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  • To Serve God in Holy Freedom

    The Brief Rebellion of the Nuns of the Royal Convent of Santa Mónica, Goa, India, 1731–1734

    by Daniel Michon, D. A. Smith ...
    This book presents one of the first accounts of Christianity in colonial India by a nun. Set in Goa in the early eighteenth century, this translation of Soror Magdalena’s account from Portuguese brings to life a watershed moment in the politics of Christian faith in early colonial India.The volume recounts the nuns’ rebellion against the then Archbishop of Goa, Dom Frei Ignaçio de Santa Teresa. In ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Archaeology and Religion in Early Northwest India

    History, Theory, Practice

    by Daniel Michon ...
    Series series Archaeology and Religion in South Asia
    This book explores the ways in which past cultures have been used to shape colonial and postcolonial cultural identities. It provides a theoretical framework to understand these processes, and offers illustrative case studies in which the agency of ancient peoples, rather than the desires of antiquarians and archaeologists, is brought to the fore. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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  • India

    A History

    by John Keay ...
    The British historian and author of Into India delivers "a history that is intelligent, incisive, and eminently readable" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Fully revised with forty thousand new words that take the reader up to present-day India, John Keay's India: A History spans five millennia in a sweeping narrative that tells the story of the peoples of the subcontinent, from their ancient ... Read more

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  • Omens and Superstitions of Southern India (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Folklore, Ritual Signs, Taboos, Charms, and Spirit Lore in Colonial South Indian Ethnography

    by Edgar Thurston, Romy Jasperwell ...
    Omens and Superstitions of Southern India is an ethnographic compendium cataloguing beliefs, ritual signs, divinatory practices, taboos, charms, spirit lore, and everyday auspicious or inauspicious customs across the region. Written in the descriptive prose of early twentieth-century anthropology, it combines anecdote, classification, and comparative observation. The book belongs to a colonial ... Read more

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  • The Modern Spirit of Asia

    The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India

    by Peter van der Veer ...
    A comparative look at religion and spirituality in postcolonial China and IndiaThe Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways. Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exploring how Western ... Read more

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  • History of India, Volume 5: The Mohammedan Period as Described by its Own Historians

    by Sir Henry Miers Elliot, Charles River Editors ...
    *Includes Table of ContentsSir Henry Miers Elliots History of India Volume 5: The Mohammedan Period as Described by its Own Historians discusses the Moslem conquest of India, from the 7th to 17th centuries. Among the historical accounts are Tamerlanes Account of His Invasion of India, and Babars memoirs. A table of contents is included. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • M48 Patton vs Centurion

    Indo-Pakistani War 1965

    by David R. Higgins ...
    Series Book 71 - Duel
    The British Centurion and the American M48 Patton, two leading tanks of the Cold War era, clashed in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War. Expert author David P. Higgins assesses the strengths and limitations of the two tanks and explores their clashes in the largest tank battles seen since 1945.The two countries' tank regiments, many of which shared a proud legacy in the British Indian Army, fought one ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • Gandhi

    by David Arnold ...
    Series series Profiles In Power
    Gandhi's is an extraordinary and compelling story. Few individuals in history have made so great a mark upon their times. And yet Gandhi never held high political office, commanded no armies and was not even a compelling orator. His 'power' therefore makes a particularly fascinating subject for investigation. David Arnold explains how and why the shy student and affluent lawyer became one of the ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • Nagarjuna in Context

    Mahayana Buddhism and Early Indian Culture

    by Joseph Walser ...
    Joseph Walser provides the first examination of Nagarjuna's life and writings in the context of the religious and monastic debates of the second century CE. Walser explores how Nagarjuna secured the canonical authority of Mahayana teachings and considers his use of rhetoric to ensure the transmission of his writings by Buddhist monks. Drawing on close textual analysis of Nagarjuna's writings and ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • India in the World Economy

    From Antiquity to the Present

    by Tirthankar Roy ...
    Series Book 10 - New Approaches to Asian History
    Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded convenient access to Asia and Africa as well as trading partnerships formed in the exchange of commodities ranging from textiles to military technology and from opium to indigo. In a journey across two thousand years, this enthralling book, written by a leading South Asian ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Last Sunset

    by Captain Amarinder Singh ...
    A comprehensive history of the Lahore Durbar, the glorious reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his exemplary organizational skills that led to forming of the formidable Sikh army and the fiercely fought Anglo Sikh wars. The Last Sunset: The Rise and Fall of the Lahore Durbar recreates history of the Sikh empire and its unforgettable ruler, Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Shukarchakia dynasty. An ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Letter to a Hindu

    by Leo Tolstoy ...

    $5.99 USD

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