Author: Anu Kapur
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0429614217
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
This book is the first of its kind to chart the terrain of contemporary India’s many place names. It explores different ‘place connections’, investigates how places are named and renamed, and looks at the forces that are remaking the future place name map of India. Lucid and accessible, this book explores the bonds between names, places and people through a unique amalgamation of toponomy, history, mythology and political studies within a geographical expression. This volume addresses questions on the status and value of place names, their interpretation and classification. It brings to the fore the connections between place names and the cultural, geographical and historical significations they are associated with. This will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of geography, law, politics, history and sociology, and will also be of interest to policy-makers, administrators and the common reader interested in India.
Mapping Place Names of India
Author: Anu Kapur
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0429614217
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
This book is the first of its kind to chart the terrain of contemporary India’s many place names. It explores different ‘place connections’, investigates how places are named and renamed, and looks at the forces that are remaking the future place name map of India. Lucid and accessible, this book explores the bonds between names, places and people through a unique amalgamation of toponomy, history, mythology and political studies within a geographical expression. This volume addresses questions on the status and value of place names, their interpretation and classification. It brings to the fore the connections between place names and the cultural, geographical and historical significations they are associated with. This will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of geography, law, politics, history and sociology, and will also be of interest to policy-makers, administrators and the common reader interested in India.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0429614217
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
This book is the first of its kind to chart the terrain of contemporary India’s many place names. It explores different ‘place connections’, investigates how places are named and renamed, and looks at the forces that are remaking the future place name map of India. Lucid and accessible, this book explores the bonds between names, places and people through a unique amalgamation of toponomy, history, mythology and political studies within a geographical expression. This volume addresses questions on the status and value of place names, their interpretation and classification. It brings to the fore the connections between place names and the cultural, geographical and historical significations they are associated with. This will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of geography, law, politics, history and sociology, and will also be of interest to policy-makers, administrators and the common reader interested in India.
General Report on the Operations of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India During -[1876/77].
Author: India. Great Trigonometrical Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Architecture and Art of Southern India
Author: George Michell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521441100
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
George Michell provides a pioneering and richly illustrated introduction to the architecture, sculpture and painting of Southern India under the Vijayanagara empire and the states that succeeded it. This period, encompassing some four hundred years, from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, was endowed with an abundance of religious and royal monuments which remain as testimonies to the history and ideology behind their evolution. The author evaluates the legacy of this artistic heritage, describing and illustrating buildings, sculptures and paintings that have never been published before. In a previously neglected area of art history, the author presents an original and much-needed reassessment.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521441100
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
George Michell provides a pioneering and richly illustrated introduction to the architecture, sculpture and painting of Southern India under the Vijayanagara empire and the states that succeeded it. This period, encompassing some four hundred years, from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, was endowed with an abundance of religious and royal monuments which remain as testimonies to the history and ideology behind their evolution. The author evaluates the legacy of this artistic heritage, describing and illustrating buildings, sculptures and paintings that have never been published before. In a previously neglected area of art history, the author presents an original and much-needed reassessment.
The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names
Author: John Everett-Heath
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192556460
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1575
Book Description
Every populated place, however small, has a name, and every name is chosen for a reason. This fascinating dictionary gives the history, meanings, and origin of an enormous range of country, region, island, city, and town names from across the world, as well as the name in the local language. It also includes key historical facts associated with many place names. Place-names are continually changing. New names are adopted for many different reasons such as invasion, revolution, and decolonization. This dictionary includes selected former names, and, where appropriate, some historical detail to explain the transition. The names of places often offer a real insight into the places themselves, revealing religious and cultural traditions, the migration of peoples, the ebb and flow of armies, the presence of explorers, local languages, industrial developments and topography. Superstition and legend can also play a part. All this fascinating detail is included in the Concise Dictionary of World Place Names. In addition to the entries themselves, the dictionary includes two appendices: a glossary of foreign word elements which appear in place names and their meanings, and a list of personalities and leaders from all over the world who have influenced the naming of places. Containing over 10,000 names, from Aachen to Zyrardów, this is a unique and fascinating guide for geographers, travellers, and all with an interest in current world affairs.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192556460
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1575
Book Description
Every populated place, however small, has a name, and every name is chosen for a reason. This fascinating dictionary gives the history, meanings, and origin of an enormous range of country, region, island, city, and town names from across the world, as well as the name in the local language. It also includes key historical facts associated with many place names. Place-names are continually changing. New names are adopted for many different reasons such as invasion, revolution, and decolonization. This dictionary includes selected former names, and, where appropriate, some historical detail to explain the transition. The names of places often offer a real insight into the places themselves, revealing religious and cultural traditions, the migration of peoples, the ebb and flow of armies, the presence of explorers, local languages, industrial developments and topography. Superstition and legend can also play a part. All this fascinating detail is included in the Concise Dictionary of World Place Names. In addition to the entries themselves, the dictionary includes two appendices: a glossary of foreign word elements which appear in place names and their meanings, and a list of personalities and leaders from all over the world who have influenced the naming of places. Containing over 10,000 names, from Aachen to Zyrardów, this is a unique and fascinating guide for geographers, travellers, and all with an interest in current world affairs.
ARAB GEOGRAPHERS’ KNOWLEDGE OF SOUTHERN INDIA
Author: Dr. SYED MUHAMMAD HUSAYN NAINAR
Publisher: Other Books
ISBN: 9380081103
Category : India, South
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
Centuries ago, the roaring sea was the only answer for the quest of the new. Voyages made landscapes and people. Each expedition constructed a new history of land and new versions of cultures. Some took the yoke of imperialism through these sea routes; some a mission of knowledge and cultural symbiosis. Arab Geographers’ Knowledge of Southern India is a construction of India from the narratives of famous Arab travelers. A fresh perception on the land of many cultures and some iconic navigators whose mission it was to pollinate knowledge and culture.
Publisher: Other Books
ISBN: 9380081103
Category : India, South
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
Centuries ago, the roaring sea was the only answer for the quest of the new. Voyages made landscapes and people. Each expedition constructed a new history of land and new versions of cultures. Some took the yoke of imperialism through these sea routes; some a mission of knowledge and cultural symbiosis. Arab Geographers’ Knowledge of Southern India is a construction of India from the narratives of famous Arab travelers. A fresh perception on the land of many cultures and some iconic navigators whose mission it was to pollinate knowledge and culture.
Village Names of Mysore District
Author: Deve Gowda Javare Gowda
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120613904
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120613904
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Neolithic Cattle-Keepers of South India
Author: Faculty of Oriental Studies
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
TOWN PLANNING IN Early South India
Author: C. P. Venkatarama Ayyar
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Tourist Guide to South India
Author:
Publisher: Sura Books
ISBN: 9788174781758
Category : India, South
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher: Sura Books
ISBN: 9788174781758
Category : India, South
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Indian Antiquary
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description