India: A History :Keay's narrative begins in
3000 B.C., with the complex, and little-understood,
Harappan period, a time of state formation and the development
of agriculture and trade networks. Keay traces the growth
of subsequent states and kingdoms throughout antiquity
and continues to the modern day, his narrative ending
with Indian-Pakistani conflicts in 1998. Fluently told
and well documented, Keay's narrative history is of
much value to students and general readers with an interest
in India's past and present. Amazon.com--Gregory McNamee
The True History and the Religion of India: A Concise
Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism Contains
an unimaginably enormous amount of authentic information
with scientific evidences that brings the total Hinduism
in one single volume. Dr. David Campos, Professor Roosevelt
University, Chicago, IL
The Complete Taj Mahal: The greatest monument to
love, and the lost world of the Agra gardens and their
characterful owners, re-created through superb scholarship
and evocative illustrations. The book features hundreds
of new photographs plus drawings by the Indian architect
Richard Barraud that include plans and reconstructions
of Agra and the Taj complex as they looked in Shah Jahan's
time.
India: A History :The history of what is now India
stretches back thousands of years, further than that
of nearly any other region on earth. Yet, observes historian
John Keay, most historical work on India concentrates
on the period after the arrival of Europeans, with predictable
biases, distortions, and misapprehensions. One, for
example, is the tendency to locate the source of social
conflict in India's many religions--to which Keay retorts,
"Historically, it was Europe, not India, which consistently
made religion grounds for war." Taking the longest possible
view, Keay surveys what is both provable and invented
in the historical record. His narrative begins in 3000
B.C., with the complex, and little-understood, Harappan
period, a time of state formation and the development
of agriculture and trade networks. This period coincides
with the arrival of Indo-European invaders, the so-called
Aryans, whose name, of course, has been put to bad use
at many points since. Keay traces the growth of subsequent
states and kingdoms throughout antiquity and the medieval
period, suggesting that the lack of unified government
made the job of the European conquerors somewhat easier--but
by no means inevitable. He continues to the modern day,
his narrative ending with Indian-Pakistani conflicts
in 1998. Fluently told and well documented, Keay's narrative
history is of much value to students and general readers
with an interest in India's past and present. Amazon.com--Gregory
McNamee
Proof of Vedic Culture's Global Existence : Through
this book you will see: * How Vedic knowledge was given
to humanity by the Supreme. * The history and traditional
source of the Vedas and Vedic Aryan society. * Who were
the original Vedic Aryans. How Vedic society was a global
influence and what shattered this world-wide society.
* Many scientific discoveries over the past several
centuries are only rediscoveries of what was already
known in the Vedic literature. You will see the advanced
nature of Vedic knowledge that long superceded other
noted cultures. * The origins of world language and
literature are found in India and Sanskrit. How Sanskrit
faded from being a global language. * The Vedic influence
and proof of its ancient existence found in such countries
as Britain, France, Russia, Greece, China, Japan, Egypt,
and in areas of Scandinavia, the Middle East, Africa,
and the Americas. * The links between the Vedic and
other ancient cultures, such as the Sumerians, Persians,
Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, etc.
A New History of India : After more than 20 years
in print, A New History of India continues to be the
most readable and popular one-volume history of India
available. Wolpert has managed to condense over 4,000
years of continuity and development into a graceful
and engaging 544 pages of text. The book discusses modern
India's rapidly growing population and even more rapidly
expanding industry and economy withing the context of
the country's past, as well as considering the prospects
for India's future. Throughout, Wolpert strives to record
history fairly and truthfully, portraying with clarity
and intensity both the brightest achievements of Indian
civilization, and the darkest depths of its persistent
socio-secual inequities, and economic and political
corruption.
Made for Maharajas: A Design Diary of Princely India
The Indian princes of the British Raj lived lives of
unparalleled opulence and luxury. Made for Maharajas
returns readers to that resplendent era, presenting
a selection of one-of-a-kind objects crafted to order
by the outstanding European luxury goods manufacturers,
fashion houses, and decorators of the late 19th and
early 20th centuries. Here are the custom-designed cars,
jewelry, and extraordinary objéts d’art commissioned
by maharajas, nawabs, nizams, and sultans from Cartier,
Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron, Harry Winston, and others,
accompanied by anecdotes that illuminate this sumptuous
way of life. Many of the illustrations in this book
have never been previously reproduced outside of India,
making this not only the first volume of its kind, but
a remarkable keepsake that may never be duplicated in
our lifetime.
Virtue, Success, Pleasure, & Liberation: The Four Aims
of Life in the Tradition of Ancient India: This
small book is brief and clear, an accessible introduction
for someone not familiar with Hinduism or traditional
Indian society.
The Origins and Development of Classical Hinduism
by A.L. Basham, Kenneth G. Zysk Best work on the subject.
Simple and scholarly." --S. N. Desai, St. John's University
