Thakur Vijayam: Spectrum of History, Culture and Archaeological Studies is a Commemoration Volume presented to Prof. Vijay Kumar Thakur was a renowned Historian in India, on his Eighty second birth anniversary (15th July 1941). These articles are in other way serve as garland of flowers to decor Prof. Vijay Kumar Thakur. A great scholar in History, Buddhism, Epigraphy, Archaeology, andCulture. There are more than 35 articles shedding light on History, Culture and Archaeological Studies. This prestigious volume contains a wide spectrum of research articles covering Archaeology, History, Art, Architecture, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Buddhism, Religion and Philosophy Tourism, Modern History and Economic history, Folklore, literature and culture, This volume was edited by Prof. Pedarapu Chenna Reddy who is already well-known for similar volumes in honour of Prof. B. Rama Raju, Dr. P. V. P. Sastry, Prof. R. Soma Reddy, Dr. I. K. Sarma, Dr. V. V. Krishna Sastry, Dr. Robert G. Bednarik, Prof. A. Sundara, Dr. Deme Raja Reddy, Dr. Annapareddy Venkateswara Reddy, Prof. K. V. Raman, Dr. Janumaddi Hanumath Sastry, Prof. K. Rajayyan, Prof. Alan Dundes, Prof. Bhakthavathsala Reddy, Prof. K. K. N. Kurup, Dr. A. K. V. S Reddy, Dr. Y. Gopala Reddy, Prof. M. L. K. Murty, Dr. M. D. Sampath, Prof. Katta Narasimha Reddy, Prof. Hampa Nagarajaiah etc.

GIST of NCERT Classwise Class 6-10 (17 books in 1) for UPSC and State Civil Services Exams including History Economy Polity Geography (General Studies Big Book)(General Studies Manual Big Book) Table of Contents NCERT Class 6 History (Our Pasts – I) Chapter 1 What, Where, How and When? Chapter 2 On The Trail of The Earliest People Chapter 3 Gathering to Growing Food Chapter 4 In The Earliest Cities Chapter 5 What Books and Burials Tell Us Chapter 6 Kingdoms, Kings and An Early Republic Chapter 7 New Questions and Ideas Chapter 8 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War Chapter 9 Vital Villages, Thriving towns Chapter 10 Traders, Kings and Pilgrims Chapter 11 New Empires and Kingdoms Chapter 12 Buildings, Paintings and Books NCERT Class 6 Geography (The Earth Our Habitat) Chapter 1 The Earth In The Solar System Chapter 2 Globe: Latitudes and Longitudes Chapter 3 Motions of The Earth Chapter 4 Maps Chapter 5 Major Domains of The Earth Chapter 6 Major Landforms of The Earth Chapter 7 Our Country – India Chapter 8 India: Climate, Vegetation and Wildlife NCERT Class 6 Polity (Social and Political Life - I) Chapter 1 Understanding Diversity Chapter 2 Diversity and Discrimination Chapter 3 What Is Government? Chapter 4 Key Elements of A Democratic Government Chapter 5 Panchayati Raj Chapter 6 Rural Administration Chapter 7 Urban Administration Chapter 8 Rural Livelihoods Chapter 9 Urban Livelihoods NCERT Class 7 History (Our Pasts - II) Chapter 1 Tracing Changes Through A Thousand Years Chapter 2 New Kings And Kingdoms Chapter 3 The Delhi Sultans Chapter 4 The Mughal Empire Chapter 5 Rulers And Buildings Chapter 6 Towns, Traders And Craftspersons Chapter 7 Tribes, Nomads And Settled Communities Chapter 8 Devotional Paths To The Divine Chapter 9 The Making Of Regional Cultures NCERT Class 7 Geography (Our Environment) Chapter 1 Environment Chapter 2 Inside Our Earth Chapter 3 Our Changing Earth Chapter 4 Air Chapter 5 Water Chapter 6 Natural Vegetation And Wild Life Chapter 7 Human Environment-Settlement, Transport And Communication Chapter 8 Human Environment Interactions: The Tropical And Subtropical Region Chapter 9 Life In The Teperate Grasslands Chapter 10 Life In The Deserts NCERT Class 7 Polity (Social and Political Life) Chapter 1 On Equality Chapter 2 Role Of The Government In Health Chapter 3 How The State Government Works Chapter 4 Growing Up As Boys And Girls Chapter 5 Women Change The World Chapter 6 Understanding Media Chapter 8 Markets Around Us Chapter 9 A Shirt In The Market Chapter 10 Struggles For Equality NCERT Class 8 History (Our Pasts - III) Chapter 1 How, When and Where Chapter 2 From Trade to Territory Chapter 3 Ruling the Countryside Chapter 4 Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age Chapter 5 When People Rebel 1857 and After Chapter 6 Colonialism and the City - The Story of an Imperial Capital Chapter 7 Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners Chapter 8 Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation Chapter 9 Women, Caste and Reform Chapter 10 The Changing World of Visual Arts Chapter 11 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s--1947 Chapter 12 India After Independence NCERT Class 8 Goegraphy (Resource and Development) Chapter 1 Resources Chapter 2 Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources Chapter 3 Mineral and Power Resources Chapter 4 Agriculture Chapter 5 Industries Chapter 6 Human Resources NCERT Class 8 Polity (Social and Political Life 3) Chapter 1 The Indian Constitution Chapter 2 Understanding Secularism Chapter 3 Why Do We Need a Parliament? Chapter 4 Understanding Laws Chapter 5 Judiciary Chapter 6 Understanding Our Criminal Justice System Chapter 7 Understanding Marginalisation Chapter 8 Confronting Marginalisation Chapter 9 Public Facilities Chapter 10 Law and Social Justice NCERT Class 9 History (India and Contemporary World 1) Chapter 1 The French Revolution Chapter 2 Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution Chapter 3 Nazism and the Rise of Hitler Chapter 4 Forest Society and Colonialism Chapter 5 Pastoralists in the Modern World Chapter 6 Peasants and Farmers NCERT Class 9 Geography (Contemporary India 1) Chapter 1 India – Size and Location Chapter 2 Physical Features Of India Chapter 3 Drainage Chapter 4 Climate Chapter 5 Natural Vegetation And Wild Life Chapter 6 Population NCERT Class 9 Political Science (Democratic Politics 1) Chapter 1 Democracy In The Contemporary World Chapter 2 What Is Democracy? Why Democracy? Chapter 3 Constitutional Design Chapter 4 Electoral Politics Chapter 5 Working Of Institutions Chapter 6 Democratic Rights NCERT Class 9 Economics Chapter 1 The Story Of Village Palampur Chapter 2 People As Resource Chapter 3 Poverty As A Challenge Chapter 4 Food Security In India NCERT Class 10 History (India and the contemporary world 2) Chapter 1 The Rise Of Nationalism In Europe Chapter 2 The Nationalist Movement In Indo-China Chapter 3 Nationalism In India Chapter-4 The Making Of A Global World Chapter 5 The Age Of Industrialisation Chapter 6 Work, Life And Leisure Cities In The Contemporary World Chapter 7 Print Culture And The Modern World NCERT Class 10 Geography (Contemporary India 2) Chapter 1 Resources And Development Chapter 2 Forest And Wild Life Resources Chapter 3 Water Resourses Chapter 4 Agriculture Chapter 5 Minerals And Eneregy Resourses Chapter 6 Manufacturing Industries Chapter 7 Lifelines Of National Economy NCERT Class 10 Political Science (Democratic Politics 2) Chapter 1 Power-Sharing Chapter 2 Federalism Chapter 3 Democracy And Diversity Chapter 4 Gender, Religion And Caste Chapter 5 Popular Struggles And Movements Chapter 6 Political Parties Chapter 7 Outcomes Of Democracy Chapter 8 Challenges To Democracy NCERT Class 10 Economy (Understanding Economic Development) Chapter 1 Development Chapter 2 Sector Of The Indian Economy Chapter 3 Money And Credit Chapter 4 Globalisation And The Indian Economy Chapter 5 Consumer Rights

Papers presented at the three day International Conference on "Changing Global Profile of Japanese Studies : Trends and Prospects", held at New Delhi during 6-8 March 2009.

Armchair travelers beware! Japanese Things will lure you out of your cozy, comfy home and chair to an unusual country with bewitching manners and customs—and once you have succumbed to its spell you will never be the same. Here in one neat package you will meet the flavor, charm, and piquancy of old Japan—a revised reprint of one of the indispensable books on Japan, by the late Prof. Basil Hall Chamberlain, eminent British scholar who in the latter part of the 19th century "taught Japanese and Japan to the Japanese." Many books in one, this monumental compilation contains such diversified subjects as Art and Abacus; Botany and Buddhism; Charms and Cherry Blossoms; Daimyos and Divination; Fairy Tales and Flowers; Gardens and Government; History and Hara-kiri; Law and Language; Marriage and Music; Poetry and Pottery; Shinto and Singing Girls (Geisha); Tea and Theater, and Writing and Wood Engraving. In this long-awaited reprint, in which the title has been changed from Things Japanese, the reader will encounter exquisite objects of daily Japanese life, the gardens and cultures of the fields, the harmony and balance in the fundamentals of day-by-day existence.

In every part of the world and in every era, philosophers have reflected on the meaning of culture and its philosophical significance. Japanese Philosophers on Society and Culture:Nishida Kitarō, Watsuji Tetsurō, and Kuki Shūzō explores how three of Japan's preeminent philosophers of the twentieth century—Nishida Kitarō, Watsuji Tetsurō and Kuki Shūzō—defined culture and analyzed what it tells us about social relations. Graham Mayeda also explores little-known aspects of the work of each philosopher, including a philosophical analysis of Watsuji's travel diary, Pilgrimages to the Ancient Temples in Nara, the place of intuition in Kuki's ethics of otherness, and the role of culture in realizing Nishida's concept of reality as the historical world. Each of these three philosophers adapted philosophical methodologies such as phenomenology, hermeneutics, and dialectical logic to studying the traditional sources of Japanese culture: Confucianism, Buddhism, Bushidō and Shintō. This book focuses on the way that Nishida, Watsuji and Kuki critiqued the methodologies that they adopted from European philosophy and modified them to reflect the values that form the basis of their own cultural tradition. Finally, Mayeda engages with the problem of cultural essentialism by identifying the progressive and conservative elements of each philosopher's characterization of Japanese culture.

This textbook narrates the ancient Indian history from the genesis of civilisations to the early middle ages. It examines the sources, chronology of civilisations and authoritatively details the facts, feats, triumphs and religious crusades of the period. It unveils the rich cultural, religious and social diversity that is uniquely and peculiarly Indian.

Cultural interaction between India and Japan in the fields of religion, language and literature, and art; a study.