Category: History

For centuries the Naga, composed of more than 30 individual tribes, have lived in relative isolation in the mountainous area of Northeast India and upper Burma. This magnificent book explores the art and culture of the Naga peoples living in a remote region known as the "Last Great Mystery of Asia." Looking beyond the Nagas' past as fierce headhunters, it focuses on their unique way of life that rarely separates the spiritual from the social. Images of important ... View more info

The Indus Saga - From Pataliputra to Partition

By: Aitzaz Ahsan

Price: $17.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Roli Books: 2005

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 011953

The Indus region, comprising the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent (now Pakistan), has always had its distinct identity—racially, ethnically, linguistically and culturally. In the last five thousand years this region has been a part of India politically for only five hundred years. Pakistan, then, is no ‘artificial?state conjured up by the disaffected Muslim elite of British India. Aitzaz Ahsan surveys the history of Indus—as he refers to this region�... View more info

Al-Beruni's India- 2 Vols.

By: Al-Beruni and Edward C.Sachau

Price: $36.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Asian Educational Services: 2004

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 034588

Printed pages: Vol.1- 460, Vol.2- 432. View more info

Travel Into Bukhara- 3 Vols.

By: Alexander Burnes

Price: $62.50

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Asian Educational Services: 2009

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 034351

Printed pages: Vol.1- 380, Vol.2- 490, Vol.3- 350. View more info

Ceylon- The Land Of Eternal Charm (A.D.1924)

By: Ali Foad Toulba

Price: $31.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Asian Educational Services: 2000

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 034578

Printed pages: 352 alongwith 87 b/w illustrations and 4 colour illustrations. View more info

Unveiling India: A Woman's Journey

By: Anees Jung

Price: $4.98

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Penguin:

Edition: First Indian Edition

Seller ID: 002444

The women in this book are not extraordinary or famous, and yet their stories and testimonies, narrated here by one of India’s best-known women journalists, provide a passionate, often deeply touching, revelation of what it means to be a woman in India today. The women tell of marriage and widowhood, unfair work practices, sexual servitude, the problems of bearing and rearing children in poverty, religion, discrimination, other forms of exploitation. Yet they also ta... View more info

Th e Civillian's South India

By: Anon.

Price: $12.25

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Asian Educational Services: 2004

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 034314

Printed pages: 248 alongwith 69 plates. View more info

The Quarterly Army List Of Her Majesty's British And Indian Forces (Corrected 5th July A.D.1859)

By: Anon.

Price: $36.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Asian Educational Services: 1997

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 034596

Printed pages: 588. View more info

The Civillian's South India

By: Anon. (Civillian)

Price: $12.25

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Asian Educational Services: 2004

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 034592

Printed pages: 284. View more info

A Book World Directory of the Arab countries, Turkey and Iran

By: Anthony Rudkin and Irene Butcher

Price: $200.00

Publisher: London, UK, Mansell Publishing Limited: 1981

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 005231

Printed Pages: 157. View more info

Goa: A Traveller's Historical and Architectural Guide

By: Antony Hutt

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, UK, Scorpion Publishing Ltd: 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 010966

Printed Pages: 192 with numerous colour and b/w illustrations. Rubbed and scratched cover. Bumped corners. View more info

Afghanistan: From Terror to Freedom

By: Apratim Mukherji

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Sterling Publishers:

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 002547

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Bhuj: Art Architecture History

By: Azhar Tyabji

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Ahmedabad, India, Mapin Publishing in Association with Environmental Planning Collaborative: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 016152

Printed pages: 304 with numerous coloured and b/w photographs. View more info

Pre, Proto and Early Historic Cultures of Krishna-Tungabhadra Valley

By: B. Subrahmanyam

Price: $36.50

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 001769

Printed Pages: 326 with numerous b/w illustrations. View more info

Tomorrow's India: Another Tryst with Destiny

By: B.G. Verghese (ed.)

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Penguin/Viking: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 014825

Almost sixty years ago, Nehru spoke of India’s tryst with destiny at the dawn of Independence. In the Constitution of the new republic that was framed a few years later, the goals and values of that vision were unfolded. How far have we progressed since then and what is it that destiny now holds for tomorrow’s India? The present volume of essays surveys the scene past-forward and paints a picture of what has been accomplished and what remains to be done. There is pr... View more info

To the Pacific and Arctic with Beechey: The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of H.M.S. 'Blossom' 1825-1828

By: Barry M. Gough (ed.)

Price: $39.00

Publisher: Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press: 1973

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 006896

Printed Pages: 282 with several folding maps. View more info

The Sacred Earth (Living Wisdom Series)

By: Brian Leigh Molyneaux

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, UK, Macmillan in Association with Duncan Baird Publishers: 1995

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 009295

Printed Pages: 184 with b/w illustrations. Slightly rubbed cover. View more info

India Past and Present- 2 Vols.

By: C.H.Lindsay-Forbes

Price: $36.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Asian Educational Services: 200

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 034439

Printed pages: Vol.1- 320 alongwith 25 plates, Vol.2- 388 alongwith 25 plates. View more info

Ceylon Past and Present

By: C.M.Emriquez

Price: $21.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Asian Educational Services: 1999

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 034541

Printed pages: 256 alongwith 37 illustrations. View more info

The Unhurried City: Writings on Madras

By: C.S. Lakshmi (ed.)

Price: $9.15

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Penguin: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 016652

The gateway of south India, Chennai, formerly Madras, is a 350-year-old city that evolved from the English settlement of Fort Saint George, absorbing the neighbouring villages and towns over the years. A fascinating blend of the past and the present, the historical and the personal, Chennai, with its unique proximate location to three south Indian states, is a crucible of the traditions and cultures of peninsular India with its variety of temples, shrines, forts and pala... View more info

Ceylon- The Paradise Of Adam

By: Caroline Corner

Price: $18.50

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Asian Educational Services: 2003

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 034537

Printed pages: 324 alongwith 16 plates. View more info

History and Culture of Tamil Nadu: As Gleaned from the Sanskrit Inscriptions: Volume I (Up to C. AD 1310)

By: Chithra Madhavan; with a Foreword By K.V. Raman

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd.: 2005

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 012578

Printed Pages: 323. View more info

A Memoir of the Indian Surveys (Second Edition)

By: Clements R. Markham

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Manohar: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 016273

Printed Pages: 510 with maps. View more info

The Pre Historic Cultures Of The Manjra Valley: Medak District Andhra Pradesh

By: D. L. N. Shastry

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 015945

Printed Pages: 106 with various black and white illustrations, photographs and a map. View more info

The Pre Historic Cultures of the Manjra Valley: Medak District, Andhra Pradesh

By: D.L.N. Sastry

Price: $10.50

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 015386

Printed Pages: 96 with numerous b/w plates and illustrations. View more info

The Bhanjas (The House of Upendra Bhanja) and the Khonds of Orissa

By: Dandapani Behara

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Calcutta, India, Punthi Pustak: 1987

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 017293

Printed pages: 223 alongwith two pages b/w plates and two folded maps. View more info

A Clear Star: C.F. Andrews and India 1904-1914

By: Daniel O'Connor

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Chronicle Books: 2005

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 013466

Printed Pages: 311. View more info

Remembering India

By: David Goodall

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, UK, Scorpion Cavendish: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 011109

Printed Pages: 120 with numerous colour illustrations. View more info

The Middle East Annual: Issues and Events: Volume 1-1981

By: David H. Partington (ed.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, USA, G.K. Hall & Co.: 1982

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 008797

Printed Pages: 252. Slightly bumped and faded covers. View more info

Princely States of India: A Guide to Chronology and Rulers

By: David Henige

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Bangkok, Thailand, Orchid Press: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 011788

Printed Pages: 241 with a coloured map. View more info

Archaeology of Lower Ganga-Yamuna Doab (Circa 1200 B.C. To 1200 A.D.), 2 Vols.

By: Deo Prakash Sharma

Price: $89.95

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 013444

Printed Pages: 362 with 57 figures, 159 halftones, and 24 colour illustrations. View more info

Archaeology of Lower Ganga-Yamuna Doab: Circa 1200 B.C. To 1200 A.D.: Set of 2 Vols.

By: Deo Prakash Sharma

Price: $65.95

Publisher: Delhi, India, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 016312

Printed pages: 359 with numerous illus. and coloured & b/w plates. View more info

An Epic Pilgrimage: History and Antiquity of Pehowa: Ancient Prithudaka (A Mahabharata Site on the Sarasvati)

By: Devendra Handa

Price: $69.99

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Aryan Books International: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 002878

Printed Pages: 164. View more info

The History of History Writing

By: Dr Rajesh Gautam

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Adroit Publishers: 2005

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 009322

Printed Pages: 369 with numerous b/w plates. View more info

Kashi the City Illustrious or Benares

By: E.Greaves

Price: $11.50

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Asian Educational Services: 2003

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 034398

Printed pages: 154 alongwith 4 plates. View more info

The Royal Road: A Popular History of Iran

By: Eileen Humphreys

Price: $19.50

Publisher: London, UK, Scorpion Publishing Ltd: 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003744

Printed Pages: 294 with numerous b/w plates. View more info

Aspects of Empire in Achaemenid Sardis

By: Elspeth R.M. Dusinberre

Price: $129.00

Publisher: Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press: 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 009457

Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre proposes a new approach to understanding the Achaemenid empire based on her study of the regional capital, Sardis. This study uses archaeological, artistic and textual sources to demonstrate that the two-hundred year Persian presence in this city had a profound impact on local social structures, revealing the region’s successful absorption, both ideological and physical, into the Persian Empire. During this period, Sardis was a centre of burgeo... View more info