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Author : Shanti Lal Nagar
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sūrya and Sun Cult in Indian Art, Culture, Literature, and Thought written by Shanti Lal Nagar and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520064775
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (647 download)
Download or read book Indian Sculpture: Circa 500 B.C.-A.D. 700 written by Los Angeles County Museum of Art and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sheer wealth and dizzying diversity of Indian sculpture are celebrated in this second volume of the catalogue raisonn� of the Los Angeles County Museum's collection. Nearly two hundred sculptures produced during eleven centuries are described. Of these, one-quarter of the pieces are part of the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, while the remaining three-quarters have been acquired since 1970. This splendid collection, while not representing all the major styles of sculpture that flourished on the Indian subcontinent from 700-1900, is certainly one of the most comprehensive among American and European museums. Included are stone, metal, ivory, and wood sculptures from fourteen states and territories of India and from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Organized by regions--Central and Western, Eastern, and Southern India, and the Northwest--the catalogue contains detailed descriptions and illustrations of the 188 sculptures, many with details or multiple views, for a total of 259 illustrations--251 in duotone and halftone and 8 in color.
Author : Philippa Adrych
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192511106
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Images of Mithra written by Philippa Adrych and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a history of use extending back to Vedic texts of the second millennium BC, derivations of the name Mithra appear in the Roman Empire, across Sasanian Persia, and in the Kushan Empire of southern Afghanistan and northern India during the first millennium AD. Even today, this name has a place in Yazidi and Zoroastrian religion. But what connection have Mihr in Persia, Miiro in Kushan Bactria, and Mithras in the Roman Empire to one another? Over the course of the volume, specialists in the material culture of these diverse regions explore appearances of the name Mithra from six distinct locations in antiquity. In a subversion of the usual historical process, the authors begin not from an assessment of texts, but by placing images of Mithra at the heart of their analysis. Careful consideration of each example's own context, situating it in the broader scheme of religious traditions and on-going cultural interactions, is key to this discussion. Such an approach opens up a host of potential comparisons and interpretations that are often side-lined in historical accounts. What Images of Mithra offers is a fresh approach to the ways in which gods were labelled and depicted in the ancient world. Through an emphasis on material culture, a more nuanced understanding of the processes of religious formation is proposed in what is but the first part of the Visual Conversations series.
Author : Penrose Jr.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019108803X
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Postcolonial Amazons written by Penrose Jr. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars have long been divided on the question of whether the Amazons of Greek legend actually existed. Notably, Soviet archaeologists' discoveries of the bodies of women warriors in the 1980s appeared to directly contradict western classicists' denial of the veracity of the Amazon myth, and there have been few concessions between the two schools of thought since. Postcolonial Amazons offers a ground-breaking re-evaluation of the place of martial women in the ancient world, bridging the gap between myth and historical reality and expanding our conception of the Amazon archetype. By shifting the centre of debate to the periphery of the world known to the Greeks, the startling conclusion emerges that the ancient Athenian conception of women as weak and fearful was not at all typical of the world of that time, even within Greece. Surrounding the Athenians were numerous peoples who held that women could be courageous, able, clever, and daring, suggesting that although Greek stories of Amazons may be exaggerations, they were based upon a real historical understanding of women who fought. In re-examining the sources of the Amazon myth, this compelling volume resituates the Amazons in the broader context from which they have been extracted, illustrating that although they were the quintessential example of female masculinity in ancient Greek thought, they were not the only instance of this phenomenon: masculine women were masqueraded on the Greek stage, described in the Hippocratic corpus, took part in the struggle to control Alexander the Great's empire after his death, and served as bodyguards in ancient India. Against the backdrop of the ongoing debates surrounding gender norms and fluidity, it breaks new ground as an ancient history of female masculinity and demonstrates that these ideas have a much longer and more durable heritage than we may have supposed.
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Total Pages : 1044 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Indian Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jagdish S. Yadav
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Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Imperial Guptas written by Jagdish S. Yadav and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gupta Era, From The Fourth Through Sixth Century A.D. Is Generally Considered As India`S Golden Age. The Period Has, More Than Any Other Single Historical Period, Attracted Tremendous Scholarly Attention And Generated Vast Literature On Various Aspects Of The Period-History, Society, Economy, Religion, Literature, Archaeology, Architecture, Etc. Yet Until Now There Has Been No Single Bibliographic Source On The Guptas. The Imperial Guptas: A Bibliography Seeks To Fill This Gap.
Author : Pedarapu Chenna Reddy
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Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Mahāsenasiri written by Pedarapu Chenna Reddy and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Present Volumes Provide A Panoramic View Of Indian Historical Studies Covering Archaeology, Art And Architecture, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Iconography, Religion And Philosophy, Social And Economic History. The Papers In The Two Volumes And Add Significant Insights To Our Understanding Of The Various Facets Of Indian History, Culture And Archaeology. I Am Sure This Book Will Attract The Scholars, Students And Laymen Alike.
Author : Fabrizio M. Ferrari
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Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Guilty Males and Proud Females written by Fabrizio M. Ferrari and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guilty Males and Proud Females is the first complete study on the Bengali gajan festival dedicated to Dharmaraj, a village god in the Rarh region of Bengal. The gajan is the dramatic representation of an hierogamy--the marriage of a god and goddess--and a recreation of the life-cycle of earth. As Fabrizio M. Ferrari explains one of the most fascinating aspects of the gajan is its approach to gender. The central deity of the gajan is a goddess identified with the earth. To please such a goddess, male devotees must acknowledge the pain they inflict towards the female world and become "ritual women." Conversely, as part of the festival, women display their generative power and provoke the jealousy of men by ritually mocking conception and delivery. The outcome of the ritual is that their suffering is acknowledged and transformed into power. Much more than an ethnography of Bengali popular religion, Guilty Males and Proud Females contributes to new studies on gender transformation in the Bengal region and will be of interest to scholars of South Asian religions, folklore, and gender studies.
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Total Pages : 1096 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Bibliographic Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi
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Total Pages : 1664 pages
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Download or read book Accessions List, South Asia written by Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sudhir Chandra Mathur
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Total Pages : 344 pages
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Download or read book Recent Indian Publications on Display at World Book Fair written by Sudhir Chandra Mathur and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of books on display at the 12th New Delhi World Book Fair, held at New Delhi in February 1996.
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Total Pages : 716 pages
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Download or read book Anthropos written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Kosala written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles on antiquities, archaeology, monuments, history, culture, architecture, and arts of Chhattåisgarh, India.
Author : Bowker Editorial Staff
Publisher : R. R. Bowker
ISBN 13 : 9780835238007
Total Pages : 2776 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Subject Guide to Children's Books in Print 1997 written by Bowker Editorial Staff and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 2776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 3126 pages
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Download or read book Subject Guide to Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 3126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shakti Madan Gupta
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ISBN 13 : 9788170392699
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (926 download)
Download or read book Surya, the Sun God written by Shakti Madan Gupta and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heinrich Robert Zimmer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691017785
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization written by Heinrich Robert Zimmer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1946 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India's legend, myth and folklore, taken directly from the Sanskrit. It seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions on the riddles of life and death recognizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.
