Sambodhi 1982 Vol 11

SR No.: 520761
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 502
Language: English, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Sambodhi, & India
File Size: 11 MB

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Review
of Ancient Indian Social History and Philosophy. The results of the whole study could have been brought here together in proper order and system. It would have been an acid test for the grasp and intellect of the author, he could have contributed something more original. But unfortunately the chapter is conspicuous by its absence.
On the whole, however, the book is welcome as a scientific analysis of the problem though the author has not much to contribute by way of new ideas and ideals. Besides scientitic analysis, the sound methodology is a glaring achievement of this second volume. The author succeeds in placing on firm basis our conceptions and ideas on Indian polity, its basic ideology and its positive contribution to lodian social concepts, social Institutions, social organization as also social bistory aod Indian culture as a whole.
The selected Bibliography reveals the vast and varied reading and study of the author and the well-planned Index is useful to the reader. However, lack of uniformity in italicising the technical terms and in placing diacritical marks, persist as in the first volume. There is agaio, no unifor mity even in giving translatios of all Sanskrit and Prakrit quotatios. Tran. slation of some Sanskrit words requires revaluation.
However, these are just a few small points to be noted. On the whole, the work is very well written and scholarly and it fully justifies the title that is given to the book. It is welcome to students, scholars and interested general readers.
- Ramesh S. Betai
GLIMPSES OF THE HISTORY OF MANBHUM-Subhas Chandra Mukhopad byaya-Calcutta 1983. Pages 40. Price Rs. 12
Maobhum was once a district of Chhotapagpur. The author stresses its cultural importance in these words
“Almost every village dotted over the rugged land of Manbhum is a mini-museum of aptiquities but no systematic study of the inumerable antiquities has been made for their evaluation in the light of traditional Indian Art and architecture."
This has inspired the author first to write the present enlightening monograph. It has a modest and limited purpose of acquainting us with