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Jatin Das - "I have been painting for over 40 years now. The human predicament is my basic concern. I draw, paint, and etch the human body without any narrative, devoid of placement of time. The figures in my work are doing their own thing."... More

0140240586Stories About This and Thatby Shobita PunjaPaperbackPenguin Books India... More

In this second collection of her grandfather's tales, Shobita Punja tells us about Buzz the bumble bee who is trying to learn how to fend for herself, how the kingfisher got its colours, about the quick-witted mountain goat who manages to escape from the hungry jaws of a tiger, the cockroaches who w... More

Khajuraho is a small village in Madhya Pradesh, where over twenty extraordinary temples were built in the tenth and eleventh centuries. This book after much original research, offers a new and innovative explanation for the design and symbolism of the temples and their sculptures. Without dustjcket.... More

A thousand years ago, in a dense forest in Madhya Pradesh, the Chandella kings built an extraordinary temple complex. Some of these temples were accidentally discovered by T.S. Burt, a British engineer, in the nineteenth century. Subsequently, the forest was transformed into a popular tourist destin... More

This guide to the great monuments of India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Shri Lanka offers an opportunity to experience 5,000 years of civilization. Covers over two hundred of the region's important historical monuments and sites. Cover slightly shopsoiled, lavishly illustrated, condition good. Used... More

This little village of Khajuraho in central India boasts the most perfect examples of Hindu architecture of the tenth and eleventh centuries. The temples are equally famous, perhaps infamous, for the wide variety of erotic sculptures that adorn their walls. The stone temples are profusely decorated ... More

India is one of the most exotic countries in the world - a land of maharajas, Krishna, Buddha, Shah Jahan, Ghandi and Nehru. The diversity of landscapes is breathtaking, from the towering Himalaya in the north to the tranquil beaches of the south. This Is India takes the reader on a journey through ... More