Folklore Studies in India: Critical Regional Responses is an interesting compilation of twenty-eight critical articles on the beginning of folklore studies in the different parts of India. In the absence of a book that could map the history of Indian folklore studies single-handedly, this book can be deemed as the first-of-its-kind to feature the historical development of folklore studies in the different states of India. This book succinctly introduces the readers to the folk culture, folk arts, and folk genres of a particular region and to the different aspects of folkloristic researches carried out in that region.

Based on original contributions by specialists, this manual covers both the theory and the practice required in the management of museums. It is intended for all museum and art gallery profession staff, and includes sections on new technology, marketing, volunteers and museum libraries.

This richly illustrated text reproduces some of the finest examples of Indian sculpture, with an extensive commentary on the importance of the art of carving, modeling, and casting in the Indian civilization for over 4,000 years.

The Work Was Originalls Composed In 16Th Century By Pandit Jagannath Who Also Enjoyed Recording, Reviewing And Reappraising Various Theories On Poetics. The Work Is Praised For His Preciseness And Accuracy In The Presentation Of Theories. The Present Book Presents An English Translation For The First Print Dealing With Theories. Divided In 2 Parts. 4 Parts In Al. Loves Of Sanskrit Poetics Will Find It Useful.

Seal on t.p.: South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

This extraordinary book is the only authentic document of its kind. Beginning with a detailed and lucid exposition of the political background of India from Ajatasatru to Mahapadma nanda, it goes on to trace the sources of the Second Buddhist Council, to locate with unerring exactitude the disruptive forces in the Sangha and, in the fourth chapter, to classify the Sects. In the chapters that follow, the learned author deals with the Mahasanghikas, doctrines of Group II-V Schools. In every chapter, if not on every page, current but ill-founded assumptions are rejected and their illogicalities exposed to the reader's view. The eager student is given a panoramic view of the doctrinal developments that took place during the period concerned by this book. With irrefutable arguments and considerable ratiocinative skill does the writer conclude that the Mahasanghikas were evidently the earliest school of the Hinayanists to show a tendency towards conceiving Buddha docetically.

The book deals with the social, political, cultural and economic conditions of India in the eighteenth century against the backdrop of the historical processes that had in earlier times shaped the life and history of Indian people.