Asia

ISBN: 9789492444677
Published by : Barkhuis
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This book deals with the early development of Śaivism in ancient Dakṣiṇa Kosala, the region that roughly corresponds to the modern state of Chhattisgarh, plus the districts of Sambalpur, Balangir and Kalahandi of Odhisha (formerly Orissa). At the ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861592180
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 218
Among world religions, only Buddhism and Christianity attach a central significance to the role of relics. These two traditions, however, are different in both conceptual and material terms. In Buddhism, the most sacred relics are those considered... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781107141452
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In this book, Li Min proposes a new paradigm for the foundation and emergence of the classical tradition in early China, from the late Neolithic through the Zhou period. Using a wide range of historical and archaeological data, he explains the dev... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781780766065
Published by : I.B. Tauris
Series: I.B. Tauris Short Histories
The Mongol Empire was the mightiest land empire the world has ever seen. At its height it was twice the size of its Roman equivalent. For a remarkable century and a half it commanded a population of 100 million people, while the rule of Chinggis (... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781785708367
Published by : Oxbow Books
Cityscapes consist of houses, streets, civic buildings, sanctuaries, tombs, monuments and inscriptions created by multiple generations of citizens and foreigners with an interest in the city; they are interpreted and reinterpreted as expressions o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813173931
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Asia in the New Millennium
Today 700 million Chinese citizens - more than fifty-four percent of the population - live in cities. The mass migration of rural populations to urban centers increased rapidly following economic reforms of the 1990s, and serious problems such as ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813175157
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Home to sprawling Appalachian forests, rolling prairies, and the longest cave system in the world, Kentucky is among the most ecologically diverse states in the nation. Lakes, rivers, and springs have shaped and nourished life in the Commonwealth ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199689187
Published by : Oxford University Press
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it is a tale covering over 10,000 years, from the origins ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781785707568
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Puspika: Tracing Ancient India through Texts and Traditions
Puṣpikā Volume 4 contains the proceedings of the seventh International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (Leiden 2015). The fourteen papers included here cover a rich variety of topics related to the intellectual traditions of South Asia such a... .... Learn More