The Myth of the Holy Cow
The Myth of the Holy Cow

Author: D. N. Jha

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 178960933X

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Hugely controversial upon its publication in India, this book has already been banned by the Hyderabad Civil Court and the author's life has been threatened. Jha argues against the historical sanctity of the cow in India, in an illuminating response to the prevailing attitudes about beef that have been fiercely supported by the current Hindu right-wing government and the fundamentalist groups backing it.

The Tropical Turn
The Tropical Turn

Author: Sureshkumar Muthukumaran

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 0520390830

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This book chronicles the earliest histories of familiar tropical Asian crops in the ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean, from rice and cotton to citruses and cucumbers. Drawing on archaeological materials and textual sources in over seven ancient languages, The Tropical Turn unravels the breathtaking anthropogenic peregrinations of these familiar crops from their homelands in tropical and subtropical Asia to the Middle East and the Mediterranean, showing the significant impact South Asia had on the ecologies, dietary habits, and cultural identities of peoples across the ancient world. In the process, Sureshkumar Muthukumaran offers a fresh narrative history of human connectivity across Afro-Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the late centuries BCE.

Lekhapaddhati
Lekhapaddhati

Author: Pushpa Prasad

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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Pushpa Prasad presents a collection of Sanskrit documents belonging to pre-Sultanate Gujarat, dating from ancient to medieval times and chronicling state and everyday life.

Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient India
Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient India

Author: Rina Shrivastava

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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Illustrations: 4 Maps and 47 B/w Illustrations Description: This is one of the few well documented, well-researched and well-presented book on the history of mining and metallurgy in ancient India based on archaeological, literary and ethnological evidences and on first hand knowledge of various mining sites. Apart from the introduction and conclusion, this work of about 300 pages consists chapters on mineral ores in ancient India, gold, silver, copper and bronze, iron and zinc. This book also contains 4 maps and 47 illustrations.