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| Gandhara: Lost Graeco-Buddhist Kingdom Text and photography by Ping Amranand 2010, 216 pp., 138 colour and 17 b&w plates, 6 maps and plans, chronology, bibliography, index; 27 x 27 cm., hardcover. ISBN-10: 974-524-116-4 Price To Be Announced ISBN-13: 978-974-524-116-9 In this carefully researched and beautifully illustrated book, author Amranand reviews the history of the ancient Gandharan kingdom, its history, development, its pinnacles and demise, its rich cultural heritage, and its spectacular traditions of art and architecture. As the intersection of the ancient world’s three great centers of civilization—India, China and Greece—as a region that played a pivotal role in the development and transmission of one of man’s most influential religions, Buddhism, its ancient ruins and fertile plains have long captured the imagination of all who have heard its name. Amranand juxtaposes the natural beauty of the present–day land with the glorious relics of its past to provide the reader, be he layman, scholar or armchair traveler, with an unforgettable vision of this mystical realm. |
| Sindh jo Ajrak Cloth from the Banks of the River Indus by Noorjehan Bilgrami 1990. Revised edition 1998. 196 pp., fully illustrated in colour, 25 x 25 cm., hardbound in raw cotton and authentic ajrak cloth. ISBN-10: 974-8299-10-4 $60.00 ISBN-13: 978-974-8299-10-5 This is the only major work on Ajrak, the famous double-printed cotton cloth of Sindh, Pakistan. Since the earliest trading contacts between Europe and Asia, this cloth has been appreciated and much sought after. The Venetian Niccolao Manucci wrote in 1659 that it "lasts beyond all cloths that I have used", and the Englishman William Fremlin noted that ".. of all sorts of Indian goods, none are in such request as those of Synda..." Years of painstaking research by the author lies behind this book, which minutely describes the twenty-odd laborious stages of producing ajrak. The book is unusual in that it also includes a detailed directory of the craftsmen she found who still practice the traditional craft correctly. With this book, the humble Sindhi craftsmen who have struggled to maintain a long and culturally significant tradition have received their monument. The craft has revived in recent years, and beautiful photographs well document this remarkable textile-making process. |
| Shiva by Paula Fouche and Denise Tomecko 1990. 1995. vi, 134 pp., 108 col. photos, 18 watercolour plates. 26 x 19 cm., softbound. ISBN-10: 974-8304-24-8 $25.00 ISBN-13: 978-974-8304-24-3 The earliest evidence of worship of Lord Shiva came from the excavations of two ancient Indus valley civilizations which flourished between 3000 and 2000 BC at Mohenjodaro and Harappa, in present-day Pakistan. Shiva is here presented in 18 short but poignant chapters, dramatically illustrated with rare photographs, by authors who spent long periods with yogis, at festivals, and in sacred places throughout India and Nepal. |
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