Tamil Culture and Civilization: Readings: The Classical Period
by Nayagam, Xavier S. Thani (editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0210981636
- ISBN 13
- 9780210981634
- Seller
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About This Item
Bombay, India: Asia Publishing House, 1971. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. This volume of readings provides a picture of the culture and civilization of Southern India and Ceylon, and the achievements of the Tamil people, particularly in the domain of art and trade; the material covers such topics as language, literature, political and social history, the fine arts and religion, and represents the views of well-known Asian, American, and European professors of Dravidology, including Thomas Barrow, Murray Emeneau, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Heinrich Zimmer, and Jean Filliozat; the editor, a native of Ceylon, was Secretary-General of the International Association of Tamil Research and editor of the Journal of Tamil Studies (black cloth with gold lettering, pages slightly tanned, former owner's name on front endpaper; red & black dust jacket is edgeworn; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
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- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002702
- Title
- Tamil Culture and Civilization: Readings: The Classical Period
- Author
- Nayagam, Xavier S. Thani (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0210981636
- ISBN 13
- 9780210981634
- Publisher
- Asia Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- Bombay, India
- Date Published
- 1971
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