South Asia – November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 14, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

Ancient Indian influence on Japanese culture : a comparative study of civilizations / Yoshihiro Kaburagi. Abibhakta Bāṃlāra kr̥shaka saṃgrāma / Susnāta Dāśa South Asian texts in history : critical engagements with Sheldon Pollock / edited by Yigal Bronner, Whitney Cox, and Lawrence McCrea. Nepal : nation-state in the wilderness : managing state, democracy, and geopolitics / by Lok Raj Baral. Partition of India : why 1947? / edited by Kaushik

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Religions – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 5, 2012|Religions|0 comments

e-books e-books are available to SOAS staff and students only, on or off-campus. Sinister yogis / David Gordon White – ebrary The origins of yoga and tantra : Indic religions to the thirteenth century / Geoffrey Samuel – Dawsonera Yoga body: the origins of modern posture practice / Mark Singleton – Dawsonera Introducing world Christianity / edited by Charles E. Farhadian – Dawsonera Endings: a sociology of death and dying / Michael C. Kearl. – Dawsonera

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South Asia – Jan to May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 7, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

Indo-Muslim cultures in transition / edited by Alka Patel, Karen Leonard. Delhi 360⁰ : Mazhar Ali Khan’s view from the Lahore Gate / J.P. Losty ; concept, Pramod Kapoor. Delhi : Red Fort to Raisina / edited by J.P. Losty … [et al.] ; concept, Pramod Kapoor. Architecture of the Newars : a history of building typologies and details in Nepal / by Niels Gutschow ; documentation drawings by Bijay

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