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This careful analysis of early Buddhist thought opens out a perspective in which no permanent Self is accepted, but a rich analysis of changing and potent mental processes is developed. It explores

The administration of Iran under Mongol rule is explored through taxation and monetary policy.

Based on fieldwork in the north Indian state of Rajasthan, this book focuses on supernatural affliction - illness and misfortune ascribed to demonic spirits or ghosts and to other mystical agents, such

The Apostolic Churches of the East is currently the only complete history in English of the Syriac Church of the East. It covers the periods of the Sassanians, Arabs, Mongols, Ottomans, and

This study is a radical and controversial analysis of the life and works of Rewi Alley utilizing both Chinese materials and previously unpublished materials from western sources. Rather than a biography as

Isaac Titsingh was head of the Japanese station of the Dutch East India Company 1780-94. He was a career merchant, but unusual in having a classical education and training as a physician.

A translation of a classic 11th-century Persian text on behaviour and conduct in government, written between 1086 and 1091 by Nizam al-Mulk, who for over 30 years was Chief Minister of two

Paradoxically, Japan provides massive amounts of development aid to China, despite Japan's clear perception of China as an important competitor in the Asia-Pacific region. This book provides an overview of the way

The book explores th way in which the state has become comercialized under reform as party and government officials have gone into business and considers the impact that this has had on

Chinese Cyberspaces provides a multi-disciplinary study on the recent development and consequences of internet expansion in China taken from a social, political, cultural and economic perspective. The book provides critical analysis of

At a time when the popularity of Buddhism is at a peak in the west, both inside and outside the university setting, scholars and students alike are searching for guidance: How should

This companion volume to the highly successful Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy explores the extent to which foreign policy in the world's largest Muslim nation has been influenced by Islamic considerations.

This is a translation of the chapter on perception by Kumarilabhatta's magnum opus, the Slokavarttika, which is one of the central texts of the Hindu response to the criticism of the logical-epistemological

This text had a major impact in its original Chinese version. Reviewed in the Far East Economic Review as 'one of the richest portraits of the Chinese countryside published in the reform

Often thought of as a rigid ceremony, Japanese tea practice can in fact be creative, critical, performative, or playful depending on social and historical context. This volume illuminates the diverse appeal of

Long established as the standard reference tool for the identification of Japanese names on works of art, and is therefore essential for collectors, galleries, auction-houses, restorers and students. A reprint of the

Reprint of the scarce third and last (1939) edition.

Assessing the work of medieval grammarian Ibn-Hisham, this study attempts to determine the significance of the "Mughni" in social and historical terms by demonstrating the dependence of grammatical study to the interrelated

This study examines the nature of two women's activist groups in Madras and their activities since 1979, focusing on their work with the media, slum issues, registration of marriages and initiation of