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Author : Pradnesh Kulkarni
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435714202
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (357 download)
Download or read book Lanka - The Search for Lost gold written by Pradnesh Kulkarni and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Justin W. Henry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197636306
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)
Download or read book Ravana's Kingdom written by Justin W. Henry and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ravana, the demon-king antagonist from the Ramayana, the ancient Hindu epic poem, has become an unlikely cultural hero among Sinhala Buddhists over the past decade. In Ravana's Kingdom, Justin W. Henry delves into the historical literary reception of the epic in Sri Lanka, charting the adaptions of its themes and characters from the 14th century onwards, as many Sri Lankan Hindus and Buddhists developed a sympathetic impression of Ravana's character, and through the contemporary Ravana revival, which has resulted in the development of an alternative mythological history, depicting Ravana as king of the Sri Lanka's indigenous inhabitants, a formative figure of civilizational antiquity, and the direct ancestor of the Sinhala Buddhist people. Henry offers a careful study of the literary history of the Ramayana in Sri Lanka, employing numerous sources and archives that have until now received little to no scholarly attention, as well as the 21st century revision of a narrative of the Sri Lankan people-a narrative incubated by the general public online, facilitated by social media and by the speed of travel of information in the digital age. Ravana's Kingdom offers a glimpse into a centuries-old, living Ramayana tradition among Hindus and Buddhists in Sri Lanka-a case study of the myth-making process in the digital age.
Author : Zoltán Biedermann
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1911307835
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History written by Zoltán Biedermann and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The peoples of Sri Lanka have participated in far-flung trading networks, religious formations, and Asian and European empires for millennia. This interdisciplinary volume sets out to draw Sri Lanka into the field of Asian and Global History by showing how the latest wave of scholarship has explored the island as a ‘crossroads’, a place defined by its openness to movement across the Indian Ocean.Experts in the history, archaeology, literature and art of the island from c.500 BCE to c.1850 CE use Lankan material to explore a number of pressing scholarly debates. They address these matters from their varied disciplinary perspectives and diverse array of sources, critically assessing concepts such as ethnicity, cosmopolitanism and localisation, and elucidating the subtle ways in which the foreign may be resisted and embraced at the same time. The individual chapters, and the volume as a whole, are a welcome addition to the history and historiography of Sri Lanka, as well as studies of the Indian Ocean region, kingship, colonialism, imperialism, and early modernity.
Author : Peggy Seagrave
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1789605237
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)
Download or read book Gold Warriors written by Peggy Seagrave and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945, US intelligence officers in Manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover the gold but to keep its riches secret. These, combined with Japanese treasure recovered during the US occupation, and with recovered Nazi loot, would create a worldwide American political action fund to fight communism. This 'Black Gold' gave Washington virtually limitless, unaccountable funds, providing an asset base to reinforce the treasuries of America's allies, to bribe political and military leaders, and to manipulate elections in foreign countries for more than fifty years.
Author : Rohan Gunaratna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Sri Lanka, a Lost Revolution? written by Rohan Gunaratna and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Kuzneski
Publisher : Chris Kuzneski, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0971574383
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (715 download)
Download or read book The Prisoner's Gold written by Chris Kuzneski and published by Chris Kuzneski, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ITW Thriller Award Winner for Book of the Year!!! THE TREASURE: At the end of the 13th century, Chinese Emperor Kublai Khan gave an Italian merchant unfettered access to his kingdom. The traveler was Marco Polo, and his journey would become legendary. Aided by a special passport that protected him throughout the land, Polo amassed unbelievable wealth and hid it before his return to Italy. To this day, the location of his treasure remains a mystery. THE MISSION: The Hunters—an elite group assembled by an enigmatic billionaire to locate the world’s greatest treasures—are tasked with finding the missing fortune. Guided by firsthand accounts of Polo’s travels, they quickly discover there are hostile forces willing to do anything to stop them from taking the riches from Chinese soil. Before long, the treasure hunt becomes a deadly game of cat-and-mouse that will rewrite history while taking the lives of many. THE PRIZE: As the danger continues to mount, will the Hunters rise to the challenge? Or will the team be eliminated before they find Polo's treasure?
Author : Anna Zamoranos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578634227
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (342 download)
Download or read book The Search for King Solomon's Treasure written by Anna Zamoranos and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are about to embark on the most monumental journey of all archaeological discoveries. The mother load that would make the likes of Indiana Jones salivate. The true land of gold in all of history which leads to the location of the Garden of Eden and Land of Creation identifying the Rivers from Eden en route. Though founded in the Bible which is the origin of this saga, examine the history, archaeology, geography, science, linguistics, etc. which all converge to reveal what the world knew and somehow misplaced about a century ago. This is a mystery no longer and now, you will know the whereabouts of the lost isles of gold...
Author : Andrew Quintman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614298009
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Living Treasure written by Andrew Quintman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senior scholars and former students celebrate the life and work of Janet Gyatso, professor of Buddhist studies at Harvard Divinity School. Inspired by her contributions to life writing, Tibetan medicine, gender studies, and more, these offerings make a rich feast for readers interested in Tibetan and Buddhist studies. Janet Gyatso has made substantial, influential, and incredibly valuable contributions to the fields of Buddhist and Tibetan studies. Her paradigm-shifting approach is to take a topic, an idea, a text, a term—often one that had long been taken for granted or overlooked—and turn it inside out, to radically reimagine the kinds of questions that might be asked and what the answers might reveal. The twenty-nine essays in this volume, authored by colleagues and former students—many of whom are now also colleagues—represent the breadth of her interests and influence and the care that she has taken in training the current generation of scholars of Tibet and Buddhism. They are organized into five sections: Women, Gender, and Sexuality; Biography and Autobiography; the Nyingma Imaginaire; Literature, Art, and Poetry; and Early Modernity: Human and Nonhuman Worlds. Contributions include José Cabezón on the incorporation of a Buddhist rock carving in Central Asian culture; Matthew Kapstein on the memoirs of an ambivalent reincarnated lama; Willa Baker on Jikmé Lingpa’s theory of absence; Andrew Quintman on a found poem expressing worldly sadness on the forced closure of a monastery; and Padma ’tsho on Tibetan women’s advocacy for full female ordination. These and the many other chapters, each fascinating reads in their own right, together offer a glowing tribute to a scholar who indelibly changed the way we think about Buddhism, its history, and its literature.
Author : C. Rajagopalachari
Publisher : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
ISBN 13 : 8172764820
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (727 download)
Download or read book Ramayana written by C. Rajagopalachari and published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. This book was released on 2023 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ramayana is not history or biography. It is a part of Hindu mythology. One cannot understand Hindu dharma unless one knows Rama and Seeta, Bharata, Lakshmana, Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Hanuman. Mythology cannot be dispensed with. Philosophy alone or rituals alone or mythology alone cannot be sufficient. These are the three strands of all ancient religions. The attitude towards things spiritual which belongs to a particular people cannot be grasped or preserved or conveyed unless we have all these three. To millions of men, women and children in India, the Ramayana is not a mere tale. It has more truth and meaning than the events in one's own life. Just as plants grow under the influence of sunlight, the people of India grow in mental strength and culture by absorbing the glowing inspiration of the Ramayana.
Author : R Srirama Chakradhar
Publisher : R Srirama Chakradhar
ISBN 13 : 9359172650
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (591 download)
Download or read book Thapasvi - Volume I (A to Z of Life From Ramayana) written by R Srirama Chakradhar and published by R Srirama Chakradhar. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thapasvi presents the most sought-after skills of the competitive, globalized, and contemporary world through the lens of Valmiki Ramayana. It presents the case studies in Ramayana to imbibe life-transforming skills. These skills help us lead our life as per our choices and not by compulsions. "Thapasvi" is the outcome of enormous research by the "Thavaasmi" team on Ramayana. Uniqueness 1. Content is presented as a dialogue between a research scholar (Thapasvi) and a student (Thavaasmi) 2. Focus is on the most sought-after skills of the current age in alphabetical order (A to Z) Ex - A: Affability, C: Conflict Resolution, P: Parenting, Q: Art of Questioning, etc.. 3. Authentic based on Valmiki Ramayana 4. Discussion designed to make the best students 5. Practice and introspection made easy using KRIA (Knowledge, Retrospection, Introspection in Action) activities 6. Aesthetic richness through situational images 7. Mind maps are used to make assimilation easy
Author : Douglas Preston
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455540021
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)
Download or read book The Lost City of the Monkey God written by Douglas Preston and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilization -- culminating in a stunning medical mystery. Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then committed suicide without revealing its location. Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a rickety, single-engine plane carrying the machine that would change everything: lidar, a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but an enigmatic, lost civilization. Venturing into this raw, treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful wilderness to confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. But it wasn't until they returned that tragedy struck: Preston and others found they had contracted in the ruins a horrifying, sometimes lethal-and incurable-disease. Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.
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Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1938368274
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (383 download)
Download or read book A History of Food Culture in China written by and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since the 1980s, China has developed a broader and deeper connection with the world. One of the most intriguing aspects of Chinese culture is its rich cuisine and fascinating cooking. China is a nation with a long history of food culture, and food has become an essential part of Chinese culture. This book tells in sprightly and straightforward language about the structure of traditional Chinese food, food customs for festivals and celebrations in China, Chinese dining etiquette, traditional food and cooking methods, healthy and medicinal diets, as well as historical exchanges of foods between China and other nations. It can present to the readers a complete and truthful picture of the summarized history and culture of Chinese food."--
Author : Wilbur Smith
Publisher : Pan Macmillan Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780333782125
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Gold Mine written by Wilbur Smith and published by Pan Macmillan Adult. This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rod Ironsides, ambitious and hard-living mining expert, knows that the general managership of the Sonder Ditch gold mine is the chance of a lifetime. But the price of unquestioning obedience to the coldly obsessive genius of Dr Manfred Steyner proves impossible to pay. Both men are but unwitting tools of powerful people - for whom the control of a gold mine is only part of the realization of dreams and ambitions which include the destruction of the very mine itself...
Author : Kris Alexanderson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108472028
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Subversive Seas written by Kris Alexanderson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revealing portrait of the oceanic Dutch Empire exposes the maritime world as a catalyst for the downfall of European imperialism.
Author : Biju Mathew
Publisher : Biju Mathew | Info Kerala Communications Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8190688219
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Spicy Spices written by Biju Mathew and published by Biju Mathew | Info Kerala Communications Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chronicles apprise that Vasco da Gama staked everything and set out an endless ocean trip primarily in search of spices. And he reached in India, an incredible land of mythical plants. The hoary tradition of Indian spices dates back to the human civilization itself. It is the tale of lands discovered and demolished, kingdoms built and brought down, wars won and lost, pacts signed and flouted. Spices induced the rise and fall of different religious practices and beliefs across the country. In the ancient time these glorious crops were used only for religious rites until they were discovered to be appropriate for the taste buds. The aromatic odour of spices ameliorates not only the taste of your food but also the state of your wellness. It is the promise of spicy spices. It will never leave you feeling wretched. In times of necessity it can be used as appetizers, preservatives, ingredients and many with their robust properties used in pharmaceutical, perfumery and cosmetic products. As in the magnificent past, nowadays India is renowned for its spices and spices products. And, we are equipped for you with a prelude of Indian Spices. We extend some valuable elucidations about spices and their properties with the help of images. When you turn each of the added pages of Spicy Spices you will decidedly get acquaint with Indian Spices and how they become the sole part of Indian culture and history.
Author : Marjorie Caygill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Treasures of the British Museum written by Marjorie Caygill and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Museum is the most magnificent treasure-house in the world. The wealth & range of its collections is unequalled by any other national museum. This new edition brings the museum's story up to date, with chapters on acquisitions made since 1992 including the Warren Cup & the 'Queen of the Night'.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Râmâyama written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
