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The Branch Office New Delhi administers the publication of our series South Asian Studies. The first seven volumes were published by Steiner, the following volumes were published in cooperation with Manohar Publishers.For additional information and orders, please go to Manohar's website or contact them by e-mail: sales@manoharbooks.com.
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Helmuth von Glasenapp :
interpreter of Indian thought / Wilfried Nölle. With a
preface by Zakir Husain. - 1964. 108 p.
This book
presents an intellectual portrait of a great German Indologist by
one of his disciples. Part two of this publication contains
selected essays of Helmut von Glasenapp.
South Asian studies II /
ed. by Heimo Rau. - 1965. 111 p.
This volume contains
the texts of lectures delivered at the Max Mueller Bhavan:
Dietmar Rothermund : Friedrich Schlegel and the wisdom
of the Indians.
Hermann Berger : H. Grassmann and A.
Ludwig, the first German translators of the Rigveda. Wilfried
Noelle : Aryans and Dravidians.
M. Mujeeb : First
impressions of western culture on Indian Muslims.
Heimo Rau
: Reflections on the structure of Indian art.
Herbert
Franke : Asian studies in Germany today.
The dialect of Delhi /
Bahadur Singh. - 1966. 68 p.
"High Hindi" or
Standard Khariboli which are usually the subject of Hindi grammars
do not necessarily reflect the colloquial patterns of the living
language. In this study, which combines principles of traditional
grammar with those of modern descriptive linguistics, an attempt
has been made to preserve the colourful idiom spoken by a rapidly
vanishing generation of citizens of Old Delhi.
Some problems of independent
India / ed. by Lothar Lutze. - 1968. 54 p
This
volume contains a collection of four papers discussing problems of
development planning in independent India (Hans-Christoph
Rieger); linguistic provinces and the language policy of the
Indian National Congress (Kerrin Dittmer); linguistic
prospects of the emergence of an internal contact language for
India (Lothar Lutze); and problems and perspectives of
national integration (Hans Kruse).
A grammar of Tirukkural /
A. Dhamotharan. - 1972. X, 257 p. Trivandrum, Univ., Ph. D.
thesis 1966.
Tiruvalluvar's "Maxims", written in the
second century A. D. in Old Tamil, have been called the
masterpiece of Tamil literature and the "Bible" of the
Tamil people. In this monograph, the author gives a linguistic
description of the famous classic on the lines of Kenneth L.
Pike's tagmemic theory, following a suggestion of Kamil V.
Zvelebil that the only solid and honest way in which the long
history of the Tamil language can be dealt with is to prepare
linguistic descriptions of its representative texts.
Goethe and Tagore : a
retrospect of East-West colloquy / Alokeranjan Dasgupta. -
1973. XI, 127 p.
The author begins by tracing the impact of
"The wonder that was India" on Germany, then turns to
the influence of German thought on the Bengali mind and traces
affinities in search of a vision in religion, history and
literature. The final chapters are devoted to the criteria of
evaluation of Tagore in Germany and India and to Goethe's
rejection of the East and Tagore's rejection of the West.
The joint Hindu family :
its evolution as a legal institution / Günther-Dietz
Sontheimer. - 1977. XXI, 250 p.
The author initially
discusses the patterns of family structure in pre-legal texts and
the Dharmasastra, then analyses the relationship between father,
son and further descendants as well as the right of women to
property. He explains the rules on partition and reunion and then
turns to a detailed study of Dayabhaga and Mitaksara. The final
chapters are devoted to the evolution of Hindu law in later
medieval times and under British rule. An examination of case law
and legislation relating to the joint family concludes this study.
The cult of Jagannath and the
regional tradition of Orissa / edited by Anncharlott
Eschmann; Hermann Kulke; Gaya Charan Tripathi. - South Asia
Interdisciplinary Regional Research Programme, Orissa Research
Project. - 1978. XX, 537 p.
The Orissa Research Project of the
South Asia Interdisciplinary Regional Research Programme was aimed
at a better understanding of the impact of the Jagannatha cult on
the regional tradition of Orissa. A detailed study of manuscripts
such as the temple chronicle, Madalapañji, was combined
with field research and social surveys. The ritual in the temple,
the routes of the pilgrims, the relation of the cult to royal
authority and its imitation by the rulers of the smaller states of
Orissa, the evolution of priestly power, the Hinduization of
tribal deities, the economy of the temple, etc. were studied by
members of the project who contributed to this publication.
Zamindars, mines and peasants
: studies in the history of an Indian coalfield and its rural
hinterland / edited by D[ietmar] Rothermund; D. C. Wadhwa.
- South Asia Interdisciplinary Regional Research Programme,
Dhanbad Research Project. - 1978. XXI, 236 p., 27 tables in the
text, glossary pp. 228 to 229, index pp. 231-236, [map at the
beginning of the book] District Dhanbad, showing roads and railway
lines.
The Dhanbad Research Project of the South Asia
Interdisciplinary Regional Research Programme encompassed three
major approaches to the study of the relation of an Indian
coalfield with its rural hinterland. The first volume reflects the
historical approach: The emergence of the coalfield as an economic
enclave, agrarian relations, the position of the zamindars
and the role of the British managing agencies have been portrayed.
From the table of contents:
Dietmar Rothermund :
Introduction pp. xvi-xxi.
Dietmar Rothermund : The
coalfield: an enclave in a backward region pp. 1 to 19.
Detlef
Schwerin : The control of land and labour in Chota Nagpur,
1859-1908 pp. 22-67, 2 tables. Dietmar Rothermund : Tenancy
legislation for Chota Nagpur: The emphasis on executive protection
pp. 69-83.
D. C. Wadhwa : Zamindaris at work
(1793-1956): case studies in the Dhanbad District pp. 86-92.
D.
C. Wadhwa : Zamindars and their land pp. 94-130, 9 tables.
D.
C. Wadhwa : Zamindars in debt pp. 131-163.
Henner
Papendieck : British managing agencies in the Indian coalfield
pp. 165-224, 4 graphs, 16 tables.
9b
Urban growth and rural
stagnation : studies in the economy of an Indian coalfield and
its rural hinterland / edited by D[ietmar] Rothermund; E[rhard]
Kropp; G[unther] Dienemann. - 1980. XXVI, 493 p., index pp.
481-493. - South Asia Interdisciplinary Regional Research
Programme, Dhanbad Research Project.
Map [at the beginning of
the book]: District Dhanbad [showing railway lines, roads, market
and fair places], map [at the end of the book]: District Dhanbad
[showing administrative divisions], 177 tables in the text, index
pp. 481-493.
The second volume of the Dhanbad Project Report
is devoted to the studies of the economists and agronomists who
did field research on the contemporary problems of the coalfield
and found out that the persistent economic dualism which separates
the mining enclave from its backward rural hinterland still
prevails.
From the table of contents:
Erhard Kropp
: The rural economy pp. xxv-xxvi.
Erika Moser-Schmitt :
A demographic profile of Dhanbad District pp. 1-50, 3 tables, 2
charts: Transformation of tribal societies p. 49, Formation of a
secondary peasant society p. 50.
Maitham Ajam :
Agrarian markets in Dhanbad District pp. 51-67, 7 tables, map:
Agrarian markets in Dhanbad District p. 53.
Harald Hänsch
: The adoption of agricultural innovations pp. 69-123, 1 fig., 18
tables.
Erhard Kropp : The use of labour for the
formation of agricultural real capital: the dilemma of peasant
agriculture under industrial influence pp. 125-158, 4 tables, 3
graphs.
Hans-Dieter Roth : Long-term agrarian credit:
an instrument for agricultural development policy in Dhanbad
District pp. 159-178, 5 tables.
Ram Naresh Maharaj : The
impact of state policy on agriculture pp. 179-269, 65 tables.
Gunther Dienemann : The urban economy pp. 270-269.
Gunther Dienemann : Labour force and wage policy: an
analysis of their structural characteristics and patterns of
development pp. 271-345, 1 fig., 9 tables in the text, appendix:
29 tables.
Günter Tiemann : Entrepreneurs in the
iron-pressing small-scale industry in the coalfield: a study of
their background and orientation pp. 347-401, 19 tables.
Gernot
Ruths : Entrepreneurs in the coal-mining industry pp. 403-452,
25 tables.
Dietmar Rothermund : Epilogue: Urban growth
and rural stagnation pp. 453 to 463.
Appendix
List of
castes and communities of Dhanbad District, compiled by Erika
Moser-Schmitt pp. 464-479.
9c
Social inequality and political
structures : studies in class formations and interest
articulation in an Indian coalfield and its rural hinterland /
Edited by John P. Neelsen. - 1983. XIII, 285 p. - South
Asia Interdisciplinary Regional Research Programme, Dhanbad
Research Project.
Select bibliography of major monographs on
the Dhanbad Project pp. 275 to 276, index p. 277-285.
The
third major approach to the study of the Indian coalfield and its
hinterland was that of the sociologists and political scientists
who regarded the evidence of social inequality which they found
here as a paradigm for similar problems which one would encounter
in other parts of India, too. Problems of education and of the
educated are highlighted in this volume, specific groups such as
the educated untouchables or the educated working women have been
studied in detail. The political awareness of the voters and the
role of trade union leaders have also been examined.
From the
table of contents:
J[ohn] P[eter] Neelsen :
Introduction: conceptual aspects of social stratification and
empirical findings of a transitional society pp. 1-9.
J[ohn]
P[eter] Neelsen : The traditional structure of social
inequality: the caste system pp. 12-37, 3 tables, 2 diagrams,
bibliography pp. 34-37.
E[ckehard] Kulke : The
condition of Untouchables in India pp. 39-66, 10 tables.
J[ohn]
P[eter] Neelsen : Class structure, education and social change
in India: results of an empirical case study in Dhanbad/Bihar pp.
67-83, 10 tables.
W[olf] Bergmann : The medical care
system pp. 85-124, 7 tables, bibliography pp. 123-124.
I[nge]
Kaul : The economic situation of the urban middle class pp.
123-134, 2 tables, 1 diagram, bibliography p. 134.
E[ckehard]
Kulke : The problems of the educated middle class Harijans pp.
133-147, 2 tables.
J[ohn] P[eter] Neelsen : The new
Middle Class: status inconsistency and political radicalism pp.
149-175, 9 tables, bibliography pp. 172-175.
E[ckehard]
Kulke : The social basis of Indian parties pp. 193.
I[ndira]
Rothermund : The political contours of the coalfield
pp.196-221, 2 tables, 2 graphs.
I[ndira] Rothermund :
Trade unions and trade union leadership in the coalfield pp.
223-262, Appendix I: Major trade unions in India/Dhanbad p. 278,
Appendix II: Interviews: I. Trade union leaders and office-bearers
pp. 279-262.
W[olf] Bergmann : Class contradictions vs
national development: the mixed economy pp. 263-273.
Select
bibliography of major monographs on the Dhanbad Project pp. 275 to
276.
Index p. 277-285.
History of the Chaitanya faith
in Orissa / Prabhat Mukherjee. - 1979. 126 p.
Glossary
[p. 120], glossary of mythological persons [p. 121], index pp.
[122]-124, index of literary sources pp. [125]-126.
The
Vaishnava saint Chaitanya (1486 - 533) was worshipped even in his
own lifetime as an embodiment of the god Jagannatha. The author of
this study traces the history of Chaitanya and of the movement he
founded in the wider context of Oriya Vaishnavism.
Memorial stones : a study
of their origin, significance and variety / Editors: S. Settar;
Günther D. Sontheimer. - 1982. [85,] 393 p. - (I.I.A.H.
series / Institute of Indian Art History, Karnatak University; 2)
This volume is the result of a conference held in Dharwar,
January 1975, which for the first time dealt with the problem of
hero stones and sati stones on an all-Indian, comparative level.
From the table of contents:
[List of] illustrations pp.
[xvi-xxi]
Part I: Meaning, significance and origin
Pierre
Filliozat : The after-death destiny of the hero according to
Mahabharata pp. 3-8.
K. Krishnamoorthy : Hero: death:
commemoration, as reflected in Sanskrit literature: a study pp.
9-16.
S. Settar, M. M. Kalaburgi : The hero cult: a
study of Kannada literature from 9th to 13th cent. pp. 17-36.
Prabhu Sankar : The hero in medieval and modern Kannada
literature and folk-songs: a glimpse pp. 37-43.
A. N.
Upadhye : Nisidhi: it's meaning pp.45-46.
D. R. Patil
: The origin of memorial stones pp. 47-58.
K. V. Soundara
Rajan : Origin and spread of memorial stones in Tami-Nadu pp.
59-76, bibliography p. 75, tentative chronology of early Tamil
cultural vestiges p. 76.
Part II: Folk, tribal, local
traditions and memorials
M. S. Mate : Hero-stones: the
'folk' and the 'classic' pp. 79-82.
Jyotindra Jain :
Ethnic background of some hero-stones of Gujarat pp. 83-86, 6
photographs between pp. 128 and 129.
Gu[ü]nther D.
Sontheimer : On the memorials to the dead in the tribal area
of Central India pp. 87-99, 27 photographs in the centre of the
book.
Haku Shah : Tribal memorials in Gujarat pp.
101-116, 20 photographs between pp. 128 and 129.
M.
Chidanandamurti : Two Masti temples in Karnataka pp. 117-131,
3 photographs between pp. 128 and 129.
R. Sesha Sastri, A.
Krishna Murthy : Memorial stones of Beas and Kurubas: a study
of contemporary practices pp. 133-135.
Part III: Regional
varieties and characteristics
B. D. Chattopadhyaya :
Early memorial stones of Rajasthan: a preliminary analysis of
their inscriptions pp. 139-149.
R. C. Agrawala :
Govardhana pillars from Rajasthan: an iconographic study pp.
151-155, 3 photographs between pp. 288 and 289.
Saryu Doshi
: Paliyas of Saurashtra pp. 157-173, 34 photographs between pp.
288 and 289.
Pushpa Bindra : Memorial stones in Himachal
pp. 175-182, bibliography p. 182, 3 photographs between pp. 288
and 289.
S. Settar : Memorial stones in South India pp.
183-197.
H. Sarkar : The caya-stambhas from
Nagarjunakonda pp. 199-207, 2 photographs between pp. 288 and 289.
M. L. K. Murthy : Memorial stones in Andhra Pradesh pp.
209-218, 4 photographs between pp. 288 and 289.
R. N. Gurav
: Hero-stones of the Kadambas of Goa pp. 219-226.
S.
Rajasekhara : Rastrakuta hero-stones: a study pp. 225-230, 9
photographs between pp. 288 and 289.
Vasundhara Filliozat
: Aruhanahalli memorials pp. 231-233, 5 photographs between pp.
288 and 289.
C. V. Rangaswami : Memorials for pets,
animals and heroes pp. 235-241.
K. K. N. Kurup :
Memorial tablets in Kerala pp. 243-250, 1 photograph between pp.
288 and 289.
D. H. Khare : Memorial stones in
Maharashtra pp. 251-254, 2 photographs between pp. 288 and 289.
S. B. Deo : A sati memorial from Markandi pp. 255-259,
6 photographs between pp. 288 and 289.
Gu[ü]nther D.
Sontheimer : Hero and sati-stones of Maharashtra pp. 261-281,
51 photographs between pp. 288 and 289.
S. Settar, Ravi K.
Korisettar : Nisidhis in Karnataka: a survey pp. 283-293.
Index pp. 349-393.
The religious system of the
Mahanubhava sect : the Mahanubhava Sutrapatha / Edited and
translated with an introduction by Anne Feldhaus. - 1983.
VIII, 285 p.
Index to introduction pp. 265-267, Sutra index
pp. 265-280, glossary pp. 281 to 283, index of names and persons
in the Sutrapatha pp. [284]-285, index of place names in
the Strapha p. [296].
This is the first translation of
a basic canonical text of the Mahanubhava sect in Maharashtra
which was prominent in the 13th century Yadava kingdom.
Oriya nationalism : quest
for a united Orissa 1866 - 1936 / Nivedita Mohanty. - 1982.
XIX, 201 p.
Bibliography: Primary sources pp. 189-190,
secondary sources pp. 191-193, index pp. 195-201.
The Oriya
movement which started in the 19th century and finally led to the
creation of the province of Orissa in 1936 was initially a
cultural campaign against the dominating influence of Bengali; it
was then also aimed at an administrative unification of Oriya
majority districts which were under various provincial authorities
and only in its final stage a claim was staked for a separate
province as such. These various aspects of the movement are traced
in detail in this thesis which is based on a great deal of rare
source material in Oriya.
Indian moneylenders at work
: case studies of the traditional rural credit market in Dhanbad
District, Bihar / Hans-Dieter Roth. - 1983. XII, 112 p.
23
tables in the text, 8 tables in the appendix, 1 sketch:
Administrative limits of the Dhanbad District and the location of
case villages p. 6, bibliography pp. 105-108, index pp. 109-112.
This study of rural moneylenders in Dhanbad, Bihar, sheds
light on the various practices of granting credit to peasants. The
author analyses one credit network operated by a local
trader-cum-moneylender, a group of rich peasants acting as
moneylenders in another village, and a third village where Madrasi
moneylenders offer credit at competitive rates. This shows a
surprising spectrum of credit relations and serves as an antidote
to facile generalisations about traditional moneylenders.
India and the West :
proceedings of a seminar dedicated to the memory of Hermann Goetz
/ Edited by Joachim Deppert. - 1983. 263 p.
This is a
collection of papers read at a seminar dedicated to the memory of
Hermann Goetz and held at Delhi in February 1982 as part of the
celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Max Mueller Bhavan,
New Delhi. The emphasis is on the complementarity and common
heritage of the Indian and western cultural fields according to
the main tenets of H. Goetz's work: research in Indian history of
art within the context of the general history of civilization and
correlation of Indological studies with the study of mutual
influences of the cultures west of India.
From the table of
contents:
Hermann Kulke : Life and work of Hermann
Goetz pp.13-23, notes pp. 21-23.
A. Ranganathan : The
relevance of Coomaraswamy and Goetz to the history of ideas: some
aesthetic considerations pp. 25-43, notes pp. 42-43.
Joachim
Deppert : East or West: The precedent: the Aryan schism. pp.
45-138, notes pp. 111-136, bibliography and abbreviations pp.
136-138.
R. N. Mehta : Urban centres of western India
and the western world pp.139 to 148, bibliography pp. 147-148.
Lokesh Chandra : Hellenistic echoes in the legend of
Krishna pp. 149-154, Appendix 1: Pali version of the Krishna
Legend (reproduced from Malalasekera, 1960, 1.108-109) pp.
151-152, Appendix 2: Excursus on Prof. Stietencron's Indische
Sonnenpriester pp. 152-154, notes p. 154, abbreviations p. 154.
Klaus Fischer : Interrelations between East and West in
the light of newly discovered Gandhara sculptures pp. 155-158,
notes pp. 157-158, 2 photographs.
Karl Jettmar :
Westerners beyond the Great Himalayan Range : Rock carvings and
rock inscriptions in the Indus Valley near Chilas pp. 159-164,
notes and references p. 164, map: Situation of newly discovered
clusters of rock-carvings and inscriptions in North Pakistan, opp.
p. 160, 9 photographs between pp. 160 and 161.
Vasundhara
Filliozat : Vijayanagar and Portugues chronicles pp. 165-171,
notes pp. 171-172.
Ebba Koch : Jahangir and the angels
: recently discovered wall paintings under European influence in
the Fort of Lahore pp. 173-195, notes pp. 187 to 195, 23
photographs between pp. 184 and 185.
Heimo Rau : The
image of India in European antiquity and the Middle Ages pp.
197-208, notes pp. 207-208.
Heidrun Brückner :
Revelation and argumentation : some references to the relation of
sruti and tarka in Samkara's
Brhadranyakopanisadbhasya pp. 209 to 220, notes pp. 218-220.
N.
S. S. Raman : Indian and German idealism pp. 221-235, notes
pp. 234-235.
Günther D. Sontheimer : The
Mallari/Khandoba myth as reflected in folk art and ritual
pp.237-251, notes pp. 247-251.
T. K. Oommen : Towards
reconciling traditional and modern values : the Indian experiment
pp. 253-263.
Hindi writing in post-colonial
India : a study in the aesthetics of literary production
/ Lothar Lutze. - 1985. XII, 227 p. - Key to bibliography
pp. 215-224, index pp. 225-227.
In this book, literature is
seen and shown as something that happens among people. There are
some who make it and others who take it. The present study
concentrates on the makers and the making of literature. It
originates from the author's deep concern with, and fascination
by, the production of works of art, of word art in particular, as
it is manifested in three key processes - the process of
communication, the process of change, the process of creation.
The literature in contemporary India is remarkable for the
fact that, with almost two thirds of the population being
illiterate, printed-and-read literature, (to which this study is
restricted) coexists, both competitively and mutually
stimulatingly, with a powerful oral tradition on the one hand and
an equally powerful film industry on the other. Moreover, in a
historical situation still largely determined by the aftermath of
colonial domination with the shattering of indigenous identities,
literature, by tenaciously rebuilding these indentities - be they
individual, regional or national on the foundations of language -
becomes a major instrument of cultural revival.
The central
portion of this book is the outcome of literary field work
conducted since 1972. It comprises the Hind part of a larger
research project covering the Hindi-speaking region, West Bengal
and Karnataka.
Religion and pilgrim tax under
the Company Raj / Nancy Gardner Cassels. - 1988. XII,
184 p. ISBN 81-85054-32-0
4 photographs between pp. 84 and 85,
glossary pp. 156-157, Appendix A: Coins and phrases pp. 158-160,
Appendix B: Letter from Puri priests to Lord Wellesley, 24 July
1804 pp. 160-162, Appendix C: Forms of certificate granted to
different classes of pilgrims according to Section 8 Regulation IV
1809 pp. 162-163, Appendix D: Forms of certificate granted to
different classes of pilgrims according to section II Regulation
IV 1809 p. 163, Appendix E: Government profit from idolatry p.
164, Appendix F: Trower's Draft Regulation pp. 154-169, Appendix
G: Commissioner Hr[e]nry Ricketts' report on the 'Established
Donation' calculated by Collector William Wilkinson pp. 169-170,
Bibliography: Primary sources: 1. Manuscripts pp. 171-173, 2.
printed pp. 174 to 179, secondary sources pp. 179-182, index pp.
[181]-182.
This monograph is a study of the tangled
relationship between the East India Company and the great temple
at Jagannathpur. The East India Company's connection with
Jagannathpur began with its decision to follow the example of
previous governments' administration of Pilgrim Tax. Critics of
the Company referred to this revenue as "wages of idolatry".
Company statesmen defended the tax as a legitimate financial
support for the Government's guarantee to its Indian subjects of
the "free exercise of their religion". The author breaks
new ground by outlining a policy articulated by the East India
Company in accordance with its "compact" which promised
respect for and noninterference with Hindu and Muslim religious
customs and institutions.
Two medieval merchant guilds of
South India / Meera Abraham. - 1988. XII, 273 p., 3
maps. ISBN 81-85054-48-7
Appendix A: Inscriptions of Ayyavole
pp. 183-242, Appendix B: Inscriptions relating to Manigramam pp.
243-247, Appendix C: Pudukkottai Inscriptions pp. 248-251,
bibliography pp. [253]-268, index pp. [269]-273.
Organised
internal and maritime commerce was an important feature in
medieval South India, often resulting in acute trade rivalries and
armed conflicts between ruling dynasties who laid great emphasis
on trade and conquests within and outside peninsular India. The
present work is the first detailed study of two powerful medieaval
merchant guilds viz. Manigram and Ayyavole. The book
throws fresh light on the Chola State synthesis, relationship
between merchants and kings and the importance of revenues from
trade to the medieval state and the linkage between South Indian
kingdoms with the Indian Ocean and sea borne trade.
Work for wages in South Asia
/ edited by Mark Holmström. - 1990. 193 p.
ISBN
81-85054-87-8 References pp. 188-189, index pp. [191]-193.
Contents:
Mark Holmström : Introduction pp.
1-10, references p. 10.
Jacques Pouchepadass : The
market for agricultural labour in colonial North Bihar 1860-1920
pp. [11]-27, references pp. 26-27: official publications pp.
26-27, secondary works p. 27.
Dick Kooiman : Questions
of money: a comparative analysis of Ceylon coffee estates and
Bombay cotton mills pp. [30]-45, references pp. 43-45.
Colin
Simmons : The creation and organisation of a proletarian
mining labour force in India: the case of the Kolar gold fields
1833-1955 pp. [48]-117, 26 tables.
Béatrice Knerr
: Effects of international labour migration on the economic growth
of Bangladesh pp. [118]-159, 8 figs., 17 tables, references pp.
158 to 159.
E. A. Ramaswamy : Indian trade unionism:
the crisis of leadership pp. [160] to 172.
Gérard
Heuzé : Workers' struggles and indigenous Fordism in
India pp. [173] to 189, references pp. 188-189, index pp.
[191]-193.
The political status of the
Sikhs during the Indian national movement, 1935-1947 /
Christine Effenberg. - New Delhi: Archives Publishers,
1989. 251 p. ISBN 81-7051-070-8
Appendix no. 1: The external
features of Sikhs: The Sikh code of conduct p. [182], Appendix no.
1a: Gurus of the Sikhs p. [182], Appendix no. 2: Nehru Report,
Presidential Address of Pandit Motilal Nehru, Forty-third Indian
National Congress, Calcutta, 29 December 1928 pp. [184]-188,
Appendix no. 3: The Communal Award by His Majesty's Government,
released on 16 August 1932 pp. [189]-194, Appendix no. 4: Sixth
Schedule, provisions as to franchise, part IV: The Punjab pp.
[195]-200, Appendix no. 5: Skeleton Plan showing Kirti and
Communist influences pp.[201], Appendix no. 6: Draft declaration
for discussion with Indian leaders published on 30 March 1942 pp.
[202]-204, Appendix no. 7: Sikhs reject proposal pp. [205]-206,
Appendix no. 8: Resolution of the Working Committee of the
All-India Muslim League, 2 April 1942 p. [207], Appendix no. 9:
Excerpt from "The Hindu-Muslim Problem" pp. [208]-209,
appendix no. 10: The "Quit India" demand: Resolutions of
the All-India Congress Committee, Bombay, 8 August 1942 pp.
[210]-214, Appendix no. 11: Mr. C. Rajagopalachari's formular, 10
July 1944 p. [215], Appendix no. 12: Excerpt from broadcast speech
of the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, 14 June 1945 pp. [216]-217, Appendix
no. 13: Sikh memorandum to the Cabinet Mission pp. [218]-219,
Appendix no. 14: Memorandum of the Central Akali Dal presented to
the British Cabinet Mission pp. [220]-222, Appendix no. 15:
Excerpt from Statement of the Cabinet Mission and the Viceroy, 16
May 1946 pp. [223]-226, bibliography: A. Unpublished sources pp.
[227]-235: National Archives of India, New Delhi, Government of
India Files, Copies of the Punjab Government files in the Home
Political Department: Home Political Files pp. [227]-228, Reform
Office Papers p.228, Mehru Memorial Museum & Library, New
Delhi: Papers of the All India Congress Committee pp. 228-230,
Sunder Singh Majithia Papers: I. Correspondence pp. 230-231, II.
Subject Files p. 231, Jawaharlal Nehru Papers: I. Correspondence
pp. 231-232, II. Subject Files pp. 232 to 233, India Office
Library, London: Private Paper = Linlithgwo Collection MSS Eur F
125 p. 233, Information Department (L/1) pp. 233-234, Political
Department records (particularly ... collections L/P & J/8) p.
234, Records transferred to London pp. 234-235, B. Published
sources p. 236, C. Source gatherings pp. 236-237, D. Published
interviews p. 237, E. Published correspondence p. 237, F.
Literature pp. 238-245, G. Articles pp. 246-250, H. Unpublished
articles p. 251, I. Newspapers p. 251.
This book is the
English translation of no. 94 of the Beiträge zur
Südasienforschung, in order to make it available to the
non-German reader: The Sikhs formed, on the one hand, the sinews
of power for the British and, on the other, they also formed the
sinews of power for India's freedom fighters trying to oust the
foreign regimes. The various Sikh movements launched during the
struggle for independence are discussed in this book.
Cooperation and conflict in
South Asia / Partha S. Ghosh. - 1989. IX, 6, 265 p.
ISBN 81-85054-68-1
Bibliography: Books pp. 238-246, articles
pp. 246-257, unpublished papers, monographs and Ph. D.
dissertations pp. 257-258, newspapers, magazines p. 258, index pp.
259-265.
Co-operation and conflict are to nations what love
and hate are to human beings. They are contradictory, yet
coexistential. South Asia is no exception. Partha Ghosh's
painstaking analysis is based on an inside-outside paradigm
approaching the problem from the angle of the region's domestic
politics and concludes that the external dabblings are as much the
consequence as the cause of the region's conflicts.
The settlement literature of
the Greater Punjab : a handbook / Clive [J.] Dewey. -
1991. 107 p. ISBN 81-85425-22-1
Bibliographies and catalogues
p. 11, bibliographical sources: general p. [12], careers p. [12],
education pp. [12]-13, abbreviations pp. [14]-16.
This book is
a guide to the richest sources for the study of British Punjab -
the hundreds of assessment reports, settlement reports, gazetteers
and codes of customary law produced by officials settling the land
revenue.
Andhra peasants under British
rule : Agrarian relations and the rural economy 1900-1940 / A.
Satyanarayana. - 1990. [IX], 162 p. ISBN 81-85425-06-X
Map
of Madras Presidency, Telugu speaking districts 1901-1941 p. IX,
select bibliographies: 1. Government records p. [149], 2.
Publications of the Government of India p. [149], 3. Government of
the United Kingdom p. [149], 4. Government of Madras pp.
[149]-150, Annual Reports p. 150, Madras District Manuals and
Gazetteers p. 150, 6. published books pp. 150-152, 7. articles pp.
152-155, Appendix I: Classification of landholders by the extent
of land revenue paid pp. 156-157, Appendix 2: Foodgrain prices in
Andhra districts, 1904-1938 p. 158, index pp. [159]-162.
A
lively debate on the "colonial mode of production",
"external articulation" and the rise of commodity
production in India has been going on for some time. The present
study breaks new ground concentrating on the process of agrarian
change and class formation in Andhra in a colonial context.
Hinduism reconsidered /
edited by Günther D. Sontheimer and Hermann Kulke.
- 1989. VII, 238 p. ISBN 81-85054-89-4
Contemporary research
in Hinduism has thrown up a number of micro-studies and new
over-all theories giving rise to the questions: Do conventional
notions of Hinduism need to be reformulated on the basis of new
evidence and modern theories? Is it prudent to interpret Hinduism
without an interdisciplinary and contextual approach? In short,
what does Hinduism mean? The above issues were discussed at the
IXth European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, and this
volume contains the papers presented for discussion there -
discussions which were lively and thought provoking:
David
Shulman : Reconsidering Hinduism, or: what I might have said
(in part) if ... pp. [7]-9.
Heinrich von Stietencron :
Hinduism: on the proper use of a deceptive term pp. 11-27,
references pp. 25-27.
Robert Eric Frykenberg : The
emergence of modern 'Hinduism' as a concept and as an institution:
a reappraisal with special reference to South India (1) pp. 29-49,
notes pp. 42-46, references pp. 47-49.
N. K. Wagle :
Hindu-Muslim interactions in medieval Maharashtra pp. 51-66,
references pp. 65-66.
Peter van der Veer : The concept
of the ideal Brahman as an Indological construct pp. 67-80,
references pp. 79-80.
Horst Krüger : Hinduism and
national liberation movement in India pp. 81-92, notes pp. 90-91,
references pp. 91-92.
Françoise Mallison :
Hinduism as seen by the Nizari Ismaili missionaries of western
India : The evidence of the Ginan pp. 93-103, notes pp. 99-102,
references pp. 102-103.
Charlotte Vaudeville : Multiple
approaches to a living Hindu myth: the Lord of the Govardhan Hill
pp. 105-125, notes pp. 120-123, references pp. 123-124. map:
Bharatpur and Mathura Districts p. 125.
Monika
Thiel-Horstmann : Bhakti and monasticism pp. 127-140, notes
pp. 137-140, references p. 140.
Serge Bouez : Staying
on the goddess's eyelid: Devotion and reversal of values in Hindu
Bengal pp. 141-156, notes pp. 153-155, references pp. 155-156.
Steven Vertovec : Hinduism in diaspora: The
transformation of tradition in Trinidad pp. 157-186, 6 tables,
notes pp. 175-177, references pp. 177-186.
Gabriella
Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi : The polytechnic-prototype approach to
Hinduism pp. 187-195, references pp. 193-195.
Günther
D. Sontheimer : Hinduism: The five components and their
interaction pp. 197-212, references pp. 209-212.
Richard
Burghart : Something lost, something gained: translations of
Hinduism pp. 213-225, references pp. 224-225.
Contributors pp.
227-228.
General index pp. 229-236.
Index of Indian terms
pp. 237-238.
Devotional Hind literature
: A critital edition of the Pañc-Vani or five works of
Dadu, Kabir, Namdev, Raidas, Hardas with the Hindi songs of
Gorakhnath and Sundardas, and a complete word-index / Winand M.
Callewaert, Bart Op de Beeck. - 1991. ISBN 81-85425-65-5
Vol.
1. V, 584 p. ISBN 81-85425-66-3
Vol. 2. pp. 585-1076. ISBN
81-85425-67-1
This book is a tribute to India's literary
heritage. The basis for selection is the famous Rajasthan
Pañc-Vani collection of the works of five great
Bhaktas: Dadu, Kabir, Namdev, Raidas and Hardas. In order to make
possible a comparison, the authors have also included the Bijak of
Kabir, the "Hindi" songs of Gorakhnath and Sundardas,
and a selection of Siddha literature. The present work thus gives
a representative selection of the most popular Pads and Sakhis
around 1600 A.D. in Northwest India.
Aspects of ecological problems
and environmental awareness in South Asia / edited by Wolfgang
L. Werner. - 1993. VII, 148 p. ISBN 81-7304-044-3
This
volume contains papers presented at the panel on "South
Asia's Ecological Past and Future" at the XIth European
Conference on Modern South Asian Studies in Amsterdam in 1990. The
guiding idea of the panel has been to arrange a dialogue between
anthropologists and ecologists, as environmental problems are a
concern of both, man and nature. The peculiar shape of the Indian
sub-continent and its mountain barriers account for a distinct
differentiation of climate and vegetation. Contributors to the
volume have addressed diverse problems relating to these areas
with distinct characteristics:
Wolfgang L. Werner :
Ecological problems and environmental awareness in South Asia:
introduction pp. [1]-5, references p. 5.
K. M. M. Dakshini
: Destruction of forests in Northern India: an ecological
assessment pp. 7-20, references pp. 19-20.
Klaus Seeland
: Environment and social erosion in rural communities of South
Asia pp. 21-39, references pp. 37-39.
S. M. Nurul Aslam
: Perception of ecological problems and its implications for
Bangladesh's ecological future pp. 41-54, references pp. 63-54.
Susana B. C. Devalle : Beyond ecology? Indigenous
territories and natural resources (Jharkand, India) pp. 55-71,
map: Jharkand region (Bihar) p. 56, map: Bihar and Jharkand
forests p. 52, 1 photograph p. 61, references pp. 70-71.
Stig
Toft Madsen : Economy of an open access resource: Fishing in
Keni 1985-89 pp. 73-104, 2 photographs between pp. 75 and 76, 3
tables, map of Uttara Kannada coastline p. 79, figures: Average
catch p. 87, Average and maximum catch, and earnings p. 88,
Percentage working days per month p. 89, Daily catches p. 93,
Value of catch p. 94, Cumulative effect of catch quantity on
prices for 875 fish days p. 95, references pp. 102-104.
J[acques]
Pouchepadass : The ecological history of the Western Ghats in
the Modern Period: a preliminary survey pp. 105-131, references
pp. 128-131.
K. M. Matthew : Awareness generation and
training in nature conservation and eco-development on the Western
Ghats (Palni Hills), India pp. 133-148, 2 tables, 2 maps,
bibliography p. 148.
Flags of fame : Studies in
South Asian folk culture / edited by Heidrun Brückner,
Lothar Lutze, and Aditya Malik. - 1993. XIII, 503 p.
ISBN 81-7304-049-4
13 plates, 13 photographs between pp. 224
and 225, general index pp. [487]-499, index of South Asian terms
pp. [501]-503.
This volume contains fifteen articles by Indian
and European scholars, describing and analyzing various aspects of
folk culture in South Asia. The principal emphasis is on folk
religion, including both ritual performances and oral texts. The
articles cover a wide spectrum of regional traditions, ranging
from Kerala and Karnataka in the southwest to Nepal and the
Himalayas in the northeast, and a stunning variety of materials,
including ball games, oral poetry, a ritual hunt, ghost and deity
porsession, and the traditions of itinerant genealogists. Several
major themes typical of Indian folk religion bind the different
articles together. Papers included are:
Heidrun Brückner,
Aditya Malik : Introduction pp. 1-18.
I. Divine
performances
Günther D[ietz] Sontheimer : King
Khandoba's hunt and his encounter with Banai, the shepherdess pp.
[19]-80, abbreviations p. 73, references pp. 73-80.
Gilles
Tarabout : Ritual rivalry in Kerala pp. [81]-108, references
pp. 102-108.
J. Richardson Freeman : Performing
possession: ritual and consciousness in the Teyyam complex of
northern Kerala pp. 109-138, references pp. 136-138.
Balan
Nambiar : Tai paradevata: Ritual impersonation in the Teyyam
tradition of Kerala pp. [139]-163, references p. 163.
Axel
Michaels : Siva under refuse: The hidden Mahadeva
(Lukumahadyah) and protective stones in Nepal pp. [165]-199,
references pp. 193-199: I. Texts pp. 193-194, II. Books, articles
etc. pp. 194-199.
Claus Peter Zoller : On Himalayan
ball games, headhunting, and related matters pp. [201]-237,
references pp. 236-237.
Elisabeth Schoembucher : Gods,
ghosts an demons : posession in South Asia pp. [239]-267,
references pp. 263-267.
II. Textual networds
B. A.
Viveka Rai : The genres of Tulu folk-poetry: an introduction
pp. [269]- to 282, references pp. 280-282.
Heidrun Brückner
: Kannalaya : the place of a Tulu paddana among interrelated oral
traditions pp. [283]-330, appendix: I. Kannalaye-paddana
(translation) pp. 317-323, II. Pasna Jumadi-paddana (translation)
pp. 324-329, III. Kannalaye (Burnell ms. 18, Indian Antiquary 25,
1896: 65) pp. 329-334, references pp. 331-334.
Peter J.
Claus : Text variability and authenticity in the Siri cult pp.
[336]-374, references pp. 371-374.
Aditya Malik :
Avatara, avenger, and king: narrative themes in the Rjasthn oral
epic of Devnarayan pp. [377]-409, references pp. 403-409.
Bahadur
Singh : The episode of the golden Siva image in the Bagaravat
pp. [411]-421, references p. 421.
Richard Burghart :
Itinerant Vaisnavite genealogists of the Ganges Basin pp.
[423]-443, references p. 443.
Hugh van Skyhawk :
Nasiruddin and Adinath, Nizamuddin and Kaniphnath: Hindu-Muslim
religious syncretism in the folk literature of the Deccan pp.
[445] to 467, references pp. 466-467.
Alokeranjan Dasgupta
: The king and the tribal bard - patterns of protest by two
minorities pp. [469]-479, references p. 479.
Contributors pp.
[481]-486.
General index pp. [487]-499.
Maharashtra: Culture and
society: Folk culture, folk religion and oral traditions as a
component in Maharashtrian culture / Edited by Günther-Dietz
Sontheimer. 1995. IX, 295 p., 1 fig., 6 plates. ISBN
81-7304-087-7 1 fig., 6 photographs between pp. 102 and 103,
general index pp. 259-284, index of Indic words pp. 285-291.
The
papers in this volume were presented at the third conference in
the series "Maharashtra: Culture and Society", convened
by Günther Dietz Sontheimer (†) at Heidelberg in June
1988.
Papers included are:
James W. Laine: _iv_j_ as
epic hero pp. 1-24, references pp. 20-24. Dilip Chitre: Mumbaichi
Lavni: the first Marathi poem on industrial civililzation pp.
25-30.
Anne Feldhaus: Types of river goddesses in
Maharashtra pp. 31-47, references pp. 46-47.
Traude
Pillai-Vetschera: The impact of Chistianity on the mahars of
Ahmednagar District pp. 49-61, references p. 61.
Eleanor
Zelliot: The folklore of pride: three components of
contemporary dalit belief pp. 63-85, references pp. 79-85.
M.
K. Dhavalikar: The living past: the first farmers of
Maharashtra and their successors pp. 87-106, references pp.
104-106.
Eric Reenberg Sand: Gop_lp_r-k_l_: some
aspects of the history of the sacred places South of Pandharpur
pp. 107-128, references pp. 126-128.
Günther-Dietz
Sontheimer: The folk festival (jatr_) in the religious
traditions of Maharashtra: the case of Khan.d.ob_ pp. 129-145,
references p. 145.
P. B. Mande: Folk culture, folk
religion and oral tradition in Maharashtrian culture pp. 147-164,
references p. 164.
M. N. Deshpande: Some aspects of
folk religion in the Konkan and Desh regions of Maharashtra pp.
165-180, references pp. 179-180.
N. K. Wagle: On
relations amongs bh_ts, gods, and men: aspects of folk religion
and law in pre-British Maharashtra pp. 181-220, references p. 220.
Durga Bhagvat: Some multi-purpose aspects of Indian
folklore pp. 221-243, references pp. 241-243.
R. C. Dhere:
Folk perception and saints' perception pp. 245-258.
Liberalising India: Progress
and Problems / Edited by Dietmar Rothermund.
1996. VIII, 108 pp. ISBN 81-7304-172-5
The papers in this
volume were presented at a seminar held on January 20, 1996 in New
Delhi at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML)
Papers
included are:
Dietmar Rothermund: Introduction: India's
Liberalisation in Historical Perspective pp. 1-19.
Manmohan
Singh, Minister of Finance: Inaugural Address pp. 21-28.
Vijay
Kelkar, Petroleum Secretary, Government of India: Strategies
of Privatisation: An Approach to the Oil Industry pp. 29-34.
Amit
Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI: Discussant's Comment pp.
35-40.
R. Radhakrishna, Member-Secretary, ICSSR, New
Delhi: Food Trends, Public Distribution System and Food Security
Concerns pp. 41-68.
V.M. Rao, ISEC, Bangalore:
Discussant's Comment pp. 69-72.
S. Guhan, Madras
Institute of Development Studies: Poverty Alleviation and Social
Safety Nets pp. 73-84.
Suresh Tendulkar, Delhi School of
Economics: Discussant's Comment pp. 85-87.
L.K. Deshpande,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay: The Impact of the
Structural Adjustment Programme on Industrial Employment and
Industrial Relations pp. 89-92.
Ajit Ghose, ILO-SAT, New
Delhi: Discussant's Comment pp. 93-95.
Literaturverzeichnis
[Bibliography] pp. 99-108.
Irrigation, Agriculture and the Raj - Punjab 1887-1947 / M. Mufakharul Islam. 1997. 180 pp. ISBN 81?7304?167?9 Einführung [Introduction] pp.13-24, Anhang [Appendices] pp.150-165, Glossar [Glossary] pp.166-167, Literaturverzeichnis [Select Bibliography] pp.168-178, Index pp. 179-180.
Legitimacy and Conflict in
South Asia / Edited by Subrata K. Mitra and Dietmar
Rothermund 1997. VIII, 279 pp. ISBN 81?7304?167?9
Einführung [Introduction] pp. 1-6, Epilog [Epilogue] pp.
250-251, Literaturverzeichnis [Bibliography] pp. 252-263, Index
pp. 265-279.
Subrata K. Mitra: Introduction: Legitimacy
and Conflict in South Asia pp. 1-6.
Dietmar Rothermund:
Conflict as a Challenge to Legitimacy: A Historical Perspective
pp. 7-16.
Subrata K. Mitra: Legitimacy, Governance and
Political Institutions in India after Independence pp.
17-49.
Partha S Ghosh: Hindu Nationalism, the Politics
of Nation-Building and Implications for the Legitimacy of the
State pp. 50-68.
Gurharpal Singh: Understanding Order
and Legitimacy in Punjab since 1984 pp. 69-81.
Iyotirindra
Dasgupta: Democracy, Development and Federalism: Some
Implications of Constructive Constitutionalism in India pp.
82-106.
T.V. Sathyamurthy: Local Politics, Violence and
Panchayati Raj pp. 107-121.
Dieter Conrad: Conflicting
Legitimacies in Pakistan: The Changing Role of the Objectives
Resolution (1949) in the Constitution pp. 122-151.
Tazeen M.
Murshid: The Sacred and the Secular: A Crisis of Governance in
Bangladesh pp. 152-172.
Amita Shastri:
Constitution-Making as a Political Resource: Crisis of Legitimacy
in Sri Lanka pp. 173-193.
Christian Wagner: Sri Lanka -
Crisis of Legitimacy pp. 194-206.
Lok Raj Baral and Leo E.
Rose: Democratization and the Crisis of Governance in Nepal
pp. 207-219.
Surya P. Subedi: Indo-Nepal Relations: The
Causes of Conflict and their Resolution pp. 220-245.
Dietmar
Rothermund: Statements of the Discussants at the Conference on
Legitimacy and Conflict pp. 246-249.
Dietmar Rothermund:
Epilogue
Of Clowns and Gods, Brahmans
and Babus - Humour in South Asian Literatures / Edited by
Christina Oesterheld and Claus Peter Zoller. 1999.
181 pp. ISBN 81?7304?260?8
Claus Peter Zoller and Christina
Oesterheld: Introduction pp. 9-21.
Lothar Lutze:
From Dingley Dell to Darbhanga: Some Introductory Remarks on the
Meaning of '(Sense of) Humour' pp. 22-33.
Dietmar Mayan:
'Deviant' Speechplay and Hindi Ideology: A Nexus Suggested pp.
34-49.
Konrad Meisig: Carter and Courtesan - The Ox and
the Tigress: Humour in Phanishwarnath Renu's Hindi Story 'The
Third Vow' pp. 50-62.
Rupert Snell: Humour in the Satsai
of Biharilal pp. 63-79.
Sadiq-Ur-Rahman Kidwai: Poet who
Laughed in Pain: Akbar Ilahabadi pp. 80-90.
Fateh Muhammad
Malik: Iqbal Inspired Humour: A Note on Parodies by Selected
Urdu Poets pp. 91-101.
William Radice: The Humour of
Calcutta pp. 102-117.
Heidrun Brückner: Thomas
Mann's Transposed Heads and Girish Karnad's Hayavadana: An Indian
Motif Re-imported pp. 118-145.
Gabriella Eichinger
Ferro-Luzzi: Joking and Laughing in Modern Tamil Literature
pp. 146-156.
Aditya Malik: Powers of the Timid: Aspects
of Humour in the Rajasthani Oral Epic Of Devnarayan pp.
157-168.
Claus Peter Zoller: 'My Mother an Apsara, the
Father a Ksatriya, my Uncle the Son of a Gandharva': Humour in the
Oral Poetry of the Himalaya pp. 169-181.
Ways of Dying - Death and its
Meaning in South Asia / Edited by Elisabeth Schömbucher
and Claus Peter Zoller. 1999. 310 pp. ISBN 81?7304?243?8
List of Illustrations pp. 7-8, Illustrations pp. 313-326.
Claus
Peter Zoller and Elisabeth Schömbucher: Death and its
Meaning in South Asia pp. 15-35.
Klaus-Peter Köpping:
Death as Experience and Institution in Anthropological Theory pp.
36-46.
Martin Gaenszle: The Making of Good Ancestors:
Separation, Transformation and Exchange in Mewahang Rai Funerary
Rites pp. 49-67.
Ulrich Demmer: How to make the Spirit
of the Dead Happy: The Rhetoric of Words and Deeds in a Jenu
Kurumba Death Ritual pp. 68-87.
Shalini Randeria:
Mourning, Mortuary Exchange and Memorialization pp. 88-111.
Axel
Michaels: Ancestors, Demons and the Ritual Impossibility of
Death in Brahmanical Hinduism: Bala's Fourteenth in Deopatan
(Nepal) pp. 112-134.
Charles Malamoud: Le Sacrifice des
os pp. 135-149.
Anne Feldhaus: Rivers and the Death of
Children pp. 153-161.
Elisabeth Schömbucher: Death
as the Beginning of a New Life: Hero-Worship among a South Indian
Fishing Cast pp. 162-178.
Georg Berkemer: No Heroes in
Kalinga? On Death in Kalinga Inscriptions pp. 179-189.
Hugh
van Skyhawk: A Note on Death and the Holy Man in South Asia
pp. 190-202.
Claus Peter Zoller: An Indian Myth of the
Creation of Death and Life pp. 205-232.
Aditya Malik:
Stringing a Necklace of Heads: Sacrifice and Death in the Cult of
Devnarayan pp. 233-248.
Heidrun Brückner: Narrated
and Dramatized Death in Tulu Culture pp. 249-275.
Alf
Hiltebeitel: Kuttantavar: The Divine Lives of a Severed Head
pp. 276-310.
Writers, Editors &
Reformers - Social and Political Transformations of Maharashtra /
Edited by N.K. Wagle. 1999. 224 pp. ISBN 81?7304?214?4
Introduction pp. 9-11, Index pp. 219-224.
Jayant K. Lele:
From Reformism to Interest Group Pluralism: The Relevance of the
Non-Brahman Movement for an Understanding of Contemporary
Maharashtra pp.13-22.
Rajendra Vora: Maharashtra Dharma
and the Nationalist Movement in Maharashtra pp. 23-30.
Uttam
Bhoite: Pre-Ambedkar Untouchable Liberation Movement in
Maharashtra pp. 31-41.
E. Fasana: Deshabhakta: The Leaders of
the Italian Independence Movement in the Eyes of Marathi
Nationalists pp. 42-63.
J.V. Naik: Bhau Mahajan and his
Prabhakar, Dhumketu and Dnyan Darshan: A Study in Maharashtrian
Response to British Rule pp. 64-81.
Milton Israel: The
Bombay Chronicle: Competing Images of Division and Unity in the
Indian Nationalist Movement, 1920-30 pp. 82-97.
Aroon
Tikekar: Dr George Buist of the Bombay Times: A Study of the
Self-Proclaimed Messianism of an Anglo-Indian Editor, 1840-57 pp.
98-113.
J. Masselos: The Discourse from the Other Side:
Perceptions of Science and Technology in Western India in the
Nineteenth Century pp.114-129.
R.N. Dandekar:
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar and the Academic Renaissance in
Maharashtra pp. 130-139.
Nobility Under the Mughals
(1628 - 1658) by Firdos Anwar. - 2001. 300 pp. ISBN
81-7304-316-7.
This study analyses the nature of the governing
class during the reign of Shahjahan. Based on the major published
and unpublished sources, it examines numerical strength and
ethno-religious composition of the nobility. It confirms that
racial or religious factors played but a marginal role in the
political life of this group.
This work highlights the role of
the nobility as mansabdars, jagirdars and as administrators at
various levels. It underlines a link between the posts and the
mansab and brings out some of the considerations on the basis of
which subedaris, faujdaris and qiladaris were assigned. A special
feature of the book is the presentation of the family groups of
leading nobles whose share in wealth and power is exhibited
through statistical methods. It is almost a throw back to Barni´s
Turkan-i-Chahalgani. Yet, with the help of contemporary
evidence it is argued that merit and potential were the main
criterion for recruitment as well as promotion of the
nobles.
Pertaining to the three proposed phases of this reign,
three appendices are prepared with the help of contemporary
records which contain detailed lists of Shahjahani nobles. Most of
the conslucions of the author are based on this immense material.
Explorations in the History of South Asia. Essays in Honour of Dietmar Rothermund. Edited by Georg Berkemer, Tilman Frasch, Hermann Kulke and Jürgen Lütt. - 2001.
420 pp. ISBN 81-7304-377-9.
Explorations in the History of South Asia assembles a wide-ranging collection of articles written in
honour of one of the outstanding historians of India, Dietmar Rothermund. The essays reflect the
span of Rothermund's academic productivity. The first part which is dedicated to India's foreign
relations, not only with Germany, but also with her neighbours in the Indian Ocean, is followed by
a close look at the rewlationship between states, courts and religion in premodern contexts. The
third part contains articles on India's colonial experience, while the fourth focuses on developments
of the post-colonial states, tackling questions of identity, nationhood and political movements.
This volume has contributions by C.S. Mohanavelu, M. Mann, J.H. Voigt, R. Ptak, A. Das Gupta,
O. Prakash, H. Kulke, T. Frasch, R. Chakravarti, G. Berkemer, M. Horstmann, J.K. Bautze, A.R. Kulkarni,
M.M. Islam, R.E. Frykenberg, K. McPherson, A. Satyanarayana, J. Malik, H. Fischer-Tiné, B. Dahm,
M. Roberts, P.S. Ghosh, D. Hellmann-Rajanayagam, I. Baloch, S.K. Mitra and D. Conrad.
Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay's Srimadbhagabadgita: Translation and Analysis by Hans Harder. - 2001.
265 pp. ISBN 81-7304-376-0.
This book is an attempt to re-examine Bankimchandra's religious thinking in the context of the nineteenth century
on the basis of his Srimadbhagabadgita. Written in instalments from 1886-88, his little-noted Gita commentary is
a key text of nascent modern (or neo-) Hinduism. The mediation between East and West, science and religion,
and the nationalist assertion that Gita-based Hinduism represents the most superior and universal religion, are
its dominant features.
The analysis following the translation aims at identifying the tools Bankimchandra uses in trying to establish
the superiority of Hinduism. His switching between normative and empirical definitions of terms enables him,
e.g. to interpret the concept of dharma as the most universal formulation of religion. Likewise, in his apology
for image-worship, Hinduism gets the bonus of being the most complete and most tolerant of all religions.
The nationalist intention of the commentary is equally evident in its communicative set-up. It is shown that
ancient Indian Gita commentators are treated as in-group members, who are, whenever necessary, complemented
away by means of a 'polite dismissal'. Western Indologists, by contrast, are sometimes cited as examples of
utter incompetence, betraying the underlying intention of taking the authoritative discussion about India
back to India.
In the conclusion, the interplay of intentions and constraints in Bankimchaandra's thinking are integrated into
a larger-scale assessment of his concept of Hindu-Indian identity and cultural self-assertion. Historically,
Bankimchandra must indeed be regarded as one of the founders of 'Hindu nationalism' and an influential
'essentialiser', despite the fact that the complexity of his thought would have allowed quite a different
reception. Many of his interpretations, popularised by Vivekananda, Aurobindo and others, have evolved
into standard modern Hindu standpoints.
The Pandit: Traditional
Scholarship in India Edited by Axel Michaels. - 2001.
265 pp. ISBN 81-7304-435-X.
In January 1999, the distinguished
scholar Pandit Dr. Parameshwara Aithal retired from his position
at Heidelberg University. To mark this occasion, Prof. Axel
Michaels organized a symposium on the institution of the Pandit
and the future of traditional Sanskrit scholarship in India and
the West.
Pt. Aithal, an internationally esteemed expert in
Dharmasastra and manuscriptology, was born in Kota (Karnataka). He
received his early Sanskrit education in the traditional method at
home and became a staff member of the Adyar Library and Research
Centre, Chennai, in 1962. In 1968, he joined the South Asia
Institute, Heidelberg University, as a Sanskrit lecturer where he
stayed for about thirty years.
The present volume containes the
learned papers of the conference which cover a wide range of
topics, e.g.:
- the pandit as a private scholar, university
teacher, public intellectual or legal adviser;
- traditional
ways of Sanskrit teaching and learning, especially the methods of
memorization and transfer of traditional knowledge;
- the
relevance of traditional Sanskrit grammar for the learning of
Sanskrit;
- the prestige of Sanskrit and the social standing of
pandits;
- the special guru-shishya-relationship;
- the
relationship between pandit and professor in academic systems;
-
life histories of some well-known pandits such as Krishnashastri
Chiplunkar, Hazari Prasad Dvivedi, Gopinath Kaviraj, V.S. Apte,
and others
- the role of Tantrik pandits.
The contributors
of this Festschrift are friends and colleagues of Pandit Aithal.
Portugese Cochin and the Maritime Trade of India 1500-1663 by Pius Malekandaathil. - 2001.
324 pp. ISBN 81-7304-406-6.
Cochin, where the Portugese established their first settlement in the Indian Ocean region, was the principal base
for their commercial and political expansion. The central purpose of this study is to see what role did Cochin, the first political headquarters
of the Estado la India till 1530 and later their commercial capital, play in organizing the martitime trade of India and how its trade contributed
to the building up of the universal empire of the Lusitanians. It also throws light on the intricate operations of the India-centered trade
of the casado mercahtns in parallel and contrast to the Europe-centered commerce of the crown. Asian trade and Indo-European trade
are discussed in detail laying emphasis on merchants, routes, licences, monopoly, contracts, trade-voyages and smuggling. It also dwells on
the international contradictions of the Portugese system as well as the commercial alternatives developed by the natives to confront the trade-
policies of the Portugese. The extent of Portugese penetration into far-flung production centres and hinterland is also studied to see how far
the inland territories were incorporated by the Portugese through the window of Cochin for their overseas commerce and empire bulding ventures.
Images of Kabir Edited by Monika Horstmann. - 2002.
248 pp. ISBN 81-7304-463-5.
Kabir is a vital presence in India. Of late, scholarship has especially addressed the question of his impact on society
at large and its various cultural components. How do people express their own conditions and feelings through
recourse to Kabir? how do contemporary thinkers relate to him? How does he challenge contemporary writers?
Does he still scandalize us or has his work become a purely academic or aesthetic issue? in tackling such questions,
the distinction between the seemingly objective position of creative writers and social activists are often blurred, as
is shown by several contributions in this volume. Alongside these are papers of textual scholarship engaging in the
history of the transmission of Kabirs work.
Negotiating the Divine by Ursula Rao. - 2003.
185 pp. ISBN 81-7304-515-1.
The book investigates contemporary discourses on religion in urban India through the prism of Hindu temples. It
is based on material collected during extensive fieldwork in Bhopal between 1996 and 1998. Presenting and interpreting
data of the history as well as the ritual, social and political life of two central goddess temples, the author presents the
first comprehensive study of Hindu temples as socio-religious institutions in the urban environment of contemporary
India. She also addresses several issues of general importance: questions of changes in community life in urban India
with reference to caste and religious communities; the role of traditions in a fast changing cultural environment; the
problematic relationship between religion and politics in the political life of India and a critical assessment of
discussions of subalternity and resistance. These discussions appear in a new light in a study that avoids the classical
dichotomies of politics and religion, tradition and modernity, elite and subaltern. In a detailed analysis of the religious/
political practices and reflexive processes of a broad range of people the author shows how discourses are inter-
connected and dynamically re-created in practice.
Sri Devnarayan Katha by Aditya Malik. - 2003.
408 pp. ISBN 81-246-0225-5 (HB).
Sri Devnarayan Katha is an oral narrative extolling the life and deeds of Sri Devnarayan a widely vernerated deity of
Rajasthan. Bhopas or itinerant, costumed singers recite and perform the narrative during all night vigils against the
illuminated backdrop of a pad, a long, intricately painted cloth scroll. The Katha provides a fascinating insight into
the elaborate and richly complex social history and sacred significance of Sri Devnarayan and his devotees. The
transcription presented here is based on recordings made in Eastern Rajasthan in 1991. It uniquely maintains the
structure of the original Marwari oral rendering as a dialogue between one of the foremost singers Sri Hukmaram
Bhopa and his partner Sri Motaram Gujar.
While providing insightful descriptions on how performances are conducted and who the performers are, the
introductory chapter of this book (provided in English as well as Hindi) raises a wide range of innovative issues
pertinent to our contemporary understanding of verbal arts and oral traditions:
How is the oral recitation structured? What is the relationship between verbal and visual narrative? To what extent
is meaning conversationally or dialogically produced within and through the narrative? These and other questions
provide a fresh, new perspective on our understanding of the nature of oral traditions and their place within Indian
culture.
Note: As an exception, this volume was not published in cooperation with Manohar, but with DK Printworld.