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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 In this unique anthology, published studies along with unpublished archival records have been integrated into an overall theme.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.

Until the 1930s, competition for labour scaled up in the region and agricultural labourers were increasingly tied by advance payments to work for a farmer. On account of this, economic expansion gained support and social control was upheld.

At the same time, by stressing continuities with the past, this study questions the recent scholarship that perceives a fundamentally new form of Nayaka kingship.

The book should be of immense value to all scholars in military studies and warfare histories about how conquests were conducted in the past.

It touches upon not only Akbar as an Emperor but also throws light upon the social customs and traditions as well as the military, statecraft and diplomatic measures undertaken by the great Emperor.

The present position of this group is mainly due to the leadership of Kasturbhai Lalbhai (1894-1980) himself, who presided over its growth and expansion for well over six decades.

His campaigns include the conquest of Samarkand, Kabul and the first battle of Panipat in ad 1526 are recorded. Unlike most official chronicles, which record the achievements of any particular ruler with pompousness and filled with heroism.

The emphasis in the papers is on the complementarity and root-relationship of the Indian and Western cultural fields.

He recorded in this book what he saw and experienced. The book is a mine of information of Burma and its inhabitants - their religion, their customs, their family life, the crops they grew, the king and his court, and politics, etc.

The book begins very briefly with Asoka and then Kharavela of Kalinga; the Sakas, Pallavas, dynasties of Central, eastern and western Deccan; and dynasties of the Kanarese districts.

The book inves-tigates the colonial notion of 'dry city', and how this notion crafted the process of separating land and water bodies, which arguably resulted in the reclamation and draining of water bodies, and also gave rise to water pollution.