Buddhism is a religion of compassion and philosophy of Being and Existence. Animal does occupy an important position in Buddhism. Animal maintains a delicate balance between eschatology and utopia on which depends the very survival of mankind. The book de 1st ed. xix+173p., References; Bibliography; Index; 24cm.

Among the mass media, the press plays an important role in parliamentary life. The press is still the main medium of mass communication. Simultaneously the press keeps the people informed of what is happening in parliament. The press can discharge this fu 1st ed. viii+502p., 23cm.

Located at the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the invisible Saraswati, Allahabad, or ‘Godville’—the ‘babu’ translation of the name that Mark Twain came across—has been frequented by pilgrims for two thousand years. However, it was only towards the la 1st ed. 344p., 12 Black & White Illustrations.

The 2004 Indian ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) also esti 1st ed. x+488p., Tables; Figures; Index.

This book is a classic study of a monumental work, the Mahabharata, perhaps the largest epic in world literature. It is an epic study of the epic on account of the voluminous size it has itself attained, the kaleidoscopic variety of the themes it covers, 1st ed. x+489p., Figures; References; Index; 23cm.

The three-volume Penguin English–Hindi/Hindi–English Dictionary and Thesaurus is a landmark in bilingual lexicography. Today, just as more Hindi-speakers than ever before are eager to master English, a large number of Indians and non-Indians are learning 1st ed. xxii+806p., vi+1010p., iv+1290p., 29cm.

Goddesses and Women in the Indic Religious Tradition go beyond the traditional sources that lie at the basis for determining the position of goddesses and women in India. Following the lead of a "hermeneutics of surprise" the book identifies, indeed, surp 1st ed. viii+172p., Index.

Whether the discourse on Human Rights constitutes an authentically universal discourse, or merely Western discourse masquerading as such, is an issue which has persisted ever since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948, and shows n 1st ed. vii+103p., Index; 22cm.

The G?th?sapta?at? is perhaps the oldest extant anthology of poetry from South Asia, containing our very earliest examples of secular verse. Reputed to have been compiled by the S?tav?hana king H?la in the second century CE, it is a celebrated collection 1st ed. xiii+104p., Notes; References; 20cm.

Reprint ed. viii+436p.; x+327p.; x+491p., Maps; 23cm.