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R.K. Narayan [Hardback]
Nicolas Grene (Author)
$80.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780746310786
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
A detailed critical study of the leading Indian novelist in English and a key figure in the development of a distinctive postcolonial literature.
This study covers all of Narayan's work, offering an accessible introduction to his l... .... Learn More -
The Social Lives of Figurines: Recontextualizing the Third Millennium BC Terracotta Figurines from Harappa (Pakistan) [Hardback]
Sharri R. Clark (Author)
Regular Price: $40.00
Special Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781842174555
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PREHISTORIC RESEARCH MONOGRAPH
After more than 80 years of research, the Indus Civilization (ca. 2600–1900 BC) remains largely enigmatic. In this geographically extensive civilization, which still has no known monumental art and undeciphered texts, the la... .... Learn More -
Puspika: Tracing Ancient India Through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology Volume 2 [Paperback]
Giovanni Ciotti (Editor); Alastair Gornall (Editor); Paolo Visigalli (Editor)
Regular Price: $56.00
Special Price: $42.00
ISBN: 9781782974154
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: PUSPIKA
Volume: 2
Puspika 2 is the outcome of the second International Indology Graduate Research Symposium and presents the results of recent research by young scholars into pre-modern South Asian cultures with papers covering a variety of topics ... .... Learn More -
Battles of Ancient China [Hardback]
Chris Peers (Author)
$39.95ISBN: 9781848847903
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
In the field of military history as in so many others, the Chinese have often been both admired and seen as something utterly mysterious and inscrutable. Chris Peers illuminates the evolution of the military art in China with refe... .... Learn More -
Kalila & Dimna: Fables of Conflict and Intrigue [Paperback]
Ramsay Wood (Author)
$17.95ISBN: 9780956708106
Published by : Medina Publishing
Kalila and Dimna or The Panchatantra (also known in Europe since 1483 as The Fables of Bidpai) is a multi-layered, inter-connected and variable arrangement of animal stories, with one story leading into another, sometimes three or... .... Learn More -
Puspika: Tracing Ancient India Through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology Volume I [Paperback]
Nina Mirnig (Editor); Peter-Daniel Szanto (Editor); Michael Williams (Editor)
Regular Price: $76.00
Special Price: $57.00
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 -
Rainforest Foraging and Farming in Island Southeast Asia: the Archaeology of the Niah Caves, Sarawak [Hardback]
G. Barker (Editor)
$124.00ISBN: 9781902937540
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: MCDONALD INSTITUTE MONOGRAPHS
The cathedral-like Niah Caves of Sarawak (Borneo) have iconic status in the archaeology of Southeast Asia, because the excavations by Tom and Barbara Harrisson in the 1950s and 1960s revealed the longest sequence of human occupati... .... Learn More -
Sun Tzu The Art of War Through the Ages (illustrated) [Paperback]
Bob Carruthers (Author)
$14.95ISBN: 9781781592342
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Series: Military History from Primary Sources
‘The Art of War’ is an ancient Chinese military treatise that is attributed to Sun Tzu, a high ranking military general and strategist. It is composed of thirteen chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of war... .... Learn More -
Die Khmer [Hardback]
Stefano Vecchia (Author)
$45.00ISBN: 9783805346702
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
Colossal and magnificent temples, huge Buddha statues and impressive reliefs: The Khmer Empire reveals himself as completely unique. From the 9th to the 15th century the Khmer ruled over large parts of the present states of Thailand, Vietnam, Laos... .... Learn More -
Silk Roads of the Northern Tibetan Plateau during the Early Middle Ages: (from the Han to Tang Dynasty) [Paperback]
Tao Tong (Author)
$85.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781407311395
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2521
The excavation of Tuyuhun-Tubo (Tibetan) elite graves at Dulan and Delingha in the modern province of Qinghai has necessitated a rewriting of the history of the Silk Road of the north-western China, especially during the 5th-8th c... .... Learn More