bibl., Illus. col. 99)
Rs.1,100.00The present book, Art of Indonesia, contains selected research papers presented at the International Conference on the Art of Indonesia organized by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi…Read More
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ACROSS THE HIMALAYAN GAP : AN INDIAN QUEST FOR UNDERSTANDING CHINA
ISBN : 81-212-0585-9Edited By :Tan Chung
(1998, xxvi+553pp., col. and b&w illus.)
Rs.1,200.00This book is the fruition of Step 1 of a project launched by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) whic is a premier Indian research institution dedicated to a holistic understanding world civilization and to the promotion…Read More
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ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA
ISBN : 978-81-7305-408-2Edited By :BACHCHAN KUMAR
(2011, xvi+116pp.index, bibl., illus. col.29, b/w 17)
Rs.1,100.00Art and Archaeology of South-East Asia is an outcome of two consecutive seminars organized by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. It has eleven selected studies on South-East Asia by eminent scholars of the subject…Read More
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Barabudur – Sketch of a History of Buddhism based on Archaeological criticism of the texts
ISBN : 81-207-1784-8Edited By :Paul Mus, Alexander W. Macdonald
(1998, xxix+354 pp., col. and b&w plates, index)
Rs.700.00The work presents a profound and far-reaching analysis of the ideas, religious aspirations and building techniques which contributed to the creation of one of the largest Buddhist edifices in the world. This book is not a history of the famous Javanese monument nor is it a history of Buddhism…Read More
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DUNHUANG ART : THROUGH THE EYES OF DUAN WENJIE
ISBN : 81-7017-313-2Edited By :Tan Chung
(1994, 456pp., line drawings, col. and b&w illus., bibl., index)
Rs.1,500.00Dunhuang although internationally known is infrequently visited. The Mogao shrine at Dunhuang is a cluster of 492 caves, containing 45,000 square metres of frescoes and 2,415 stucco statues. This is a precious art heritage of the world…Read More
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Glimpses of Early Indo-Indonesian Culture – Collected Papers of Himanshu Bhushan Sarkar
ISBN : 81-7305-182-8Edited By :BACHCHAN KUMAR
(2001, xlvi+314pp., bibl., index.)
Rs.1,100.00Indonesia has close cultural relations with India since the beginning of Christian era. Indian culture influenced Indonesia to a great extent in shaping its society, religion, customs, beliefs, art and architecture, specially during the pre-Islamic period…Read More
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ICONOGRAPHY OF AVALOKITESVARA IN MAINLAND SOUTH EAST ASIA
ISBN : 81-7305-182-8-0Edited By :Nandana Chutiwongs
(2001, xlvi+314pp., bibl., index.)
Rs.1,100.00This book contains a life-long study by the author on the concept and configuration of one of the best loved religious figures in Asia. It is based on the data extensively acquired from inscriptional and other archaeological evidences…Read More
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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ZUANZANG: TAN YUN-SHAN AND INDIA
ISBN : 81-212-0630-8Edited By :Tan Chung
(1999, xxviii+251pp)
Rs.750.00Gurudeva Rabindranath Tagore has become a “multi-national” in the sense that he has authored the National Anthem of two separate sovereign countries — India and Bangla Desh,…Read More
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SOCIAL IDENTITIES IN REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA
ISBN : 0-333-92947-0Edited By :MADHAVAN K. PALAT
(2001, xv+246pp., gloss., index)
This volume explores the crisis of identity that faced Russia before and after the Revolution. The essays discuss how a re-evaluation of national identity challenged widely held ideas and rocked traditional institutions such as the Church. Local notables, peasants, artists and the intelligentsia all gorged new identities in relation to their own perceptions of ”Russia”…Read More