Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: Volume 106 - Issue 1

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Volume 106 - Issue 1 - January 1974

Reviews of Books

Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschaften im Islam. By Manfred Ullmann. (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abt.: Der nahe und der mittlere Osten. Ergänzungsband VI, Zweiter Abschnitt.) pp. xiv, 500. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1972. Fl. 230.

Glossaire des inscriptions pehlevies et parthes. By Philippe Gignoux. (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series, Vol. I.) pp. v, 68. London, Lund Humphries, 1972. £4.50.

Sayyid Jamāl ad-Din “al-Afghānī”: A political biography. By Nikki R. Keddie. pp. xvii, 479. Berkeley, Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1972. $20.

Persia: An archaeological guide. By Sylvia A. Matheson. (Archaeological Guides.) pp. 330. London, Faber and Faber, 1972. £2.50

Islamic paintings from the 11th to the 18th century in the collection of hans p. kraus. By Ernst J. Grube. pp. 293, 54 pl., 198 figs, in text. New York, H. P. Kraus, 1972.

Qajar paintings: Persian oil paintings of the 18th & 19th centuries. By S. J. Falk. pp. 63, 63 pl. London, Faber and Faber (in association with Sotheby Parke-Bernet Publications), 1972. £10.

Old Indian. By J. Gonda. (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Zweite Abt.: Indien. Erster Bd.: Die indischen Sprachen. Erster Abschnitt.) pp. xii, 230. Leiden, Köln, E. J. Brill, 1971. Fl. 76.

The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa : Critical edition. Gen. Editors U. P. Shah, G. H. Bhat. Vol. VII: Uttarakāṇḍa. Fascicule 1. Edited by U. P. Shah. pp. 288. Baroda, Oriental Institute, 1972.

Praṡastapādabhāṣyam, with the commentary Kiraṇāvalī of Udayanācārya. Edited by Jitendra S. Jetly. (Gaekwad's Oriental Series, No. 154.) pp. vi, xxx, 13, 306. Baroda, Oriental Institute, 1971. Rs. 30.

Veṇīsaṃhāra: Drame sanskrit. Edited and translated by Francine Bourgeois. (Publications de l'Institut de Civilisation Indienne, Série in-8°, Fasc. 33.) pp. (v), 243. Paris, Éditions E. de Boccard, 1971.

The Arthaviniścaya-sūtra and its commentary (Nibandhana) (Written By Bhikṣu Vīryaśrīdatta of Śrī-Nālandāvihāra). Critically edited and annotated by N. H. Samtani. (Tibetan Sanskrit Works Series, Vol. XIII.) pp. xxxi, 187, 413. Patna, K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute, 1971. Rs. 25.

A Bibliography of the Sanskrit texts of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra. By Akira Yuyama. (Australian National University. Centre of Oriental Studies. Oriental Monograph Series, No. 5.) pp. xxxv, 115. Canberra. Centre of Oriental Studies, 1970. A$5.

Probleme der Versenkung im Ur-Buddhismus. By Yoshinori Takeuchi. (Joachim Wach-Vorlesungen der Philipps-Universität Marburg herausg. von Ernst Benz, II. Beihefte der Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte, XVI.) pp. 96. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1972. Fl. 18.

Ghazals of Ghalib: Versions from the Urdu. Edited by Aijaz Ahmad, pp. xxx, 174. New York, London, Columbia University Press, 1971. £4.75.

Ghalib, the poet and his age. Papers read at the centenary celebrations at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Edited by Ralph Russell, pp. 131. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1972. £5.

Tipu Sultan's Mysore: An economic study. By M. H. Gopal. pp. xii, 112. Bombay, Popular Prakashan, 1972. Rs. 20.

The invasion of Nepal: John Company at war. By John Pemble. pp. xii, 389, front., 6 pl. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1971. £4.50.

The terrorist. Translated from the Sindhi and edited by H. T. Lambrick. pp. 246. London, Ernest Benn, 1972. £2.50.

Renascent Bengal (1817–1857): Proceedings of a seminar organised by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta. With a Foreword by Ramesh Chandra Majumdar. (The Asiatic Society Seminar Series, I.) pp. viii, 86. Calcutta, The Asiatic Society, 1972.