Author : Kern Institute,E.C.L. During Caspers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400962712
India Maior
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India Maior
Author : Jacob Ensink,Peter Gaeffke
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : India
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
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India in the Indian Ocean World
Author : Rila Mukherjee
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9789811665813
India in the Indian Ocean World by Rila Mukherjee Pdf
The book integrates the latest scholarly literature on the entire Indian Ocean region, from East Africa to China. Issues such as India's history, India’s changing status in the region, and India's cross-cultural networking over a long period are explored in this book. It is organized in specific themes in thirteen chapters. It incorporates a wealth of research on India’s strategic significance in the Indian Ocean arena throughout history. It enriches the reader's understanding of the emergence of the Indian Ocean basin as a global arena for cross-cultural networking and nation-building. It discusses issues of trade and commerce, the circulation of ideas, peoples and objects, and social and religious themes, focusing on Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. The book provides a refreshingly different survey of India’s connected history in the Indian Ocean region starting from the archaeological record and ending with the coming of empire. The author’s unique experience, combined with an engaging writing style, makes the book highly readable. The book contributes to the field of global history and is of great interest to researchers, policymakers, teachers, and students across the fields of political, cultural, and economic history and strategic studies.
India Maior
Author : J. Ensink,P. Gaeffke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:469105189
India Maior by J. Ensink,P. Gaeffke Pdf
India and Indology
Author : William Norman Brown,American Institute of Indian Studies
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : India
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
India and Indology by William Norman Brown,American Institute of Indian Studies Pdf
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume VII
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1544 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400884568
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume VII by Anonim Pdf
The concluding volume of a critical English edition of the monumental Indian epic The seventh and final book of the monumental Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, the Uttarakāṇḍa, brings the epic saga to a close with an account of the dramatic events of King Rāma's millennia-long reign. It opens with a colorful history of the demonic race of the rākṣasas and the violent career of Rāma’s villainous foe Rāvaṇa, and later recounts Rāma’s grateful discharge of his allies in the great war at Lankā as well as his romantic reunion with his wife Sītā. But dark clouds gather as Rāma, confronted by scandal over Sītā’s time in captivity under the lustful Rāvaṇa, makes the agonizing decision to banish his beloved wife, now pregnant. As Rāma continues as king, marvelous tales and events unfurl, illustrating the benefits of righteous rule and the perils that await monarchs who fail to address the needs of their subjects. The Uttarakāṇḍa has long served as a point of social and religious controversy largely for its accounts of the banishment of Sītā, as well as of Rāma’s killing of a low-caste ascetic. The translators’ introduction provides a full discussion of these issues and the complex reception history of the Uttarakāṇḍa. This translation of the critical edition also includes exhaustive notes and a comprehensive bibliography.
King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India
Author : Kauṭalya
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199891825
King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India by Kauṭalya Pdf
King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India presents an English translation of Kautilya's Arthashastra (AS.) along with detailed endnotes. When it was discovered in 1923, the Arthashastra was described as perhaps the most precious work in the whole range of Sanskrit literature, an assessment that still rings true. This new translation of this significant text, the first in close to half a century takes into account a number of important advances in our knowledge of the texts, inscriptions, and archeological and art historical remains from the period in Indian history to which the AS. belongs (2nd-3rd century CE, although parts of it may be much older). The text is what we would today call a scientific treatise. It codifies a body of knowledge handed down in expert traditions. It is specifically interested in two things: first, how a king can expand his territory, keep enemies at bay, enhance his external power, and amass riches; second, how a king can best organize his state bureaucracy to consolidate his internal power, to suppress internal enemies, to expand the economy, to enhance his treasury through taxes, duties, and entrepreneurial activities, to keep law and order, and to settle disputes among his subjects. The book is accordingly divided into two sections: the first encompassing Books 1-5 deals with internal matters, and the second spanning Books 6-14 deals with external relations and warfare. The AS. stands alone: there is nothing like it before it and there is nothing after it-if there were other textual productions within that genre they are now irretrievably lost. Even though we know of many authors who preceded Kautilya, none of their works have survived the success of the AS. Being "textually" unique makes it difficult to understand and interpret difficult passages and terms; we cannot look to parallels for help. The AS. is also unique in that, first, it covers such a vast variety of topics and, second, it presents in textual form expert traditions in numerous areas of human and social endeavors that were handed down orally. Expert knowledge in diverse fields communicated orally from teacher to pupil, from father to son, is here for the first time codified in text. These fields include: building practices of houses, forts, and cities; gems and gemology; metals and metallurgy; mining, forestry and forest management; agriculture; manufacture of liquor; animal husbandry, shipping, and the management of horses and elephants- and so on. Finally, it is also unique in presenting a viewpoint distinctly different from the Brahmanical "party line" we see in most ancient Indian documents.
Being Priest in India: A Manifesto
Author : George Thadathil
Publisher : George Thadathil
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Being Priest in India: A Manifesto by George Thadathil Pdf
Priesthood is the mainstay of all major religions. Religious Practices are the prerogative of the ordained ministers or those considered of a priestly class/community. Being Priest in India is an exploration into the contours of 'self-understanding' that revolves around Roman Catholic Priesthood exercised in Indian culture specific context. The integration of a philosophical and theological understanding of 'being priest' with the context-specific realities - cultural diversity, income disparity, and community consciousness leading to stratification along ethnic, linguistic and regional identities. The work is intended as a personal manifesto of a choice one makes to 'serve society' to create harmony by widening the notion of 'being human'. In times of 'boundary demarcations' between communities, the project of creating Basic Human Communities is the call/duty/responsibility that challenges a priest.
Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India
Author : Adam Bowles
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789047422600
Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India by Adam Bowles Pdf
This book is a close study of the Āpaddharmaparvan which situates it within its context in the great Sanskrit epic the Mahābhārata and within Indian political and social thought, and explores the relationship of its didacticism to the broader literary context of the Mahābhārata.
Sundaland: Tracing The Cradle of Civilizations
Author : Dhani Irwanto
Publisher : INDONESIA HYDRO MEDIA
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786027244931
Sundaland: Tracing The Cradle of Civilizations by Dhani Irwanto Pdf
Sundaland is a bio-geographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the Sunda Shelf, the part of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the Last Ice Age. It included the Malay Peninsula on the Asian mainland, as well as the large islands of Kalimantan, Java and Sumatera, and their surrounding islands. Sundaland is in the tropics, surrounded by oceans, and within the Ring of Fire. Benefitting from the heavy precipitation, volcanic deposits in Sundaland develop into some of the richest forestry and agricultural lands, and developed into some of the richest fauna on Earth. The vast majority of scholars accept that every living human being is descended from a small group in Africa, who then dispersed into the wider world. Archaeological and fossil evidence support an early migration of modern humans left Africa and followed the coastlines of Africa, Arabia, India and Sundaland. After migrating from the semi-deserted savannas of Africa, man first found a place in Sundaland where food was abundant and it was there that they left hunter-gatherer culture and invented farming, agriculture, trading and civilization, which made humanity first flourished. All this took place during the Last Glacial period. The sea levels continued to rise gradually to peak levels about 5,500 years ago, causing land loss on tropical coasts with flat continental shelves. Cracks in the earth’s crust as the weight of the ice shifted to the seas set off catastrophic events compounded by earthquakes, volcano eruptions, super waves and floods drowned the coastal cultures and all the flat continental shelves of Southeast Asia, and wiped out many populations. As the sea rolled in, there was a mass migration from the sinking continent. Genetic studies show that there has been a sharp decline in the population of the world, and population turnovers from Southeast, East and South Asia to Europe, Near East and the Caucasus beginning at the the end of the Younger Dryas period. The Younger Dryas disasters are also documented as legends, myths or tales in almost every region on Earth, observable with tremendous similarities. They are common across a wide range of cultures, extending back into Bronze Age and Neolithic prehistory. The overwhelming consistency among legends and myths of flood and the repopulation of man from a flood hero similar to the Noah Flood are found in distant parts of the Earth. The myths similar to the Garden of Eden, Paradise or Divine Land echo among the populations around the world. Memories of their origin are documented in their legends, such as the stories of Atlantis, Neserser, Land of Punt, Land of Ophir, Kumari Kandam, Kangdez and Taprobana. Pyramids spread in many parts of the world and emerged separately from one another by oceans who supposedly never discovered each other’s existence. Those indicate that they were derived from a common origin. Further, scholastic belief by etymologists and linguists are positive that all world languages sprang from a common source.
Taprobana: Classical Knowledge of an Island in the Opposite-Earth
Author : Dhani Irwanto
Publisher : INDONESIA HYDRO MEDIA
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786027244979
Taprobana: Classical Knowledge of an Island in the Opposite-Earth by Dhani Irwanto Pdf
Taprobana is the historical name for an island of the Antichthones (“opposite-world”), in the Eastern Sea, described by some Roman classic writers. Claudius Ptolemy described Taprobana in his Geographia, written about 150 CE, a relatively large island south of continental Asia and straddling the equator. Ptolemy also supplies a mass of information, including its coasts, the names of the headlands, rivers and seaport towns, the names of many cities and tribes in the interior, with coordinates. There have been primary subject of debates over Taprobana. Each succeeding generation has read vague descriptions of the island left by their predecessors, and wrangled over what their predecessors really meant. Some scholars consider it to be a wild misinterpretation of any one of several islands, including Sumatera and Sri Lanka. In the end, it is impossible to assign a single place with all of the qualities that have been labeled with the name Taprobana over the ages. After gathering abundance evidence, the author finally proofs that Taprobana is actually the Kalimantan Island (English: Borneo), an island at the geographic center of Maritime Southeast Asia.
Shankara and Indian Philosophy
Author : Natalia Isayeva
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438407623
Shankara and Indian Philosophy by Natalia Isayeva Pdf
According to Advaita-Vedanta, God or Brahman is identical with the inner self (the Atman) of each person, while the rest of the world is nothing but objective illusion (maya). Shankara maintains that there are two primary levels of existence and knowledge: the higher knowledge that is Brahman itself, and the relative, limited knowledge, regarded as the very texture of the universe. Consequently, the task of a human being is to reach the absolute unity and the reality of Brahman—in other words, to reach the innermost self within his or her own being, discarding on the way all temporary characteristics and attributes.
The Church History of Rufinus of Aquileia, Books 10 and 11
Author : Rufinus
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 9780195110319
The Church History of Rufinus of Aquileia, Books 10 and 11 by Rufinus Pdf
Books 1-9 comprised a translation of Eusebius' history. This volume contains books 10 and 11, Rufinus' own continuation which covers the period 325-395. As the first Latin history, this work exerted great influence over scholarship of the Western Church.
Alexander's Campaign in Southern Punjab
Author : Pierre Herman Leonard Eggermont
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9068314998
Alexander's Campaign in Southern Punjab by Pierre Herman Leonard Eggermont Pdf
(Peeters 1993)
Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Author : M. Nagatomi,Bimal K. Matilal,J. Moussaieff Masson,E. Dimock
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400989412
Sanskrit and Indian Studies by M. Nagatomi,Bimal K. Matilal,J. Moussaieff Masson,E. Dimock Pdf
From the Subhdsitaratnakosa, Verse No. 1729: vahati na pural) kascit pasclill na ko 'py anuyati mam na ca navapadak~ul)l)o marga!) katham nv aham ekaka!) bhavatu viditam purvavyu.