Locally published guide to the ancient city of Madura in Tamil Nadu dating back more than 2000 years.  Illustrated with 55 b&w photographs and a map.  Paperback.  95 pages.  In very good condition for its age.  Cat No 5098

Hardback.  116 pages.  In near new condition.  Cat No 4863

Many excellent colour photographs.  Hardback.  84 pages.  in very good condition.  Cat No 4855

A thorough scholarly account of the ancient Buddhist Kushana empire of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD which extended across present-day Pakistan and northern India having filled the vacuum left by retreating Greeks.

A guide to the C16th palace in Southern India originally built in traditional Keralan style by the Portuguese and adorned with extensive Hindu murals and now, following extensive restoration, a protected national monument.

A full colour visitor's guide to the large Bronze Age city site in the Indus valley.  Paperback.  32 pages.  In good condition.  Cat Non 4771

An encyclopedia of Sri Lankan archaeology dealing with all aspects of its cultrual history - architecture, sculpture, painting, pottery and coins - from prehistoric times to the Anuradhapura period then up to the fall of the Polonnaruwa period in the C13th.

The definitive guide to the abandoned C16th Mughal capital of the Emperor Akbar written by the acknowledged authority on medieval India.  Includes three fold-out site plans and ten colour and b&w photographs.  Also includes a glossary.  Hardback.  98 pages.

This book covers in detail the origin, significance, rituals, architecture, and role of temples in society and throughout history.

The Rampur Raza Library established in C18th in Uttar Pradesh house a unique assemblage of Islamic manuscripts and a fine collection of thirteen astronomical instruments from the medieval Muslim world – astrolabes, celestial globes and quadrants – all of which are described and illustrated here i