The Biographical Dictionary of Greater India (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepel, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) - Hardcover
The Biographical Dictionary of Greater India brings between the covers of one book sketches of the men and women who made Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka what (for better or worse) they are today. The volume does not confine itself only to those who were native to South Asia; therefore, along with Gautama Buddha, Asoka, Chandragupta Maurya, Krishnadevaraya, Rammohun Roy, Rani Lakshmibai, Nehru, Tagore and Gandhi it ranges to Alexander the Great, St. Thomas, Vasco da Gama, Clive, Dupleix, Kipling and Mountbatten.
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HENRY SCHOLBERG, is a native of India and spent two-thirds of his childhood in Darjeeling. Before retiring from the University of Minnesota he served for twenty years as curator of the Ames Library of South Asia. He has written books on bibliography, history, besides writing poetry and fiction.
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- PublisherPromilla & Co. Publishers
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 8185002231
- ISBN 13 9788185002231
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages406
- EditorHenry Scholberg
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Book Description Hardbound. Condition: New. "The Biographical Dictionary of Greater India brings between the covers of one book sketches of the men and women who made Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka what (for better or worse) they are today. "The volume does not confine itself only to those who were native to South Asia; therefore, along with Gautama Buddha, Asoka, Chandragupta Maurya, Krishnadevaraya, Rammohun Roy, Rani Lakshmibai, Nehru, Tagore and Gandhi are Alexander the Great, St. Thomas, Vasco da Gama, Clive, Dupleix, Kipling and Mountbatten. "This book is more than a biographical dictionary. It relates the panorama of a great subcontinent as mirrored in the lives of the men and women who played a part in its history. Any work, purporting to be historical, necessarily must involve subjectivity. There is no way that our choice of 157 names will please everyone. There are bound to be names whose inclusion will be questioned by some, there are undoubtedly names whose exclusion will be questioned by others, and there will be some readers who will wonder why more words were devoted to this one than to that one. "However, this book will put the reader on the road to comprehending a region of the world which mystifies those who have never been there almost as it mystifies those who have lived there all their lives.". Seller Inventory # 915
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