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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts, Buddhist
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Contributed articles presented at the Symposium on Buddhist Art & Culture of North-East India held on 27th March, 2003 at Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda.
Buddhism and Culture of North-East India
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts, Buddhist
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Contributed articles presented at the Symposium on Buddhist Art & Culture of North-East India held on 27th March, 2003 at Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts, Buddhist
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Contributed articles presented at the Symposium on Buddhist Art & Culture of North-East India held on 27th March, 2003 at Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda.
Buddhism in North-East India
Author: Sristidhar Dutta
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Arts, Buddhist
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Contributed seminar articles.
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Arts, Buddhist
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Contributed seminar articles.
Religion and Culture of North-eastern India
Author: Raghuvir Sinha
Publisher: Abhinav Publications
ISBN: 9788170170600
Category : Arunāchal Pradesh (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This Relationship Starts From Ancient Magico-Religious Rituals And Continues Through Ages Right Upto Present Times. In This Long History We Find Different Religions Adopting Different Attitude Towards Theatrical Arts. In Many Cases Theatre Became A Most Powerful Medium Of Propagation Of Religious Creeds. It Was Considered That The Best Way To Appeasse God Is To Offer Him Theatricals. Beautiful Maidens Were Consecrated To The Temples To Serve The Deities By Entertaining Them With Songs, Music, Dance And Drama. One Time The Magnificent Temple Of Brihadeshvara Had In Its Service Four Hundred Devadasis Skilled In Theatrical Arts. Advent Of Bhakti Movement In India Gave New Impetus To The Theatrical Arts In India. Various Theatrical Forms Purported To Depict Leelas Or Divine Acts Of Various Deities Emerged All Over The Country. Grants Were Made To Temples And Religious Establishments To Sustain Theatrical Activities. The Book Gives All Interesting Information About Various Facets Of Theatre-Religion Relationship. The Author, Known For His Erudite Scholarship, Examines Minutely Various Evidences Including Ancient Cave Paintings, Folk And Tribal Rituals, Inscriptions, Religious Scriptures And Theatrical Forms Themselves. The Book Is Must For The Serious Students Of Indology And Indian Theatre.
Publisher: Abhinav Publications
ISBN: 9788170170600
Category : Arunāchal Pradesh (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This Relationship Starts From Ancient Magico-Religious Rituals And Continues Through Ages Right Upto Present Times. In This Long History We Find Different Religions Adopting Different Attitude Towards Theatrical Arts. In Many Cases Theatre Became A Most Powerful Medium Of Propagation Of Religious Creeds. It Was Considered That The Best Way To Appeasse God Is To Offer Him Theatricals. Beautiful Maidens Were Consecrated To The Temples To Serve The Deities By Entertaining Them With Songs, Music, Dance And Drama. One Time The Magnificent Temple Of Brihadeshvara Had In Its Service Four Hundred Devadasis Skilled In Theatrical Arts. Advent Of Bhakti Movement In India Gave New Impetus To The Theatrical Arts In India. Various Theatrical Forms Purported To Depict Leelas Or Divine Acts Of Various Deities Emerged All Over The Country. Grants Were Made To Temples And Religious Establishments To Sustain Theatrical Activities. The Book Gives All Interesting Information About Various Facets Of Theatre-Religion Relationship. The Author, Known For His Erudite Scholarship, Examines Minutely Various Evidences Including Ancient Cave Paintings, Folk And Tribal Rituals, Inscriptions, Religious Scriptures And Theatrical Forms Themselves. The Book Is Must For The Serious Students Of Indology And Indian Theatre.
The Routledge Companion to Northeast India
Author: Jelle J. P. Wouters
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000636992
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The Routledge Companion to Northeast India is a trans-disciplinary and comprehensive compendium of a vital yet under-researched region in South Asia. It provides a unique guide to prevailing themes, theories, arguments, and history of Northeast India by discussing its life-forms – human and not – languages, landscapes, and lifeways in all its diversity and difference. The companion contains authoritative entries from leading specialists from and on the region and offers clear, concise, and illuminating explanations of key themes and ideas. A hands-on, practical, and comprehensive guide to Northeast India, this companion fills a significant gap in the literature and will be an invaluable teaching, learning, and research resource for scholars and students of Northeast India Studies, South Asian and Southeast Asian societies, culture, politics, humanities, and the social sciences in general.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000636992
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The Routledge Companion to Northeast India is a trans-disciplinary and comprehensive compendium of a vital yet under-researched region in South Asia. It provides a unique guide to prevailing themes, theories, arguments, and history of Northeast India by discussing its life-forms – human and not – languages, landscapes, and lifeways in all its diversity and difference. The companion contains authoritative entries from leading specialists from and on the region and offers clear, concise, and illuminating explanations of key themes and ideas. A hands-on, practical, and comprehensive guide to Northeast India, this companion fills a significant gap in the literature and will be an invaluable teaching, learning, and research resource for scholars and students of Northeast India Studies, South Asian and Southeast Asian societies, culture, politics, humanities, and the social sciences in general.
The Social Organization in North-East India in Buddha's Time
Author: Richard Fick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Buddhism in Arunachal Pradesh
Author: Sristidhar Dutta
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173872150
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173872150
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Northeast India
Author: Yasmin Saikia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107191297
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Explores the possibility of a new search enabling a 'discovery' of Northeast India from within.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107191297
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Explores the possibility of a new search enabling a 'discovery' of Northeast India from within.
Art and Culture of North East India
Author: L. P. VIDYARTHI
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
ISBN: 8123026692
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
This book is an outcome of the author's longstanding field work and researches of different parts of western, central and north eastern Himalayas.
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
ISBN: 8123026692
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
This book is an outcome of the author's longstanding field work and researches of different parts of western, central and north eastern Himalayas.
Historical Researches Into Some Aspects of the Culture and Civilization of North-East India
Author: G. P. Singh
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
ISBN: 9788121210126
Category : India, Northeastern
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This book deals with various facets of cultures and civilization of north-east India. It contains valuable information about the pre-historic megalithic cultures of the hill tribes, the genesis and growth of tribal culture, their exposure to civilization Aryanisation and Sanskritization, especially in the valley of Manipur. The book also deals with growth of Hinduism and Buddhism among the tribal people and all other related cultural facets in a lucid style.
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
ISBN: 9788121210126
Category : India, Northeastern
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This book deals with various facets of cultures and civilization of north-east India. It contains valuable information about the pre-historic megalithic cultures of the hill tribes, the genesis and growth of tribal culture, their exposure to civilization Aryanisation and Sanskritization, especially in the valley of Manipur. The book also deals with growth of Hinduism and Buddhism among the tribal people and all other related cultural facets in a lucid style.
Encyclopaedia of North-East India
Author: Col Ved Prakash
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
ISBN: 9788126907052
Category : India, Northeastern
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This 5-Volume, Encyclopaedic Study Of India S North-East Is The Result Of The Author S 11 Years Of Service Extended Over Three Tenures In The Region, Followed By 6 Years Of Library Research After His Retirement. Being The First Of Its Kind, Given Its Contents And Sheer Size, Over 2,500 Pages, It Is A Unique Book.Writing On The North-East Is Not An Easy Exercise, Given Its Diversity (Ethnic, Racial, Religious And Linguistic), Size, History And Geography. If India Is Microcosmic World, The North-East Is Microcosmic India. Of The 5,653 Communities In India, 653 Are Tribal Of Which The 213 Are Indigenous To The North-East. Of The 213, 111 Are Found In Arunachal Pradesh Alone. Illumined By An Equally Amazing Linguistic Diversity, It Is Home To 325 Of The 1,652 Languages Spoken In India. Yet Again, North-East S Total Population Of 3,84,95,089 (2001) Constitutes 2.69 Per Cent Of India S 1,02,70,15,247, While Its Area Of 2,55,088 Sq Km Is 7.75 Per Cent Of India S 32,87,263 Sq Km.
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
ISBN: 9788126907052
Category : India, Northeastern
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This 5-Volume, Encyclopaedic Study Of India S North-East Is The Result Of The Author S 11 Years Of Service Extended Over Three Tenures In The Region, Followed By 6 Years Of Library Research After His Retirement. Being The First Of Its Kind, Given Its Contents And Sheer Size, Over 2,500 Pages, It Is A Unique Book.Writing On The North-East Is Not An Easy Exercise, Given Its Diversity (Ethnic, Racial, Religious And Linguistic), Size, History And Geography. If India Is Microcosmic World, The North-East Is Microcosmic India. Of The 5,653 Communities In India, 653 Are Tribal Of Which The 213 Are Indigenous To The North-East. Of The 213, 111 Are Found In Arunachal Pradesh Alone. Illumined By An Equally Amazing Linguistic Diversity, It Is Home To 325 Of The 1,652 Languages Spoken In India. Yet Again, North-East S Total Population Of 3,84,95,089 (2001) Constitutes 2.69 Per Cent Of India S 1,02,70,15,247, While Its Area Of 2,55,088 Sq Km Is 7.75 Per Cent Of India S 32,87,263 Sq Km.