The Making of Modern Kashmir

The Making of Modern Kashmir
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 9780429657344
ISBN-13 : 042965734X
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis The Making of Modern Kashmir by : Altaf Hussain Para

This book traces the roots of modern-day Kashmir and the role of Sheikh Abdullah in its making. As the most influential political figurehead in twentieth-century Kashmir, he played a crucial role in its transformation from a kingdom to a state in independent India. He was enigmatic and complex, to say the least. Following his meteoric rise, he dominated the political scene for more than 50 years, with enduring impact. The volume presents a keen analysis of pre-Independence events which led to the emergence of a controversial and confused identity of the region. It also looks at other major themes in the political life of Kashmir, including the formation of the Muslim Conference, the plebiscite movement and the Kashmir Accord. A major intervention in the political life of South Asia, this book presents an inside-view of the history of modern Kashmir through the life and times of Sheikh Abdullah. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics, history, and modern South Asia.

Ladakh Through the Ages, Towards a New Identity

Ladakh Through the Ages, Towards a New Identity
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Publisher : Indus Publishing
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 8185182752
ISBN-13 : 9788185182759
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Ladakh Through the Ages, Towards a New Identity by : Shridhar Kaul

It serves as a standard reference book giving a lucid profile, historical background, religion and customs of its post independence problems and developments.

Kashmir's Buddhist Ladakh

Kashmir's Buddhist Ladakh
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Publisher : APH Publishing
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 8176484407
ISBN-13 : 9788176484404
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Kashmir's Buddhist Ladakh by : M. G. Chitkara

Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P

Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 540
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ISBN-10 : 1579584241
ISBN-13 : 9781579584245
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P by : Jennifer Speake

Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.

Tectonics of the Western Himalayas

Tectonics of the Western Himalayas
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Publisher : Geological Society of America
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-10 : 9780813722320
ISBN-13 : 0813722322
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Tectonics of the Western Himalayas by : Lawrence L. Malinconico

Papers from a symposium held in San Antonio, Texas, 1986. Contributors consider problems of crustal and lithospheric scales in this area. Contains a folded map of the Salt Range, Pakistan. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern

Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern
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Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
Total Pages : 510
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ISBN-10 : 8178356643
ISBN-13 : 9788178356648
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern by : Raj Kumar

The book entitled Encyclopaedia of Untouchables, Ancient, Medieval and Modern compiled in 2 volumes witnesses to the fact that how the Brahminical ideology used to behave with the poor people of the Father which is totally unbearable to a normal person, even though they used to clean the cities, latrines, skin of the dead animals which were owned by the Brahmans. Hence, the Dalit literature is not a simple literature, it is associated with a movement to bring about a change in the society by working personally to realize the basic facts of the life, but Brahmans are only the philosophers of their literature, working for their personal benefit not for others. It has established its own strong tradition with anti-caste or untouchables thinker like Buddha, Ved Vyash, Valmiki, Qutab-ud-Din Aebik, Balban, Balban, Firoz Shah Tuglaq, Barani the great writer, Amir Timur, Sultan Sikandar of Kashmir, Zain-ul- Abidin, Mirza Haidar Dughlat, Babar, Ravidas, Akbar, Guru Nanak, Kabir, Phule, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, many more as its sign posts.