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Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History: A Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy (Paperback)

Shrouded in poetry the earliest accounts of Hindu astronomy can strike modern readers as obscure. They involve the marriage of the moon to twenty-seven princesses a war between gods and giants and shadows that give birth to planets. In this fascinating... more

The gospel in South India : or the religious life experience and character of the Hindu Christians 1880 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare Biblio�... more

Pre-Owned The Demon s Daughter: A Love Story from South India (Suny Series in Hindu Studies) Paperback

9780791466964. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Annotated. Language: English. Pages: 138. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 138 p. Contains: Unspecified. Suny Hindu Studies. This sixteenth-century work has a modern sensibility presenting... more

The gospel in South India : or The religious life experience and character of the Hindu Christians 1880 [Hardcover]

{Size: 12.43 x 18.78 cms} Lang: - English Pages 254 Print on Demand. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back [1880]. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated... more

Routledge Studies in South Asian Politic Electoral Politics and Hindu Nationalism in India: The Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1951-1971 (Hardcover)

This book analyses the rise and growth of the Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Jana Sangh in post independent India tracking the electoral journey of the party from 1951 to 1971. Offering a comprehensive analysis of the party Bharatiya Jana Sangh -... more

Evolution of Hindu Administrative Institutions in South India (Hardcover)

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Pre-Owned New Homelands: Hindu Communities in Mauritius Guyana Trinidad South Africa Fiji and East Africa (Hardcover) 0195391640 9780195391640

When the colonial slave trade and then slavery itself were abolished early in the 19th century the British empire brazenly set up a new system of trade using Indian rather than African laborers. The new system of indentured labor was supposed to be... more

Native Life in South India; Being Sketches of the Social and Religious Characteristics of the Hindus (Paperback)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Dialogues in South Asian Traditions: Rel Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue: Self and No-Self (Hardcover)

The debates between various Buddhist and Hindu philosophical systems about the existence definition and nature of self occupy a central place in the history of Indian philosophy and religion. These debates concern various issues: what self means... more

Native life in South India; being sketches of the social and religious characteristics of the Hindus by the Rev. Henry Rice (1892) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1892 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index... more

Pre-Owned India and South-East Asia: The Buddhist and Hindu Tradition (Paperback) 0823003809 9780823003808

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Beyond Turk and Hindu: Rethinking Religious Identities in Islamicate South Asia [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if... more

Pre-Owned Banaras Reconstructed: Architecture and Sacred Space in a Hindu Holy City (Global South Asia) Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in good condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help. ISBN-10: 0295741996 ISBN-13:... more

The Making of a Modern Temple and a Hindu City (Hardcover)

Kalighat is said to be the oldest and most potent Hindu pilgrimage site in the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It is home to the dark goddess Kali in her ferocious form and attracts thousands of worshipers a day many sacrificing goats at her feet.... more

Studies in Legal History: Prison and Plantation: Crime Justice and Authority in Massachusetts and South Carolina 1767-1878 (Paperback)

This broad comparative study examines the social economic and legal contexts of crime and authority in two vastly different states over a one hundred year period. Massachusetts--an urban industrial and heterogeneous northern state--chose the... more

Routledge Hindu Studies A Woman s Ramayana (Hardcover)

The R�m�yana an ancient epic of India with audiences across vast stretches of time and geography continues to influence numberless readers socially and morally through its many re-tellings. Made available in English for the first time the 16th... more

Mary Stuart s Fortune and End: The Monastery & The Abbot (Tales from Benedictine Sources) - Illustrated: Historical Novels

The Monastery: A Romance is one of Scott s Tales from Benedictine Sources and is set in the time of Mary Queen of Scots and the Elizabethan period. The action is centered on the Monastery of Kennaquhair probably based on Melrose Abbey in south east... more

Oxford History of Hinduism Hindu Diasporas (Hardcover)

Hindu Diasporas presents the histories and religious traditions of Hindus with a South Asian ancestral background living outside of South Asia. Hinduism is a global religion with a significant presence in many countries throughout the world. The most... more

Cambridge South Asian Studies Saints Goddesses and Kings: Muslims and Christians in South Indian Society 1700-1900 Book 43 (Hardcover)

South India is often portrayed as a land of Hindu orthodoxy yet in fact three great world religions have interacted in the region over many centuries. This book uses a powerful combination of oral literary and architectural evidence to investigate the... more

Suny Hindu Studies: The Festival of Indra (Hardcover)

Details the textual and performative history of the South Asian festival of Indra and its role in the development of classical Hinduism. more

The Holy Spirit The Church and Christian Unity: Proceedings of the Consultation Held at the Monastery of Bose Italy (14-20 October 2002)

This volume publishes the papers delivered at a Consultation that was held at the Monastery of Bose Italy (14-20 October 2002) and organised by the Cardinal Suenens Center of Cleveland. Twenty visiting scholars from Europe North America and South... more

Pre-Owned The Home of Dancing Sivan: The Traditions of the Hindu Temple in Citamparam (Oxford Early Christian Studies (Paperback)) Paperback

The Home of Dancing Sivan is an inquiry into the traditions of the Citamparam temple in South India the only Hindu temple where the image of Sivan as Natarajan the dancer is the central focus of worship. Younger begins with the living traditions... more

The Caste System of the Hindus (Paperback)

First published in 1872 this classic study of the caste system in India remains a valuable resource for scholars and students of South Asian history and culture. Drawing on ancient texts and contemporary observations Sourindro Mohun Tagore explores the... more

Burning the Dead : Hindu Nationhood and the Global Construction of Indian Tradition (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

Burning the Dead traces the evolution of cremation in India and the South Asian diaspora across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Through interconnected histories of movement space identity and affect it examines how the so-called traditional... more

Pre-Owned Banaras Reconstructed: Architecture and Sacred Space in a Hindu Holy City (Hardcover 9780295741604) by Madhuri Desai

9780295741604. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 304. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white Illustrations color Maps. Global South Asia. Between the late sixteenth and early... more

Routledge Hindu Studies Textual Authority in Classical Indian Thought: Ramanuja and the Vishnu Purana (Hardcover)

Theistic Ved�nta originated with R�m�nuja (1077-1157) who was one of the foremost theologians of Viśist�dvaita Ved�nta and also an initiate of the Śrīvaisnava sectarian tradition in South India. As devotees of the God Visnu and his consort... more

Pre-Owned Burning the Dead: Hindu Nationhood and Global Construction of Indian Tradition (Hardcover 9780520379343) by David Arnold

9780520379343. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 268. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 268 p. Burning the Dead traces the evolution of cremation in India and the South Asian diaspora across the nineteenth and twentieth... more

Democracy and Dictatorship in South Asia: Dominant Classes and Political Outcomes in India Pakistan and Bangladesh (Hardcover)

In reaction to British imperialism during the 19th and 20th centuries Indian Muslims and Hindus imagined and invented their separate and distinct religious communities and communal nationalisms. These were institutionalized in the subcontinent s... more

Violence of Democracy : Interparty Conflict in South India (Hardcover)

Ruchi Chaturvedi examines a decades-long conflict between Marxist and Hindu political parties in South India to illuminate how representative democracies can foster majoritarian violence. more

Violence of Democracy : Interparty Conflict in South India (Paperback)

Ruchi Chaturvedi examines a decades-long conflict between Marxist and Hindu political parties in South India to illuminate how representative democracies can foster majoritarian violence. more

The Vermilion Bird : T ang Images of the South (Paperback)

The Vermilion Bird attempts to recover the actual character of the monsoon realms of T ang-a scattering of palisaded garrisons isolated monasteries and commercial towns all surrounded by dark haunted woods. The soldiers administrato rs colonists and... more

Global South Asians: Passages Through India: Indian Gurus Western Disciples and the Politics of Indophilia 1890-1940 (Hardcover)

Passages Through India offers a study of the phenomenon of Western Indophilia: romanticised engagements around Hindu ideas of India. It argues that affective practices cultivated between major Indian guru-figures (Gandhi Tagore and Vivekananda) and... more

South Indian Customs

About the Book:-Through this work the author has made a noble attempt to deal with various social customs prevalent in Southern India. Not even a single one of the Hindu customs however minor and unpretentious they might be all have a sound and solid... more

Hinduism and the Diaspora : A South African Narrative (Hardcover)

The book explores how Hinduism arrived in South Africa and has flourished in the last century and a half. It is a narrative of indentured Indians who arrived in Natal in 1860 and propagated the Hindu religion in Southern Africa for the first time. The... more

Possessed by the Virgin: Hinduism Roman Catholicism and Marian Possession in South India (Paperback)

In the early 1980s in a rural village in South India a Dalit woman miscarried. She hovered on the edge of death--until the Virgin Mary led her to a chapel and possessed her. For years hundreds of ailing Catholics and Hindus came to this woman for... more

Library of Islamic South Asia Shi ism in Kashmir: A History of Sunni-Shia Rivalry and Reconciliation (Paperback)

When Muslim rule in Kashmir ended in 1820 Sikh and later Hindu Dogra Rulers gained power but the country was still largely influenced by Sunni religious orthodoxy. This book traces the impact of Sunni power on Shi i society and how this changed during... more

Love s Subtle Magic: An Indian Islamic Literary Tradition 1379-1545 (Hardcover)

The encounter between Muslim and Hindu remains one of the defining issues of South Asian society today. It began as early as the 8th century and the first Muslim kingdom in India the Sultanate of Delhi was established at the end of the 12th century.... more

Pre-Owned Cultural Anthropology : Tribes 9781442265417

Cultural Anthropology provides students with the anthropological tools to question and understand their own culture and the world. Key updates for the sixth edition include a shorter length and more streamlined focus China and Hindu South Asia combined... more