A near-fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a small half-cm nick at the base of the spine. Blue coth boards, with one bumped lower rear corner. Pleasing mix of illustration, text and ph... read more
First edition in very good+ condition with very good dust jacket, with original press release laid in. There are some light scratches to the front of the jacket and a little shelf wear along... read more
The special, limited edition is contained in a cloth slip case, and comes with two limited edition prints. Some of these masterful photos look directly at devotion: a woman dances, a sacrifi... read more
Some of these masterful photos look directly at devotion: a woman dances, a sacrificial ram is covered in holi handprints, and prayer flags are swept up in the wind. Others capture quotidian... read more
The un-making of the Raj: the 50-year process by which a single entity was torn into a dozen modern nations. SD tackles the immense complexities with gusto and intelligence.
Argues that modern Hinduism is partly shaped by resistance to the simplistic perception of Indian 'idolatry' by European missionaries, traders and invaders.
A vivid first novel set among the young super-rich of Delhi, where two capable women struggle to manage the patriarchal expectations of their brothers in a changing world. Clever and often f... read more
An elegant anthology that tries to encompass India's plurality, from the C6th BC to the C18th, with excerpts of works in Hindi, Kannada, Pali, Panjabi, Persian, Sanskrit, Telugu, and Urdu. P... read more
Europe and the Middle East at the turn of the century through the eyes of Begum SJ, descendant of Mughal nobility. Translated from Urdu into English for the first time.
The daughter of Lord Mountbatten, Lady P was also Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen and married to David Hicks. This is a large, lavishly illustrated biography by her daughter.
A zestful exegesis - drawing on the latest scholarship and archaeology - of India's central role in global trade in the ancient and early medieval world, and how this co-existed with the tra... read more
An amazing illustrated compendium that covers everything from woodwork in Kashmir to tinselcraft in Ahmedabad. What fun it must have been to research this unmissable treasure!
This magnificent catalogue from an exhibition at the Met in New York earlier this year looks at the early Buddhist art of the Deccan, 200BCE-400CE: early iconography, the development of the... read more
Before the East India Company took hold, the dazzling Mughal courts received a raggle-taggle caravan of C16th and C17th merchants, priests and adventurers.
From Buddhist, Jain and Hindu temples through to Islamic and European centres of worship and commerce, this two volume set covers two-thousand years of Indian architectural history.
Vol. ... read more
First edition, first printing, in fine condition with a very good jacket. The spine is sun-faded and there is minimal shelf wear. Cerulean boards are straight; the page block is firm. Black ... read more
He ruled an area of the Indian subcontinent greater than anyone until the British 2000 years later; famously he renounced war for Buddhism and promoted religious toleration throughout his mu... read more
The 40-year relationship between the prodigious writer and scholar (biographer of Gandhi, amongst other things, and a JS customer) and his original editor at Oxford University Press.
How the daughter of Babur, first Mughal Emperor, wrangled her way out of the harem (for a while) to travel around India, to Persia and beyond. Based on her own account.