Encyclopedia of Bihar: Uncovering the Rich Heritage and History by Arunima Kumari: Embark on a journey through the rich heritage and history of Bihar as Arunima Kumari uncovers its cultural contributions, traditions, landmarks, and societal development, offering a comprehensive exploration of this historically significant region. Bihar has been a place of destination even for foreign travellers too; like Albaruni; Megasthenese; Phaiyan to Xuanjang due to its wide spread pristine beauty; greeneries; glorious past; vibrant culture; lip smacking cuisines and the generosity of the people. This book is an effort of the writer to explore the age old pride; untapped stories and unfortunately unsung Vihara of tourism i.e. Bihar. Bihar is a place where Maharshi Kautilya took birth; Buddhism germinated and Jainism flourished and enlightened the whole world. During 5th to 12th century A.D India was leading world in imparting knowledge through world fame Universities like Nalanda and Vikramshila. This book is a conglomeration of its true picture of its Historical; Geographical; Economical and Industrial glimpses. At the same time its Agricultural status; Economical view; Art and Cultural panorama have been well documented in a systemic manner; for any candidate who is going to appear in any competitive exam especially in BPSC and UPSC.

understanding Mantras explores the origin, nature, function, and significance of mantras within the bounds of the hindu tradition. It analyses the use of mantras in the Vedic age in the gtreat theistic movements of Saivism and Vaisnavism, and in Tantra. A brief introduction by Alper outlines the major controversies in Western scholarship concerning the nature of mantras and gives an insightful and suggestive paradigm for resolving the issues. It approaches a bibliography on all of Hinduism and will serve as an invaluable tool for future research.

Bihar Diaries narrates the thrilling account of how Amit Lodha arrested Vijay Samrat, one of Bihar's most feared ganglords, notorious for extortion, kidnapping and the massacre of scores of people. The book follows the adrenaline-fuelled chase across three states during Amit's tenure as superintendent of police of Shekhpura, a sleepy mofussil town in Bihar. How does Amit navigate between his professional challenges and conquer his demons? What does he do when the ganglord comes after his family? Bihar Diaries captures vividly the battle of nerves between a dreaded outlaw and a young, urbane IPS officer.

Highlights the changing population scenario during the last ninety years in a developing region of India. It embodies relevant information about characteristics of population in Madhya Pradesh, viz., growth trends, age and gender composition, literacy rate, and occupational structure in the first half of the book while the population-resource relationship, and regionalisation of population have been discussed in the second half. A separate chapter has been devoted to the comparative analysis of population trends in the developing and the developed world.