The Indian book publishing industry has today a vitality of its own. The prolific growth of publishers in its towns and cities has resulted in thousands of books/periodicals being produced in not only English but also other national/regional languages every year. Many of these publications are of great merit and valuable contribution keeping the cultural, ethnic and linguistic pluralities of the Indian society in mind. However, not all of them are easily accessible. Indeed, finding a book/journal published by, say, a publisher in a remote town could prove a difficult task for customers. And herein is the significance of an organisation like DK. We, at DK, with our amazing resourcefulness and expertise in the field, can locate any title published in the country.

Beginning with English language books, we expanded our services to include Sanskrit and Tibetan language books and then those in all the major Indian languages. We started cataloguing Sanskrit language books towards the end of the 1970s and added books in the national language Hindi later. Today, we receive nearly 15,000 books of Indian origin in all these Indian languages. The Indian languages in which we offer services are as follows:

Assamese
Bengali (Published from both India and Bangladesh)
Gujarati
Hindi (different dialects)
Kannada
Malayalam
Marathi
Oriya
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu (Published from both India and Pakistan)

All these language books are catalogued at DK with utmost care and attention following the same level of cataloguing parameters as we do for books in English, Sanskrit and Hindi. The cataloging is done in Romanised format using diacritical marks as per ALA/LC Romanisation Tables. Due care is given to catalogue classical Sanskrit works using uniform titles wherever necessary. The software at DK supports MARC21 records with the original scripts of all these languages for major fields.

Our foremost concern is to make available to our customers any publication in any Indian/major South Asian language from this subcontinent. And in this our unique resourcefulness comes to full view. It should not be therefore surprising that within a short time we have gradually expanded our services and made an enviable place for ourselves among the service organisations at the global level.

We are proud to say that we now receive nearly 28,000 books of South Asian origin every year. A lot of Tibetan language books have been appearing from India. DK started cataloguing that literature in the early 1980s and later began adding those published from Bhutan as well. All these books cater to a range of customers associated with different academic disciplines and professions, and belonging to various age groups including children.

You may like to visit our page for Indian Books In All Indian Languages Along with other South Asian Languages.

Increasingly non-conventional methods of publishing are gaining popularity in the South Asian region and our effort is to offer what is available in terms of these products as well. Therefore, we try to make available CD-ROMs, microfilms/microfiche and audios of Indic languages’ learning kits

Our highly comprehensive coverage has made our website the largest book database from South Asia offering books for sale. The website (www.dkagencies.com) has also been selected as an Associate site to the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library and is treated as a key resource for networked Asian studies reach and teaching activities.

DK Number: DK-201307 ,
ISBN: 8180696898

Imprint: New Delhi : Concept Pub. Co., in colloboration [i.e. collaboration] with National Association of Geographers, India,
 
Physical Desc.: 2 v. (xxii, 862 p.) : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Series Information: (NAGI series ; 2)
Price: USD 87.75
Volume Title: pt. 1. Section I: concept, theories, models and general principles -- Section II: population and sustainable management of environment/resources -- pt. 2. Section III: Indian situation in the global context -- Section IV: regional approaches : analysis.
Subject Strings: India--Population--Environmental aspects.
  India--Population--Economic aspects.
  India--Population policy.
  Sustainable development--India.
 
Human resources have been seen as one of the most important resources on earth. For, without the information, knowledge and wisdom accumulated by humans over centuries, the natural resources would not be perceived and utilised as resources and civilisation would not have evolved as it has. The volumes focus on the importance of human resources, covering aspects of human resources availability and use, problems in development of human resources and challenges to overcome in with specific reference to India. The articles reproduced from different journals published in India and abroad deal with theories, models and principles underlying human resource development. They focus on issues relating to population and sustainable management for resources and regional dimensions of human resource development. They study aspects relating to Census mapping, demographic data for decentralised planning, population stabilisation, population and disasters, migration and urban and regional planning, women’s health, mortality and rural society. They link population growth to food security, environment and delve into education, rural labour resources, social differentiation of tribal population in transition among other themes. Referring to various developments and giving relevant data to support the text, the articles stress on inter-disciplinary research on population and other issues that confront the Indian society today, the need for gender equity, equality and justice, and the importance of action programmes to improve the social concerns relating to population, education and employment. The volumes would benefit readers and researchers of geography as well as those of other social science disciplines. The editors of the volume are distinguished geographers of India.

DK Number: DK-201129
ISBN: 0230638597
Imprint: New Delhi : Anthropological Survey of India, in association with Macmillan Publishers India,  
Physical Desc.: xxiv, 541 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.  
Series Information: (Macmillan advanced research series)
Year: 2009
Price: USD 99.45
Nature Or Scope: Contributed articles.
Subject Strings: Ethnicity--India.
  Ethnicity--South Asia.
  Cultural pluralism--India.
  Cultural pluralism--South Asia.
  Identity politics--India.
  Identity politics--South Asia.
 
Series: Macmillan advanced research series


The volume, based on an international conference, examines issues relating to adjustment of culturally pluralistic societies of South Asia. The focus is on the politics of religion and the syncretic cultural and linguistic traditions of the region, with discussions on minority languages and cultural pluralism among other themes. Specialists from different countries present articles dealing with local cultures, recognition of all layers of identities in communities, intercultural communication and cultural confrontations. They are concerned with the monolithic identity of Nepalis in India, cultural conflicts and compromise of the Mahili ethnic community in Bangladesh and the Muslim traditions in contemporary South Asia. With specific reference to India where, it is stressed, there has been accommodation of cultural diversities, they take up general aspects such as citizenship, nationhood and federalism in India as well as discuss questions of identity by referring to communities and situations in the states of India. They deal with the role of the Bauls, the tradition-oriented syncretists, the Indian Jews in multicultural setting, the syncretic traditions of Indian Sufism and the evolution of the social identity of the Rajbansis, an ethnic group of north-eastern Bengal. Throughout, there are references to Indian history, religious developments and social theories that throw light on the evolution and adjustments between cultural and religious traditions in the past and modern perceptions of them that even try to re-define them. The book will prove immensely valuable for anthropologists, sociologists, historians and linguists for future scholastic discourse. It is also meant for general readers interested in the evolution of society and culture of South Asia. N. K. Das and V. R. Rao are associated with the Anthropological Survey of India.

DK Number: DK-202786
ISBN: 8190382160

Imprint: Mumbai : Eminence Designs,
 
Physical Desc.: 196 p. : chiefly col. ill., maps ; 34 cm. 
Year: c2009
Price: USD 65.00 (This special offer price valid for orders received till May 15, 2010)

The ruins of Vijayanagara, the City of Victory, know better today as Hampi, on the right bank of the Tungabhadra river in northern Karnataka, constitute one of the most extensive and spectacular historical sites to be found anywhere in India. Capital of the largest of all Southern India kingdoms for more than 200 years, from the early 14th century onwards, Hampi was developed by its Hindu rulers into a magnificent showpiece of imperial authority, attracting visitors from all over India, as well as from the Middle East and Europe. However, in 1565 the armies of the sultanate kingdoms of the Deccan, to the north of Hampi, sacked the city. Attempts to reoccupy the capital were unsuccessful, and thereafter it rapidly decayed. Visiting British and French officers documented the ruins during the 19th century, but clearance and conservation had to wait until the 20th century. In recent years interest in Hampi has intensified, due to the increased involvement of archaeologists and scholars, the rapid improvement in transport and local accommodation, and the intervention of government and private agencies concerned with preserving the monuments. Hampi and its surrounding region are today undergoing profound change, as this part of Karnataka experiences rapid growth. Governmental and private agencies are currently determining the best strategies for ensuring the preservation of Hampi's prestigious history and the protection of its remarkable landscape.

DK Number: DK-202620
ISBN: 9788180902024
Edition: 1st ed.
Imprint: Delhi, India : Bharatiya Kala Prakashan,
 
Physical Desc.: xxxii, 409 p., [154] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some folded) ; 28 cm. 
Year: 2010
Price: USD 90.00 (This special offer price valid for orders received till May 15, 2010)
Volume Title: section 1. Rock-cut aves in and around Aurangabad -- section 2. Rock-cut caves in and around Mumbai -- section 3. Rock-cut caves in and around Pune -- section 4. Rock-cut aves in and around Nasik -- section 5. Rock-cut aves in and around Satara & Kolhapur -- section 6. Rock-cut aves in and around Raigad -- section 

 

Focus of the book is on the evolution of the chaitya and the vihara caves as well as an comprehensive documentation of all the caves. Each cave was carefully studied and their architectural, cultural details were documented. A comparative study too has been included as similarities and dissimilarities establish a more authentic dating in case of absence of inscriptions. The book also throws light on many unidentified sculptures. The special contribution of the work is the inclusion of practically all caves even some caves that were not included by James Burgess and Fergusson like the unknown caves of Kol, Yerphal, Pohale, Nadsur and Nenavali. Some of these caves are simply in accessible. Besides all the documentation the Publication has also taken special pains to assess and evaluate the present conditions of all these monuments as after a gap of many years many cave groups are in an extremely bad condition. Those caves under ASI are in fairly good condition, though of course caves like Ajanta where the painting despite commendable development and conservation work being done are in a bad condition due to climatic and other geographical and man made reasons. In the study major scholars work has been referred to as their contribution is significant. Prof Dulari Qureshi is presently the producer and Director.

Our highly comprehensive coverage has made our website the largest book database from South Asia offering books for sale. The website has also been selected as an Associate site to the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library and is treated as a key resource for networked Asian studies reach and teaching activities.

The Special Search Page provides easy information to customers regarding books published in the Indian subcontinent in 16 languages including English. The books are catalogued by us and can be made available by us to our customers if they so wish.

This volume entitled Jaina Art and Architecture is the first volume of the Encyclopaedia of Jaina Studies brought out by the Parshwanath Vidyapeeth to present a complete picture of the Jaina religion in its various aspects. The Encyclopaedia will cover, apart from Jaina art and architecture, Jaina spirituality, religious culture.

Coins form an important source of the history of ancient India; in fact, for certain periods, like those of the Indo-Greeks, the Saka-Pahlavas, and the Western Kshatrapas, monetary issues are almost the only source of our information.

Bastar – known as the land of tribes and an enigma to the outside world – is today the largest tribal district of the newly formed state of Chhattisgarh.  About 70% of its total population comprises tribals of various denominations.  Of these, the Gonds are the largest and most important group.