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Volume 51 - Issue 2 - June 1988

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Abdoldjavad Falaturi and others (ed.): Beit rage zu islamischem Rechtsdenken. (Studien zu Nichteuropaischen Rechtstheorien, Bd. II.) 139 pp. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1986. DM 36.
Werner Menski
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24 December 2009, pp. 352-354
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Ludwig W. Adamec (ed.) [Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan.] Vol. 6: Kabul and southeastern Afghanistan, xx, 859, 22 maps. Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1985. Ös 1, 980.
M. E. Vapp
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24 December 2009, p. 354
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Ludo Rocher: The Purāṇas. (A History of Indian Literature. Vol. ii, fasc. 3.) [vii], 282 pp. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1986. DM 120.
John D. Smith
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24 December 2009, p. 355
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Ananda Wood: Knowledge before printing and after: the Indian tradition in changing Kerala, [ix], 199 pp. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1985 [pub. 1986]. Rs.120, £14.
Rupert Snell
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24 December 2009, pp. 355-356
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Konrad Meissner: Mālushāhī and Rājulā: a ballad from Kumāūn (India), as sung by Gopī Dās. 3 vols. i: Kumāūnī text, translation and appendices, II: Commentary. III: Glossary. (Neuindische Studien, Bd. 10.) lii, 289, map, + errata; [iii], 221; [iii], 260 pp. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1986. DM 124. C60 cassette.
John D. Smith
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24 December 2009, pp. 356-357
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Eivind Kahrs (ed.): Kalyāṇamitrārāgaṇam: essays in honour of Nils Simonsson. (Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning. Series B: Skrifter, LXX.) xii, 312 pp., 6 plates. Oslo: Norwegian University Press, [1986]. (Distributed by Oxford University Press.)
Tuvia Gelblum
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24 December 2009, pp. 357-358
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Stella Kramrisch: Painted delight: Indian paintings from Philadelphia collections, xxii, 195 pp. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art and University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. (Distributed by the University of Pennsylvania Press. £45.)
Andrew Topsfield
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24 December 2009, p. 358
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Oskar Von Hinüber: Das ältere Mittelindisch im Überblick. (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission fur Sprachen und Kulturen Südasiens, Ht. 20. Österreichische Ak. der Wiss. Phil.-hist. Kl. Sitz., 467. Bd.) 209 pp. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1986. Ös 350, DM 50.
K. R. Norman
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Paul B. Courtright: Ganesa lord of obstacles, lord of beginnings, xv, 274 pp. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, [1986]. £25.
Ian Raeside
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24 December 2009, pp. 359-360
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Marc Galanter: Competing equalities: law and the backward classes in India, [xv], 625 pp. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, [1984]. £33.50.
Werner Menski
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24 December 2009, pp. 360-362
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Maryla Falk: II mito psicologico nell' India antica. 526 pp. Milano: Adelphi Edizioni, 1986. L.60,000.
David L. Snellgrove
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24 December 2009, pp. 362-365
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David L. Snellgrove: Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and their Tibetan successors, xxix, 640 pp. London: Serindia Publications, 1987. £30.
Per Kvaerne
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24 December 2009, pp. 365-366
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M. C. Van Walt Van Praag: The status of Tibet: history, rights and prospects in international law. xxv, 381 pp. London: Wisdom Publications, 1987.
Luciano Petech
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24 December 2009, pp. 366-367
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Knud Lundbaek: T. S. Bayer, 1694–1738: pioneer sinologist. (Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies, Monograph Series, No. 54.) xiv, 241 pp. London and Malmo: Curzon Press, 1986.
C. R. Boxer
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24 December 2009, pp. 367-368
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Francesca Bray: The rice economies: technology and development in Asian societies, xxi, 254 pp. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. £22.50.
B. H. Farmer
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24 December 2009, p. 368
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Kang-I Sun Chang: Six Dynasties poetry, xviii, 216 pp. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1986. £21.50
Andrew Lo
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24 December 2009, p. 369
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Charlotte Von Verschuer: Les relations officielles du Japon avec la Chine aux vIIIe et ixe siècles. (Publications de l'École Practique des Hautes Études, Paris, IVe Section: Histoire et Philologie, II. Hautes Études Orientales, 21.) xx, 593 pp. Geneva and Paris: Librairie Droz, 1985
T. H. Barrett
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Benjamin I. Schwartz: The world of thought in ancient China, xii, 490 pp. Cambridge, Mass, and LondonThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985. £23.50
T. H. Barrett
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John McCoy and Timothy Light (ed.): Contributions to Sino-Tibetan studies. (Cornell Linguistic Contributions, Vol. v.) viii, 477 pp. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986. Guilders 180.
William G. Boltz
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24 December 2009, pp. 371-373
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Charles Le Blanc: Huai-han Tzu: philosophical synthesis in Early Han thought: the idea of resonance (Kan Ying), with a translation and analysis of Chapter Six. xiv, 253 pp. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1985. US$20.
Roger T. Ames
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24 December 2009, pp. 373-374
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Abdoldjavad Falaturi and others (ed.): Beit rage zu islamischem Rechtsdenken. (Studien zu Nichteuropaischen Rechtstheorien, Bd. II.) 139 pp. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1986. DM 36.

Ludwig W. Adamec (ed.) [Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan.] Vol. 6: Kabul and southeastern Afghanistan, xx, 859, 22 maps. Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1985. Ös 1, 980.

Ludo Rocher: The Purāṇas. (A History of Indian Literature. Vol. ii, fasc. 3.) [vii], 282 pp. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1986. DM 120.

Ananda Wood: Knowledge before printing and after: the Indian tradition in changing Kerala, [ix], 199 pp. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1985 [pub. 1986]. Rs.120, £14.

Eivind Kahrs (ed.): Kalyāṇamitrārāgaṇam: essays in honour of Nils Simonsson. (Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning. Series B: Skrifter, LXX.) xii, 312 pp., 6 plates. Oslo: Norwegian University Press, [1986]. (Distributed by Oxford University Press.)

Stella Kramrisch: Painted delight: Indian paintings from Philadelphia collections, xxii, 195 pp. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art and University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. (Distributed by the University of Pennsylvania Press. £45.)

Oskar Von Hinüber: Das ältere Mittelindisch im Überblick. (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission fur Sprachen und Kulturen Südasiens, Ht. 20. Österreichische Ak. der Wiss. Phil.-hist. Kl. Sitz., 467. Bd.) 209 pp. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1986. Ös 350, DM 50.

Paul B. Courtright: Ganesa lord of obstacles, lord of beginnings, xv, 274 pp. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, [1986]. £25.

Marc Galanter: Competing equalities: law and the backward classes in India, [xv], 625 pp. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, [1984]. £33.50.

Maryla Falk: II mito psicologico nell' India antica. 526 pp. Milano: Adelphi Edizioni, 1986. L.60,000.

David L. Snellgrove: Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and their Tibetan successors, xxix, 640 pp. London: Serindia Publications, 1987. £30.

M. C. Van Walt Van Praag: The status of Tibet: history, rights and prospects in international law. xxv, 381 pp. London: Wisdom Publications, 1987.

Knud Lundbaek: T. S. Bayer, 1694–1738: pioneer sinologist. (Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies, Monograph Series, No. 54.) xiv, 241 pp. London and Malmo: Curzon Press, 1986.

Francesca Bray: The rice economies: technology and development in Asian societies, xxi, 254 pp. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. £22.50.

Kang-I Sun Chang: Six Dynasties poetry, xviii, 216 pp. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1986. £21.50

Charlotte Von Verschuer: Les relations officielles du Japon avec la Chine aux vIIIe et ixe siècles. (Publications de l'École Practique des Hautes Études, Paris, IVe Section: Histoire et Philologie, II. Hautes Études Orientales, 21.) xx, 593 pp. Geneva and Paris: Librairie Droz, 1985

Benjamin I. Schwartz: The world of thought in ancient China, xii, 490 pp. Cambridge, Mass, and LondonThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985. £23.50

John McCoy and Timothy Light (ed.): Contributions to Sino-Tibetan studies. (Cornell Linguistic Contributions, Vol. v.) viii, 477 pp. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986. Guilders 180.

Charles Le Blanc: Huai-han Tzu: philosophical synthesis in Early Han thought: the idea of resonance (Kan Ying), with a translation and analysis of Chapter Six. xiv, 253 pp. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1985. US$20.

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