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New analysis of winter pollution until 20 December of this year, done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), shows how clean air gains of the lockdown and monsoon period were lost with the reopening of the economy and hostile winter... more
Major Dr Pandit Piaray Lal Atal, Killed in Action in France , 1914
July 2021
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21326.59206
Project: Military History
Agha H Amin
July 2021
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21326.59206
Project: Military History
Agha H Amin
Wie der Titel bereits ahnen lässt, geht es in dem vorliegenden Sammelband um die Träger und Gestalter von Ritualen, die als jeweilige Spezialisten mit dem Neologismus »Ritualmacher« umschrieben werden. Traditionellerweise wenig beachtet,... more
Abstract Pt Madhusūdana Ojhā (1866-1939), a Maithili Brahman of great intellectual acumen, who was the chief pandit of the maharaja of Jaipur for almost four decades, is known today to a wide audience, especially in Rajasthan, as the... more
A wealth of Old Hindi texts in the Rajasthani and Brajbhasha dialects survives from the early modern period, but they remain an underused archive of Mughal history. The Māncarit (“Biography of Man Singh,” 1585) of Amrit Rai, one of the... more
The exhibition of decorative and industrial arts that was held in Jaipur in 1883 under the patronage of Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II (1880–1922) brought together the work of artists and craftsmen from many regions of India, but gave... more
Youth subcultures have distinct clothing styles with combination of dress, ideology, music, technology and/or activities that differentiate them from mainstream popular culture. Jaipur has a vast history for subcultures based on... more
Many societies in the world show a coexistence of traditional and modern cultures, as old techniques and methods have been revived or updated to stand alongside newer systems. For example, thatching is a building technique that goes back... more
As the world population increasingly becomes an urban one, the importance of the city as a place to live in, work in and relax in increases. There is an ever present dichotomy, however, of past and present, of resident values and the... more
This paper examines and takes precedents from the concept and application of Vastu Shastra in the walled city of Jaipur situated in the Rajasthan state of India, planned by architect Vidyadhar in 1700s. The study puts emphasis on the... more
This paper [i] explores the work of Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, a prominent colonial architect in India who was intricately involved in the revival of traditional building crafts in Jeypore state (now Jaipur) in the early nineteenth... more
This paper questions established accounts of national identity and modernity in Indian art in the light of the experience of a princely state. The princely states were regions under indirect British control, ruled by maharajas, nawabs,... more
The article critically discusses the underlying principles for the writing of literary history. It rejects a universalized model and proposes a new approach of "localized literary history" that is theoretically rooted in metahistorical... more
The nature of tenure 'contracts' that exist within the low-income settlements involves more than title deeds. Accordingly, 'tenure security' manifests itself beyond legal or de jure construction as it also involves de facto forms of... more
The works were a part of the Show Tangible Words: Through Tribal art of India which were showcased in Museo Regional de Guadalajara in 2019
In this paper, I compare the use of photography by Sawai Ram Singh, the maharaja of the Princely State of Jaipur in colonial India, and by James Fergusson, the earliest historiographer of Indian architecture. Contrasting the “objective”... more
This paper questions established accounts of national identity and modernity in Indian art in the light of the experience of a princely state. The princely states were regions under indirect British control, ruled by maharajas, nawabs,... more
The paper gives a detailed analysis of the series of near life-size portraits of the Maharajas of Jaipur, now displayed in the Sabha Niwas of Jaipur City Palace, that were produced by the workshop of the court artist Sahib Ram. The paper... more
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Jaipur, in Rajasthan, is one of India's most famous cities, and is renowned for its palaces and museums, its craft traditions, and its distinctive pink shops and houses. A planned city within walls, it was built in pre-modern times... more
1911 में दिल्ली के तीसरे दरबार में अंग्रेज राजा जॉर्ज पंचम ने ब्रिटिश भारत की राजधानी को कलकत्ता से दिल्ली बनाने की घोषणा की। उसके बाद अंग्रेज दिल्ली में राजधानी योग्य भूमि की तलाश में जुट गए। ऐसे में जयपुर के राजा ने अंग्रेजों की नई... more
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Stories of origin are far more telling of their time of telling, than of the time they claim to tell.-Robin Evans When one talks of an Indian architect, or of an architect from the "non-Western" world, it seems necessary to deal with the... more
Focusing on the idea of genealogical affiliation (sampradāya), Kiyokazu Okita explores the interactions between the royal power and the priestly authority in eighteenth-century north India. He examines how the religious policies of... more
Blogpost to accompany the podcast A Bloody Difficult Woman: Mayalee Dancing Girl vs. The East India Company: https://soundcloud.com/user-513302522/a-bloody-difficult-woman-mayalee-dancing-girl-vs-the-east-india-company . Published... more
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Understanding travel behaviour and travel demand is of constant importance to transportation communities and agencies in every country. Nowadays, attempts have been made to automatically infer transportation modes from positional data,... more