Dragon's Uproar Over Hills - China's Intursion in Northeast India

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Dragon's Uproar Over Hills: China's Intursion in Northeast India

by Charu Lata Singh ISBN 9789383316472, Rs. 1036 / US$ 17.93

Abiout the Book : As China continues to apply sustained military pressure on India’s borders in the midst of visits exchanged between the two countries’ leaders and senior officials, China’s official media continues to publicise articles intended to caution India that China retains the option of initiating military hostilities. The number of articles stating that China will have to resort to  military force to settle outstanding border disputes has increased since 2010, with the intensification of the disputes in the South China Sea and especially with Japan. They coincide with the ‘rise’ in China’s economic and military might. Interestingly, Chinese officials routinely advise their Indian counterparts to rein in the Indian media whose ‘jingoistic’ tenor apparently imposes strains on India-China relations. North East Asia has been forcefully thrust in the global strategic consciousness as in the run-up to 2014 China has switched over from its much publicised and much trumpeted ‘peaceful rise of China’ to a robust and unabashed use of China’s ‘hard power’ accumulated in the last decade without any checkmating. Gone are the US think tanks treatises emphasising and glorifying the use of China’s ‘soft power’. As the book addresses this crucial issue quite deftly, it is hoped that it would prove to be a source of great information for the reader.

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Early History of Varanasi : Recent Excavations at Rajghat

Early History of Varanasi : Recent Excavations at Rajghat
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Vidula Jayaswal & B.R. Mani

2016, ISBN 9788173055485, xx+166, 8 pages plates, ills. b/w & col.

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Contents : Cuttings and Stratigraphy Pre-Northern Black Polished Ware Period I The Northern Black Polished Ware Period II Post-Northern Black Polished Ware Period III The Kushan Period IV Summary

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Potteries of South and East Asia through the Ages

Potteries of South and East Asia through the Ages (3 Vols)
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D.P. Sharma (Ed.)2016, ISBN 9789350502440, 29 cm, xliv+754, Ills. 205Price US$ 207.69 (Free Shipping)

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Temple Architecture and Imagery of South and Southeast Asia

TempleArchitecture and Imagery of South and Southeast Asia

Prasadanidhi: Papers Presented to Professor M.A. Dhaky

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Edited by Parul Pandya Dhar & Gerd J. R. Mevissen

2016, ISBN 9788173055508, 31 cm., pp. lxxii+453p., illustrations (partly col.)

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This Volume is a tribute of professor M.A. Dhaky's profound and influrntial scholarship by an international community of well-known scholars in the field of south and Southeast Asian temple art and architecture. The thirty-two essays that make this book unfold many layers of the temple's imagery, taking a broad view and traversing religious, cultural, and temporal boundaries. While a majority of these are rooted in India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Cambodia, and Vietnam also figure prominently.

Preceded by valuable insights into M.A. Dhaky's encyclopaedic writings, the volume is configured along six sub-themes inspired by his contributions to the discipline. These include the architectonics of temples, their varied materials and milieus, stylistics, patronage and transregional connections; studies of architectural elements in culture-specific contexts; inter-relationships between sculpture and architecture in the temple's larger narrative; the embodiment of cult icons; other non-cultic manifestations on the temple; ritual observances and performance traditions. Several of the essays move in and out of M.A. Dhaky's writings, building upon themes addressed by him, extending his methods to newer materials, regions, and time-frames, and charting fresh paths that extend the orbit of temple studies.

Scholars and interested readers will find in this volume a thoughtful and cohesive collection of the most recent and insightful research on art historical aspects of South and Southeast Asian temples by the finest minds engaged in the field.

Contents: Foreword; Kapila Vatsyayan; Acknowledgements; Message: Pradeep Mehendiratta; Dhaky Saheb: Reminiscences; Devangana Desai; The Indian Art History Congress; R. D. Choudhury; Colour Plates; Temple Architecture and Imagery: An Introduction; Parul Pandya Dhar and Gerd J. R. Mevissen; Pioneering Perspectives: The Temple in M.A. Dhaky's Writings; Parul Pandya Dhar; Writings in Regional Languages by M. A. Dhaky; Hemant Dave; Bibliography of M. A. Dhaky's Publications; 1. Architectural Styles, Modes, Materials, and Milieus; 2. Architectural Elements; 3. Architecture and the Configuration of Imagery; 4. Embodying the Deity; 5. Inhabiting the Temple; 6. Piety, Society, and Ritual Performance; The Contributors.

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WINGED FIRE A CELEBRATION OF INDIAN BIRDS

Winged Fire : A Celebration of Indian Birds

Valmik Thapar

2016, 24 cm., ISBN 9789383064694, pp. 482 (col. ills.)

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India has more than 1,200 species of birds. The richness and diversity of the country's birdlifehas been celebrated by thousands of ornithologists, birders and amateur naturalists forhundreds of years. Winged Fire brings together the best accounts, pictures and art on our birds.

Contributors include luminaries like Babur, Abu'l-Fazl, Jahangir, Franois Pyrard,Edward Hamilton Aitken, Douglas Dewar, Jim Corbett, Colonel Kesri Singh, F. W. Champion,Salim Ali, E. P. Gee, A. Mervyn Smith, Hugh Allen, Kenneth Anderson, M. Krishnan, KhushwantSingh, R. S. Dharmakumarsinhji, E. R. C. Davidar, Zafar Futehally, Ruskin Bond, A. J. T. Singh,Peter Smetacek, Irwin Allan Sealy, Rishad Naoroji, and Bulbul Sharma.An essay by Ramki Sreenivasan provides a detailed account of the major species and theirdistribution, behaviour and habitats.

Winged Fire is the last book in the trilogy-that also includes Wild Fire and Tiger Fire-put together by Valmik Thapar; taken together, these books give the reader an extraordinary view of India's wildlife.

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PAINTING & PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE JAIPUR COURT - GILES TILLOTSON

Painting & Photography At the Jaipur Court

Giles Tillotson & Mrinalini Venkateswaran

2016, ISBN 9789385285165 US$ 57.38 & Rs. 3200

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From its very inception in 1727, Jaipur has drawn upon the arts to carve a niche for itself. This book tells the story of the visual arts in Jaipur over a period of more than two centuries, highlighting the dual roles of its rulers as patrons who commissioned works from their own court artists, and as collectors who acquired works from elsewhere. In the special case of Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II, it also encompasses the creation of art, as he was an accomplished amateur photographer.

The story begins with paintings from the 18th century, from the period of the founder Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, up to that of Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, under whose reign painting in particular flourished. It then captures the excitement of the late 19th century when the camera competed with but also complemented the artist’s brush under Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II.

The story concludes with images from the eventful years leading to Indian Independence and its aftermath overseen by Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II and Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II, bringing us up to the mid-20th century.

This volume is the fourth in a new series of publications illustrating the collections of the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, City Palace, Jaipur. It accompanies a new gallery dedicated to painting and photography that opened in 2015, showcasing a selection of two hundred paintings and photographs. Specially commissioned chapters on painting and photography in Jaipur expand on the scope of the exhibition and draw together the latest research on the collection. Other books in the series are: Festivals at the Jaipur Court, by Vibhuti Sachdev Arms & Armour at the Jaipur Court, by Robert Elgood and Textiles & Garments at the Jaipur Court, by Rahul Jain.

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TEXTILES & GARMENTS AT THE JAIPUR COURT - RAHUL JAIN

Textiles & Garments At the Jaipur Court

By Rahul Jain

2016, ISBN 9789385285042, 29 cm pp. 284 (fully illustrated)

US$ 60.40 & Rs. 3200 (Free Delivery)

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 'Textile & Garments at the Jaipur Court' is one in a series illustrating the collections of the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, City Palace Jaipur. Others in the series are Festivals at the Jaipur Court by Vibhuti Sachdev, and Arms and Armour at the Jaipur Court by Robert Elgood.

This is the first comprehensive overview of the court textiles of the Kachhwaha Rajput court of Amber-Jaipur, which were among the finest ever produced in India.

 While a few thousand historical pieces survive in the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum in the City Palace, Jaipur, many now reside in art collections across the world. Over 200 full colour images showcase some of the most remarkable court textiles remaining in Jaipur and preserved elsewhere.

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