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Hardcover. Condizione: New. x+140pp. 0.

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. Contents: Preface. About this book. About Kanha Tiger Reserve. I. Key for insects and spiders. 1. Key to insects and spiders. II. Insects. 1. Introduction. 2. Observations. 3. Butterflies and moths Lepidoptera. 4. Beetles Coleoptera. 5. Bugs and Hoppers Hemiptera. 6. True flies diptera. 7. Ants, wasps and bees Hymenoptera. 8. Grasshoppers, Katydids and crickets-orthoptera. 9. Dragonflies and damselflies Odonata. 10. Cockroaches and termites blattodea. 11. Mantises-mantodea. 12. Antlions, lacewings and owlflies neuroptera. 13. Other insect orders and non-insect orders. 14. Insect density of Kanha. III. Spiders. 1. Introduction. 2. Observations. 3. Spiders (Araneae) and Non-spider arachnids. 4. Spider density of Kanha. IV. Role of insects and spiders. 1. Food-web of Kanha. 2. Fun facts about insects of Kanha. 3. Fun facts about spiders of Kanha. V. Discussion. 1. Discussion and recommendations. VI. Index. 1. Index of insects of Kanha. 2. 1. Index of spiders of Kanha. 3. List of flora of KTR that attracts insects. 4. Glossary. 5. Bibliography. This first-of-its-kind field guide is an outcome of arduous fieldwork spanning close to three years in India's famous Kanha Tiger Reserve situated in Maikal Hills of the central Indian highlands. The book includes sketches of around 40 of the most common insects in over 10 orders, and keys to eye-patterns of 18 spider families, to ease basic field identification. The book is richly illustrated and contains images of over 600 individuals of insects and spiders - most identified up to species-level, some left at genus or family level, with short write-ups on their observed behavior. Detailed descriptions of the insect orders and spider families, and notes on their density and ecological roles in Kanha and Central India as a whole are given. Also included is an extensive bibliography of previously published works on insects and spiders of central India. Uniquely, the book features the first record of tarantulas in Madhya Pradesh; and of two rare dragonfly species.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. History of writing. 2. Indian writing antiquity. 3. Indian epigraphy. 4. Brahmi as a script. 5. Decipherment. 6. Brahmi and Asoka. 7. Inscriptions of Asoka. 8. Developmental stages of Brahmi. 9. Descendants of Brahmi. Concluding talk. Credits and acknowledgement. Further reading. Appendix. Index. Brahmi is probably the ancient script known to India, majorly seen during 4th - 3rd century BCE, during the reign of Asoka the great. Although the oldest pictorial writing system known to us is the Indus Valley Hieroglyphs, they cannot be considered as a true script. Recent archaeological excavations in Tamil Nadu have also indicated that Brahmi had a long history before king Devanampiyadasi Asoka. 'Brahmi script' is the mother of almost all Indic Scripts as well as scripts of other eastern Asian countries like Sumatra, Java, Bali, China and Malaysia. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the Brahmi as a script in addition to covering all major Brahmi inscriptions found in India. This book also talks about ancient writing styles and how they further developed into various other descendants. Numerous historical tidbits have been pieced together for the sake of maintaining continuity and interest. The challenging task of translating large amount of text into visual data has also been achieved through plethora of photographs, illustrations and chronological timelines.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Like New. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. This exhaustive research is a long pending effort at documenting the fading imprints of the Bundela Kalam. Focusing mainly on the erstwhile Bundela centers of Orchha and Datia in Central India, the volume starts off with a thorough investigation of the historical and cultural background of Bundelkhand, trying to understand the many contributing factors. A comparative analysis of extant manuscripts belonging to the Bundela Kalam is then pursued vigorously before a scintillating galaxy of vibrant Bundela murals is unveiled. With this pioneering photographic documentation, making use of the latest medium format optical gadgetry, the author has successfully captured the true essence of Bundela Kalam even in its somewhat dilapidated state. Studded with specially commissioned imagery, the book opens up many new avenues hitherto unassociated with painting traditions of medieval Bundelkhand. Ankita s narrative is carefully woven with the temporal and spatial sequence of norm and form, and provides a broad view of the change, through 16th to 19th century A.D, from an energetic, fluent, vivid and volumetric style to a more sedate, heavy handed, pedestrian and linear style. She shows the juxtaposition and fusion of styles in the transitions from Mughal through Rajput to colonial themes, motifs and dresses, in a comparative overview of mahals and chattris at Orchha, Datia and Bundelkhand. Her photographs bring out the turbulent vigour, ebullience and folksy intimacy of the Bundela Kalam, and its polychromatic use of material, to emphasize the malleability of stone, as against the courtly, aristocratic, restrained Mughal and Central Asian mural tradition. Excerpts from Foreword by Dr. Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty.