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ISBN: 9780861930753
Published by : Royal Historical Society

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ISBN: 9781874780571
Published by : Khalili Collections
Series: NDK COLLECTION OF ISLAMIC ART
Volume: 8
This, the second volume of the catalogue of the rare books and miniatures in the Khalili Collection, is devoted to painting in India under the Mughals.


The material presented here ranges in date from the late 16th to the late 19th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781874780724
Published by : Khalili Collections
Series: The Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
Volume: XVIII
The nearly 200 Indian jewelled and enamelled luxury objects in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art add significantly to the corpus of Mughal art and to the history of goldsmiths' work and hardstone-carving in the Indian subcontinent... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842173855
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: PUSPIKA
Volume: 1
It is perhaps commonplace to say that India is one of the world's richest and enticing cultures. One thousand years have passed since Albiruni, arguably the first 'Indologist', wrote his outsider's account of the subcontinent, and two hundred y... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841710679
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Beads are an enduring artefact commonly found on excavated sites within many different cultures. This study focuses on beads from India, including amulets, pendants, eye-beads and etched beads. The examples cited cover the period from the Palae... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841711980
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR
Volume: 1003
An expanded dissertation which uses a variety of approaches to examine the use of resources and evidence for human behaviour in `a classic area for the Indian Palaeolithic'. Sections that examine the Quaternary environment, the archaeological r... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789025611842
Published by : Adolf M Hakkert
Costis Davaras is not the first scholar to compare the Bronze Age cultures of Crete and India. Prompted by an invitation to attend the World Archaeological Congress in New Delhi in 1994, he takes an eclectic look at `parallels and affinities' betw... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841713649
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Glass-making and the production of beads was a small-scale industry in India originating some time in the first millennium BC. Although evidence from 212 ancient sites, 36 of which are claimed to be manufacturing sites, provides some insight in... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407301518
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
A study of the region around the early historical Buddhist monastery in Bagh, in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India; a special focus is given to the local cave art. The author argues that the visual art represents the religious assimi... .... Learn More