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India before Europe: by Catherine B. Asher & Cynthia Talbot
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-03-15 | Author:Catherine B. Asher & Cynthia Talbot

Figure 5.12 Raja Man Singh’s Govinda Deva temple (1590) at Vrindavan reflects Islamicate styles used in imperial Mughal architecture. Man Singh built several other temples that were intended both to ...
( Category: Asia August 15,2017 )
Black Friday: The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts by Hussain Zaidi
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-11-14 | Author:Hussain Zaidi

Yeba Yaqub When Tiger had begun assembling his group, Yaqub, swept by a wave of enthusiasm, had pledged his support, though he had not known precisely how he could help. ...
( Category: Asia August 15,2017 )
Show of Force by AJ Quinn
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 2013-09-16 | Author:AJ Quinn

Chapter Twenty Tate held Evan as she slipped into a blessedly dreamless slumber and was holding her still when she awoke two hours later. Turning her head, Evan saw the ...
( Category: Romantic Suspense August 15,2017 )
Tombstone by Yang Jisheng
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Yang Jisheng

THE HORROR OF CANNIBALISM Liang Zhiyuan recorded a large number of cases of cannibalism. He found, The extensiveness of the practice, the number of incidents, and the length of time ...
( Category: Politics & Government August 15,2017 )
Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond by William Dalrymple & Anita Anand
epub, azw3 |eng | 2017-06-14 | Author:William Dalrymple & Anita Anand

By the 1840s the British were the undisputed geopolitical masters of much of India. Through a mixture of trade and conquest, their territories expanded rapidly from Madras in the south-east ...
( Category: Asia August 15,2017 )
Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond by Dalrymple William & Anand Anita
mobi |eng | 2017-06-14 | Author:Dalrymple, William & Anand, Anita [Dalrymple, William]

By the 1840s the British were the undisputed geopolitical masters of much of India. Through a mixture of trade and conquest, their territories expanded rapidly from Madras in the south-east ...
( Category: Asia August 15,2017 )
India's Ancient Past by R.S. Sharma
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-09-17 | Author:R.S. Sharma

Chronology (BC) 4 C The elements of the mid-Gangetic material culture started to spread to northern Bengal, Kalinga, Andhra, and Karnataka. The Nandas of Magadha are said to have conquered ...
( Category: Anthropology August 15,2017 )
India's Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra & Mridula Mukherjee & Aditya Mukherjee & K N Panikkar & Sucheta Mahajan
mobi, epub |eng | 2016-08-08 | Author:Bipan Chandra & Mridula Mukherjee & Aditya Mukherjee & K N Panikkar & Sucheta Mahajan

24 The Rise of the Left-Wing A powerful left-wing group developed in India in the late 1920s and 1930s contributing to the radicalization of the national movement. The goal of ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence August 15,2017 )
Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2008-01-31 | Author:Jawaharlal Nehru

The Destruction of India’s Industry and the Decay of Her Agriculture The chief business of the East India Company in its early period, the very object for which it was ...
( Category: Asia August 15,2017 )
The Penguin History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300 by Romila Thapar
epub, mobi, azw3, pdf |eng | 2003-08-06 | Author:Romila Thapar

Such inscriptions provide an indirect comment on the political importance of guilds. Although guilds were powerful in urban life, it seems their heads did not seek direct political influence or ...
( Category: Asia August 15,2017 )
India: A History by John Keay
epub, mobi, azw3, pdf |eng | 2013-07-24 | Author:John Keay

* * * THE GREAT MUGHALS * * * Nevertheless the arrival at court of the son of Rana Amar Singh was proof enough of Mewar’s shame. Jahangir, content to ...
( Category: Asia August 14,2017 )
M.K. Gandhi, Attorney at Law by DiSalvo Charles R
epub |eng | | Author:DiSalvo, Charles R.

ASIATIC TRADING COMMISSION The locations issue arose with full force when the infamous “Bazaar Notice,” requiring compliance by the end of the year, was published in April 1903. It angered ...
( Category: Anthropology August 14,2017 )
A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA by Kurlantzick Joshua
epub |eng | 2017-01-24 | Author:Kurlantzick, Joshua [Kurlantzick, Joshua]

* * * The bombing of the Plain had temporarily demoralized the North Vietnamese, cut their supply lines, and helped force them to retreat. But more than any other air ...
( Category: Asia August 14,2017 )
An Area of Darkness by V.S. Naipaul
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-10-20 | Author:V.S. Naipaul [Naipaul, V.S.]

*Luxury, with Indians, and especially Hindus, always seems contrived and strenuous. No people are so little interested in interiors. This lack of interest appears to be historical. The Kama Sutra, ...
( Category: Asia August 13,2017 )
Discovering the Vedas by Frits Staal
epub |eng | 2013-04-06 | Author:Frits Staal [Staal, Frits]

The Gāyatrī Mantra The Gāyatrī mantra is called after its metre (Five: Rigveda): it consists of three verses of eight syllables which are long ‘—’ or short ‘^’ as in ...
( Category: Hinduism August 13,2017 )

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