Download or read book The Pataliputra written by Manoranjan Ghosh (Rai Sahib.) and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prince of Patliputra written by Shreyas Bhave and published by One Point Six Technology Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bharatvarsha, Land Of The Aryas: 272 BC Bindusar, the second Samrat Chakravartin of all the Aryas, rules the Indian sub-continent from his capital, Patliputra. Fifty years previously, his father, Chandragupta Maurya, had laid the foundations of this vast Samrajya, guided by the famed Guru, Arya Chanakya. But the pinnacle of the Empire’s wealth and glory has now passed… As the Samrat’s health declines due to .a mysterious illness, problems and factions, in-fighting and rebellion, raise their heads across his realm. There is no clear successor as the ninety-nine sons of Bindusar vie to ascend the throne. Bharatvarsha waits for a warrior-king to rise up and lead the Empire once again. Can young Prince Asoka, least favoured of Bindusar’s sons, take on his grandfather’s mantle? Can Radhagupta, a mere Councillor at Court, be the inspiration Chanakya was to his Emperor and his people? Book I of the epic Asoka Trilogy revolves around the haunting question: Who will be the next Samrat of the revered land of the Aryas? The first book of this riveting narrative captures the decline of a golden age, the upsurge of greed and chaos, the dark aspirations of royal heirs, and the dramatic events in the remarkable life of a man of destiny.
Download or read book Chhota Bheem and Krishna written by Rajiv Chilaka and published by Green Gold Animation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ruined city of Pataliputra wore a haunted look. Withered trees, cattle and vultures loomed in the sky. You could only see broken buildings and the pain on the faces of few surviving inhabitants. Krishna arrives in Dholakpur un-announced, and goes straight to meet Bheem asking for help. Bheem and team readily agree, and the next morning they set off to Pataliputra, with Kalia, Dholu & Bholu sneaking in, as usual. On reaching Pataliputra, they find everything strange. The people are scared and refuse to talk. In the night, they discover that people actually turn into dead people. The team is scared and thoroughly confused. On persisting, they get to know the story about the king and soothsayer from the people of the village. They also encounter the royal siblings, who are unfriendly and rude to them. The soothsayer is the one who controls the royal siblings and the entire city of Pataliputra. Lord Krishna and Bheem propose to meet him but are turned down. They later learn that there is a ritual to be performed on a full moon night to save Pataliputra from a curse. But what is this curse? And who is the soothsayer? Is Bheem able to help Lord Krishna? Do the people of Pataliputra see the smile of a beautiful day again? To get answers to all these questions, just keep reading!
Download or read book Archaeology of Pataliputra and Nalanda written by Brajmohan Kumar and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on the Excavations at P taliputra Patna written by Laurence Austine Waddell and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pataliputra Through the Ages written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles on the history and antiquities of Patliputra (now Patna) in Bihar.
Download or read book The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India written by Bholanauth Chunder and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Travels of a Hindoo written by Bholanauth Chunder and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-04-18 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Download or read book A Matter of Rats written by Amitava Kumar and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not only the past that lies in ruins in Patna, it is also the present. But that is not the only truth about the city that Amitava Kumar explores in this vivid, entertaining account of his hometown. We accompany him through many Patnas, the myriad cities locked within the city—the shabby reality of the present-day capital of Bihar; Pataliputra, the storied city of emperors; the dreamlike embodiment of the city in the minds and hearts of those who have escaped contemporary Patna's confines. Full of fascinating observations and impressions, A Matter of Rats reveals a challenging and enduring city that exerts a lasting pull on all those who drift into its orbit. Kumar's ruminations on one of the world's oldest cities, the capital of India's poorest province, are also a meditation on how to write about place. His memory is partial. All he has going for him is his attentiveness. He carefully observes everything that surrounds him in Patna: rats and poets, artists and politicians, a girl's picture in a historian's study, and a sheet of paper on his mother's desk. The result is this unique book, as cutting as it is honest.
Download or read book The Indus Saga written by Aitzaz Ahsan and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indus region, comprising the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent (now Pakistan), has always had its distinct identity - racially, ethnically, linguistically and culturally. In the last five thousand years, this region has been a part of India, politically, for only five hundred years. Pakistan, then, is no 'artificial' state conjured up by the disaffected Muslim elite of British India. Aitzaz Ahsan surveys the history of Indus - as he refers to this region - right from the time of the Harappan civilization to the era of the British Raj, concluding with independence and the creation of Pakistan. Ahsan's message is aimed both at Indians still nostalgic about 'undivided 'India and their Pakistani compatriots who narrowly tend to define their identity by their 'un-Indianness'.
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 Chandragupta Maurya written by Sushma Jansari and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We take it for granted that some historical figures become heroes, and others do not. Chandragupta Maurya evolved from obscure ruler to contemporary national icon. The key moment in the making of this Indian hero was a meeting by the banks of the River Indus between Chandragupta and Seleucus, founder of the Seleucid empire and one of Alexander the Great’s generals, in c.305-3 BC. This significant event was a moment of peace-making at the end of conflict. But no reliable account exists in early sources, and it is not even clear which ruler was victorious in battle. This uncertainty enabled British and Indian historians of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to interpret the sources in radically different ways. With Chandragupta representing India and Seleucus standing in for Britain, British scholars argued that Seleucus defeated Chandragupta, while Indian academics contended the opposite. The writing and reception of history fundamentally influences how we engage with the past, and the evolving colonial and post-colonial relationship between Britain and India is crucial here. In India, the image of Chandragupta as an idealised hero who vanquished the foreign invader has prevailed and found expression in contemporary popular culture. In plays, films, television series, comic books and historical novels, Chandragupta is the powerful and virtuous Hindu ruler par excellence. The path to this elevated standing is charted in this book.
Download or read book Bihar Through the Ages written by Ritu Chaturvedi and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2007 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Earth and Its Inhabitants India and Indo China written by Elisée Reclus and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancient Indian Tribes written by Bimala Churn Law and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on the Excavations at P taliputra Patna written by Laurence Austine Waddell and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dara Shikoh written by Subhadra Sen Gupta and published by Ratna Sagar. This book was released on with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting collection of historical fiction. The stories recreate the exotic times of Emperor Ashoka and the Mughals, with charm and sensitivity.
