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Origin & Development of Legal and Political System in India (3 vols)
H.S. Bhatia (ed.)
New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications, 1976. Vol 1: xxiv, 206p.; Vol
2: xvi, 220p.; Vol 3: xvi, 272p.
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First edition three-volume set. Hardbound w/ dust jackets. Some jacket
wear, otherwise excellent condition. The origin and development of the
legal and political system in India from ancient days through the
Mughal rule and British Raj is an untold story. Ancient and medieval
India's legal and political wisdom has remained clouded because of the
widespread notion that India was given a civilized rule of law and
sound political administration by the British. This pioneering and
remarkable three-volume set digs up a number of hidden landmarks in
the legal, political and military history of India, and projects them
in their proper perspective and importance. These volumes provide
rich, rare and authentic source material for a correct appraisal of
India's legal and political growth.
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Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Sotheby's auction catalogue, New York, Thursday, March 23, 1995.
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A beautiful, full-color, softbound catalogue, featuring: a Pala Black
Stone Stele of the Solar Deities; an Indian Red Sandstone Torso of a
Divinity; a Chandella Sandstone Figure of a King; a Singhalese
Gilt-bronze Figure of Hari-Hara; a Nepalese Gilt-copper Repousse
Figure of Durga; a Densatil Gilt-bronze Architectural Panel; an Early
Nyingma Thanka of Hayagriva; a Taglung Portrait Thanka; a Gyantze
Style Thanka of Vajrapani; a Penninsular Thai Gray Sandstone Torso of
Vishnu; a Mughal Painting of the Virgin and Child; Raja Bhup Singh in
Procession with His Wives; an Anglo-Indian Ivory-inlaid Travelling
Cabinet; a Large Indian Silver-overlaid Wood Shrine; much, much more.
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Bibliography of Indian Art, History and Archaeology: Volume 1 - Indian
Art
Compiled by Jagdish Chandra
Delhi: Delhi Printers Prakashan, 1978. 316p.
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First edition, hardbound w/ dust jacket. Some jacket wear, otherwise
very good condition. Dedicated to Anand K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947),
this volume is an essential reference for serious students of Indian
art. There is an enormous amount of literature available on Indian
art, and a comprehensive listing was not available until this book was
published. The bibliographic citations were painstakingly catalogued
by subject over the course of several years by Jagdish Chandra, who
received a Senior Research Fellowship to conduct this work.
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An Historical Atlas of the Indian Peninsula
C. Collin Davies
Madras: Oxford University Press, 1959. 96p.
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Second edition. Softbound. Lower right corner of cover is torn; first
7 leaves show signs of insect damage in the lower right corner.
Otherwise fine condition. Contains 47 important historical maps, each
with a one page narrative description. A sampling of maps in this
volume: Alexander the Great's Asiatic Empire; the Gupta Empira at the
close of the Fourth Century A.D.; the Empire of Muhammad bin Tughluq
in 1335; etc.
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Introduction to the Civilization of India: Tales and Romances from
Sanskrit Literature, and Supplementary Selections on Indian Thought
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1958. x, 154p.
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First edition, softbound. Some minor cover wear and remnant of price
sticker, otherwise very good condition. Part of a series of books on
Indian history for use in college courses. This volume includes: 1)
selections from the Brahmanas, older upanishads, suttanipata and
dharmasutras; 2) selections from Indian logic; 3) selected fables; 4)
tales and romances from ancient India.
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A Concise Elementary Grammar of the Sanskrit Language
Jan Gonda
Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, 1966. vii, 152p.
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Softbound, new condition. Translated from the German by Gordon B.
Ford, Jr.; exercises, reading selections and glossary by Jan Gonda.
First published in German in 1963, this volume was recognized
immediately as one of the best introductions to the Sanskrit language,
and was soon being used by students of linguistics throughout the
world. Ford's translation makes this important work accessible to
Anglo-American students and proves that it is possible to acquire a
solid command of the Sanskrit language in a very short time, either in
the classroom or through self-study.
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Sanskrit: A Complete Course for Beginners
Michael Coulson
Chicago: McGraw-Hill, 1992. xxvii, 513p. incl. Index.
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Softbound. Some cover wear, otherwise excellent condition. First
published in 1976, reprinted as part of McGraw-Hill's "Teach Yourself"
series. This course has been devised to enable you to read Indian
classics in the original. The carefully graded chapters explain
Sanskrit grammar and style with exceptional clarity. This is not only
an introduction to the literary language of India, but also a work
containing much original material on Sanskrit syntax and usage. It's
explanation of how to use Sanskrit commentaries is especially useful.
The text also includes an appendix on verse, extensive vocabularies
both into and out of Sanskrit and full keys to the exercises. The
second edition has the added benefit of a detailed index.
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Coins of Ancient India from the Earliest Times down to the Seventh
Century A.D.
A. Cunningham
New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1990. ix, 118p., 14 Plates.
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Hardbound, no dust jacket, excellent condition. Reprint of an
important reference work first published in 1891. Contents: Preface;
Early Names of Coins; Connection of Phoenicia and India; Assyria and
Babylon; Connection of India and Persia; Persia; Assyrian and
Babylonian Weights; Lydian System; Earliest Coinage; Talents of the
Ancient World; The Gandharian Alphabet; The Indian Alphabet; Coins of
Ancient India; Plates: Punch Coins, Taxila, Odumbara, Kuninda and
Kosambri, Yaudheya, Panchala, Mathura, Ayodhya, Ujain, Eran or
Erakaina, the Andhras of S. India, Nepal, Map.
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South Asian Civilizations: A Bibliographic Synthesis
Maureen L.P. Patterson, in collaboration with William J. Alspaugh
Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1981. xxxvii, 853p.
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Hardbound, no dust jacket. The upper edge of the book spine is tearing
away from the binding (about a half inch); otherwise, this book is in
excellent condition throughout. Patterson's Synthesis is an essential
general bibliography on all aspects of South Asia. Tens of thousands
of citations (700 pages of very small type) are organized into an
incredibly well-conceived outline of subject headings. The main body
of this work is followed by and author index and a very thorough
subject index. Most serious South Asia scholars keep this volume
within arms reach. For students and lay people venturing into deeper
study, this is the only bibliography you will need.
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Commentaries on the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita: The
Branches of India's Life-Tree
Sri Chinmoy
New York: Aum Publications, 1996. xvi, 254p.
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Softbound. Remnant of price sticker on back cover, otherwise new
condition. This book brings together in one volume Sri Chinmoy's
commentaries on the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, three
ancient Indian scriptures which are the foundations of Hindu spiritual
tradition. His approach is clear and practical, and at the same time
profound and richly poetic. In a style unmistakingly his own, Sri
Chinmoy makes direct personal contact with the reader, who joins him
on a journey through the wisdom of these celebrated classics.
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The Upanishads: Texts, Translations and Commentaries
Sri Aurobindo
Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1996. 466p. incl. Index.
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Softbound, new condition. This volume comprises Sri Aurobindo's final
translations of and commentaries on every Upanishad or other Vedantic
text he worked on. Sri Aurobindo began translating and writing on the
Upanishads around 1900--several years before he took up yoga--and he
continued this work for more than two decades. During this period his
interpretation of these ancient writings underwent considerable
development. For this reason, translations and commentaries done
before 1910 and those he did afterwords have been placed in separate
sections of this book. A third section contains incomplete and
fragmentary work from both periods. Since the organizing principle of
this volume has been the degree of perfection to which Sri Aurobindo
carried his work on each text he took up, the traditional order of the
Upanishads has not been followed.
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The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna's Counsel in Time of War
Translated by Barbara Stoler Miller
New York: Bantam Books, 1986. 167p.
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Trade paperback. Price sticker on back, otherwise very good
condition.The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu
culture in India since the time of its composition in the first
century A.D. This verse translation by Sanskrit scholar Barbara Stoler
Miller, includes and introduction and an Afterword on Thoreau's
response to the Gita.