Volume 117 - Issue 2 - April 1985
Reviews of Books
L'empire Ottoman du xvie au xviiie siècle: administration, économie, société. By Robert Mantran. (Collected Studies Series, 202.) pp. x, 340, 8 pls., 1 map. London, Variorum Reprints, 1984, £28.00.
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The Persians Amongst the English: Episodes in Anglo-Persian History. By Denis Wright. pp. xix, 273, 19 pl. London, I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 1985, £17.95.
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Old Silver Jewellery of the Turkoman: An Essay on Symbols in the Culture of Inner Asian Nomads. By Dieter and Reinhold Schletzer, translated by Paul Knight, pp. 300, 269 pl., 2 maps. Berlin, Dietrich Reiner Verlag, 1985. DM 245.
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The arts and crafts of Turkestan. By Johannes Kalter. pp. 167, 188 illus. London, Thames and Hudson, 1984, £9.50.
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A list of the writings of Charles Ralph Boxer published between 1926 and 1984. Compiled for his eightieth birthday by S. George West. (Colección Támesis, Serie A — Monografías. CX.) pp. xx, 41, front. London, Tamesis Books, 1984. (Distributed by Grant and Cutler Ltd.) £5.00, ptas 1050.
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Trade and civilisation in the Indian Ocean: an economic history from the rise of Islam to 1750. By K. N. Chaudhuri. pp. xiv, 269, 18 maps, 23 plates. Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press, 1985, £25.00 (cloth) £8.95 (paper).
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Cross-cultural trade in world history, By Philip D. Curtin. (Studies in Comparative World History Series) pp. xi, 293, 30 maps. Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press, 1984. £25.50 (cloth), £7.95 (paper).
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A comparative dictionary of the Indo-Aryan languages: addenda and corrigenda. By R. L. Turner. Edited by J. C. Wright, pp. xii, 168. London, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1985. £16.00.
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Agni: the Vedic ritual of the fire altar. Edited by Frits Staal. 2 vols. and 2 cassettes of chants and recitations: pp. xxxviii, 716: pp. xvii, 832. 209 pls., 84 text illustrations, 11 maps, 1 insert. Berkeley, Calif., Asian Humanities Press, 1983, (Distributed in G.B. by Scolar Press, London.) £200.00.
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Surabhi: Sreekrishna Sarma Felicitation Volume. Edited by the Prof E. R. Sreekrishna Sarma Felicitation Committee, pp. vii, 240; 40, 16 (Sanskrit section). Tirupati, Prof. E. R. Sreekrishna Sarma Felicitation Committee, 1983.
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Studies in the Rāma story: on the irretrievable loss of Vālmīki's original and the operation of the received text as seen in some versions of the Vālin-Sugrīva episode. By S. A. Srinivasan. (Alt- und Neu-Indische Studien hrsg. vom Seminar für Kultur und Geschichte Indiens an der Universität Hamburg, 25.) 2 vols: pp. xii, 259; pp. 195 (notes, index of references, addenda). Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1984. DM 58.
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The righteous demon: a study of Bali. By Clifford Hospital, pp. ix, 294. Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 1984. £24.00.
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Mokṣa in Jainism, according to Umāsvāti. By Robert J. Zydenbos. (Beiträge zur Südasien-forschung, Südasien-Institut Universität Heidelberg, Band 83.) pp. ix, 81. Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1983. DM 20.
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A descriptive catalogue of the Sanskrit and other Indian manuscripts of the Chandra Shum Shere collection in the Bodleian Library. Part I: Jyotiḥśāstra. By David Pingree. (General Editor: Jonathan Katz.) pp. xx, 172. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1984. £25.00.
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Upāliparipṛcchāsūtra: ein Text zur buddhistischen Ordensdisziplin. Aus dem Chinesischen übersetzt und den Pāli-Parallelen gegenübergestellt von Valentina Stache-Rosen. Edited by Heinz Bechert. (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Philologisch-Historische Klasse, Folge 3, Nr. 140) pp. 120. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1984. DM 58.
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Der Buddhistische Kanon: eine Bibliographie. By Günter Grönbold. pp. 70. Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz, 1984. Mahāyāna texts translated into western languages: a bibliographical guide. Compiled by Peter Pfandt on behalf of the Religions-wissenschaftliches Seminar der Universität Bonn. pp. xiii, 167. Cologne, E. J. Brill, 1983. DM 24.
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The Group of Discourses (sutta-nipāta). Vol. I. Translated by K. R. Norman, with alternative translations by I. B. Horner and Walpola Rahula. (Pali Text Society Translation Series, 44) pp. iv, 190. London, Pali Text Society, Distributed by Routledge and Kegan Paul, London. 1984. £15.00.
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Buddhism in the Tibetan tradition: a guide. By Geshe Kelsang Gyatso with a foreword by H.H. The Dalai Lama. pp. xi, 132, 5 illustrations, glossary. London etc., Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. £4.95.
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Ashkaya Kumar Maitreya Museum. Catalogue, Part I. (sculptures, terra cotta objects, paintings, folk arts, coins etc.). pp. x, 82, 4 pl. Darjeeling, West Bengal, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohanpur, 1981. Rs 7.50 (£1.00 or $2.00).
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Subaltern studies II: writings on South Asian history and society. Edited by Ranajit Guha pp. xii, 358 2 maps. New Delhi etc., Oxford University Press, 1984. £14.50.
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