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"In Ancient India, readers discover the history and impressive accomplishments of the people of ancient India, including their enduring religions and rich literary traditions. Engaging text provides details on the civilization's history, development, daily life, culture, art, technology, warfare, social organization, and more."--Publisher's web site.
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"India is considered one of the great ancient civilizations of the Old World. From the earliest settlements along the Indus River to the golden age of the Gupta Empire, the cultural contributions of ancient India are an important component of the human story. Readers will travel back in time and witness how religion, art, and literature helped craft the India we know today. Maps, full-color photographs, and biographies of important historical figures...
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x, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
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"India remains a mystery to many Americans, even as it is poised to become the worldʼs third largest economy within a generation, outstripping Japan. It will surpass China in population by 2032 and will have more English speakers than the United States by 2050. In In Spite of the Gods, Edward Luce, a journalist who covered India for many years, makes brilliant sense of India and its rise to global power. Already a number-one bestseller in India,...
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xii, 511 pages ; 25 cm
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India's recent economic boom has triggered tremendous social, political, and cultural change. The result is a country that, while managing incredible economic growth, has also begun to fully inhabit its role on the world political stage. In this far-ranging look at the central ideas that have shaped this young nation, Infosys cofounder Nilekani offers an original interpretation of the country's past, present, and future. He traces the efforts of the...
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564 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
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"Through the stories of administrators, soldiers and subjects, describes how the East India Company went from a trading company to a quasi-imperial government with over a quarter of a million troops, whose high tax on tea helped spark the American Revolution"--NoveList.
"The popular image of the British Raj -- an era of efficient but officious governors, sycophantic local functionaries, doting amahs, blisteringly hot days and torrid nights--chronicled...
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"The chant of "Azadi!" -- Urdu for "Freedom!" -- is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what Kashmiris see as the Indian Occupation. Ironically, it has also become the chant of millions on the streets of India against the project of Hindu nationalism. Just as Arundhati Roy began to ask what lay between these two calls for freedom -- a chasm or a bridge? -- the streets fell silent. Not only in India but all over the world. The coronavirus...
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3 videodiscs (304 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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This six part series explores the influence on ancient culture on our lives today. Host Michael Wood visits the ancient cities and great ports of India and China, the deserts of Egypt and Iraq, the Mexico of the Inca, Aztec and Mayan peoples, the Greek and Roman monuments of Europe and the jungles of Central America searching for the living legacies of these once great civilizations. The series traces how the institutions that arose with urban civilization...
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306 pages ; 25 cm
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Reversing his parents' immigrant path, a young American-born writer returns to India and discovers an old country making itself new. Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane from America prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him and said, "We're all trying to go that way," pointing to the rear. "You, you're going this way?" Giridharadas was returning to the land of his ancestors, amid an unlikely economic boom....
16) Mystic India
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1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Experience the true story of an eleven-year-old child yogi, Neelkanth, who left his home in 1792 on a journey of enlightenment and awakening.
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71 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
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"Journey across the diverse regions of India in this joyful celebration of its people, places, and wildlife. Watch elephants bathing from a houseboat in Kerala, marvel at the ancient cave paintings of Bhimbetka, wander the bustling streets of Delhi, and ride a train through the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas. Uncover India's fascinating history and culture, and explore the unique mix of the traditional and modern that makes India the incredible...
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