SACHCHIDANANDA SINHA


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The book opens to the life and works of Sachchidananda Sinha one of the outstanding figures in the public life of India. A member of that noble band of Indians who, since the nineties of the last century, had been prominently associated with the public life of North India, and of Bihar in particular, Sinha was truly one of the architects of modern Bihar.




Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha


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A liberal social revolutionary, atenacious fighter, a zealous crusader fighting a battle against the challenging problems, as an administrator, a legislator and a statesman. An encyclopaedic mind, as that of Dr Sinha to which nothing was ever amiss. The book views him as a legend and his political and constitutional struggle as a landmark in the history of Indian Nationalism.




K.P. Jayaswal Commemoration Volume


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Commemoration volume on Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, 1881-1937, Indian historian; comprises articles on his life and works, and Indian history.







Concise Biographical Companion to Index Islamicus


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This third and last of the three-volume Who’s Who in Islamic Studies presents the scholarly world at long last with its own biographical encyclopaedia. Taking as a starting point the inventory of authors from the renowned Index Islamicus, the author, Wolfgang Behn (Berlin), has systematically collected numerous data on the lives and works of the tens of thousands of authors listed in the Index Islamicus from 1665 to 1980. This Biographical Companion will be an indispensable reference tool for the serious student and scholar of Islamic Studies. It enables the user to quickly gain knowledge on the life, work, and professional background of almost every major and minor author, and thus to place each author in his/her proper perspective. A tremendous achievement and a true must for every library.







Mithilā in the Age of Vidyāpati


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Education and social changes in Bihar, 1900-1921


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understanding Mantras explores the origin, nature, function, and significance of mantras within the bounds of the hindu tradition. It analyses the use of mantras in the Vedic age in the gtreat theistic movements of Saivism and Vaisnavism, and in Tantra. A brief introduction by Alper outlines the major controversies in Western scholarship concerning the nature of mantras and gives an insightful and suggestive paradigm for resolving the issues. It approaches a bibliography on all of Hinduism and will serve as an invaluable tool for future research.







Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform


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Mr. Heimsath presents here an intellectual history of the social reform movement among Hindus in India in the century between Ram Mohun Roy and Gandhi. Treating separately each major province in which reform movements flourished, he shows the many ways in which social reform was effected. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.