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Category : Odisha (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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The Orissa Historical Research Journal
Author: The Orissa Historical Research Journal
Author: Bhubaneswar
Author: Ravi KaliaPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809318766
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
In this informative new book, Ravi Kalia continues his examination of the planning of Indian cities begun with his earlier study of Chandigarh. Here, Kalia makes systematic inquiries into the political circumstances that brought about modern Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state of Orissa, to reveal the historical and social circumstances that shaped the city. In this account, Kalia brilliantly shows the interplay of indigenous religious forces, regional loyalty, and Western secular ideas in the context of twentieth-century international architecture and planning movements. This book will prove invaluable to historians, architects, planners, sociologists, and scholars interested in India, as well as those interested in urban planning in developing countries.
The Purāṇas
Author: Ludo RocherPublisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447025225
Category : Hindu literature, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Journal of Historical Research
Author: Material Culture and Asian Religions
Author: Benjamin FlemingPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113501373X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Traditionally, research on the history of Asian religions has been marked by a bias for literary evidence, privileging canonical texts penned in ‘classical’ languages. Not only has a focus on literary evidence shaped the dominant narratives about the religious histories of Asia, in both scholarship and popular culture, but it has contributed to the tendency to study different religious traditions in relative isolation from one another. Today, moreover, historical work is often based on modern textual editions and, increasingly, on electronic databases. What may be lost, in the process, is the visceral sense of the text as artifact – as a material object that formed part of a broader material culture, in which the boundaries between religious traditions were sometimes more fluid than canonical literature might suggest. This volume brings together specialists in a variety of Asian cultures to discuss the methodological challenges involved in integrating material evidence for the reconstruction of the religious histories of South, Southeast, Central, and East Asia. By means of specific ‘test cases,’ the volume explores the importance of considering material and literary evidence in concert. What untold stories do these sources help us to recover? How might they push us to reevaluate historical narratives traditionally told from literary sources? By addressing these questions from the perspectives of different subfields and religious traditions, contributors map out the challenges involved in interpreting different types of data, assessing the problems of interpretation distinct to specific types of material evidence (e.g., coins, temple art, manuscripts, donative inscriptions) and considering the issues raised by the different patterns in the preservation of such evidence in different locales. Special attention is paid to newly-discovered and neglected sources; to our evidence for trade, migration, and inter-regional cultural exchange; and to geographical locales that served as "contact zones" connecting cultures. In addition, the chapters in this volume represent the rich range of religious traditions across Asia – including Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto, and Chinese religions, as well as Islam and eastern Christianities.
Religious History of Arunachal Pradesh
Author: Byomakesh TripathyPublisher: Gyan Publishing House
ISBN: 9788121210027
Category : Andhra Pradesh (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The book consists 27 research papers on religious culture of Arunachal Pradesh including tribal culture with emphasis on spirits and deities, sacred specialists, and sacred rituals etc. The Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism as practised by some Arunachali tribes are presented in a historical setting along with Brahminical culture in the foothills. This is the first such study of religious history of Arunachal Pradesh and their interaction with the people of Assam, Tibet and Myanmar through the ages.
Chasing The Monk's Shadow
Author: Mishi SaranPublisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143064398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Archaeological Heritage Policies and Management Structures
Author: Erika M. Robrahn-GonzálezPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784917397
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
This volume presents proceedings from sessions A15a, A15b, A15c of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1–7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain). Collectively this volume presents perspectives of archaeological heritage management in various countries and continents.
Impact of Islam on Orissan Culture
Author: Mohammed YaminPublisher: Readworthy
ISBN: 9350181029
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Consisting of plurality of religions and cultures, Orissa has been the home of different traditions. It presents reconciliation, mutual exchange and peaceful co-existence. The advent of Islam in Orissa led to further changes in the socio-cultural fabric of Orissan society. Tracing the advent and spread of Islam in Orissa, this book makes a comprehensive study of its impact on various aspects of Orissan society-religion, social set-up, literature, art and architecture, and economy. The role of Sufi saints and Bhakti poets towards creating harmonious relations between Hindus and Muslims has also been examined.