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Bhattacharya: Narrative Art in The Mahabharata: The Adi Parva. Cloth
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  • Narrative Art in The Mahabharata: The Adi Parva.
  • Pradip Bhattacharya 2012
  • Hardback, 22 x 14.5 cm, 404 pages
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Abbott: The Life of Eknath. Sri Eknath Charita. Translated from the Bhaktalilamrta. Paperback
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  • Life of Eknath. Sri Eknath Charita. Translated from the Bhaktalilamrta. Paperback
  • Justin E. Abbott. With Introduction by G.V. Tagare
  • 294 pages

Acharya: A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture. Treating the Sanskrit Architectural terms with illustrative quotations from Silpasastras, General Literature and Archaeological Records. Cloth
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  • Dictionary of Hindu Architecture. Treating the Sanskrit Architectural terms with Illustrative Quotations from Silpasastras, General Literature and Archaeological Records. Manasara Series Volume I. Cloth. 16x25cm
  • Prasanna Kumar Acharya
  • xx, 861 pages. 1995

Acharya: An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture. Cloth
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  • Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture. Manasara Series Volume VII. Cloth. 16x25cm
  • Prasanna Kumar Acharya
  • 652 pages, 160 illustrations, many fold-out maps. Published in 1946, this edition 1993

Acharya: Architecture of Manasara. Cloth
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  • Architecture of Manasara. Translated from Original Sanskrit. Manasara Series Volume IV. Cloth
  • Prasanna Kumar Acharya
  • 854 pages. Originally published in 1934, this edition 1994

Acharya: Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations of Architectural and Sculptural Objects. Cloth
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  • Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations of Architectural and Sculptural Objects. Manasara Series Volume V. Cloth
  • Prasanna Kumar Acharya
  • ca. 79 pages, Synopsis, 135 architectural and 21 sculptural (most of them fold-outs) plates including 10 in four-colour. Published in 1934, this edition 1995

Acharya: Buddhanusmrti. A Glossary of Buddhist Terms. Hardbound
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  • Buddhanusmrti. A Glossary of Buddhist Terms.
  • By Dr. Kala Acharya
  • XVI + 281 pages,
  • Mumbai 2002
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Acharya: Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad. Cloth
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  • Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad. Manasara Series Volume VI. Cloth. 16x25cm
  • Prasanna Kumar Acharya
  • 543 pages, 80 illustrations and 5 (fold-out) maps, published in 1946, this edition 1996

Acharya: Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text. Cloth
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  • Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text. Manasara Series Volume III. Cloth. 16x25cm
  • Prasanna Kumar Acharya
  • 856 pages of which 311 pages with Critical Notes and ca. 535 pages with Sanskrit text
  • originally published in 1934, this edition 1995

Acharya: The Charakasamhita of Agnivesa. Revised by Charaka and Dridhabala. With the Ayurveda-Dipika Commentary of Chakrapanidatta. Cloth
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  • Charakasamhita of Agnivesa. Revised by Charaka and Dridhabala. With the Ayurveda-Dipika Commentary of Chakrapanidatta. Text in Sanskrit. Cloth, ca. 20x28 cm
  • edited by Vaidya Jadavaji Trikamji Acharya
  • 810 pages, first published in 1941, this, 5th, edition 1992

Agarwal: Khajuraho Sculptures and Their Significance. Cloth

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  • Khajuraho Sculptures and Their Significance. Cloth
  • Urmila Agarwal
  • xii, 224 pages with text, 38? plates with 116 figures, bibliography, 8 plates with black-white and colour photo's

Agrawal: Central Himalayas: An Archaeological, Linguistic, and Cultural Synthesis. Cloth
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  • Central Himalayas: An Archaeological, Linguistic, and Cultural Synthesis. Cloth. ca.22x28cm
  • by D.P. Agrawal & J.S. Kharakwal
  • 214 pages, with 47 figures, 25 colour-illustrations, index, bibliography. 1998

Agrawal: Kashmir and Its Monumental Glory. Cloth
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  • Kashmir and Its Monumental Glory. Cloth. 22x28,5cm.
  • by R.C. Agrawal
  • 234 pages, 146 illustrations, figures and maps, index, bibliography. 1998

Ahsen: Ganesh. Invocation & Commentary on Consciousness. Cloth
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  • Ganesh.  Invocation & Commentary on Consciousness. Cloth
  • Akhter Ahsen
  • 227 pages, with glossary, bibliography and index. 1995

Alexander: Travels from India to England. Comprehending a visit to the Burman-Empire and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey in the years 1825-26. Cloth
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  • Travels from India to England. Comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey in the years 1825-26. Cloth
  • James Edward Alexander
  • 300 pages, 21 plates, maps. 1827, reprint 2000

Ali: Temples of Madhya Pradesh: The Paramara Art. Cloth
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  • Temples of Madhya Pradesh: The Paramara Art. Cloth. 19x25cm.
  • Dr. Rahman Ali
  • Ca. 235 pages, with 12 plates, maps, plans. 2002

Allchin: A Source-book of Indian Archaeology: Volume 1: Background. Early Methods. Geography, Climate and Early Man. Domestication of Plants and Animals. Paperback
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  • Source-book of Indian Archaeology. Volume 1: Background. Early Methods. Geography, Climate and Early Man. Domestication of Plants and Animals. Paperback
  • edited by F.R. Allchin Dilip K. Chakrabarti
  • 354 pages, illustrated, maps

Allchin: A Source-book of Indian Archaeology: Volume 2: Settlements, Technology and Trade. Hardcover
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  • Source-book of Indian Archaeology: Volume 2: Settlements, Technology and Trade. Hardcover
  • edited by F.R. Allchin & Dilip K. Chakrabarti
  • 708 pages, Illustrated and with maps

Allchin: A Source-book of Indian Archaeology: Volume 3: Human Remains, Prehistoric Roots of Religious Beliefs, First Steps in Historical Archaeology: Sculpture, Architecture, Coins and Inscriptions. Hardcover
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  • Source-book of Indian Archaeology. Volume 3: Human Remains, Prehistoric Roots of Religious Beliefs, First Steps in Historical Archaeology: Sculpture, Architecture, Coins and Inscriptions. Hardcover
  • edited by F.R. Allchin & Dilip K. Chakrabarti
  • vii, 291 pages

Allchin: Living Traditions: Studies in the Ethnoarchaeology of South Asia. Cloth
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  • Living Traditions: Studies in the Ethnoarchaeology of South Asia. Cloth. 16x24,5cm. 
  • by Bridget Allchin, editor
  • 391 pages, index, numerous maps, line drawings, photo's. 1995. This work is the result of a symposium held on the ethnoarchaeology of the Indian subcontinent. It consists of 19 papers by archaeologists and anthropologists from Europe, Pakistan, India and the USA who have used modern local practices to shed new light on their material.

Alter: The Wrestler's Body. Identity and Ideology in North India. Cloth
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  • The Wrestler's Body. Cloth. Identity and Ideology in North India. Cloth
  • Joseph S. Alter
  • xv, 305 pages, 8 pages of plates, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. 1997. The Akhara: Where Earth is turned into Gold. Gurus and Chelas: The Alchemy of Disciplenship. The patron and the Wrestler. The discipline of the Wrestler's Body. Nag Panchami: Snakes, Sex and Semen.

Anand: History of Begum Nurjahan. Cloth. i.p.
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  • History of Begum Nurjahan. Cloth. i.p.
  • Sugam Anand
  • vii, 188 pages, appendices, bibliography, index. 1992

Anand: Krishna: The Living God of Braj. Cloth
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  • Krishna: The Living God of Braj. Cloth. ca. 22x28cm
  • D. Anand
  • 220 pages, glossary, bibliography, index, 4 maps and 191 colour illustrations. 1992

Anantharaman: Iron Pillar at Delhi. Hardback.
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  • Iron Pillar at Delhi. Hardback. 18,5x24,5cm.
  • T.R. Anantharaman
  • 96 pages, bibliography, black-white and colour illustrations, maps. 1995

Arasaratnam: Masulipatnam and Cambay. A History of 2 Port Towns 1500-1800. Hardcover
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  • Masulipatnam and Cambay. A History of 2 Port Towns 1500-1800. Hardcover, 15x22cm.
  • Sinnappah Arasaratnam and Aniruddha Ray
  • 314 pages, with 2 maps, bibliography, index. 1994

Aruna: Orchha Paintings. Hardcover. 8185616698
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  • Orchha Paintings. Hardcover
  • Dr. (Mrs.) Aruna
  • 119 pages, 3 maps, 25 pages with black-white figures, chronology, glossary, bibliography, index, and 54 colour plates. 2002. In the history of Central Indian Art, the wall-paintings of Orchha occupy a unique position. The artists, under the patronage of kings, adopted longlasting techniques in the creation of murals, depicting values dear to them based on the Vedas, the Epics-the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the various Puranas etc.

Arya: History of Pilgrimage in Ancient India AD 300-1200. Hardcover
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  • History of Pilgrimage in Ancient India AD 300-1200. Hardcover
  • Samarendra Narayan Arya
  • xvi, 276 pages, with 6 maps. 2004

Arya: Ramayana of Valmiki. In 4 volumes. Hardcover
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  • Ramayana of Valmiki. Complete in 4 volumes. Hardcover
  • edited by Dr. Ravi Prakash Arya. Sanskrit text with english translation according to M.N. Dutt. Also includes the Index of Verses with exhaustive introduction by Dr. Ramashraya Sharma. +1849 pages. 2004

Aryan: Indian Decorative Designs. Paperback
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  • Indian Decorative Designs. Paperback
  • Kamla Aryan
  • 13 pages with text, 39 pages with black-white and colour illustrations

Aryan: Indian Folk Bronzes. Hardback
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  • Indian Folk Bronzes. Hardback. Ca. 24x24cm
  • K.C. Aryan
  • 144 pages, with bibliography, map, 103 illustrations, some in colour. 1991

Asher, Radhakrishnan: A Tamil Prose Reader. New edition. Paperback
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  • Tamil Prose Reader. New edition. Paperback
  • by R.E. Asher and R. Radhakrishnan
  • 247 pages. 2004. This book consists of 32 representative extracts from post-1947 prose writings, with full grammatical and cultural notes, and a vocabulary. The selection illustrates the variety of styles used in modern Tamil writing. The passages are arranged in order of difficulty, and each has a brief introduction in English.

Asher, Talbot: India before Europe: Paperback
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  • India before Europe: Paperback
  • by Catherine B. Asher and Cynthia Talbot
  • 336 pages, 73 half-tones, 11 maps. 2006. Cross-cultural influences are everywhere in evidence, in the food people eat, the clothes they wear, and in the places they worship. This was especially the case in the India that existed from 1200 to 1750.

Atkinson: Curry & Rice on Forty Plates or The Ingredients of Social Life at 'Our Station' in India. Cloth.

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  • Curry and Rice on Forty Plates or The Ingredients of Social Life at 'Our Station' in India. Cloth, circa 22x28cm
  • Capt. Geof. Atkinson
  • 40 colour plates. All plates accompanied by many pages with texts. Reprint of the third edition, London 1854

Avari: India. A History of the Indian Sub-continent from c. 7000 BC to AD 1200. Pb
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  • India. A History of the Indian Sub-continent from c. 7000 BC to AD 1200
  • Burjor Avari 2007
  • Paperback, 304 pages, 20 colour illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings, 234 x 156 mm
  • This carefully crafted study presents the fascinating story of the development and establishment of India's culture and civilization from early pre-history through to the early second millennium
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Awasthi: Purana Index. Cloth
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  • Purana Index. Cloth. 16x24,5cm.
  • A.B.L. Awasthi
  • part 1: Geography, part 2: History, part 3: Cultural History.
  • 328 pages

Badarayana: The Aphorisms of the Vedanta. In 4 volumes. Hardcover
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  • Aphorisms of the Vedanta. In 4 volumes. Hardcover
  • by Badarayana: With the Commentaries of Sankara Acharya and the Gloss of Govinda Ananda (in Sanskrit) edited by Pandita Rama Narayana Vidyaratna
  • Volumes I and II: Adhyaya I and II, Pada II. Volume III and IV: AdhyayaII, Pada III, Adhyaya IV. ca. 1250 pages. (in Sanskrit). 2004

Bahadur: A Source Book of Hindu Philosophy. Cloth
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  • Source Book of Hindu Philosophy.
  • K.P. Bahadur
  • 408 pages, index. 1995

Bahadur: Bahina Bai and Her Abhangas. Cloth
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  • Bahina Bai and Her Abhangas. Cloth. 14,5x22cm
  • Bahadur
  • 94 pages

Bahadur: Ramacharitmanasa. Cloth. Complete Works of Goswami Tulsidas: Volume 1
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  • Ramacharitmanasa. Cloth. Complete Works of Goswami Tulsidas: Volume 1
  • translated into English by S.P. Bahadur
  • 414 pages, glossary, index. 1994

Bahadur: Vinaya Patrika (A Letter of Plaint). Cloth
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  • Vinaya Patrika (A Letter of Plaint).
  • (volume 2 of the Complete Works of Goswami Tulsidas.)
  • translated by S.P. Bahadur
  • Cloth, 233 pages

Bala: Imperialism and Medicine in Bengal. A Socio-historical perspective. Cloth.
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  • Imperialism and Medicine in Bengal. A Socio-historical perspective. Cloth
  • Poonam Bala
  • 174 pages. List of Tables, Appendix, Bibliography, Index. 1991

Baldaeus: A Description of the East India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel; And also of the Isle of Ceylon with their Adjacent Kingdoms & Provinces and of the Idolatry of the Pagans in the East Indies. Hardback
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  • Description of the East India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel And also of the Isle of Ceylon with their Adjacent Kingdoms & Provinces and of the Idolatry of the Pagans in the East Indies. Ca. 22x29 cm. Hardback
  • Philip Baldaeus. Translated from the High-Dutch, Printed at Amsterdam, 1672
  • Pages 563 - ca. 900 of the original publication are reprinted in this volume,

Ballhatchett: The City in South Asia. Pre-modern and Modern. Cloth
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  • City in South Asia. Pre-modern and Modern. Cloth
  • Ballhatchett & Harrison
  • 342 pages, with illustrations, maps

Banerjee: Glimpses of Indian Wisdom. Hardback
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  • Glimpses of Indian Wisdom. Hardback
  • N.V. Banerjee
  • 102 pages

Banerjee: Hellenism in Ancient India. Cloth
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  • Hellenism in Ancient India. Cloth. 14,5x22,5cm.
  • by Gauranga Nath Banerjee
  • 276 pages, bibliography, index. First revised edition 1981

Banerjee: The Khalsa Raj. A study of the achievements of the Sikhs during the period ending with the annexation of the Punjab by the British in 1849. Cloth
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  • Khalsa Raj. A study of the achievements of the Sikhs during the period ending with the annexation of the Punjab by the British in 1849. Cloth
  • A.G. Banerjee
  • 277 pages, bibliography, index. 1985

Banerji: Hindu Gods and Temples. Symbolism, Sanctity and Sites. Hardcover
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  • Hindu Gods and Temples. Symbolism, Sanctity and Sites. Hardcover
  • by Shyam Banerji
  • 100 pages, numerous colour illustrations. 2003

Banga: Causation in History. Paperback
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  • Causation in History. Paperback
  • Edited by Indu Banga
  • xiii, 33 pages

Bardhan: Rhythm Incarnate: Tribute to Shanti Bardhan. Cloth
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  • Rhythm Incarnate: Tribute to Shanti Bardhan. Cloth, 21,5x28cm
  • Edited by Gul Bardhan, foreword by Kapila Vatsyayan
  • 220 pages, 54 colour and 109 black-white illustrations. 1992

Barnett: Antiquities of India. An Account of the History and Culture of Ancient Hundustan. Cloth
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  • Antiquities of India. An Account of the History and Culture of Ancient Hundustan. Cloth
  • by Lionel D. Barnett
  • 306 pages, numerous illustrations, map, index, first published in London, 1913