This book studies places and spaces in Western India both as geographical locations and as imagined constructs. It uncovers the rich history of the region from

The “monumental bias” of Buddhist archaeology has hampered our understanding of the socio-religious mechanisms that enabled early Buddhist monks to establis

Kalidasa is the major poet and dramatist of classical Sanskrit literature - a many-sided talent of extraordinary scope and exquisite language. His great poem, M

"Indian poet and dramatist, classical Sanskrit literature, Eng. trans."