india

Takes a detailed look at daily life in ancient India, covering such aspects as homes, clothing, food, and religions, and includes step-by-step instructions for fifteen projects related to Indic culture and over two hundred illustrations.

Traces the history of civilization in Asia and the Far East, focusing on the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Ancient India, the Chinese Empire, and Ancient Japan.

Descriptive text and color photos and illustrations present India's ancient culture, including daily life and major advances in arts and sciences, as well as the archaeology that brought this information to light. Also provides a glossary and lists of related resources.

After dacoits attack his caravan and he loses his identity as a Brahmin, Arjun resigns himself to his new life, becomes an elephant driver, and searches for his kidnapped sister.

Describes briefly the colonial India into which Gandhi was born, his upbringing and education, including his stay in South Africa, and the nonviolent revolution he led to free India from English rule.

In the wake of the 1947 Partition of India, twin Hindu boys search for their mother in a crowded train station, a young girl flees the father who would poison her to protect her from infidels, and a Muslim doctor finds new roles as a healer.

Growing up in the Bengal region of India, motherless daughter Bakul and Mukunda, an orphan, are inseparable, but after they grow older and their relationship turns into something more than friendship, Mukunda is banished to Calcutta, where he prospers during India's Partition, yet yearns to be back with Bakul.

In 1974 when her father leaves New Delhi, India, to seek a job in New York, Ashi, a tomboy at the advanced age of sixteen, feels thwarted in the home of her extended family in Calcutta where she, her mother, and sister must stay, and when her father dies before he can send for them, they must remain with their relatives and observe the old-fashioned traditions that Ashi hates.

A series of essays that expresses various perspectives on India, including foreign policy and human rights.