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Economic Principles in Ancient India(Part I)
-- Nicholas Kazanas
The paper deals with economic principles as found in the more ancient sources of the Vedic period in so
far as this is possible. This should be grasped very thoroughly. Unlike a particular practice or application of
a law which may well be affected by circumstances and thus appear to be different from place to place
and time to time, a principle has an unchanging and eternal quality.
Despite few economic terms used throughout the text like Land Value Taxation (which means simply taxing the value of land alone) there is
nothing complex or complicated in this study and reading it does not require any training in Economics. By
showing the relation of the Indic principles to certain modern concepts and particularly to Land Value Taxation
the paper goes a long way in bringing into light many valuable economic concepts and practices supported
by an institutional framework. The revisiting of the ancient Indian economy becomes much imperative
while studying the phenomenal changes taking place in modern times.
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Central Asian Culture in Medieval Deccan: A Case Study of Painting and Literature
-- Salil Kader
The Deccan region during the medieval period saw the development of a new, syncretic culture.
This development was brought on by the arrival of Central Asians and Persians to the region around
the 13th century AD. The blending of the indigenous culture with that of the Perso-Central Asian
culture, gave rise to a distinctive Deccani culture. The fact that various ruling dynasties of the region like
the Bahmanis, followed by the Adil Shahis, the Qutb Shahis, and the Nizam Shahis traced their roots
to Persian or Central Asian sovereigns played a crucial role in facilitating the growth of this
syncretic culture. The impact of the Perso-Central Asian culture was seen on areas such as architecture,
language and literature, art, polity and religion. This paper aims at briefly studying the body of paintings
and literature produced in the Deccan between the
14th and 17th centuries, and the various foreign
influences that shaped them.
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Green Imperialism and Deforestation in the
19th Century British Northern India
-- Om Prakash
The British colonial empire throughout the world had varying forms of administrative and
exploitative tools based upon the prevailing local conditions. Among the various forms and methods of
colonization, one of the forms was to put the biodiversity and green resources for their commercial and greedy
ends. Thus the phenomenon of green imperialism by the British exploiters, having a universal
character, witnessed the similar course and impact
in the case of the Indian situation. The various
justifications given by the British for exploitation of such resources have found a significant presentation in
this paper. However, the exploitation of flora and manipulation of certain plant species disturbed
the biodiversity of the forest and it brought tremendous climatic change due to deforestation,
extinction of variety of flora and fauna, etc.
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BOOK REVIEWS
Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia
-- Author: Ayesha Jalal, Reviewed by Laxman D Satya
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Islam: Misgivings and History
-- Author: Asghar Ali Engineer, Reviewed by Akhtarul Wasey
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