Author: T. V. Mahalingam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
A Topographical List of Inscriptions in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala States: South Arcot District
Author: T. V. Mahalingam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
A Topographical List of Inscriptions in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala States: South Arcot District
Author: T. V. Mahalingam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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A Topographical List of Inscriptions in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala States: North Arcot District
Author: T. V. Mahalingam
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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A Topographical List of Inscriptions in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala States: Chingleput District
Author: T. V. Mahalingam
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Indian Epigraphy
Author: Richard Salomon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195099842
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This book provides a general survey of all the inscriptional material in the Sanskrit, Prakrit, and modern Indo-Aryan languages, including donative, dedicatory, panegyric, ritual, and literary texts carved on stone, metal, and other materials. This material comprises many thousands of documents dating from a range of more than two millennia, found in India and the neighboring nations of South Asia, as well as in many parts of Southeast, central, and East Asia. The inscriptions are written, for the most part, in the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts and their many varieties and derivatives.Inscriptional materials are of particular importance for the study of the Indian world, constituting the most detailed and accurate historical and chronological data for nearly all aspects of traditional Indian culture in ancient and medieval times. Richard Salomon surveys the entire corpus of Indo-Aryan inscriptions in terms of their contents, languages, scripts, and historical and cultural significance. He presents this material in such a way as to make it useful not only to Indologists but also non-specialists, including persons working in other aspects of Indian or South Asian studies, as well as scholars of epigraphy and ancient history and culture in other regions of the world.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195099842
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This book provides a general survey of all the inscriptional material in the Sanskrit, Prakrit, and modern Indo-Aryan languages, including donative, dedicatory, panegyric, ritual, and literary texts carved on stone, metal, and other materials. This material comprises many thousands of documents dating from a range of more than two millennia, found in India and the neighboring nations of South Asia, as well as in many parts of Southeast, central, and East Asia. The inscriptions are written, for the most part, in the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts and their many varieties and derivatives.Inscriptional materials are of particular importance for the study of the Indian world, constituting the most detailed and accurate historical and chronological data for nearly all aspects of traditional Indian culture in ancient and medieval times. Richard Salomon surveys the entire corpus of Indo-Aryan inscriptions in terms of their contents, languages, scripts, and historical and cultural significance. He presents this material in such a way as to make it useful not only to Indologists but also non-specialists, including persons working in other aspects of Indian or South Asian studies, as well as scholars of epigraphy and ancient history and culture in other regions of the world.
The Thief Who Stole My Heart
Author: Vidya Dehejia
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691253064
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India’s Chola dynasty in social context From the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence. During festivals, these bronze sculptures—including Shiva, referred to in a saintly vision as “the thief who stole my heart”—were adorned with jewels and flowers and paraded through towns as active participants in Chola worship. In this richly illustrated book, leading art historian Vidya Dehejia introduces the bronzes within the full context of Chola history, culture, and religion. In doing so, she brings the bronzes and Chola society to life before our very eyes. Dehejia presents the bronzes as material objects that interacted in meaningful ways with the people and practices of their era. Describing the role of the statues in everyday activities, she reveals not only the importance of the bronzes for the empire, but also little-known facets of Chola life. She considers the source of the copper and jewels used for the deities, proposing that the need for such resources may have influenced the Chola empire’s political engagement with Sri Lanka. She also investigates the role of women patrons in bronze commissions and discusses the vast public records, many appearing here in translation for the first time, inscribed on temple walls. From the Cholas’ religious customs to their agriculture, politics, and even food, The Thief Who Stole My Heart offers an expansive and complete immersion in a community still accessible to us through its exquisite sacred art. Published in association with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Please note: All images in this ebook are presented in black and white and have been reduced in size.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691253064
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India’s Chola dynasty in social context From the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence. During festivals, these bronze sculptures—including Shiva, referred to in a saintly vision as “the thief who stole my heart”—were adorned with jewels and flowers and paraded through towns as active participants in Chola worship. In this richly illustrated book, leading art historian Vidya Dehejia introduces the bronzes within the full context of Chola history, culture, and religion. In doing so, she brings the bronzes and Chola society to life before our very eyes. Dehejia presents the bronzes as material objects that interacted in meaningful ways with the people and practices of their era. Describing the role of the statues in everyday activities, she reveals not only the importance of the bronzes for the empire, but also little-known facets of Chola life. She considers the source of the copper and jewels used for the deities, proposing that the need for such resources may have influenced the Chola empire’s political engagement with Sri Lanka. She also investigates the role of women patrons in bronze commissions and discusses the vast public records, many appearing here in translation for the first time, inscribed on temple walls. From the Cholas’ religious customs to their agriculture, politics, and even food, The Thief Who Stole My Heart offers an expansive and complete immersion in a community still accessible to us through its exquisite sacred art. Published in association with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Please note: All images in this ebook are presented in black and white and have been reduced in size.
Accessions List, South Asia
Author: Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi
Publisher:
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Category : South Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
Records publications acquired from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, by the U.S. Library of Congress Offices in New Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan.
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Category : South Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
Records publications acquired from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, by the U.S. Library of Congress Offices in New Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan.
Women's Lives, Women's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition
Author: Tracy Pintchman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195177061
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
In this text, 11 leading scholars of Hinduism explore the complex relationship between Hindu women's ritual activities and their lives beyond ritual.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195177061
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
In this text, 11 leading scholars of Hinduism explore the complex relationship between Hindu women's ritual activities and their lives beyond ritual.
Publisher's Monthly
Author:
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Category : Publishers and publishing
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Publishers and publishing
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Early Temples of Tamilnadu
Author: D. Dayalan
Publisher:
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description