Today environment and ecology are the buzzwords. The pace of development and modernisation has endangered the ecological balance of Himalaya. When the British brought railways in India in the late eighteenth century, the Himalayan jungles were denuded of 1st ed. 374p., Tables.

A number of factors are responsible for disappearance of different art forms from the Himalayan region. The main among them are social, economical and ecological ones. The cultural invasion from outside is also one of them. During Mughal, Sikh and Rajput 1st ed. 362p., Tables, Index, 23cm.

This book presents a folk cultural and anthropological study of the Himalayan Folk Literature including Nepali, Kashmiri and Dogri. The illiterate rural folks and tribals the world over have their own repertoire of oral literature including songs, ballads 1st ed. x+400p.

The humans, like all other species on Planet Earth interact with each other during their span of life. Humans constitute a part of the Earths biomass. The bio-matter constituting the human frames has been tossing right through the history of time when t 1st ed. 1763p., Bibliography; Index; 22cm.

Man and animals have biological needs to be met like food, water and protection. But humans are unique as compared to the animals because of their ability to produce a second nature out of the first nature. While the geographical and physical settings det 1st ed. 398p.

The rural and tribal people living beyond the modern civilization had been dependent on herbs, and plants in forests from the time immemorial. Many of these plants are indeed very effective in curing diseases. Some practitioners of this primitive branch o 1st ed. 362p., Tables; References; Index; 23cm.