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Book Synopsis The Road to Takshashila by : B. R. Jaitely
Download or read book The Road to Takshashila written by B. R. Jaitely and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a blend of history and fiction for a readable personified presentation of the Hindu mindset which appeared in the later half of the nineteenth century, after the demise of the Mughal Empire and the end of the Muslim rule in India. It is a saga in a racy narrative of the life and time of a man who was extraordinarily intelligent, an intrepid fighter for his convictions, a master strategist and a fearless nationalist personifying the Hindu psyche of the post-Mughal renaissance period seeking inspiration from Chanakya's Takshashila.
Download or read book Chanakya written by Deepa Agarwal and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘I, Chanakya, vow not to bind my hair until I have unseated you from the throne of Magadha.’ When learned Brahmin Vishnugupta is humiliated by arrogant king Dhana Nanda in a public gathering, he swears revenge. Anger is his weakness, but strategy, his strength. This formerly unknown Brahmin goes on to become the most well-known kingmaker in Indian history: Chanakya. Using a combination of cunning, ruthlessness and luck, Chanakya fulfils his vow and propels a boy of unknown origins, Chandragupta Maurya, to the throne of the most powerful kingdom of that time, an empire even Alexander the Great hesitated to confront. This fascinating account shows how Chanakya went from being a penniless fugitive with the rebel prince of Pataliputra to the prime minister of Magadha, and finally the author of the groundbreaking Arthashastra. With fun snippets and lesser-known facts about this remarkable statesman and the Mauryan age, this book promises to be an exciting and gripping adventure story.
Book Synopsis Across the Wagah by : Maneesha Tikekar
Download or read book Across the Wagah written by Maneesha Tikekar and published by Bibliophile South Asia. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based On The Author`S Five Months Stay In Pakistan, The Book Is About The People Of Pakistan, Their Cities And History, Their Complex Social Fabric And Their Search For Harmonised Cultural Identity Form An Indian Perspective The Text Is Under Three Main Headings-Tapestry Of Pakistan-Chessboard. Has Maps And A Number Of Beautiful Illustrations.
Book Synopsis The Birth of the Maitreya by : Bāṇī Basu
Download or read book The Birth of the Maitreya written by Bāṇī Basu and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 2004 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Writing About The Times Of The Buddha, Bani Basu Composes A New Jataka, The Traditional Format In Which The Tales Of The Different Births Of The Buddha Were Written Down. In This Jataka-As-A-Novel, She Grapples With History And The Revolutionary Ideas Of The Buddha, Who Suggested New Ways Of Living, New Political Formations, Of A Major Change In Belief, Indeed, In Thinking About God Or The Absence Of One. Delving Into History And Biography, Sanskrit And Pali, Her Novel Is Intriguingly Contemporary, Though Set In The Sixth Century Bc
Book Synopsis Have Pen, Will Travel by : M.J. Akbar
Download or read book Have Pen, Will Travel written by M.J. Akbar and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have Pen, Will Travel is a highly engaging collection of reportage and travel pieces that appeared originally in leading journalist and author M.J. Akbar’s column, Byline. The intrepid author ambles – or sometimes jogs – through Africa, America, Asia and of course the innumerable corners of India to record an engrossing mix of piquant observation, geography and history. With a keen eye, deft insight and wit, Akbar assembles a rich mosaic of a world that enlightens and entertains.
Download or read book Byline written by M.J. Akbar and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2004-12-31 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Byline anthologises M.J. Akbar's finest writings over the last decade, bringing together essays that reflect the author's versatility and range. The book is divided into five seamless sections, each with its own identity, woven together by M.J. Akbar's delectably informal prose. 'Travel' is the first section in which the author shares his passion for history and the occasional fable, the obscure detail, the glorious and the ludicrous. This is followed by 'Politics and History' in which the reader is provided a view of some events and people in the recent past with all the quirks and whims that characterise the great as well as the mundane. The reader then moves on to 'Sidelines' (those delightfully off-centre pieces). M.J. Akbar says in an essay in this section: "The train of thought has moved. But that is the way with trains. They must travel." 'Memories' is the most personal and autobiographical part of the entire selection, mixing regret, nostalgia and deeply felt sorrow for the friends and times gone forever. Byline ends with a short section entitled 'On a Personal Note' in which James Bond must live to die another day, The Telegraph has to learn to live beyond the age of twenty and Dev Anand remains young forever.
Book Synopsis A Guide to Taxila by : John Marshall
Download or read book A Guide to Taxila written by John Marshall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written to provide a concise guide to the ruins of Taxila, excavation of which was led by British archaeologist John Marshall.
Download or read book YESHUA written by Cherian Mathews and published by Book Venture Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ashoka in Ancient India by : Nayanjot Lahiri
Download or read book Ashoka in Ancient India written by Nayanjot Lahiri and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third century BCE, Ashoka ruled an empire encompassing much of modern-day India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. During his reign, Buddhism proliferated across the South Asian subcontinent, and future generations of Asians came to see him as the ideal Buddhist king. Disentangling the threads of Ashoka’s life from the knot of legend that surrounds it, Nayanjot Lahiri presents a vivid biography of this extraordinary Indian emperor and deepens our understanding of a legacy that extends beyond the bounds of Ashoka’s lifetime and dominion. At the center of Lahiri’s account is the complex personality of the Maurya dynasty’s third emperor—a strikingly contemplative monarch, at once ambitious and humane, who introduced a unique style of benevolent governance. Ashoka’s edicts, carved into rock faces and stone pillars, reveal an eloquent ruler who, unusually for the time, wished to communicate directly with his people. The voice he projected was personal, speaking candidly about the watershed events in his life and expressing his regrets as well as his wishes to his subjects. Ashoka’s humanity is conveyed most powerfully in his tale of the Battle of Kalinga. Against all conventions of statecraft, he depicts his victory as a tragedy rather than a triumph—a shattering experience that led him to embrace the Buddha’s teachings. Ashoka in Ancient India breathes new life into a towering figure of the ancient world, one who, in the words of Jawaharlal Nehru, “was greater than any king or emperor.”
Download or read book DADU TELL ME A STORY-BPI written by BPI and published by BPI Publishing. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated Stories for Children is a series of storybooks containing all time favourite stories for children to read and enjoy. Each book consists of stories that fuel children's imagination and take them to places where they come across diverse characters. The stories are laden with elements such as adventure, thrill, love, remorse, courage, inspiration, morals, wit, wisdom and magic that blend perfectly to make reading a worthwhile experience. Besides developing reading habits, children will be enthralled and entertained with these delightful books. The stories have been attractively illustrated with pictures that keep children engaged.
Book Synopsis Ancient BUDDHIST UNIVERSITIES in Indian Sub-Continent by : J. B. Barua
Download or read book Ancient BUDDHIST UNIVERSITIES in Indian Sub-Continent written by J. B. Barua and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-07-06 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book presents a brief account of the great higher learning Buddhist Institutions of Ancient India. Some of those flourished several centuries before the higher learning institutions of the then western world. The reader may have comprehensive ideas of the education imparted in those institutions during the long period of about 2,000 years beginning with the 5th century BC and ending with the 12th century AD. The Universities of ancient India do not connote all the features possessed by the modern Universities of the East and the West of present day. But those Universities of ancient India had also impressive teaching and research program. Many of the teachers of those universities were scholars of very high eminence and repute. In addition, there existed very ideal teacher-student relationship, which has no parallel in the long history of educational thought and practice. This book will enable the reader to compare the present institutions with those of ancient India and realize that the centers of high learning in ancient India were unique in their organization and scholarship during those distant times when elsewhere in the world very few had thought of organized education at the university level.
Book Synopsis The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 1: The Puranas by : Ajith Kumar
Download or read book The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 1: The Puranas written by Ajith Kumar and published by Argead Star llc. This book was released on 2019-12-14 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen stunning discoveries about Alexander the Great unravels the mystery surrounding his suspicious death. Who killed Alexander the Great? After more than two thousand years of speculation, the assassin of Alexander is finally identified in a comprehensive investigation in The Murder of Alexander the Great (in two books: The Puranas and The Secret War). In Book 1: The Puranas Alexander’s journey is chronicled not only through the siloed lens of Greek records but also through a comparison of ancient Indian and Greek texts and artifacts. For the first time ever, the story of the eminent king of Macedonia is retold from a different perspective — one that not only establishes Alexander prominently in ancient Sanskrit texts but also holds the key to resolving the age old mystery of his premature death. Inspired by fresh awareness to an ancient conundrum that has perplexed historians for millennia, The Murder of Alexander the Great is a powerful narrative of blood thirsty wars, mystic locales, and epic encounters — one that leads to SIXTEEN remarkable findings about Alexander the Great thus rewriting the history of this great emperor forever.
Download or read book Angulimala written by SUBBA RAO and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bandit wore a gruesome garland of fingers of the men he had killed. As his garland of fingers grew longer strong men cowered in fright. The bandit was invincible - until he met a gentle monk - Buddha. Thus darkness came face to face with light and at last the restless bandit found peace.
Download or read book Silk Roads written by Jeffrey D. Lerner and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, there has been a new surge of interest in the history and legacies of the Silk Roads both within academic and public discourses. A field of Silk Roads Studies has come into its own. Consciously mirroring the temperament of its subject, the field has moved out of the narrow niches of particular disciplines to become a truly interdisciplinary endeavor. New research findings about the historical operations of the Silk Roads and interpretations of their legacies for the modern and contemporary world have broken down geographical and temporal divides that once demarcated the Silk Roads as primarily pre-modern and Old World-centered conduits of globalization. In light of these developments, the time is ripe to begin formulating a new definition of the contour of Silk Roads Studies and laying a new foundation for further work in this field. Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives brings together leading scholars in multiple disciplines related to Silk Roads studies. It highlights the multiplicity of networks that constituted the Silk Roads, including land and maritime routes, and approaches the Silk Roads from Antiquity to China’s One Belt One Road Initiative from Afro-Eurasia to the Americas. This holistic approach to understanding ancient globalization, exchanges, transformations, and movements - and their continued relevance to the present - is in line with contemporary academic trends toward interdisciplinarity. Indeed, the Silk Roads is such an expansive topic that many approaches to its study must be included to represent accurately its many facets. The volume emphasizes exchange and transformation along the Silk Roads - moments of acculturation or hybridization that contributed to novel syncretic forms. It highlights the multiplicity of networks that constituted the Silk Roads, including land and maritime routes, and approaches to the Silk Roads from Antiquity to China’s One Belt One Road Initiative from Afro-Eurasia to the Americas.
Download or read book Socialist India written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History Of Ancient India (portraits Of A Nation), 1/e by : Kapur
Download or read book History Of Ancient India (portraits Of A Nation), 1/e written by Kapur and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Origin of Bangla Fifth Part Bangal by : Dibyendu Chakraborty
Download or read book Origin of Bangla Fifth Part Bangal written by Dibyendu Chakraborty and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2021-03-20 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was nothing incomprehensible about what Naru had heard from Grandma as a child. Everything from the beginning to the end of those narrations was bound in an unbroken chain of reason. The problem started after crossing the boundaries of the primary school. Everything that was written in the textbook was known, but one of the things that were not understood was the origin of the word 'Bangal'. He heard from his father about the interpretation of the word 'Bangal'. His father referred to what he had learnt from a renowned scholar who was a former student of Naru’s school. The explanation could not satisfy Naru. That explanation is related to Bangla and its levees (‘Al’ in Bengali). For Naru, that explanation was farfetched. Everything that can be found in this regard ends up in a clue that leaves the question of where the incarnation of that clue came from unanswered. Naru could never digest unstructured knowledge. For some reason, Naru's enthusiasm has never diminished. These issues have always been active in Naru's mind, whether in academic or professional pursuits. Decades later, it seemed as if some related clues had come to light through the game of football that the life has played with him, or he has played with the life. He is blessed that he has been able to recognize the clues. This book is about Naru's unique understanding about the coining of the word ‘Bangal’.
