Early Medieval Indian Society
Early Medieval Indian Society

Author: Ram Sharan Sharma

Publisher: Orient Blackswan

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9788125025238

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The book analyses the transition from the ancient to the medieval period in polity, economy, the caste system and culture. It examines the form of peasant protest and the reasons for their failure and infrequency. The author also examines the development of tantrism and the mentality that feudalism created.

The Storyteller's Sourcebook
The Storyteller's Sourcebook

Author: Margaret Read MacDonald

Publisher: Gale Cengage

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 848

ISBN-13:

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The Storyteller's Sourcebook is the first reference tool to bring together from children's collections variants of each folktale, and to supply descriptions of them. It is specifically designed for quick and easy access by the teacher or librarian who wants to locate (1) tales about a given subject, (2) the location of a specific tale title in collections, (3) tales from an ethnic or geographical area, (4) variants of a specific tale. - p. ix.

Where the Buddha Walked
Where the Buddha Walked

Author: Rana P. B. Singh

Publisher: Spotlight Poets

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13:

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This book is the first attempt to describe all the fifteen placeswith which the Buddha had direct association: Lumbini,Kapilavastu, Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Sarnath, Shravasti,Kaushambi, Rajagriha, Nalanda, Vaishali, Patna, Kesariya,Kushinagar, Sankisa, and Mathura. The sequence of the fifteenBuddhist places follows the life-cycle and the journeysperformed by the Buddha as narrated in the JÈtakas and theTripi aka.Narration of each of these places accounts the mythology,legend, JÈtaka tales, cultural history, archaeology, field studiesand general information. The book is illustrated with 55photographs and 55 maps and figures, and also contains adescription of the main link stations like Varanasi, Allahabadand Gorakhpur. Nearby sites for excursion are also describedin the context.

Pamphlet
Pamphlet

Author: Library Association. Youth Libraries Group

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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