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 7 May 2019
Research:
PROJECT ITIHASA : AN UPDATE
By Vedveer Arya

I am pleased to inform you that I have successfully completed my research work on Indian and world chronology on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. My journey of chronological research started on 4th Sep 2014 when I discovered the c... Read More
 1 May 2019
Research Paper:
Smallpox in Two Systems of Knowledge
By Frederique Apffel Marglin
Prepared for the UNU/WIDER Planning Meeting on Systems of Knowledge as Systems of Domination - July 1987

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Conclusion:

The lessons which perhaps can be generalized from this st... Read More
 26 Apr 2019
Digital Rare Book:
Genealogy of the South-Indian Gods: A Manual of the Mythology and Religion of the people of Southern India
By Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg
Published in the original German text by Wilhelm Germann
Freely translated to English by G. J. Metzger
Published by Higginbotham and Co., Madra... Read More
 22 Apr 2019
Essay:
How The Great Vijayanagar Rayas And Temple Administrators Made Tirupati One Of India’s Richest Temples
By Amarnath Govindarajan
Published by Swarajya - December 23, 2017

What was it that made Tirupati one of India’s richest temples? Could the way temples managed their wealth have some... Read More
 21 Apr 2019
Digital Rare Book:
Political History of India
By Jean Filliozat
Translated from the French by Philip Spratt
Published by Sushil Gupta, Calcutta - 1957

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The educated of ancient India attached little value to histo... Read More
 20 Apr 2019
Interview:
When the South was one
By Monica Jha
Published in FountainInk - March 15, 2018

Historian Vasundhara Filliozat on distortions of history, and how the Karnataka empire ruled over most of south India and fought Muslim invasions.

Vijayanagara was one of the most dazzling of the capitals ... Read More
 18 Apr 2019
Digital Rare Book:
The Development of Hindu Iconography
By Jitendra Nath Banerjea
Published by The University of Calcutta - 1941

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PREFACE

T. A. Gopinatha Rao’s 'Elements of Hindu Iconography' (Vols. I and II,... Read More
 16 Apr 2019
Digital Rare Book :
Elements of Hindu Iconography
By T.A. Gopinatha Rao
Published under the patronage of the Government of His Highness the Maharaja of Travancore
Published by The Law Printing House, Madras - 1916
Volume 2 - Part 2

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 15 Apr 2019
Digital Rare Book :
Elements of Hindu Iconography
By T.A. Gopinatha Rao
Published under the patronage of the Government of His Highness the Maharaja of Travancore
Published by The Law Printing House, Madras - 1916
Volume 2 - Part 1

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 14 Apr 2019
Digital Rare Book :
Elements of Hindu Iconography
By T.A. Gopinatha Rao
Published under the patronage of the Government of His Highness the Maharaja of Travancore
Published by The Law Printing House, Madras - 1914
Volume 1 - Part 2

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 13 Apr 2019
Digital Rare Book :
Elements of Hindu Iconography
By T.A. Gopinatha Rao
Published under the patronage of the Government of His Highness the Maharaja of Travancore
Published by The Law Printing House, Madras - 1914
Volume 1 - Part 1

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 5 Apr 2019
Digital Rare Book:
The Commerce Between The Roman Empire And India
By E.H. Warmington
First published by The Cambridge University Press, London - 1928

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Book extract:

The firm establishment of Augustus in the pri... Read More
 4 Apr 2019
Rare Book Dealer:
S A Govindaraju, Owner and curator of Rare Books
Chennai

Here's why every book lover should stop by 82-year-old Govindaraju's garage filled with books curated since the 1950's: Books, books and more books

There's no flashy neon sign outside. There's no computerised tagging or ... Read More
 4 Apr 2019
Biography:
K. A. Nilakanta Sastri

Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri (12 August 1892 – 15 June 1975) was an Indian historian who wrote on South Indian history. Many of his books form the standard reference works on the subject. Sastri was acclaimed for his scholarship and mastery of source... Read More
 3 Apr 2019
Digital Rare Book:
The Pandyan Kingdom
From the earliest times to the sixteenth century
By K. A. Nilakanta Sastri
Published by Luzac & Co., London - 1929

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The Pandyan dynasty was an ancient Tamil dynasty of South... Read More
 2 Apr 2019
Digital Rare Book:
Origin And Early History Of Shaivism In South India
By C. V. Narayana Ayyar
General editor : K. A. Nilakanta Sastri
Published by University pf Madras - 1939

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Image:
The Saiva Saint Sambandar
I... Read More
 21 Mar 2019
Essay:
Exploring the history of Hindu festivals: the ancient strands of Holākā
By Manasatarangini T
Published in IndiaFacts - March 7, 2015

In Hindu tradition there is a clear demarcation of at least three distinct classes of ritual observances:

1) The most conservative of these are the śra... Read More
 11 Jan 2019
Digital Rare Book:
History of the Pallavas of Kanchi
By R.Gopalan
Edited by S.Krishnaswamy Ayyangar
Published by The University of Madras, Madras - 1929

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Introduction:

The name Pallavas has been a problem for sc... Read More
 8 Jan 2019
Digital Rare Book:
Trilochana Pallava And Karikala Chola
By N. Venkata Ramanayya
Published by V.Ramaswamy Sastrulu & Sons, Madras - 1929

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Introduction:

Trilochana, Trinayana, Trinetra, or Mukkanti (for all these... Read More
 20 Dec 2018
Gouache painting on paper from an album of eighty-two paintings of Hindu deities. Kneeling Hanumān carries on his back and wings an asana on which Vishnu is seated.
The deity’s feet rest on Hanumān’s upturned palms. On the deity’s forehead is a namam (emblem). In his upper right hand is the chakr... Read More