Category: Archaeology
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A Manual of Historic Ornament: Treating upon the Evolution, Traditions, and Development of Architecture and the Applied Arts
Original price was: $29.00.$21.75Current price is: $21.75.Add to cartThe book “A Manual of Historic Ornament” has been prepared with the three-fold objective of giving an elementary knowledge of architecture and historic ornament, of awakening a responsive and sympathetic feeling for the many beautiful and interesting remains of ancient and medieval civilization.
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Ajanta Frescoes
Original price was: $72.00.$54.00Current price is: $54.00.Add to cartAjanta Frescoes: AJANTA is the great surviving monument of the painting created by the Buddhist faith and fervour in the land which gave birth to that religion. The most beautiful of these paintings are taken from the Jataka stories, the legends of the earthly life of the Buddha in various successive existences.
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DEER IN ROCK ART OF INDIA AND EUROPE
Original price was: $39.00.$29.25Current price is: $29.25.Add to cartThis book provides an overview of Deer in Rock art of India and Europe and its representation, through the historic period. A glimpse of a deep and sensitive understanding of the deer in the man’s life and nature in the Indian literary tradition has been presented.
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Delhi: Threshold of the Orient (Studies in Archaeological Investigations)
Original price was: $48.00.$36.00Current price is: $36.00.Add to cartProfusely illustrated with maps, line drawings and photographs, “Delhi: Threshold of the Orient” presents a detailed cultural spectrum of Delhi right-from prehistoric times to the Anglo-Mughal phase of history and archaeology. The book embodies the latest researches on the subject and will fascinate not only the scholar and serious student but also the lay reader.
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Early Man in Eastern Himalayas: North-East India and Nepal)
Original price was: $39.00.$29.25Current price is: $29.25.Add to cartThe book “Early Man in Eastern Himalayas” gives a vivid pictures of the prehistoric past of North-East India and Nepal. Till recent years the activities of Early Man in Eastern Himalayas were shrouded in mystery due to lack of archaeological investigations but recent discoveries have clearly proved that this difficult cold area was also inhabited by Early Man right from the Early Stone Age onwards.
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Govindadeva: A Dialogue in Stone
Original price was: $40.00.$30.00Current price is: $30.00.Add to cartGovindadeva: A Dialogue in Stone is the second in the series of publications relating to the Vraja region conducted jointly with the Sri Caitanya Prema Sansthan, Vrindaban . The results of other aspects are at carious stage of publication, viz. (i) Annotated Multi- lingual Bibliography on Vraja, (ii) Evening Blossams: the Temple Tradition of Sanjhi in Vrindaban, and (iii) an edited and translated edition of Bhaktirasamrta Sindhu.
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KRSNA SMRITI: Studies in Indian Art and Archaeology
Original price was: $56.00.$42.00Current price is: $42.00.Add to cartKRSNA SMRITI contains masterly essays covering Prehistory, Proto-history, Art, Architecture, Epigraphy, Numismatics etc. in commemoration of one of the greatest indologist of recent times, Prof. K.D. Bajpai.
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MANIPUR: The Glorious Past
Original price was: $29.00.$21.75Current price is: $21.75.Add to cartThe book “Manipur: The Glorious Past” covers in detail the excavations and includes full analyses of the pottery, the metal work, the objects from the burials, the environmental evidence and all other finds. The profusion of duly annotated illustrations make the text more meaningful and illuminating. It is hoped this book will be able to fill a part of the gap in the history of Manipur.
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Mythologies of the East: Description and Explanation of the Mythologies (Set of 2 Vols.)
Original price was: $110.00.$82.50Current price is: $82.50.Add to cartThe book “Mythologies of the East” makes an attempt to decipher the mythology of Asia, an important pre-requisite to the understanding of art, thought and literature of this land of great religious provinces, each with its own cosmology, philosophy and mythology. The book is an exceptionally clear and accessible presentation of Oriental mythologies including Brahmanism, Buddhism, Lamaism, Islam etc.
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THE AGE OF THE SATAVAHANAS (Set of 2 Vols.)
Original price was: $90.00.$67.50Current price is: $67.50.Add to cartThe Satavahanas (Andhra or Andhrajatiya of the historical sections of the Puranas) occupy a pre-eminent position in early Deccanese history comparable only to that of the Kushanas of North India who were almost contemporaries
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Written in Bones
Original price was: $49.95.$39.96Current price is: $39.96.Add to cartThis work by international experts shows how the careful study of bones can reveal a compelling picture of the lives, cultures and beliefs of ancient societies. It reveals 36 case studies from sites around the world, including the world’s oldest dwarf and the Chinchorro mummies of Chile.