Book Library on Indian Culture-Art and History of India
03/03/2016 11:32
Books are an important source of learning or simply interested to know more about culture, society or tradition of any nation, region or geographical place. There are several books which are available on Indian nation at various places for knowing more about the culture of India.
As there are many books which one can find online, not all of them are authentic sources to know more about Indian culture or society. There are very few genuine scholars who have done thorough research on the subject for enhancing the knowledge on Indian culture and tradition.
Book Library on Indian Culture-Art
Reference Materials, catalogues and Book library on Indian Culture
The books which are available on Indian culture are on several themes and topics and written by various scholars. These can be divided into books, catalogues or simply reference materials. Book library on Indian culture have two categories of books like pre 1947 books and post 1947 books. 1947, the year of Indian independence is a major point in history of the Indian subcontinent as the geographic boundaries and its people were divided into two nations. There are reference materials like news websites, even websites and newspaper articles on various events leading to the independence of India.
There are many books on the pre 1947 Indian society who have written a lot about the sociocultural context and political situations of the Indian subcontinent. There are authors like Jalal-ud-din Ahmed, Dr Muhammad Sirajulislam, Nazrul Islam, MR Achrekar, GayatriSinha, Sultan Ali, RoobinaKarode, and Ram Chhaterji.
These authors are considered to be pioneer writers having books on Indian society and culture. Their books are based on several themes and genres like Indian history, Indian freedom movement, art and paintings, Indian art evolution. These books are considered to be one of the best for the budding researchers and readers of Indian history and culture.
These books are not freely available for sale as they have antique values with them. There are many book galleries and exhibitions where these books are made available for the general public. Usually there are auctions for the rare books on Indian culture.
These books are a prize for any book lover. Hence the auctioning of these books raises a large amount of money. There are many post 1947 books too which are available on Indian culture and society. Some of the famous authors of post 1947 books are Rabindranath Tagore, Berriedale Keith, Abulfazl, ChaturbhujMisr, DhoomiDharam Das and Francis Bernier.