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Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book History and Culture of Himalayan States written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9788182054141
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (541 download)
Download or read book History and Culture of the Himalaya: Historical propectives [i.e. perspectives written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chetan Singh
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438475217
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Himalayan Histories written by Chetan Singh and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2018-12-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare look at the history of Himalayan peasant society and the relationship between culture and environment in the Himalayas. Himalayan Histories, by one of Indias most reputed historians of the Himalaya, is essential for a more complete understanding of Indian history. Because Indian historians have mainly studied riverine belts and life in the plains, sophisticated mountain histories are relatively rare. In this book, Chetan Singh identifies essential aspects of the material, mental, and spiritual world of western Himalayan peasant society. Human enterprise and mountainous terrain long existed in a precarious balance, occasionally disrupted by natural adversity, in this large and difficult region. Small peasant communities lived in scattered environmental niches and tenaciously extracted from their harsh surroundings a rudimentary but sustainable livelihood. These communities were integral constituents of larger political economies that asserted themselves through institutions of hegemonic control, the state being one such institution. This laboriously created life-world was enlivened by myth, folklore, legend, and religious tradition. When colonial rule was established in the region during the nineteenth century, it transformed the peasants relationship with their natural surroundings. While old political allegiances were weakened, resilient customary hierarchies retained their influence through religio-cultural practices.
Author : Prof. Sukhdev Singh Charak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780391017474
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (174 download)
Download or read book History and Culture of Himalayan States written by Prof. Sukhdev Singh Charak and published by . This book was released on 1979-12 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674726529
Total Pages : 915 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)
Download or read book The Past Before Us written by Romila Thapar and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 915 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The claim, often made, that India--uniquely among civilizations--lacks historical writing distracts us from a more pertinent question, according to Romila Thapar: how to recognize the historical sense of societies whose past is recorded in ways very different from European conventions. In The Past Before Us, a distinguished scholar of ancient India guides us through a panoramic survey of the historical traditions of North India. Thapar reveals a deep and sophisticated consciousness of history embedded in the diverse body of classical Indian literature. The history recorded in such texts as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata is less concerned with authenticating persons and events than with presenting a picture of traditions striving to retain legitimacy and continuity amid social change. Spanning an epoch of nearly twenty-five hundred years, from 1000 BCE to 1400 CE, Thapar delineates three distinct historical traditions: an Itihasa-Purana tradition of Brahman authors; a tradition composed mainly by Buddhist and Jaina scholars; and a popular bardic tradition. The Vedic corpus, the epics, the Buddhist canon and monastic chronicles, inscriptions, regional accounts, and royal biographies and dramas are all scrutinized afresh--not as sources to be mined for factual data but as genres that disclose how Indians of ancient times represented their own past to themselves.
Author : Dinesh Prasad Saklani
Publisher : Indus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788173870903
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Ancient Communities of the Himalaya written by Dinesh Prasad Saklani and published by Indus Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15 pictures. The work presents a comprehensive study of the ancient communities touching their history in all dimensions including socio-economic, politico-cultural and religious traits and aspects of the ancient people of the area. One of the objectives of the work has been to trace out the roots of the present Himalayan culture and find out the cultural components of ancient inhabitants in the present society.
Author : Arjun Guneratne
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135192863
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya written by Arjun Guneratne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-24 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with human-environment relations in the Himalaya. It explores how different populations and communities in the region understand or conceive of the concept of environment, how their concepts vary across lines of gender, class, age, status, and what this implies for policy makers in the fields of environmental conservation and development. The chapters in this book analyse the symbolic schema that shape human-environment relations, whether that of scientists studying the Himalayan environment, public officials crafting policy about it, or people making a living from their engagement with it, and the way that natural phenomena themselves shape human perception of the world. A new approach to the study of the environment in South Asia, this book introduces the new thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya and uses Himalayan ethnography to interrogate and critique contemporary theorizing about the environment.
Author : Omacanda Hāṇḍā
Publisher : Indus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788173870767
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Textiles, Costumes, and Ornaments of the Western Himalaya written by Omacanda Hāṇḍā and published by Indus Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Present Study, An Attempt Has Been To Present A Kaleidoscopic View Of The Whole Ethno-Cultural Scenario Of The Western Himalayan Region Through The Traditional Textiles, Costumes And Ornaments Of The People.
Author : Andrew J. Hund
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Himalayas written by Andrew J. Hund and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Himalayas: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture serves as a convenient and authoritative reference for anyone exploring the region and seeking to better understand the history, events, peoples, and geopolitical details of this unique area of the world. It explores the geography and details of the demographics, discusses relevant historical events, and addresses socioeconomic movements, political intrigues and controversies, and cultural details as to give an overarching impression of the region as a coherent and cohesive whole. Readers will come away with a vastly heightened understanding of the geographical region we recognize as the Himalayas, and grasp the issues of geography, history, and culture that are central to contemporary understandings of the human culture in the region. The alphabetically arranged and succinct entries provide easy access to detailed, authoritative information. Additionally, sidebars throughout the book relate compelling facts that point readers to new and interesting avenues of exploration. The volume also includes a chronological overview of the region, a detailed glossary of non-English terms that are frequently encountered in the readings, ten primary source documents, and a comprehensive bibliography of supporting works."--Provided by publisher.
Author : Ramesh Chandra Bisht
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788183242653
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (426 download)
Download or read book International Encyclopaedia Of Himalayas (5 Vols. Set) written by Ramesh Chandra Bisht and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highest mountain range on Earth, the Himalayas from the northern border of the Indian subcontinent in Asia. The mountains extend in a massive arc for about 1,550 miles from west to east with more than 30 peaks rising to heights greater than 24,000 feet above sea level. Together the Himalayan mountain system is the planet's highest and home to all fourteen of the word's highest peaks. One of the high biodiversity regions of the world, it provides shelter to a large variety of flora and fauna. The Himalayan region has a rich and unique cultural heritage, and has managed to preserve its established traditions throughout history whilst absorbing customs, traditions and ideas from both invaders and immgirants. Many cultural practices, languages, customs and monuments are examples of this co-mingling over centuries.
Author : Alex McKay
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004306188
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Kailas Histories written by Alex McKay and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibet’s Mount Kailas is one of the world’s great pilgrimage centres, renowned as an ancient sacred site that embodies a universal sacrality. But Kailas Histories: Renunciate Traditions and the Construction of Himalayan Sacred Geography demonstrates that this understanding is a recent construction by British colonial, Hindu modernist, and New Age interests. Using multiple sources, including fieldwork, Alex McKay describes how the early Indic vision of a heavenly mountain named Kailas became identified with actual mountains. He emphasises renunciate agency in demonstrating how local beliefs were subsumed as Kailas developed within Hindu, Buddhist, and Bön traditions, how five mountains in the Indian Himalayan are also named Kailas, and how Kailas sacred geography constructions and a sacred Ganges source region were related.
Author : Minakshi Chaudhry
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Himachal, a Complete Guide to the Land of Gods written by Minakshi Chaudhry and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Powers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 153813022X
Total Pages : 881 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Tibet written by John Powers and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical Dictionary of Tibet, Second Edition is a comprehensive resource for Tibetan history, politics, religion, major figures, prehistory and paleontology, with a primary emphasis on the modern period. It also covers the surrounding areas influenced by Tibetan religion and culture, including India, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Central Asia, and Russia. It contains a chronology, a glossary, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Tibet.
Author : Sukhdev Singh Charak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book History and Culture of Himalayan States written by Sukhdev Singh Charak and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : G. P. Singh
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788121202817
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Researches Into the History and Civilization of the Kirātas written by G. P. Singh and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kiratas janapadas, kingdoms, principalities, urban culture, subjugation by the contemporary rulers, dynastic rule in northern India and Nepal, based on a large number of rare sources have received extensive and deep attention in a subtle and penetrating way. The author has brought to light several valuable facets relating. The work is based on interdisciplinary research. The author has critically examined the relevance of historical, anthropological and linguistic data. The work is of immense academic value not only for historians but also for anthropologists and linguists.
Author : Alka Acharya
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000608174
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Boundaries and Borderlands written by Alka Acharya and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Simla Convention of 1914, held between Great Britain, China, and Tibet, demarcated the border between India and Tibet and gave birth to the McMahon Line. This volume critically examines the legacy of the 1914 Conference and explores its relevance in scholarly discourse about the status of Tibet and Sino-Indian relations more than a hundred years later. The book discusses the significance of the Simla Conference both in terms of the geo-politics of boundaries as well as the people and the liminal borderlands they occupy, encapsulating the culture and diversity of the trans-Himalayan regions. It explicates how colonial legacies, viz., the 1914 Simla Convention, have become virtual straitjackets, hardening the positions on the boundaries between India and China. It also looks at the debilitating consequences of the nation-state framework on more substantial investigations of the borderlands. Rich in archival material and drawing from the authors’ fieldwork in the Himalayan regions, this book analyses muted voices of the inhabitants of the region to bring into focus the larger question of the political, economic, religious, ecological and social life of the Himalayan peoples, which has enormous implications for both India and China. This volume will be of interest to students of history, international relations, sociology, strategic studies, Asian studies and anthropology.
Author : Om Chand Handa
Publisher : Indus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788173871702
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Buddhist Monasteries of Himachal written by Om Chand Handa and published by Indus Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
