Author: Bihar Research Society
Publisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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Author: Bihar Research Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Author: Bihar and Orissa Research Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 502

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Author: Deepak Kumar
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199089531
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Taking a cue from the story of Trishanku—the mythological king who aspired to reach heaven while still alive—Deepak Kumar builds a compelling narrative on the state of contemporary India. Much like Trishanku, who only succeeded in being stuck in limbo between heaven and earth, India appears to be oscillating at the crossroads of modernity and tradition; development and corruption; and diversity and communalism. The Trishanku Nation presents a provocative account of a country marked by its contradictions and seamlessly combines everyday social history with academic insights. All through its civilizational progress India has defied simple categorizations. This suppleness has been its greatest strength and, to a large extent, also responsible for its myriad problems. This volume dwells on this predicament of post-Independence India. Based on memory, both historical and personal, it begins with the depiction of life in a moffusil town and moves on to examine closely issues of caste, religion, communalism, governance, corruption, education, science, culture, and so forth, as seen in the last five decades. Presented with rare verve and wit, and by using the lens of personal experiences, these ‘rumblings’ help unfurl layers of life in the Indian subcontinent.

Author: Birendra Nath Prasad
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000465020
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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This book is a collection of some of the published papers of the author, published mostly abroad, and unravels some significant yet hitherto neglected aspects of history, culture and religion of Bihar and Bengal: two areas that were connected through an intricate network of rivers. Themes looked into are: early historic urbanisation in the Mithilā plains of North Bihar; the social history of Brahmanical religious institutions (temples and Mathas) in early medieval Bihar and Bengal; the social history of Buddhist monasticism in early medieval Bihar and Bengal; the integration of a local goddess into the institutional fabric of Mahayana Buddhism; the survival of Buddhism in the thirteenth and fourteenth century AD; pilgrimage from Central India and Deccan to a Hindu pil grimage centre of Bihar in the medieval period; and the debate on the Islamisation of medieval eastern Bengal. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Author: Sir George Abraham Grierson
Publisher:
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Category : Maithili language
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Author: Dharmakīrti
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788124611463
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Nihar Ranjan Patnaik
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173870750
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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This Book Presents Current Trends As Well As Long-Term Themes Of The Economic History Of Orissa And Thus Tries To Serve The Need Of The Academic Community In Bringing About A New Orientation In The Study Of Orissan History.

Author: T. M. Mahadevan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788185867489
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 563

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Author: K V Rangaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016522496
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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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 States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.