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The origins and development of the fascinating variety of continents, countries and communities of the world are the engrossing subjects of the present prize set of 17 Vols. in 34 Parts of the encyclopaedia. With marvelously lucid text and equally graphic illustrations, the writers and editors present a panoramic account of the splendid variety of the family of mankind, its numerous and varied habitations, its physical, human and economic geography of man and his activities, and the living dynamic relation that mankind had with fellow communities across land and sea as well as with the planet that sustains all of them. The World Encyclopaedia of Nations and Nationalities opens to students, t...
Relates To History And Culture Of Ancient India And Aims To Make Available The Best Sources On The Subject In Proper Historical Perspective. Has 13 Chapters. Also Covers Indus Valley Civilization In 16 Chapters, Has An Appendix, Map And Illustrations.
Contents: Introduction, The Empires of Ancient India, The Vakatakas, Post- Mauryan India, Political Order and Ideas, Social and Political Thought and Institutions, Kulyavapa, Dronavapa and Adhavapa, South India, The Age of Imperial Kanauj, The Mudrarakshasa the Web of Diplomacy, Valmiki, Vyasa and Kalidasa, R.C. Dutt s Translation of the Epics, Classical Literature, Conclusion.
Contents: Introduction, Sikhism, The Development of Sikhism As a Distinct Religion, Sikh Tradition: Competing Organisations and Ideology, The Sikh Gurus, The Religion and Social Organisation of the Sikhs, Women in Sikhism, Gender and the Sikh Panth, Sikh Code of Conduct, The Concept of Hukam in Sikhism and Religious Experience, Sikh Politics in India, Unity of God The Sikh Point of View, Sikh Saints, Sikhism and Other Religious, Sikhism in the 21st Century.
Study on women in Indian society from pre-historic to the present day.
Indian civilization and culture is not only ancient but it also extensive and varied. Many races and peoples have contributed and enriched it. Its key note is synthesis on the basis of eternal values. Thus the foundations of the two great ideals of Indian civilization-synthesis of cultures and spiritual regeneration of man have been truly laid, on which future structure of India's culture and civilization has been raised. Aim of this series is to compile some perspectives of Indian civilization and culture. It infact, is a romance, telling tale of heroic men, women and their exploits. It is a whole literature in itself, containing code of life, philosophy of social and ethical relations thei...
Contents: The Ramayana: A Historical Perspective, The Ramayana: In Immortal Epic, Ramayana in Kutiyattam, Kuttu and Pathakam, Economic Data in the Mahabharata, The Heroic Ideal, The Epics and Law, The Epic Ideals of Human Relations, Ancient Ideals of Human Relations, Buddha, Kautalya and Krishna.
Contents: Introduction, The Indus Civilization, Origin and Development of the Indus Civilization, Extent and Distribution of Sites, Customs and Amusements, Indian Types of Pottery Vessels in Dvaravati Culture, Inscriptions in Mohenjo Daro, Cracking the Indus Valley Code, Extension of the Indus Civilization, Economics of the Indus Valley Civilization, The Decline, Causes of the Ruin, Some New Evidences, Mohenjo-daro and Rigveda, Is Indus Valley Civilization Dravidian s or Aryan s?
Contents: Theory of Public Administration, Definition of Administration, Nature, Scope and Importance of Public Administration, Methodology, Basic Principles of Public Administration, The Principles of Administration, Administrative Science and Other Social Science, Development Administration, Comparative Public Administration, International Public Administration, State of Public Administration in India Today, Perspectives on Public Administration for the 21st Century, Administrative Reorganisation in India: Some Strategic Issues, New Public Management: Challenges and Issues in an international Perspective.
Contents: Government, Classification of the Form of Government, Forms of Government, Forms of Government Unitary and Federal Governments, Forms of Government Cabinet and Presidential Governments and Dictatorship, Types of Democratic Government, Localism, Centralism and Federalism, Is Our President Like the British Monarch?, Indian Federalism.