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 10 May 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha
Edited by Edward Byles Cowell
Introduction in English
Printed at The Clarendon Press, Oxford - 1893
In Sanskrit

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Aśvaghoṣa (c. 80 – c. 150 CE) was an Indian phil... Read More
 16 Apr 2017 Rare BOOKS
Essay:
Vedas,Smritis And Ambedkar
By Aravindan Neelakandan
Swarajya - Nov 15, 2015

Ambedkar rejected the Aryan race/ invasion theory. He admired the Vedic civilization, and saw the implementation of the Manu Smriti as the beginning of the degeneration of Hindu society, from casteism to the treat... Read More
 7 Apr 2017 Sculpture
The Maharishi Agastya
Indonesia, Central Java, 10th century
Sculpture
Volcanic stone

Image credit:
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 24 Dec 2016 Article/Essay
There is much to learn about Bangalore
By Thejaswi Udupa

Bangalore is a city older than Bombay or Madras. Give it the love and attention it deserves, especially if you think of it as your city.

Learn Kannada. Some of the best works about Bangalore are available in that language. In the early 1... Read More
 16 Dec 2016 Rare Paintings
The Beach at Cape Comorin - 1860
by Robert Bruce Foote

Pen-and-ink and wash drawing of the beach at Cape Comorin (Kanniyakumari) by Robert Bruce Foote (1835-1912) in 1860. Inscribed on the front in ink is: 'R.B. Foote delt. 18.9.1860'; on the back: 'View of Cape Comorin, the Kumla Kumari Pagoda,... Read More
 2 Oct 2016 Sculpture
Durga slaying the buffalo demon
Indonesia, Central Java, 9th-10th century
Sculpture
Volcanic stone

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 27 Sep 2016
Digital Rare Book:
MUDRARAKSHASA
With the commentary of Dhundiraja
Edited with critical and explanatory notes by Kashinnath Trimbak Telang
Published by Tukaram Javaji, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay - 1915
In Sanskrit

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 5 Sep 2016 Sculpture
Ganesha in South East Asia

Hindus spread through Maritime Southeast Asia and took their culture with them, including Ganesha, statues of whom are found throughout the region, often beside Shiva sanctuaries. The forms of Ganesha found in Hindu art of Java, Bali, and Borneo show specific regional ... Read More
 5 Sep 2016 Sculpture
Posthumous Portrait of a Queen as Parvati

Eastern Javanese period
14th century
Indonesia (Java)
Andesite

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 7 Mar 2016 Sculpture
Triad, early 900s

Indonesia, Central Java, Prambanam, Temple of Loro Jonggrang, Early 10th Century
Volcanic stone

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 14 Feb 2016 Sculpture
Surya, The Sun God
Indonesia, Central Java or Shrivijaya, 9th century
Sculpture
Copper alloy with traces of gilding

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 25 Oct 2015 Article/Essay
RBSI Essay Series:

The Trading Guilds of South India and South-East Asian histories.
By Sunny Narang

We cannot understand India and South-East Asian histories without understanding the Tamil and Kalinga empires and the trading guilds of South India .

I am continually shocked at the bad and st... Read More
 13 Oct 2015 Sculpture
Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon
Indonesia, Central Java, 9th-10th century
Sculpture
Volcanic stone

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 30 Sep 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
SARAVALI by Kalyanavarman
Edited by V. Subrahmanya Sastri
Published by Tukaram Javaji, Bombay - 1907

The Saravali of Kalyāṇavarman is a foundational compilation of Indian astrology, dating to ca. 800 CE, somewhat post-dating the Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra. (Wiki)

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 26 Aug 2015 Article/Essay
Charles William Bartlett (British, 1860-1940)
Artist

Charles William Bartlett was one of the first artists to work with the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo. Bartlett designed a total of 38 woodblock prints for Watanabe, beginning in 1916 and lasting through 1925. Twenty-two of these prints were pro... Read More
 26 Apr 2015
Article:
What Are Men to Rocks and Mountains?
By Mike Searle
The Open Magazine - 19 October 2013

Field geologist and Earth Sciences Professor Mike Searle shares his expertise on the shifting plates beneath our feet.

Colliding Continents: A Geological Exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram & Tib... Read More
 23 Jan 2015 Sculpture
Ganesha in south-east Asia

Hindus spread through Maritime Southeast Asia and took their culture with them, including Ganesha, statues of whom are found throughout the region, often beside Shiva sanctuaries. The forms of Ganesha found in Hindu art of Java, Bali, and Borneo show specific regional ... Read More
 22 Jan 2015
New Book:
The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India
By Sheldon Pollock
Published by University of California Press - 2006

Book summary:

In this work of impressive scholarship, Sheldon Pollock explores the remarkable rise and fall of Sanskrit,... Read More
 22 Oct 2014 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
MUDRARAKSHASA
With the commentary of Dhundiraja
Edited with critical and explanatory notes by Kashinath Trimbak Telang
Revised by V.S. Ghate
Published by Tukaram Javaji, Bombay - 1915

The Mudrarakshasa ("The Signet of the Minister") is a historical play in Sanskrit by Vishakh... Read More
 1 Oct 2014
Durga Mahisasuramardini sculpture, from Prambanan, Central Java.

Drawing: ink and wash on paper
By: van Boeckholz
1807-1815 (circa)
Java, Indonesia

Inscription Comment:

The handwriting is difficult to decipher and this translation is tentative.
The scholar Roy Jordaan makes the following comm... Read More