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 31 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Decline of the West
By Oswald Spengler
Published by George Allen & Unwin, London - 1918

The Decline of the West (German: Der Untergang des Abendlandes), or The Downfall of the Occident, is a two-volume work by Oswald Spengler, the first volume of which was published in the... Read More
 31 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
GESCHICH DER MARATTEN bis auf den lezten Frieden mit England, den 17. May 1782
By Matthias Christian Sprengel
Published by Johann Jacob Gebauer, Halle, Germany - 1786
In German

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 31 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A History of the Mahrattas
By Edward Scott Waring
Printed for John Richardson, London - 1810

Excerpt from MARATHA HISTORY by S.R. Sharma

" The Mahrattas were once a mighty nation ", wrote Edward Scott Waring in 1810 ; " how they rose and how they fell may surely challenge enq... Read More
 30 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A Retrospective View and Consideration of India Affairs - Particularly of the transactions of the Mahratta War, from its commencement to the month of October, 1782
Printed for J.Debrett, London - 1783

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 30 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
MARATHA HISTORY
By S.R. Sharma
Published by Karnatak Publishing House, Bombay - 1944

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 26 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Constitution of India (Original copy)
Photolithographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun, India - 1950

This book is one of 1,000 photolithographic reproductions of the Constitution of the Republic of India, which came into effect on January 26, 1950, after bei... Read More
 26 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
India Divided
By Dr.Rajendra Prasad
Published in 1945

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 23 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
TRICHINOPOLY
Madras District Gazetteers
By F.R. Hemingway
Printed by The Superintendent, Government Printing, Madras - 1907

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 23 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Memoir of Captain Dalton, defender of Trichinopoly, 1752-1753
By Charles Dalton
Published by W.H.Allen, London - 1886


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 21 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The History of the reign of SHAH-AULUM, the present emperor of Hindostaun. Containing the transactions of the court of Delhi, and the neighbouring states, during a period of thirty-six years: interspersed with geographical and topographical observations on several of the princi... Read More
 20 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
ESSAYS ON INDIA ANTIQUITIES - Historic, numismatic, and palæographic, of the late JAMES PRINSEP, to which are added his useful tables, illustrative of Indian history, chronology, modern coinages, weights, measures, etc.
By Edward Thomas
Published by John Murray, London - 1858
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 19 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
LADAK: Physical, Statistical and Historical with notices of the surrounding countries
By Alexander Cunningham
Published by W.H.Allen & Co., London - 1854


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 18 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Inscriptions of Asoka
By Alexander Cunningham
Published by The Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta - 1877

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 17 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Extract from Alexander Cunningham's first journal in 1862, wherein he describes the ancient city of AYODHYA in great detail…

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Four Reports Made During the Years, 1862-63-64-65
Archaeological Survey of India
By Alexander Cunningham
Printed at The Government Central Press, Simla... Read More
 16 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang
By the Shaman Hwui Li
With an introduction by Samuel Beal
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London - 1914


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"Arena of Charity:

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 15 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great
By Vincent A. Smith
Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford - 1904

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Charitable distribution at PRAYAGA:

After the close of the proceedings at Kanauj, Har... Read More
 13 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
GAJASIKSA
By Naradamuni
Edited by E.R.Sreekrishna Sarma
Published by The Oriental Research Institute, Tirupati - 1975
In Sanskrit

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 12 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
GAJA SASTRAM
By Palakapya Muni
Edited with translation in Tamil by K.S.Subrahmanya Sastri
Summary in English by S.Gopalan
Printed at The Trichinopoly United Printers, Tiruchirapalli - 1958
In Sanskrit

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 12 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
AKBARNAMAH
By Abul Fazl i Mubaraki i Allami
Edited for The Asiatic Society of Bengal by Maulawi Abd-ur-Rahim
Printed at The Urdoo Guide or Muzhurool Ujayeb Press, Calcutta - 1877
In Persian
In Two Volumes

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 10 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Life in the Mission, the Camp and the Zenáná; or, Six years in India.
By Mrs. Colin Mackenzie
Published by Richard Bentley, London - 1854
In Two Volumes


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 10 Jan 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Storms and Sunshine of a Soldier's Life : Colin Mackenzie, 1825-1881
By Helen Douglas Mackenzie
Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh - 1884
In Two Volumes

Colonel Colin Mackenzie (1754–1821) was Surveyor General of India, and an art collector and orientalist. He produced many... Read More