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The personal insights, analysis and candid perspectives offered by the contributors makes this volume unique and one of its kind.

The computer technology has grown rapidly and the linguistic maps were created with the help of GIS technology.

Chapters in this volume cover a wide variety of connected themes of crucial importance to the understanding of literary and historical traditions, religious practices and encounters as well as intermingling of religion and politics over a long period in Indian history.

The central thesis of the book is that these motifs, as utilized by Ghalib, are not important in and by themselves, but in the relationships among them. The poet's innovative exploration of these connections reflects brilliantly.

The author's style is throughout glowing and picturesque, his descriptions vivid and powerful. This work is a part of the Report on the Census of Panjab Province carried out in 1881 and has been recognized as one of the most remarkable official publications of India.

Colonialism profoundly disturbed the tribal society. Wide-ranging movements occurred against the colonial system which could be seen as part of the larger anti-colonial struggle; a few of them also sought autonomy. As this study shows, with decolonization tribal society has been radically transformed.

The book provides a fresh perspective in comprehending the dynamics of women¿s role in peasant movements and would be found useful by historians, sociologists and those interested in peasants¿ problems.

The second section consists of four empirical studies on women's issues which cover a wide geographical spread from Uttar Pradesh in the north to Gujarat in the west to Karnataka and Kerala in the south.

Drawing examples from ritual practice, myth and sacred texts the contributors discuss the place of the feminine in the male dominated society of South Asia within the sacred sphere of South Asian religion.

Historical research conducted in universities can inform popular debates in newspapers, television channels, social media, and roadside dhabas for that matter, to lift the discussion to an informed intellectual plank and to bring about historical literacy and civility in the public domain.

The decline of the Mughal Empire, the political ascendency of the British East India Company, a number of revivalist powers (the Sikhs, the Marathas, the Rohillas, etc.), and a large number of Indian princely states, resulted in redrawing the political spaces across India. In the process, the minting rights of the titular Mughal king and of the neo-independent Indian princely rulers were severely curbed by the domin­ant colonial power, both for political as well as economic reasons. The territorial expansion of the British Empire in India was invariably fol­lowed by the abolition of the native mints and the introduction of the imperial currency in the annexed territories. Indeed, the 'sikka' followed the flag. By presenting the monetary history of this period, this volume seeks to address some of the questions, viz. the effect of money supply on trade, prices of commodities and services, wage structures in different regions as well as on the administrative and military health of a political power. In this unique anthology, published studies along with unpublished archival records have been integrated into an overall theme.

An understanding that has matured through decades-long interactions with the region's academics, politicians, and the so-called 'man on the street'.

It can be visualized from Alberuni''s account that he was conscious of not allowing a place to any kind of religious enthusiasm bordering on fanaticism and the racial superiority complex in his survey. Due to this character the account of Alberuni has proved to be the best among the records made by any foreigner.

The section on Roots and Routes includes accounts of the historical, cultural, religious, trade and diasporic linkages across oceanic com-munities inhabiting the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean.

The book has two parts- theoretical articles on the route judging from a scholar's perspective on one hand and explorers' insight in the practical perspective on the other, thus making it really interesting both for the scholar and the lay reader.

This timely volume presents a collection of articles by leading scholars on the subject from the region. It addresses the faultlines of both traditional and non-traditional security issues.

After an interlude as Indian Agent in Malaya, as Bengal's Secretary for Agriculture he held a most important posting during the Second World War.

The 38 chapters written by anthropologists and inde­pendent researchers, present the rich traditions found in the region. This volume will be of great help to academicians, researchers, students, and laymen interested in a comprehensive study of the region.

The work proceeds on to examine the historical situation behind the emergence of the radical branch of the movement, and its social and political implications.

The book captures the everyday violence of loss of livelihoods, displacement, insecurity, poverty, and hunger, not to mention the overt violence of ethnic conflicts. It argues that these consequences to people¿s well-being can hardly be captured in terms of disease and death alone.

During the latter half of twentieth century, movements like Tana Bhagat and Hari Baba were purely influenced by the Gandhian ideology, but failed to achieve their goals. Later on, Jharkhand movement adopted the cha­racter of a non-violent struggle; here also the fruits disappeared.

The present work is an effort to study the need for regulation and control of the criminal tribes and passing of certain regulatory acts called the Criminal Tribes Acts between 1871 and 1965.

Section IV-Religion: General Character of Popular Beliefs, Ancestor Worship, Worship of Natural Forces and of Deities, Religion Rites and Sacrifices, Divination, Priesthood, Ceremonies and Customs attending Birth and Naming of Children, Marriage, Lamdoh Ceremony.

The book then focuses on its organization and explores the dialectics between the wandering yogis and the monastic settlements.

This book was in manuscript form when Hari passed away, and was finalized for publication by Ravi Vasudevan.

This work also shows that many of today''s consumption preferences, linguistic usages and cultural habits of people, carry traces of cataclysmic experiences.

The author has not succumbed to the temptation of horrific the horrific details of the massacres of 1857 uprising, but has, instead, presented it as an episode in the novel, only mentioning it when necessary.

They refer to them merely as analytic bases. Their primary concern is to provide an empirical profile of the structure and functioning of family, kinship and marriage in the communities about whom they write.

A reformist judiciary gradually withdrew recognition of these customs by applying passages outlawing prostitution in the 1861 Penal Code to the devadasis.

Alternative trends do exist in saguni tradition, however, and are represented here by chapters on the low-caste saint Chokhame_la and the tantric sect founded by Kina Ram.