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The Mughal Aviary: Women’s Writings in Pre-Modern India
This volume delves into the literary lives of four Muslim women in pre-modern India. Three of them, Gulbadan Begam (1523-1603), the youngest daughter of Emperor Babur, Jahanara (1614-1681), the eldest daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan, and Zeb-un-Nissa (1638-1702), the eldest daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb, belonged to royalty. Thus, they were inhabitants of the Mughal 'zenana', an enigmatic liminal space of qualified autonomy and complex equations of gender politics. Amidst such constructs, Gulbadan Begam’s 'Humayun-Nama' (biography of her half-brother Humayun, reflecting on the lives of Babur’s wives and daughters), Jahanara’s hagiographies glorifying Mughal monarchy, and Zeb-un-Nissa’...
MONUMENTS OF DELHI: Architectural & Historical
MONUMENTS OF DELHI (Architectural & Historical) Prof. R. Nath, Ajay Nath This is the English translation of Syed Ahmed Khan’s Urdu work ‘Athar’al-Sanadid of 1846 with original Sketches and Inscriptions. Revised and updated 2nd Edition. (Agra Sep ’2010) 14×22 cm, pages 26+254, Architectural Sketches 44, Original Inscriptions 58, Paperback, ISBN : 81-85105-33-2 Rs. 795/- US $ 40 (Sir) Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-98), the founder of Aligarh Muslim University, was also a scholar of history. He was greatly interested in the monuments of Delhi, on which subject he authored a work “Athar’al-Sanadid” in Urdu. It contained immensely useful historical and architectural material for the stud...
Tourism in Mountain Region
Tourism holds a place of prominence in economic development. The book aims to guide and support the readers through the complexities of the economic impact of tourism in the 21st century. It covers important principles and concepts that are supported by research and evidence from economics and other behavioural sciences. The degree of reliance of local economy on tourism has a statistically significant impact on the level of the capital outlays, transportation, Police protection, protection from natural disasters, Parks and recreation, financial administration and public expenditure. The book presents a comprehensive overview of history and global development of tourism, often considered the largest industry in the world today. The book is an outline on the economic, social and cultural issues of tourism in the Mountain region. It provides a detailed study on the economic impact in different regions of Sikkim for sustainable management and environmental protection.
AKASHVANI
"Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning ...
AJMER & Its Monuments
List of Monuments studied in this work(in the chronological order) (1).Ancient Jaina Chhatrīs of Ajmer (8th and 9th centuries A.D.)(2).Ajaypal Temple No.1 Ajmer (late 8th-early 9th century A.D.)(3).Ajaypal Temple No.2 Ajmer (late 8th-early 9th century A.D.)(4).Ajaypal Temple No.3 Ajmer (c. 9th century A.D.) (5).Ajaypal Temple No.4 Ajmer (c. 10th century A.D.) (6).Śiva Temple Thanvla (mid-10th century A.D.) (7).Viṣṇu Temple Thanvla (late 10th -11th century A.D.) (8).Varāha Temple Pushkar (c. 1151-67 A.D.) (9).Vīsalyā (Vīsal-Sar) Ajmer (c. 1151-67 A.D.) (10).Adhai-Din-ka-Jhompra Masjid (including the original Śiva Temple) Ajmer (1151-67 A.D.; 1195-1230 A.D.)(11).Tārāgaḍh Fort (i...
