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Book Catalogue

Download or read book Catalogue written by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Collection of     Catalogues in     Vols

Download or read book Collection of Catalogues in Vols written by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Catalogue of Works on Oriental History  Languages and Literature

Download or read book A Catalogue of Works on Oriental History Languages and Literature written by Bernard Quaritch and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of India through 75 Objects

Download or read book A History of India through 75 Objects written by Sudeshna Guha and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2022-12-19 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a curation of objects from the prehistoric ages through twenty-first century India, Sudeshna Guha provides a panoramic view of the rich histories of the subcontinent. The incisive essays in this collection detail not just the objects but the histories of their reception: examining how changing times and attitudes cast their shadow on the ways in which the past is interpreted and narrated. In doing so, A History of India through 75 Objects inspires us to interrogate our own notions of a knowable past and fixed national history. Teeming with thought-provoking insights and surprising anecdotes, the essays instill a sense of wonder about the continuous processes by which histories are constructed.

Book J  tar  pa s commentary on the Amarako   a  Introduction

Download or read book J tar pa s commentary on the Amarako a Introduction written by Mahes Raj Pant and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study with text of the commentary on Amarakośa, classical verse thesaurus of Sanskrit synonyms and homonyms.

Book The Creative South

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  • Author : Andrea Acri
  • Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
  • Release : 2022-04-12
  • ISBN : 9814951498
  • Pages : 375 pages

Download or read book The Creative South written by Andrea Acri and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume programmatically reconsiders the creative contribution of the littoral and insular regions of Maritime Asia to shaping new paradigms in the Buddhist and Hindu art and architecture of the mediaeval Asian world. Far from being a mere southern conduit for the maritime circulation of Indic religions, in the period from ca. the 7th to the 14th century those regions transformed across mainland and island polities the rituals, icons, and architecture that embodied these religious insights with a dynamism that often eclipsed the established cultural centres in Northern India, Central Asia, and mainland China. This collective body of work brings together new research aiming to recalibrate the importance of these innovations in art and architecture, thereby highlighting the cultural creativity of the monsoon-influenced Southern rim of the Asian landmass. "Although Maritime Asia in mediaeval times was not as densely populated as the agrarian hinterland, Asia’s coasts were highly urbanized. The region from southern India to south China was a heterogeneous blend of cultures, leavened with a strong interest in trade. This cosmopolitan society afforded plentiful opportunities for artists to find patrons and develop individual styles and aesthetic sensibilities. In the bustling ports of Asia’s south coast, rulers sought to embellish their prestige and attract foreign merchants by sponsoring the development of monumental complexes and centres of learning and debate. These educational institutions attracted teachers from all over Asia, and in their cloisters they developed new intellectual frameworks which were reflected in works of art and architecture. Scholars moved frequently by sea, influencing and being influenced by other foreigners such as Japanese and central Asians who were also attracted to these places. This very variety has hindered scholarly research in the past. This volume contributes to the endeavour to show how Maritime Asia was not an incoherent jumble of misunderstood influences from better-known civilizations; there was a pattern to this creativity, which the authors in this collection clarify for us. The maritime world of Asia may have lain on the margins of the land, but it provided a physical and intellectual medium through which artistic ideas from east and west flowed freely. Maritime Asia also made significant original contributions which hold their own with those of the hinterland of the Asian continent. Unconstrained by the burden of static hierarchical courts, the peoples of Maritime Asia built on the inspiration provided by a hybrid society to demonstrate a high degree of artistic originality while testing but not breaking the link with conventional iconography."-- Professor John Miksic, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore (NUS) "The collective objective of this two-volume work is to give substance to the oft cited mantra that mediaeval maritime Southeast Asia was as much an innovative contributor to, as a recipient, in the cultural conversations that took place across the Bay of Bengal and South China Sea. In bracketing these studies between the 7th and 14th centuries, the editors have drawn into focus two key traditions that are explicated in texts, ritual art and architecture and religious landscapes of this period: tantric Buddhism and esoteric Shaivism. A great strength of these studies is this focus, for which the editors are to be commended. The chapters contain much that represents significant milestones in building new understanding in the field, including overdue recognition of the importance of Southeast Asian esoteric Buddhist practice in shaping Chinese Buddhism. Nowhere did the architects of the religious landscape of early Southeast Asia think of themselves as being on the periphery, or as outsiders, looking in. Rather, they knowingly imbued their tirthas and sacred centres with the same authority as those in India and created religious edifices that were on occasions beyond India’s experience. I highly commend this publication to anyone with an interest in bringing a wider lens to the study of Indian esoteric religious practices and to understanding the relationship of early Hindu-Buddhist Southeast Asia to the wider Asian world." -- John Guy, Senior Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York "The Creative South is a rich compendium of scholarship concerning the religious art of Southeast Asia and its ties to India in the period beginning in the 8th century. It was a time when merchants were crisscrossing the seas from India to China and when advocates of innovative doctrines and rituals were finding ready support among the rulers of the varied kingdoms. From the identification of images embraced by the seafarers to the mysteries of the fire shrines in Cambodian temples, from the funerary beliefs of Odisha to the unique character of the Javanese Ramayana, these eighteen studies provide fresh understandings of the patterns of reception and innovation." -- Hiram Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quincy Scott Curator of Asian Art Emeritus, The Walters Art Museum

Book The Two Earliest Copper plate Inscriptions from Nepal

Download or read book The Two Earliest Copper plate Inscriptions from Nepal written by Mahes Raj Pant and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Author Catalogue of Printed Books in Bengali Language  C E  v  4  I L

Download or read book Author Catalogue of Printed Books in Bengali Language C E v 4 I L written by Imperial Library, Calcutta and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nepal Bibliography

Download or read book Nepal Bibliography written by Hugh Bernard Wood and published by Eugene, Or. : American,-Nepal Education Foundation. This book was released on 1959 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland

Download or read book Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland written by Wolfgang Voigt and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Guide to Reference Materials on India

Download or read book A Guide to Reference Materials on India written by N. N. Gidwani and published by Jaipur, India : Saraswati Publications. This book was released on 1974 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotated bibliography on India; includes periodicals.

Book Reference Aids to South Asia

Download or read book Reference Aids to South Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Author Catalogue of Printed Books in European Languages

Download or read book Author Catalogue of Printed Books in European Languages written by National Library (India) and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: