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Introduction: 1. Geographical position.

2. The people.

3. Configuration of the ground.

4. Historical notes.

5. Reasons for undertaking the present work.

6. Previous explorations.

7. Present work.

8. Plan of the study.

9. Geology and soils.

10. Climate.

11. General vegetation.

12. Escapes.

13. Endangered and endemic plants.

14. Biotic interference.

15. Floristic analysis.

16. Plants of economic importance.

17. Concluding remarks.

II. Taxonomic treatment: 1.

Key to the families. 2.

Description of plants. 3.

Bibliography. 4.

Index to vernacular names. 5.

Index to families, genera and species. "The pre-independence floristic studies in Indian subcontinent prompted Sir J.

D. Hooker to the conclusion that "India has no flora as a separate entity but is an admixture of the floras from adjacent countries".

However, post-independence attempts have convincingly demonstrated that India has a flora of its own. India has about 33% taxa endemic and is reported to harbour more endemic species of plants (less)

2. Water in Bhutan: Unique Element in Buddhist Cycle.

3. From Birth to Death: Water in Daily Life .

4. Bridges over Untamed Water.

5. Melting Glaciers, Sacred Lakes, Ferocious Rivers.

6. The Backbone of Rural Livelihood.

7. The Mystery and Significance of Water in Buddhism.

8. Across Watersheds: Boundaries - Internal and External.

9. Harnessing Blue Gold.

10. The Price of Water: Upstream-Downstream Cooperation.

11. Bhutan: Water Related Facts.

12. Glossary & Bibliography.

13. Localities & Acknowledgements.

Endpage: Sounds of Water (CD-ROM) "Bhutan has a landscape of incredible beauty with stunning Himalayan glacier peaks, lavishly forested mountains and lush subtropical wetlands. The unique and vibrant culture of Bhutan is based on its main religion, Buddhism.

Water has played an all-encompassing role in the lives of the Bhutanese, be it in religious rituals and ceremonies, in poetry and literature or in nutrition (less)

Payne. 1.

Pure land Buddhism in Tibet? From Sukhavati to the field of great bliss/Matthew T. Kapstein.

2. Shengchang's pure conduct society and the Chinese Pure land patriarchate/Daniel Getz.

3. By the power of one's last Nenbutsu: deathbed practices in early medieval Japan/Jacqueline I.

Stone. 4.

Amida's secret life: Kakuban's Amida Hishaku/James H. Sanford.

5. "Show me the place where my mother is!": Chujohime, preaching, and relics in late medieval and early modern Japan/Hank Glassman.

6. "Just behave as you like; prohibitions and impurities are not a problem": radical Amida cults and popular religiousity in premodern Japan/Fabio Rambelli.

7. Ungo Kiyo's Ojoyoka and Rinzai Zen Orthodoxy/Richard M.

Jaffe. 8.

From generalized goal to tantric subordination: Sukhavati in the Indic Buddhist traditions of Nepal/Todd T. Lewis.

9. Buddha one: a one-day Buddha-recitation retreat in contemporary Taiwan/Charles B.

Jones. Character glossary.

Contributors. Index.

"The discourse on Buddhist studies has traditionally been structured around (less)

Introduction. 2.

Arboreal florestic conservation aspect of the Western Ghat forest & their management. 3.

Conservation of biodiversity in Maharashtra through an integrated forest areas. 4.

Role of sacred groves in biodiversity conservation. 5.

Phytowealth: (a). Algal diversity.

(b). Bryophytes.

(c). Floristic diversity.

(d). Medicinal plant diversity.

(e). Aromatic plants.

(f). Ethnobotanical studies on Western Ghats.

(g). Soil fungi.

(h). Fungal biodiversity.

(i). Wood Inhabiting Fungi (WIF).

6. Microbial diversity : a treasure unknown.

7. Faunal wealth of Western Ghats: (a).

Zooplankton diversity. (b).

The mantid (Insecta: mantodea) diversity. (c).

Butterflies along the Western Ghats of Maharashtra. (d).

Scorpion diversity. (e).

Fresh-water fishes of Maharashtra. (f).

Amphibian fauna. (g).

Reptiles. (h).

Lizards. (i).

Birds. Appendices: 1.

Checklist of Algae. 2.

Checklist of Bryophytes. 3.

Checklist of Pteridophyte. 4.

Representative species of vegetation types. 5.

Checklist of endemic plants. 6.

Checklist of aromatic plants. 7.

Checklist of medicinal plants. 8.

Checklist of ethnobotanical important (less)

Introduction. 1.

Past and present work. 2.

Topography and general features. 3.

Climate. 4.

Forest biota. 5.

The tribals. 6.

Vegetation types. 7.

Floristic analysis. 8.

Plants of medicinal, horticultural and economic importance. 9.

Plants of botanical interest. 10.

Places of biological interest. 11.

Concluding remarks. 12.

Systematic treatment. Bibliography.

Index to botanical names. Index to local names.

Addenda. "The flora deals with a total number of 1,042 taxa of vascular plants belonging to 497 genera and 118 families.

The families are arranged following Bentham and Hooker's system of classification with circumscription of some families modified according to the recent delimitations. The dichotomous keys to the families, genera and species are provided giving diagnostic characters for easy identification.

The genera and species are arranged alphabetically for ready reference. The nomenclature of all the species has been updated following recent revisions, monographs and international code of botanical nomenclature.

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I. Introducing the Tiger state.

II. Tiger Reserves: 1.

Bandhavgarh. 2.

Kanha. 3.

Panna. 4.

Pench. 5.

Sanjay-Dubri. 6.

Satpura. III.

Other protected areas: 1. Kuno-Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary.

2. Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary.

3. Madhav National Park.

IV. Prominent Wildlife of Madhya Pradesh: 1.

Big cats: Tiger and Leopard. 2.

Other wildlife. Appendices: 1.

Bird and Butterfly species found in Madhya Pradesh. 2.

Scientific names of prominent wildlife. Hotel listings.

"There is nothing quite like the thrill and awe of seeing a tiger in the wild, or hearing the rutting call of a Barasingha stag and the alarm call of a spotted deer in its natural habitat. The tiger is India's iconic national animal, and Madhya Pradesh is virtually a 'Tigerland'.

Places like Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Pench, Satpura and the nearby forests are home to the bulk of the population of tigers, their co-predators, prey and habitat of Central India. The state has a (less)

1. Review of literature.

2. Study area.

3. Origin of Bryophyte.

4. Morpho-taxo-anatomical studies.

5. Bryoecology and distribution.

6. Fertility, perennation and dissemination.

Bibliography. Index.

“Bryophytes are a diverse and distinct group of primitive plants, with about 25,000 species distributed the world over, making in the second largest group of land plants. They are considered as ‘amphibians of plant kingdom’ owing to their presence to aquatic and other moist habitats.

Bryophytes are characterized by the absence of vascular tissues and having a unique life as Buxbaumia. Though considered as “Lilliputains of plant kingdom”, Bryophytes have achieved the greatest gametophytic diversity.

The group includes three distinct lineages viz. liverwots, hornwots and mosses.

The present study provides the first hand consolidated account of Bryophytes of North Konkan, which includes detailed illustration, taxonomic account, ecology and phytogeographical consideration of 100 species of Bryophytes, belonging to 37 genera distributed over 24 families. The North Konkan is (less)

2. Tsechu: Living festival.

3. West: a glimpse of the dragon.

4. North: abode of the Gods.

5. Centre: spiritual heartland.

6. South: jungle-clad foothills.

7. East: forbidden lands.

8. Bragpa: Nomadic yak herders.

For many years the outside world had no name for Bhutan, although its people call it Druk Yul, The Land of the Thunder Dragon. Perched precariously between India and Tibet, it is a remote and little-known kingdom which until 1974 admitted no foreign tourists.

Now its spectacular mountain beauty and a way of life still firmly rooted in medieval tradition attract visitors from all over the world, although the Bhutanese, well aware of how easily their ‘gross national happiness’ could be compromised by the demands of tourism, firmly control the numbers which are admitted. Tom Owen Edmunds was fortunate enough to be invited to Bhutan as the guest of a member of the (less)

Introduction: 1. Geographical position.

2. Topography.

3. Geology and soils.

4. The people.

5. Historical notes.

6. Reasons for undertaking the present work.

7. Previous explorations.

8. Present work.

9. Plan of the study.

10. Climate.

11. General vegetation.

12. Parasitic plants in the forest.

13. Exotics.

14. Escapes.

15. Endemic, rare and threatened plants.

16. Earlier records.

17. Seasonal variations in the vegetation.

18. Biotic interference.

19. Plants of economic importance.

20. Floristic analysis.

21. Concluding remarks.

II. Taxonomic treatment: 1.

Key to major groups. 2.

Key to the families. Bibliography.

Index to the vernacular names. Index to the families and botanical names.

"The present flora is an outcome of a comprehensive survey extended over the entire Hilly Satpura forests in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. The present work provides a systematic account of 813 flowering plants grouped into 442 genera assigned to 105 families occurring in this under-explored area.

The flora (less)

A State Profile: Foreword. Preface.

Acknowledgements. Glossary.

Abbreviations used in the text. Geological and other Natural History Terms used with explanations.

1. Maharashtra : social, ecological, and developmental profile.

2. Wildlife management in Maharashtra.

Appendices. Vol.

II. Individual Profile and Management Status: Glossary.

Abbreviations used in the text. Geological and other Natural History Terms used with explanations.

1. National Parks and Sanctuaries in Maharashtra.

2. Profile and management status of National Parks and Sanctuaries: i.

MTR WL circle and three sanctuaries with Ter. Wing.

ii. Nagpur wildlife circle.

iii. Nashik wildlife circle.

iv. Mumbai wildlife circle.

References to text and maps. From the foreword: "Volume one presents a profile of the entire State of Maharashtra and includes a consolidated account of the geographical, cultural, ecological features, emphasizing the natural resource status, use and conservation efforts made by the government and other institutions.

National Parks and sanctuaries have reported 69.6% of the plant (less)

Ancient India: 1. Pre-history.

2. Indus Valley.

3. Vaidic period.

II. Early India: 1.

Mauryan art. 2.

Shunga art. 3.

Kushana art. III.

Classical India: 1. Gupta art.

IV. Medieval India: 1.

Post-Gupta art. 2.

South India. 3.

Eastern India. 4.

North India. 5.

Central India. 6.

Western India. V.

Mughal period: 1. Mughal painting.

VI. Rajput period: 1.

Rajasthani painting. 2.

Pahari painting. VII.

Modern period: 1. Introduction to modern art.

2. Modern painting.

3. Modern sculpture.

Glossary. Bibliography.

Index. "Present work Handbook of Indian Art has been based upon the study and progression of artistic styles of paintings and sculptures from pre-history to the modern period.

Documentation of the sights bearing a marked cultural and art historical importance have been incorporated to highlight the flourishing ties that India maintained during ancient and medieval periods with the surrounding countries. Various artistic strands with amazing synchronization of cultural synthesis illustrating Indian life (less)