Erotica in Indian temples

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Abstract Foundations of Indian Contract Law is an authoritative, critical commentary on Indian contract law. It comprises 24 chapters that examine the historical, ph...

Compares monumental designs and performance spaces of Christian, Buddhist, and related sanctuaries, exploring how brain networks, animal-human emotions, and cultural ideals are ref...

This book examines the varied influences and accomplishments of the Indian Ladies’ Magazine, the first Indian magazine established and edited by an Indian woman—Kamala Satthianadha...

This chapter examines the Indian illustrations of Frederic Remington, widely acclaimed today as the most famous Western illustrator and painter. Remington, who was too young to cov...

There may be no more magnificent animal than the tiger. Yet, around the world, their populations are dwindling, and the Indian Bengal tiger is no exception. Wild Bengal tigers dwel...

An examination of marketing of the wide variety of popular forms of fiction, including John Bunyan’s didactic The Pilgrim’s Progress, which enjoyed continuing popularity. There was...

Chapter 7 examines how temples were constructed and maintained to enable trainees to attain a transcendent spiritual state through monastic discipline and studies of various kinds ...