South Asia / India from Orchid Press

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. This classed bibliography provides citations to all aspects of the hand crafted textile traditions of India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Topics include bibliographies and reference material, textile glossaries, museum, gallery and private collection publications, broad treatments of textiles, histories, accounts of the textiles of particular groups or made by various communities, religious… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2015. Autobiography of the last absolute ruler of the Swat Valley, as recorded by Fredrik Barth. When he was born in 1908, the Swat Valley formed a complex but stateless society of several hundred thousand members, linked to the archaic cosmopolitanism of Inner Asia, but hardly touched by centuries of external influence. Indeed, the Swat Valley had… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. An edited collection of documents selected by Professor Mukherjee during his last years, for their importance to the history of the Jagannath Temple in Orissa, India. 160 pp., 6 b&w plates, index. First Edition. Softbound. New. 22 x 15 cm..

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1984. Des monuments centenaires dans cette région aride, admirablement belle et montagneuse témoignent d'un passé riche et turbulent. Ce livre décrit la majeure partie des sanctuaires bouddhistes à l'aide de photos, de dessins très détaillés, et de brèves descriptions. C'est un guide indispensable pour les visiteurs, une base essentielle sur les monastères et les sanctuaires bouddhiques du… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998. A tongue-in-cheek series of sketches of nineteenth-century colonial life in India, originally published in Vanity Fair and so popular that it ran to six editions. Delightfully irreverent! The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence reprint of 1896 6th edition. 252 pp., 13 b&w illustrations, gilt edges. Decorative Cloth. As New. 14 x 10.5 cm.

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998. The only work on ajrak, the renowned double printed cotton cloth of Sindh, Pakistan. Precisely describes the 20 laborious stages of production and identifies the craftsmen who still accurately practice this ancient tradition today. Sample of ajrak included on the cover cloth; 196 pp., 158 colour and over 80 monochrome plates, 24 pattern drawings, map, glossary,… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2002. This is the first study of the tradition of weaving among the nomadic pastoralists of Rupshu, in eastern Ladakh. Weaving touches all aspects of life in Rupshu, where both women and men weave, each on a different loom. Local narrative states that the craft of weaving was bestowed upon Rupshu by the gods, and thus all… Read more about this item

Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1979. Ladakh existed as an independent kingdom until 1834 when it became an integral part of India. It has, however, remained one of the few regions in which Tibetan Buddhism and the traditional Tibetan way of life continue to flourish. Professor Snellgrove and Tadeusz Skorupski were the first western scholars to visit Ladakh in 1974, shortly… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998. Subtitled 'Or the Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India'. A light hearted account of life in India, with 40 delightful vignettes, including 'Our Colonel', 'Our Padre', 'Our Magistrate's Wife', 'Our Racecourse', 'Our Bazar', 'Our Agriculturists' and "Our Nuwab'. Each is accompanied by a watercolour illustration. The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence reprint of… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2001. Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka is one of the five places where Gautama Buddha left the trace of his foot, but it is also an important place of pilgrimage for Muslims, Hindus and some Christians. This book examines the Sinhala pilgrimage tradition both from Sinhala and non-Sinhala sources, and explains the cult of Saman, the white… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1986. Reprint of the 1880 first, and now very rare, edition of this grand compendium of the archaic and traditional weaponry of South and Southeast Asia, Text includes an overview of the military history of India from prehistoric times (ca 2000 BC) to the 19th century. Catalogue section illustrates and provides detailed descriptions for some 816 different… Read more about this item

Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1980. Ladakh existed as an independent kingdom until 1834 when it became an integral part of India. It has, however, remained one of the few regions in which Tibetan Buddhism and the traditional Tibetan way of life continue to flourish. Professor Snellgrove and Tadeusz Skorupski were the first western scholars to visit Ladakh in 1974, shortly… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1987. Centuries old monuments in this barren but stunningly beautiful high altitude region bear witness to a rich but turbulent past.This book records 40 of the main Buddhist sanctuaries of Ladakh in coloured photographs, meticulously drawn plans and brief textual descriptions. Appendices address the Lamaistic pantheon, the Tibetan calendar and the affiliation of various monasteries with different… Read more about this item

Bangkok: White Orchid Press, 1998. A comparison between the seemingly incomparable cultures of Hinduism and Western style Capitalism, juxtaposing the belief systems, ideas and values that comprise the two systems. 204 pp., bibliography, index. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/new. 21.5 x 15.2 cm.

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. Satirical sketches of Anglo-Indian society and some of its foibles. In the words of the author, 'These pictures are intended . . . for people in England who may wish to know how Indian exile acts upon English men and women.' The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence reprint of 1880 Calcutta / London original. 315 pp.,… Read more about this item

Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1988. The former kingdom of Ladakh, in the Indian Himalaya, has attracted special interest among scholars and inspired hundreds of publications because it is one of the last regions in the world where traditional Tibetan Buddhist culture survives. This is the first bibliography to be published dealing solely with Ladakh, and includes material published in … Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2003. FIRST NEW BURTON 'FIRST EDITION' TO BE PUBLISHED IN OVER 100 YEARS. Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), perhaps the greatest of the soldier-scholars spawned by British colonial expansion of the early 19th century, translated works in six different languages and mastered at least 24, among these some of the more difficult tongues in the world. Burton… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2003. FIRST NEW BURTON 'FIRST EDITION' TO BE PUBLISHED IN OVER 100 YEARS. Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), perhaps the greatest of the soldier-scholars spawned by British colonial expansion of the early 19th century, translated works in six different languages and mastered at least 24, among these some of the more difficult tongues in the world. Burton… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2005. In both magnitude and length of time the Princely States of India represented both the paradigm for, and acme of, the British imperial policy of Indirect Rule, whereunder the 'traditional' ruling classes were expected to assume the burden of administration. By Independence in 1947 the Government of India recognized nearly 600 entities varying from the size… Read more about this item