| ID | 023067 |
| Call Number | 954/AHU |
| Title Proper | India and the world: a history in nine stories |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ahuja, Naman P. ; Hill, Jeremy David |
| Publication | Gurgaon, Penguin Books, 2017. |
| Description | 230p Black Spine |
| Note | Journey back in time to look at a whole range of objects from all over the world to find a link between the past and the present. |
| Note | Shared beginnings - 1,70,000 years ago to 2000 BC
Olduvai hand-axe
Hand-axes from India
Samarran pot
Jomon pot
Balochistan pots
First cities - 3000 - 1000 BC
'Dancing girl' figurine
Statue of a woman
Harappan brick and cart
Harappan head
The Standard of Ur
Relief of Mentuhoteph II
Soul house
Harappan seals found in Iraq
Model boat
Cuneiform tablet
Hieroglyphic tablet for sacred oils
Harappan seals
Harappan jewellery
Harappan weights
Rhinoceros
Humped bull
Mask pendant
Empire - 600 BC - AD 200
Achaemenid Persian relief
Mauryan pillar capital
An edict of Emperor Ashoka
Roman imperial inscription
Rubbing of a Chinese inscription
Head in the style of Alexander
Kushan King
Head of Roman emperor Hadrian
Festivities around the relic of the turban
Model of Han military watchtower
Siguas ornament
State and faith - AD 100 - 700
Gupta dinars
Roman coins of Romulus Augustulus
Visigoth coins in the name of Anastasius I
Sasanian coins of Shapur II
Aksumite coins of Za-ya'abiyo la madhen negus
Tang dynasty coins
Pallava and Chalukya coins
Umayyad dinars of Abd Al-Malik
Picturing the divine - AD 200 - 1500
Ganesha
Christ
Jain tirthankaras
Taino god
Ku ka'ili-moku, god of war
Huastec goddess
Bodhisattva Maitreya
Shiva
Narasimha
Crucifix
Panel showing a mihrab
Calligraphy from the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque
Alam (panja)
Worshipping a chakra
Buddhist triads
Phopnar Buddha
Chola Buddha
Korean Buddha
Indian Ocean traders - AD 200-1650
Poseidon
Roman pepper pot
Roman necklace
Coin of Emperor Theodosius
Pilgrimage manual: Futuh al-Haramayn
Royal barge
Cooking pot
Textiles excavated from Fustat in Egypt
Indian cloth from Egypt
Kalamkari textile
Heirloom textile
Islamic gravestone
Tombstone of Francisco Barbosa de Magalhaes
Chinese blue and white jar
Chinese dish
Bottle
Astrolabe
Rhinoceros, after Durer
Pelican altarpiece
Court cultures - AD 1500-1800
Jahangir receiving an officer
Jahangir holding a portrait of the Virgin Mary
Tow folios from the Baburnama
Qanat (tent panel)
Mughal arms and armour
Procession of Abdullah Qutb Shah
Shield (dhal) of Maharana Sangram Singh II and enamelled dagger
Maharan Shambu Singh of Mewar playing Holi
The wedding procession of Prince Aniruddha Chand
Balwant Singh shooting
A Nayaka king and ankusha (elephant-goad)
A Safavid prince
The grand vazir
Copy of a Ming hand-scroll showing the occupations of court ladies
'Teikan Zusetsu' (illustrated Mirror of Emperors)
'Las Meninas' ( The maids of honour)
Cameo of Elizabeth I
The stapleford cup
Benin plaque
A portrait of an African nobleman
Survey set
Celestial sphere and astrolabe
Queste for freedom - AD 1800 - Present
Queen Victoria
Johann Zoffany with Colonel Polier, Claude Martin and John Wombwell
Page from a slave register
The aftermath of the 1857 uprising
Archaelogy and rediscovery of history
'Two girls'
Charkha and textile mill label
The constitution of India
Cuban one-peso notes
West and East German one-mark notes
Indian and Pakistani banknotes
Cloth showing Dr Kwane Nkrumah, the first Prime Minister of Ghana
Women's cloth
Barack Obama kanga
'Timeless Pilgrimage I & II'
'Throne of weapons'
'How to draw a line without dots'
Untold intimacy of digits'
Discobolus in Zhongshan suit
Time unbound -
'Unicode'
'Yarla Jukurrpa'
Warli painting
Rahu, the consumer of time |
| Standard Number | 9780143442097 |
| Price. Qualification | Rs.1999(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 954 |
| Key Words | World - History ; India - History ; UOI - Civilization ; UOI - Art ; Artifacts |