Author: Phiroze Vasunia
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0199203237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Offering a unique cross-cultural study, this book provides a detailed account of the relationship between classical antiquity and the British colonial presence in India. Vasunia shows how classical culture pervaded the minds of the British colonizers, and highlights the many Indian receptions of Greco-Roman antiquity.
The Classics and Colonial India
Author: Phiroze Vasunia
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0199203237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Offering a unique cross-cultural study, this book provides a detailed account of the relationship between classical antiquity and the British colonial presence in India. Vasunia shows how classical culture pervaded the minds of the British colonizers, and highlights the many Indian receptions of Greco-Roman antiquity.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0199203237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Offering a unique cross-cultural study, this book provides a detailed account of the relationship between classical antiquity and the British colonial presence in India. Vasunia shows how classical culture pervaded the minds of the British colonizers, and highlights the many Indian receptions of Greco-Roman antiquity.
The National Bibliography of Indian Literature, 1901-1953: Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati
Author: V. Y. Kulkarni
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
A Bibliography of Indian Bibliographies, 1961-1980
Author: K. K. Kochukoshy
Publisher: [Calcutta], India : Central Reference Library, Government of India, Department of Culture
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher: [Calcutta], India : Central Reference Library, Government of India, Department of Culture
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Chandragupta Maurya
Author: Sushma Jansari
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1800083882
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
We take it for granted that some historical figures become heroes, and others do not. Chandragupta Maurya evolved from obscure ruler to contemporary national icon. The key moment in the making of this Indian hero was a meeting by the banks of the River Indus between Chandragupta and Seleucus, founder of the Seleucid empire and one of Alexander the Great’s generals, in c.305-3 BC. This significant event was a moment of peace-making at the end of conflict. But no reliable account exists in early sources, and it is not even clear which ruler was victorious in battle. This uncertainty enabled British and Indian historians of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to interpret the sources in radically different ways. With Chandragupta representing India and Seleucus standing in for Britain, British scholars argued that Seleucus defeated Chandragupta, while Indian academics contended the opposite. The writing and reception of history fundamentally influences how we engage with the past, and the evolving colonial and post-colonial relationship between Britain and India is crucial here. In India, the image of Chandragupta as an idealised hero who vanquished the foreign invader has prevailed and found expression in contemporary popular culture. In plays, films, television series, comic books and historical novels, Chandragupta is the powerful and virtuous Hindu ruler par excellence. The path to this elevated standing is charted in this book.
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1800083882
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
We take it for granted that some historical figures become heroes, and others do not. Chandragupta Maurya evolved from obscure ruler to contemporary national icon. The key moment in the making of this Indian hero was a meeting by the banks of the River Indus between Chandragupta and Seleucus, founder of the Seleucid empire and one of Alexander the Great’s generals, in c.305-3 BC. This significant event was a moment of peace-making at the end of conflict. But no reliable account exists in early sources, and it is not even clear which ruler was victorious in battle. This uncertainty enabled British and Indian historians of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to interpret the sources in radically different ways. With Chandragupta representing India and Seleucus standing in for Britain, British scholars argued that Seleucus defeated Chandragupta, while Indian academics contended the opposite. The writing and reception of history fundamentally influences how we engage with the past, and the evolving colonial and post-colonial relationship between Britain and India is crucial here. In India, the image of Chandragupta as an idealised hero who vanquished the foreign invader has prevailed and found expression in contemporary popular culture. In plays, films, television series, comic books and historical novels, Chandragupta is the powerful and virtuous Hindu ruler par excellence. The path to this elevated standing is charted in this book.
Indian National Bibliography
Author: Bellary Shamanna Kesavan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 1234
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 1234
Book Description
Five Decades
Author: D. S. Rao
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
ISBN: 9788126020607
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
On the completion of fiftieth year of Sahitya Akademi.
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
ISBN: 9788126020607
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
On the completion of fiftieth year of Sahitya Akademi.
Indian Library Chronology
Author: Pogula Sesha Giri Kumar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Information science
Languages : en
Pages : 1404
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Information science
Languages : en
Pages : 1404
Book Description
Luzac & Co.'s Oriental List
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
International Books in Print
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1332
Book Description
Gandhi Bibliography
Author: Dharma Vir
Publisher: Chandigarh : Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Punjab, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher: Chandigarh : Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Punjab, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description