This comprehensive guide explores the region of Sikkim, known as the "Hidden Fruitful Valley." It covers Sikkim's rich history, diverse culture, stunning geography (including mountains, flora, and fauna), and provides practical guidance for travelers. It serves as an in-depth introduction to the natural attractions, spirituality, and cultural heritage of this Indian state located in the Eastern…
This book offers a panoramic yet in-depth historical analysis of the inter-linkages between India and Malaysia, which are a microcosm of the much larger relationship between South Asia and Southeast Asia, as these have evolved for more than two millennia. Both regions shared rich traditions, first of their Hindu and Buddhist, and later of their Islamic heritage. Till the arrival of European col…
This is the explosive story of the underground movement in Nagaland never written before. It is an investigative report of the secret trails where the dew never dries, a trail which ended far beyond the Indian borders, snaking into the monsoon-soaked jungles of Kachin, where men like Zewtu fought and died unsung. These were the forests of no return where men like Kaito, Zhukiye. Mowu, Zuheto a…
This illustrated commemorative album is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference (1955-2015). It visually and narratively documents the development of Asian-African nations, the significance of the Ten Principles of Bandung (Dasa Sila Bandung), and the ongoing efforts to build a community of shared destiny (Mìngyùn Gòngtóngtǐ). The album highlights the spirit of so…
One hundred and forty years before Russians invaded Afghanistan in 1979, causing an outcry of protest from the West. The British had marched into Kabul and put their puppet king on the throne. The years which followed saw three wars, countless skirmishes and thousands of deaths - but the Pathans, or Pushtuns, and their fellow tribesmen of the NorthWest Frontier, remained undefeated. Pushtun…
This textbook presents a comprehensive chronology of the development of Chinese art from prehistoric times to the modern period. It covers a wide range of art forms, including painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, and folk art. Emphasis is placed on the distinctive characteristics of each dynasty, its philosophical influences, and the stylistic evolution that shape China's r…
This textbook or reference book presents a comprehensive survey of the history of Chinese visual arts, spanning the period from the Neolithic to the 20th century. It covers the evolution of styles in painting, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, and architecture, highlighting important works, leading artists, and the philosophical and historical contexts that shaped China's unique and profound ar…
For all the world China is a great and important country. The Peking government controls the greatest population in the world and one of the largest areas of land China in this Century links the events of recent years in China with the debates of the present and the problems of the future. In the three quarters of a century since 1900 the people of China have been ruled by emperors, warlords, r…
By retracing the path, interviewing the survivors, and studying the archives, Salisbury chronicles the two-thousand-mile escape march from Chiang Kai-Shek in 1932 that marked the beginning of Chinese communism's rise to power under Mao Zedong.
From the first outbreak of hostilities in northern China in 1937 to the Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in 1945, this book recreates the decade of upheaval when China was caught in the grip of revolution and war and torn from its feudal past. The authors, Time-Life correspondents during the war years, report firsthand on the rise and fall of the Kuomintang nationalist government a…