Best Seller Books
Financial Decentralization, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIS) and Rural Development in India
Contents: Preface. 1. Trend towards decentralization: global and Indian experience. 2. Inter government financial transfers in India. 3. Financing of Panchayti Raj Institutions. 4….
Management of Natural Disasters in Developing Countries
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Mitigating cyclone and storm surge disasters/Jamilur R. Choudhury. 2. Management of natural disasters/Aminul Kawser Khan. 3. S&T initiatives for…
Global Trends in the NGO’s
This book examines the five basic shifts in global civilizations that are well underway, the mix of cultural forms that are turning into more…
Foreign Trade Policy
Contents: Part A. Foreign Trade Policy 2009-2014: 1. Legal Framework. 2. Special Focus Initiatives. 3. Board of Trade. 4. General Provisions Regarding Imports and…
Economic Growth and Development : Emerging Issues
Contents: Introduction. I. Growth and development: general issues: 1. Human development and economic growth: an analysis/Jagannath Lenka and Minati Mallick. 2. Mid-term appraisal of…
Diasporas and Development
Contents: Preface. 1. Overview: Diasporas and development/Barbara J. Merz, Lincoln C. Chen, Peter F. Geithner and Colleen Gross Ebinger. 2. Focusing on the state:…
Buddhism
Buddhism in Medieval Sri Lanka
Contents: Preface. Foreword. 1. Introduction and sources. 2. Political background. 3. The Sangha. 4. The state and the Sangha. 5. Monastic education. 6. Relations…
Queens Without a Kingdom Worth Ruling: Buddhist Nuns and the Process of Change in Tibetan Monastic Communities
Looking through the walls of a cloistered monastic community, such as a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery, is nearly impossible as lay person. These religious communities…
Buddhism the Religion of Mohenjodaro Harappa Cities
Contents: Foreword. 1. Discovery of India. 2. Buddhism Hijacked by Hinduism. 3. Indian Assura Civilization before the Aryan Intruders. 4. Siddhartha Initiated by a…
Buddha in Gandhara Art and Other Buddhist Sites
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Birth of Siddhartha, his childhood and education. 3. The marriage and renunciation. 4. Enlightenment and first sermon. 5. The…
Buddhism: Its Essence And Development
There is not at present in English or any other language so comprehensive and at the same time so easy and readable an account…
Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume VII: Abhidharma Buddhism to 150 A.D
Contents: Preface. I. Introduction: 1. The historical Buddha and his teachings/Noble Ross Reat. 2. The Buddhist way to liberation/Karl H. Potter. 3. The development…