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India’s North-East Developmental Issues in a Historical Perspective
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Hydrology of Small Watersheds
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Bionotes. Executive summary. 1. Introduction. 2. Review of research studies with reference to small watersheds. 3. Integrated watershed management for sustainable…
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) As Right to Employment : Assessment of Impact and Effectiveness
Contents: Introduction. 1. The national rural employment guarantee scheme (MNREGA): some reflections on opportunities and challenges/Sib Ranjan Misra. 2. MGNREGA: a virtuous social protection/Narayan…
The Gadaba Tribe Of Orissa
Contents: Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Review of Literature. 3. Methodology. 4. Research Setting. 5. Identification of Respondents. 6. Socio-cultural transformation. 7. Economic Transformation…
Economics of Sustainable Development
Contents: Preface. I. Issues, concepts and measurement of sustainable development: 1. Economics of sustainable development: issues and concerns/Surjit Singh. 2. Sustainable development: concept and…
History and Culture of the Tai-Khamti
This is the first comprehensive work on history and culture of the Tai-Khamtis, a Theravada Buddhist community of North-East India. The work takes into…
Buddhism
Panini : His Place in Sanskrit Literature
Contents: 1. Literary and chronological, questions concerning every work of the Vaidika literature, and therefore bearing on the present work. 2. Refutation of his…
The Mandukya Karika in Relation to Buddhism and Vedanta
Ever since the time when we began in Italy our studies in Oriental Philosophy, we have always felt particularly attracted to the Mandukya Upanisad…
Kadampa School in Tibetan Buddhism
Contents: Preface. I. The pathfinders: 1. The home of the Kadampas. 2. The pioneer Jobo Atisa (982-1054) life and times of the great sage….
Vimala Ratna Lekha Nama
Bodhi patha pradipa and the Vimala-Ratna Lekha-Nama were written by Atisa Dipankara Srijanana the greatest Buddhist scholar of his age. It was at the…
A Record of the Buddhist Religion : As Practised in India and the Malay Archipelago (A.D. 671-695)
Contents: Letter from the right honourable Professor F. Max Muller to Mr. J. Takakusu. General Introduction: 1. Preliminary remarks. 2. The life and travels…
Planet, Plants and Animals : Ecological Paradigms in Buddhism
This book is a modest attempt to look at and examine the beginnings of ecological concerns in the Buddhist religious traditions, based on a…