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Muslim Architecture of South India

The Sultanate of Ma'bar and the Traditions of Maritime Settlers on the Malabar and Coromandel Coasts (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Goa)

By Mehrdad Shokoohy

This book reinterprets the Muslim architecture and urban planning of South India, looking beyond the Deccan to the regions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala -…

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2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-30207-4 (Routledge)

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Muslim Reformist Political Thought

Revivalists, Modernists and Free Will

By Sarfraz Khan

There are two main trends distinguishable amongst Muslim reformists - revivalists and modernists. This book charts and analyses the main trends of Muslim reformist political…

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2003 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1237-3 (Routledge)

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Classical Civilizations of South-East Asia

Edited by Vladimir Braginsky

With particular emphasis on history, religion, literature and arts, this collection provides a multifaceted and representative picture of the classical civilizations of South-East Asia which…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1410-0 (Routledge)

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Perspectives on Persian Painting

Illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah

By Dr Barbara Brend

This is a detailed study of the illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah, in which twenty discourses are followed by a brief parable, and four romances.…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1467-4 (Routledge)

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Strolling About on the Roof of the World

The First Hundred Years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs

By Susan Farrington, Hugh Leach

This volume covers the first one hundred years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, formerly the Royal Central Asian Society. It traces its fons

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29857-5 (Routledge)

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Boats of South Asia

By Sean Mcgrail, Lucy Blue, Eric Kentley, Colin Palmer

This book sets new standards for the documentation of water transport, and introduces styles of boat-building which are unlikely to be found outside the sub-Continent.…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29746-2 (Routledge)

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Contemporary Belarus

Between Democracy and Dictatorship

Edited by Elena Korosteleva, Colin Lawson, Rosalind Marsh

Belarus is unique among the states of the former Soviet bloc, in that after a decade of transition', the country remains stalled' and backward-oriented. Political…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1613-5 (Routledge)

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Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics

By Gerard Clauson

This book, now back in print having been unavailable for many years, is one of the most important contributions to Turkic and Mongolic linguistics, and…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29772-1 (Routledge)

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Ramopakhyana - The Story of Rama in the Mahabharata

A Sanskrit Independent-Study Reader

By Peter Scharf

The most popular story in all of India and a classic of world literature is summarised in 728 verses in the great epic Mahabharata.

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1391-2 (Routledge)

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Zhouyi

A New Translation with Commentary of the Book of Changes

By Richard Rutt

Modern research has revealed the Book of Changes to be a royal divination manual of the Zhou state (500100 BC). This new translation synthesizes the…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1491-9 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia
Edited by Ka H. Mok, Ray Forrest
To be published November 24th 2008

Globalisation and the Middle Classes in India: The Social and Cultural Impact of Neoliberal Reforms
By Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase, Timothy J. Scrase
To be published November 28th 2008

Sanskrit, Sociology and Anti-Imperial Struggle: The Life of Shyamji Krishnavarma (1857-1930)
By Harald Fischer-Tiné
To be published December 1st 2008

Images of the Wildman in Southeast Asia: An Anthropological Perspective
By Gregory Forth
To be published December 8th 2008

Gender, Household and State in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam
By Jayne Werner
To be published December 12th 2008

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