著者名：

Rahman, A. (ed.)

出版元：

Oxford U.P.(India)

頁数：

xxx,533p. 古書

刊行年：

2002

ISBN：

0195657896

The contributors to this volume include distinguished scholars from a range of disciplines, and the essays are thematically linked by the focus on the historical exchange of ideas and experience among the peoples of India, China, Central and West Asia. Aspects of culture as diverse as styles of dressing, music, metallurgy, and medicine are woven together in this volume, to present the rich tapestry that is Asia.

Contents:
Section I. Peoples, migrations and cultural parallelisms/exchanges:
1. Convergence and parallelisms between diverse cultures/D.P. Chattopadhyaya.
2. General features and areas of interaction/A. Rahman.
3. Ancient Central-Asia and India/D. Devahuti.
4. India and China: a Saga of sharing historical heritage/Tan Chung.
Section II. Science and medicine:
5. General ideas on science/A. Rahman.
6. India’s interaction with China, West Asia, and Central Asia in the field of Mathematics/S.A.H. Rizvi.
7. India’s interaction with China, Central Asia, and West Asia in the field of Mathematics and astronomy/C.K. Raju.
8. Is man free to determine his own actions?Wazir Hasan Abdi.
9. General ideas on medicine/A. Rahman.
10. India’s interactions in medical knowledge and practice/Mala Kapur Shankardas.
11. Interaction with China and Central Asia in the field of Unani medicine/Syed Zillur Rahman.
12. India-China cultural synthesis?contributions to medicine/Sujata Reddy.
13. India’s interaction with China Central and West Asia in medical plants/M.L. Dewan.
Section III. Technologies:
14. General ideas on technology/A. Rahman.
15. Mughal art: technologies of the elite/Saleem Kidwai.
16. Agricultural technology and patterns of exchange?a study of Central Asia and its interaction with India, 10-18 centuries/Meena Bhargava.
17. Transmission and terminology?problems of identification of Central Asian minerals and alloys in medieval Indian sources/I.G. Khan.
Section IV. Textiles and costumes:
18. Interactions and encounters: Indian looms and crafts traditions abroad?a South Indian perspective/Vijaya Ramaswamy.
19. Cotton technology in India down to the sixteenth century/Ishrat Alam.
20. Evolution of Indian costume as a result of the links between Central Asia and India in ancient and medieval times/Roshen Alkazi.
21. Costume of the people of India: continuity and influences/Anshu Dogra.
Section V. Music:
22. Sufism and Indian music/Raghava R. Menon.
23. Music/A. Rahman.
Index.

No.

20138

価格：

3,824円