Historical Dictionary of Ancient India
Title | Historical Dictionary of Ancient India PDF eBook |
Author | Kumkum Roy |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 490 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | India |
ISBN | 0810853663 |
India's history and culture is ancient and dynamic, spanning back to the beginning of human civilization. Beginning with a mysterious culture along the Indus River and in farming communities in the southern lands of India, the history of India is punctuated by constant integration with migrating peoples and with the diverse cultures that surround the country. Placed in the center of Asia, history in India is a crossroads of cultures from China to Europe, as well as the most significant Asian connection with the cultures of Africa. The Historical Dictionary of Ancient India provides information ranging from the earliest Paleolithic cultures in the Indian subcontinent to 1000 CE. The ancient history of this country is related in this book through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on rulers, bureaucrats, ancient societies, religion, gods, and philosophical ideas.
Historical Dictionary of Medieval India
Title | Historical Dictionary of Medieval India PDF eBook |
Author | Iqtidar Alam Khan |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | 194 |
Release | 2008-04-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0810864010 |
The medieval period of Indian history is difficult to define clearly. It may be perceived as the long phase of India's transition from the ancient to the immediately pre-colonial times. The latter period would naturally be imagined commencing from Vasco da Gama's voyage round the Cape of Good Hope in 1498, or, alternatively, the establishment of the Mughal empire (1526). More definitely though, the renewed Islamic advance into north India, roughly from 1000 A.D. onwards leading to the rise of the Delhi Sultanate (1206), can be held to mark, in political and cultural terms, the beginning of the medieval period. For the purpose of the Historical Dictionary of Medieval India, the period from 1000 A.D. to 1526 A.D. will be considered India's medieval times. The turbulent history of this period is told through the book's chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on key people, historical geography, arts, institutions, events, and other important terms.
Historical Dictionary of India
Title | Historical Dictionary of India PDF eBook |
Author | Surjit Mansingh |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | 879 |
Release | 2006-05-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0810865025 |
The Republic of India is the second most populous, the seventh largest by geographical area, and has the fourth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity in the world. While it has always been an important country, it has often been neglected. Of late, however, there has been much talk of the 'new' India, one with greater economic dynamism, a more active foreign policy, and the emergence of a huge middle class. With over a hundred new cross-referenced dictionary entries-the majority of which pertain to the last decade-and updating others, the second edition of the Historical Dictionary of India illustrates the rapidly evolving situation without neglecting the country's ancient past. The chronology has been brought up to date, the introduction expanded, and the bibliography includes numerous new titles.
Historical Dictionary of Hinduism
Title | Historical Dictionary of Hinduism PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffery D. Long |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | 391 |
Release | 2011-09-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0810879603 |
The Historical Dictionary of Hinduism relates the history of Hinduism through a chronology, an introductory essay, photos, an extensive bibliography, and over 1,000 cross referenced dictionary entries on Hindu terminology, names of major historical figures and movements, gods and goddesses, prominent temples, terms for items used in Hindu practice, major texts, philosophical concepts, and more. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Hinduism.
Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis
Title | Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis PDF eBook |
Author | Kunal Chakrabarti |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | 605 |
Release | 2013-08-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0810880245 |
The Bengali (Bangla) speaking people are located in the northeastern part of South Asia, particularly in Bangladesh and two states of India – West Bengal and Tripura. There are almost 246 million Bengalis at present, which makes them the fifth largest speech community in the world. Despite political and social divisions, they share a common literary and musical culture and several habits of daily existence which impart to them a distinct identity. The Bengalis are known for their political consciousness and cultural accomplishments The Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis provides an overview of the Bengalis across the world from the earliest Chalcolithic cultures to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 750 cross-referenced dictionary entries on politicians, educators and entrepreneurs, leaders of religious and secular institutions, writers, painters, actors and other cultural figures, and more generally, on the economy, education, political parties, religions, women and minorities, literature, art and architecture, music, cinema and other major sectors. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Bengalis.
A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food
Title | A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food PDF eBook |
Author | K. T. Achaya |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 347 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 9780195658682 |
An alphabetical listing of Indian food materials, cuisines and recipes of India, and the health aspects of the foods, which makes reference to the literature, archaeology, historical writing, botany and genetics of India.
A dictionary of Indian history
Title | A dictionary of Indian history PDF eBook |
Author | Sachchidananda Bhattacharya |
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Total Pages | |
Release | 1977 |
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