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Tipping Point: A Short Political History of India

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A French journalist once asked Nehru that ‘what was the most difficult part of his experience at the helm had been?’ He replied ‘making a just society using just means. He further added ‘making a secular republic in a religious country.’ Both these projects appear endangered today. In the circumstance that we find ourselves today this book sketches the history of political forces in modern India. It begins defining these political categories of left right and far-right with the usual reference to French Revolution (for want of an indigenous equivalent) and discusses movement of forces towards left or towards the right from the balance of socio-political forces or status quo at a point of time in India. It recalls historical facts uses chronological order for clarity and leaders’ names and political parties their world view and ideas of nation social groups they represented and their movements. It progresses by reopening only a few windows to modern Indian history and looks at periods like the 1920-30s and 1970s-80’s when there were significant movements and consolidation of socio-political forces to the right and far right. At the late 1960s and early 1970s there were a series of policy proposals legislations to nationalize assets and launch direct attacks on poverty that marked a sharp turn to the leftist ideology in Delhi (the central government of the time). Following these a coalition of mostly right-wing forces rose to challenge the government at the centre and succeeded. This occurred in the context of heated Cold War geopolitics. In author’s consideration this was the ‘Tipping Point’. The book makes a case that social conservatism and preference of gradual change implied that the right has dominated in the political spectrum and countered a tilt to the left successfully. About the Author Anuradha Kalhan has a Ph.D. in Economics. Kalhan has taught in Mumbai for three decades. She was an elected member of the Senate in the University of Mumbai and a fellow at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library New Delhi. Currently she is an independent writer and researcher and has published two books and numerous papers. She spends her time between India USA and the UK.

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Sasanian Coins

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Information on Sasanian numismatics has been published in journals of various societies across Europe especially in France Germany and Russia but is not available in the form of books. Sasanian numismatics has been under-represented in the English literature on coins. This has posed a serious challenge for those who have acquired Sasanian-era coins as well as those who seek them as they do not have a source of reference to turn to for guidance and assistance. This is because despite the importance of this subject no effort has been made to publish a comprehensive and collected account of Sasanid coinage and the information that is available is largely scattered. Author Furdoonjee D.J. Paruckhas has thus attempted to fill this void through his work with the objective that an updated connected and reliable account would be welcomed by both numismatists and those interested in the ancient history of Persia. The facts and figures presented in this book are the product of several years of extensive research that saw patient enquiry careful collation and validation. Besides the Bartholomaei collection photographic reproductions of coins and facsimiles of the inscriptions on coins Paruck has provided a list of monarchs; genealogical tree of the Sasanian dynasty; Sasanid mint-monograms; Sasanian numismatics; denominations and weight; a glossary of names and words used on coins etc.

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The Ritchies in India: Extracts from the Correspondence of William Ritchie, 1817-1862 and Personal Reminiscences of Gerald Ritchie

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William Ritchie (1817-1862) was the Advocate-General of Bengal from 1855 to 1862. Ritchie’s maternal family the Thackerays had a long association with India. His father John Ritchie was the director of a bank that failed in November 1841 causing the Ritchie family to flee to the continent to escape creditors. Unable to maintain the expense of reading for the Bar in London William instead looked to the Indian Bar where he could earn an immediate income to support his parents. William quickly built a name at the bar in Calcutta. He was appointed as the Advocate-General of Bengal in (1855?) also as the second Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta in 1859 and Legislative Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India in (I860?). He held these offices until his death in Calcutta on 22 March 1862. His numerous correspondences with his family are reproduced in this book. Interesting facets of his life in India are revealed through these letters which also bring out his remarkable power of writing. There is an interesting correspondence about his meeting with Dwarkanath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore’s father and other well-known luminaries of Calcutta. Vivid details are there about the climate of Calcutta for instance about the violent storms which he encountered there his various cases his visits to nearby towns his happiness at the abolition of slavery his deep nostalgia for the streets of London his profound sorrow at the passing away of his father his travels to Lucknow Meerut the sighting of the whole range of the Himalaya the picturesque ghats of Benares his travel to Sri Lanka (at the time a colony of the English) and his stay there at Colombo Kandy and Neuralia and his adventures there. About the Author Gerald Ritchie the compiler and editor was the son of William Ritchie.

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Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825. (With Notes Upon Ceylon,): An Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India (Vol. III)

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A set comprising three volumes on the Upper Provinces of India was written by Reginald Heber the Bishop of Calcutta; and these volumes were published posthumously by his wife Amelia after his sudden demise at the age of 42. It is a collection of letters that he had written to his wife and friends and presented in the form of a diary. The work begins with his recounting of his voyage to India and thereafter his journeys and encounters in and around Calcutta to other places in northern India such as Benares Allahabad Delhi Agra Jaipur Baroda Madras and Pondicherry and so forth to other places in the country. The author has given a detailed narration of his experiences with vivid descriptions and candid remarks and expressions. Besides narrating his performance of the duties of a clergyman and the challenges he faced the author's account covers a wide spectrum. Through his eyes the modern-day reader gets to see towns and cities of a by-gone era the population cuisines climatic conditions monuments birds animals and descriptions of a marriage procession a hunting expedition etc. Fine wood engravings depicting scenes from everyday life landscapes and monuments have also been included in these volumes. About the Author (Lord) Reginald Heber (1783-1826) the Bishop of Calcutta was a hymn-writer a traveller and a man of letters.

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Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825. (With Notes Upon Ceylon,): An Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India (Vol. II)

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A set comprising three volumes on the Upper Provinces of India was written by Reginald Heber the Bishop of Calcutta; and these volumes were published posthumously by his wife Amelia after his sudden demise at the age of 42. It is a collection of letters that he had written to his wife and friends and presented in the form of a diary. The work begins with his recounting of his voyage to India and thereafter his journeys and encounters in and around Calcutta to other places in northern India such as Benares Allahabad Delhi Agra Jaipur Baroda Madras and Pondicherry and so forth to other places in the country. The author has given a detailed narration of his experiences with vivid descriptions and candid remarks and expressions. Besides narrating his performance of the duties of a clergyman and the challenges he faced the author's account covers a wide spectrum. Through his eyes the modern-day reader gets to see towns and cities of a by-gone era the population cuisines climatic conditions monuments birds animals and descriptions of a marriage procession a hunting expedition etc. Fine wood engravings depicting scenes from everyday life landscapes and monuments have also been included in these volumes. About the Author (Lord) Reginald Heber (1783-1826) the Bishop of Calcutta was a hymn-writer a traveller and a man of letters.

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Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825. (With Notes Upon Ceylon,): An Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India (Vol. I)

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A set comprising three volumes on the Upper Provinces of India was written by Reginald Heber the Bishop of Calcutta; and these volumes were published posthumously by his wife Amelia after his sudden demise at the age of 42. It is a collection of letters that he had written to his wife and friends and presented in the form of a diary. The work begins with his recounting of his voyage to India and thereafter his journeys and encounters in and around Calcutta to other places in northern India such as Benares Allahabad Delhi Agra Jaipur Baroda Madras and Pondicherry and so forth to other places in the country. The author has given a detailed narration of his experiences with vivid descriptions and candid remarks and expressions. Besides narrating his performance of the duties of a clergyman and the challenges he faced the author's account covers a wide spectrum. Through his eyes the modern-day reader gets to see towns and cities of a by-gone era the population cuisines climatic conditions monuments birds animals and descriptions of a marriage procession a hunting expedition etc. Fine wood engravings depicting scenes from everyday life landscapes and monuments have also been included in these volumes. About the Author (Lord) Reginald Heber (1783-1826) the Bishop of Calcutta was a hymn-writer a traveller and a man of letters.

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Har Dayal: Hindu Revolutionary and Rationalist

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uncovers the reality of Har Dayal as a human force in the political and cultural transformation of India especially during the period of 1905-19. Not concerned with glorifying or downgrading her subject Dr. Brown – in a painstaking way deriving factual evidence from British official documents and other related records – has given us a study which is a true contribution to social science. Har Dayal’s patriotic activity in the early part of his adult life accelerated in an explosive manner the departure of English rule from his country India. He was one of the outstanding leaders of the so-called extremist phase of the Indian independence movement which was the precursor of the Mahatma Gandhi wave. The scholarly establishment of the importance of this earlier revolutionary phase is presented by Emily C. Brown in this unusual and greatly needed book.’ —Gobind Behari Lai. About the Author Emily C. Brown has been a foreign correspondent in the Far East and a Ful-bright lecturer in journalism and mass communications. After earning a Ph.D. at the University of Arizona she joined the faculty at the University of Northern Iowa to help establish an Indian area studies program and serve as a professor of history. Assessing Har Dayal in relation to his times Brown analyzes the development of his view of the revolution and investigates his political activities. Her penetrating book is an authoritative biography of Har Dayal and a revealing look at his life-long search for a ‘philosophical synthesis’ of East and West.

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Mahasthan Record Revisited: Querying the Empire from a Regional Perspective

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A small record consisting of six to seven lines that has been published by eminent epigraphists several times would require a fresh interpretation was almost beyond imagination. It was by chance that the Indian Museum displayed the Mahasthan stone plaque and after seeing this record several questions arose which demanded a fresh interpretation and this enquiry finally culminated into this slim monograph. The book attempts a re-reading of this inscription and also a fresh interpretation. It tries to situate this record in a broader canvas by interrogating the record along with several other evidences. This finally leads us to look at the Mauryan Empire from a regional perspective. About the Author Susmita Basu Majumdar Professor Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture University of Calcutta specializes in early Indian epigraphy and numismatics. Her research interests also include history of medicine and surgery and history of early Indian religion especially Ajivikism and Saivism. Her publications include: The Mauryas in Karnataka (Kolkata 2016) and Money and Money Matters in Pre-modern South Asia (co-edited with S.K. Bose New Delhi 2019).

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The Dynamics of a Tradition: Kasturbhai Lalbhai and his Entrepreneurship

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India has a rich tradition of historical research but for various reasons entrepreneurial history has received less attention than it deserves. Consequently the empirical base of understanding managerial dynamics in India as it has evolved from the past is not very strong. The present volume is an effort to understand both historically and in contemporary terms the growth of one of the leading business groups in India. Kasturbhai Lalbhai’s family traces its ancestry to Shantidas Zaveri a leading businessman of Ahmedabad in the seventeenth century. The family has remained at the forefront of Indian business ever since. With seven textile mills a starch company and one of the largest and most sophisticated chemicals and pharmaceutical complexes in the country Kasturbhai’s group occupies a significant position in our industrial life today. The present position of this group is mainly due to the leadership of Kasturbhai Lalbhai (1894-1980) himself who presided over its growth and expansion for well over six decades. He was not only a towering figure in the Indian business world but also a great champion of social educational and cultural causes. His business success and demonstrated concern for society won for him a place of honor in contemporary India. Having traced the history of Kasturbhai’s family Prof. Tripathi deals with the growth of the industrial enterprises of the group and their social impact. This brings into limelight not only a comprehensive account of the business career of one of the country’s foremost businessmen but also reveals the managerial dynamics at play in his concerns. This work thus is of interest to the scholar and general reader alike. About the Author Dwijendra Tripathi (1930-2018) Educated at Allahabad Wisconsin and Harvard universities Tripathi was a Professor of Business History at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and the author/ editor of a number of books and research papers in business history.

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India and the West: Proceedings of a Seminar Dedicated to the Memory of Hermann Goetz

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This book presents a selection from the papers read at a seminar organized by the South Asia Institute the Max Müeller Bhavan and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany held at New Delhi in February 1982 as part of the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the Max Müeller Bhavan New Delhi. The seminar was dedicated to the memory of the well-known Indian Art historian Hermann Goetz. The papers cover a wide field of interests: a comparative study of the Indo-Aryan and Iranian-Aryan mythology; trade links in western India; legends of Krishna; descriptions of newly discovered rock drawings at Chilas two Gandhara sculptures frescoes decorated at Lahore Fort; and Indian and Western philosophy both ancient and modern. The emphasis in the papers is on the complementarity and root-relationship of the Indian and Western cultural fields. This accords with two main tenets of Hermann Goetz’ work – that a study of art history is only possible within the context of the general history of civilization and that indological studies must be correlated with study of the mutual influences of the cultures west to the India. About the Author Joachim Deppert (b.1944) studied Western Music Comparative Religion Sanskrit History of Indian Art and Anthropology mainly in Heidelberg. He obtained a doctoral degree with a thesis about incest in Vedic mythology after which he did a post-graduate research in Varanasi (BHU) and a field research in Kashmir. He specializes in the Vedas and their Indo-European roots and in Kashmir Shaivism particularly in Abhinavagupta’s Tantraloka. He has been working as an assistant professor at the South Asia Institute Heidelberg and been the director of its New Delhi branch office from 1980-83.

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