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- Product Code :BK8787
- Size :9.1" x 1.7" x 6.1"
- Weight :730g.
- Author :Manoshi Bhattacharya
- ISBN :8129114011, 978-8129114013
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition :January 1, 2009
- Cover :Paperback
- Language :English
- Pages :555
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The Royal Rajputs-Strange Tales and Stranger Truths is also a human tale of scandal and intrigue, moustaches and harems. Custom, tradition and memories born in those early days all have their reasons. So do the locations of battles and forts.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Manoshi Bhattacharya, who began her medical career in the Indian Navy, is a practising general physician in Gurgaon. She is also the author of Charting the Deep, the history of the survey and mapping of Indian waters

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- Publisher : Westland / Yatra
- By : Ashwin Sanghi
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Bengali
- Edition : 2019
- Pages :
- Weight : 200 gm
- Size : 14 x 2.5 x 21 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9387894886
- ISBN-13 : 978-9387894884
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Ashwin Sanghi who is regarded by many as the Dan Brown of India has written ‘The Rozabal Line’ with a specific aim in mind- to give readers the adventure of their lifetime. The plot behind the book is the belief that Jesus might have escaped crucifixion and might have lived in Kashmir in India. What follows is a whirlwind of a ride that covers all the areas of the map. If you are addicted to high paced novels that keep you at the edge of your seats, then this is just the ideal book for you.
The story moves all over the World
“The Rozabal Line” is a book that transverse the lines of the map to produce a story that will have the readers eagerly turning the pages, wanting to get the answers. A librarian falls unconscious in London, a terrorist group has spread all over the world, a special assassin from the Vatican wants to kill everyone and the answers to questions arising in Jerusalem are to be found in Kashmir. This is the story that Ashwin Sanghi has encapsulated in his book ‘The Rozabal Line’ and most certainly merits your attention.

By ekah of course is meant Kalida'sa, the author of Abhijna'nas'akuntala, Raghuwamsa, etc., and it is him we are here concerned with. Of his personal history very little is definitely known. The name itself signifies 'a servant of the goddess Durga' it is probable that like so many other names it was bestowed without any reference to its original signification. But on it is based a tradition which represents him to have been an illiterate person, till by the favour of the goddess he suddenly found himself endowed with the poetic gift. Ka'li-da'sa is curiously reticent about himself in his works; nor are any records of him by other hands now available. Whatever we can say about his life is based on external and secondary sources and must necessarily remain a matter of more or less guess-work. His birth-place was probably somewhere in Malwa and from his glowing description of Ujjayini it would appear that he was a resident of that city. Legends are current about his having been a court-poet of King Vikramaditya, (a matter to which we shall refer further on); and his works, it is true, show considerable acquaintance with court life. He was a Bra'hmana by caste and a devout worshipper of Siva, though by no means a narrow-minded sectarian. He seems to have travelled a great deal throughout India; his graphic description of the Himalayan scenes reads very much like that of an eye-witness.

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- Product Code :BK8788
- Size :7.8" x 5.3" x 0.4"
- Weight :140g.
- Author :Ruskin Bond
- ISBN :8129101440, 978-8129101440
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition :February 2, 2005
- Cover :Paperback
- Language :English
- Pages :144
Description
These thrilling stories are of true adventures in the jungles of India. The writers encounter man-eating tigers, musth elephants and other predators in a land teeming with wildlife
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Ruskin Bond, resident of Mussoorie, is a well-known writer of fiction and a raconteur par excellence. His Tales and Legends from India, Angry River, Strange Men, Strange Places, The Blue Umbrella, A Long Walk for Bina and Hanuman to the Rescue are also available in Rupa paperback. The Ruskin Bond’s Children’s Omnibus has been a firm favourite with young readers for several years. Ghost Stories from the Raj, The Rupa Book of Great Animal Stories, The Rupa Book of True Tales of Mystery and Adventure, The Rupa Book of Himalayan Tales and The Rupa Book of Great Suspense Stories are some of his recent books for Rupa

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- Publisher : Rupa
- By : Ruskin Bond
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2003
- Pages : 144 pages
- Weight : 140 g
- Size : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
- ISBN-10 : 8129101440
- ISBN-13 : 978-8129101440
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The Rupa Book of Ruskin Bond's Himalayan Tales is a collection of short stories, essays and poems set in the Indian Himalayas. With his keen spirit of observation as he sets his eyes upon people, places and wildlife, Ruskin Bind deftly captures the adventure and joy of life in the hills. With this compelling blend of fiction and non-fiction, Ruskin Bond treats us to another endearing Rupa collection.

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- Product Code :BK8789
- Author :Ruskin Bond
- ISBN :812914445X, 978-8129144454
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition :2017
- Cover :Paperback
- Language :English
- Pages :142
Description
These thrilling stories are of true adventures in the jungles of India. The writers encounter man-eating tigers, musth elephants and other predators in a land teeming with wildlife
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Ruskin Bond, resident of Mussoorie, is a well-known writer of fiction and a raconteur par excellence. His Tales and Legends from India, Angry River, Strange Men, Strange Places, The Blue Umbrella, A Long Walk for Bina and Hanuman to the Rescue are also available in Rupa paperback. The Ruskin Bond’s Children’s Omnibus has been a firm favourite with young readers for several years. Ghost Stories from the Raj, The Rupa Book of Great Animal Stories, The Rupa Book of True Tales of Mystery and Adventure, The Rupa Book of Himalayan Tales and The Rupa Book of Great Suspense Stories are some of his recent books for Rupa

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- Product Code :BK8790
- Size :7.6" x 5" x 0.3"
- Weight :190g
- Author :Ruskin Bond
- ISBN :812910606X, 978-8129106063
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition : December 31, 1899
- Cover :Paperback
- Language :English
- Pages :199
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This is a collection of fascinating and real life stories of journeys into the unknown, filled with travails often resulting in a struggle for survival. The narratives of the survivors recount about a plane crash in a desert, a cannibal conclave, a revolution in South America, encounters with pirates and other adventures.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Ruskin Bond, resident of Mussoorie, is a well-known writer of fiction and a raconteur par excellence. His Tales and Legends from India, Angry River, Strange Men, Strange Places, The Blue Umbrella, A Long Walk for Bina and Hanuman to the Rescue are also available in Rupa paperback. The Ruskin Bond’s Children’s Omnibus has been a firm favourite with young readers for several years. Ghost Stories from the Raj, The Rupa Book of Great Animal Stories, The Rupa Book of True Tales of Mystery and Adventure, The Rupa Book of Himalayan Tales and The Rupa Book of Great Suspense Stories are some of his recent books for Rupa

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- Product Code :BK8791
- Size :7.6" x 5.1" x 0.6"
- Weight :120g.
- Author :Ruskin Bond
- ISBN :8129106086, 978-8129106087
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India
- Edition :January 6, 2003
- Cover :Paperback
- Language :English
- Pages :192
Description
Laugh and be well!’ exclaimed the great Dr. Johnson, and he never spoke truer words. For, laughter is certainly good medicine, guaranteed to drive away the blues and improve your general well-being. Ruskin Bond declares that he had great fun in putting together this anthology of hilarious stories, humorous articles, and comic verse. The reader will share his enjoyment. You will smile, chuckle, or laugh out loud, whether at an account of a crazy cricket match, or a cheese that smells to high heaven, or a goat that goes berserk in a posh drawing-room.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
Ruskin Bond, resident of Mussoorie, is a well-known writer of fiction and a raconteur par excellence. His Tales and Legends from India, Angry River, Strange Men, Strange Places, The Blue Umbrella, A Long Walk for Bina and Hanuman to the Rescue are also available in Rupa paperback. The Ruskin Bond's Children's Omnibus has been a firm favourite with young readers for several years. Ghost Stories from the Raj, The Rupa Book of Great Animal Stories, The Rupa Book of True Tales of Mystery and Adventure, The Rupa Book of Himalayan Tales and The Rupa Book of Great Suspense Stories are some of his recent books for Rupa

While submitting here some prefatory observations on the version of the Shri King presented in this volume I think it well to prefix also a brief account of what are regarded as the sacred books of the religions of China. Those religions are three Confucianism, Taism and Buddhism.
I begin with a few words about the last. To translate any of its books does not belong to my province and more than a few words from me are unnecessary. It has been said that Buddhism was introduced into China in the third century B.C. but it certainly did not obtain an authoritative recognition in the empire till the third quarter of our first century. Its texts were translated into Chinese one portion after another as they were gradually obtained from India but it was not till very long after words that the Chinese possessed in their own language a complete copy of the Buddhist canon. Translations from the Sanskrit constitute the Principal part of the Buddhistic literature of china though there are also many original works in Chinese belonging to it.
II. Confucianism is the religion of China par excellence, and is named from the great sage who lived in the fifth and sixth centuries B.C. Confucius indeed did not originate the system, nor was he the first to inculcate its principles or enjoin its forms of worship. He said of himself (Analects, VII, i) that he was a transmitter and not a maker, one who believed in and loved the ancients; and hence it is said in the thirtieth chapter of the Doctrine of the Mean, ascribed to his grandson, that ‘he handed down the doctrines of Yâo and Shun, as if they had been his ancestors, and elegantly displayed the regulations of Wan and Wan, taking them as his models.’
In fulfilling what he considered to be his mission, Confucius did little towards committing to writing the views of antiquity according to his own conception of them. He discoursed about them freely with the disciples. of his school, from whom we have received a good deal of what he said; and it is possible that his accounts of the ancient views and practices took, unconsciously to himself, some colour from the peculiar character of his mind. But his favorite method was to direct the attention of his disciples to the ancient literature of the nation. He would neither affirm nor relate anything for which he could not adduce some document of acknowledged authority. He said on one occasion (Analects, III, ix) that he could describe the ceremonies of the dynasties of Hsiâ (B.C. 2205—1767) and Yin (B. C. 1766—1123), but did not do so, because the records and scholars in the two states of Káu, that had been assigned to the descendants of their sovereigns, could not sufficiently attest his words. It is an error even to suppose that he compiled the historical documents, poems, and other ancient books from various works existing in his time. Portions of the oldest works had already perished. His study of those that remained, and his exhortations to his disciples also to study them, contributed to their preservation. What he wrote or said about their meaning should be received by us with reverence; but if all the works which he handled had come down to us entire, we should have been, so far as it is possible for foreigners to be, in the same position as he was for learning the ancient religion of his country. Out text-books would be the same as his. Unfortunately most of the ancient books suffered loss and injury after Confucius had passed from the stage of life. We have reason, however, to be thankful that we possess so many and so much of them. No other literature, comparable to them for antiquity, has cçme down to us in such a state of preservation.
But the reader must bear in mind that the ancient books of China do not profess to have been inspired, or to contain what we should call a Revelation. Historians, poets, and others wrote them as they were moved in their own minds. An old poem may occasionally contain what it says was spoken by God, but we can only understand that language as calling attention emphatically to the statements to which it is prefixed. We also read of Heaven’s raising up the great ancient sovereigns and teachers, and variously assisting them to accomplish their undertakings; but all this need not be more than what a religious man of any country might affirm at the present day of direction, help, and guidance given to himself and others from above. But while the old Chinese books do not profess to contain any divine revelation, the references in them to religious views and practices are numerous and it is from these that the student has to fashion for himself an outline of the early religion of the people. I will now state what the books are.
First, and of greatest importance, there is the Book of Historical Documents, called the Shü and, since the period of the Han dynasty (began B.C. 202), the Shu King. Its documents commence with the reign of Yao in the twenty-fourth century B. C., and come down to that of king Hsiang of the Kau dynasty, B.C. 651—619. The earliest chapters were not contemporaneous with the events which they describe, but the others begin to be so in the twenty- second century B. C. The reader will find a translation of the whole of this work without abridgment.

The Cult of Jagannatha: Myths and Rituals offers a new approach to Orissan ethnography. In sharp contrast with dominant explanations, centred on tribal influences and the history of aryanisation, this book provides extensive evidence on the importance of religious orthodoxy. The transition from the coastal to the inland regions of Orissa is characterised by sharp demographic and sociological discontinuities. Such regional differences are probably a reflection of aryanisation. Ethnological accounts have most commonly relied on the historical reconstruction of this process. It has been assumed that native communities exercised a decisive influence on the traditions that flourished in the delta plain, especially those related to its vital centres-the city of Puri and the temple of Jagannatha. Myths and rituals show that sacrificial symbolism is at the core of Puri's religious system. Explicitly associated with an inaugural asvamedha (the Vedic horse sacrifice), the building of the great temple is still seen as a transformation of the brick-fire altar. These correlations are further supported by an impressive web of orthodox representations, both Vedic and Hindu. This acknowledgement of orthodoxy takes us back to the so-called singularities of local traditions. How to interpret the iconographic "specificity" of Puri's deities? What status should be attributed to the Sudra ritualists of the great temple? The present book provides new answers to these old questions. Puzzling as it may appear, the "strangeness" of Orissan ethnography is a particular-yet extremely coherent-expression of Indian traditions.

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- Product Code :BK8005
- Size :8.8" x 1" x 5.9"
- Weight :640g.
- Author :Georg Buhler
- ISBN :8120801156, 978-8120801158
- Publisher :Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt.. Ltd.
- Edition :January 1, 2001
- Cover :Hardcover
- Language :English
- Pages :360
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- Product Code :BK8004
- Size :8.5" x 5.8" x 1"
- Weight :550g.
- Author :F. Max Muller
- ISBN :8120801032, 978-8120801035
- Publisher :Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt.. Ltd.
- Edition :January 1, 2007
- Cover :Hardcover
- Language :English
- Pages :lxii+314
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