Part of a series that offers mainly linguistic and anthropological research and teaching/learning material on a region of great cultural and strategic interest and importance in the post-Soviet era.

Svat Soucek's book offers a short and accessible introduction to the history of Inner Asia. The narrative, which begins with the arrival of Islam, charts the rise and fall of the different dynasties right up to the Russian conquest. Dynastic tables and maps augment and elucidate the text. The contemporary focus rests on the seven countries which make up the core of present-day ...(展开全部)

Svat Soucek's book offers a short and accessible introduction to the history of Inner Asia. The narrative, which begins with the arrival of Islam, charts the rise and fall of the different dynasties right up to the Russian conquest. Dynastic tables and maps augment and elucidate the text. The contemporary focus rests on the seven countries which make up the core of present-day ...(展开全部)

This volume introduces the geographical setting of Central Asia and follows its history from the palaeolithic era to the rise of the Mongol empire in the thirteenth century. From earliest times Central Asia linked and separated the great sedentary civilisations of Europe and Asia. In the pre-modern period 'Inner Asia' was definable more as a cultural than a geographical entity,...(展开全部)

This book brings together the most important articles of the late Joseph F. Fletcher (1934–84), a scholar widely acclaimed for the breadth and brilliance of his historical thought and for his almost unequalled linguistic competence. Fletcher’s mastery of the major languages and historical traditions of East Asia, the Middle East and Europe gave him a unique ability to trace...(展开全部)

This volume centres on the history and legacy of the Mongol World Empire founded by Chinggis Khan and his sons, including its impact upon the modern world. An international team of scholars examines the political and cultural history of the Mongol empire, its Chinggisid successor states, and the non-Chinggisid dynasties that came to dominate Inner Asia in its wake. Geographical...(展开全部)

The Qing empire and the Dalai Lama-led Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism came into contact in the eighteenth century. Their interconnections would shape regional politics and the geopolitical history of Inner Asia for centuries to come. In Common Ground, Lan Wu analyzes how Tibetan Buddhists and the Qing imperial rulers interacted and negotiated as both sought strategies to expa...(展开全部)

萨古鲁（Sadguru），全名：萨古鲁‧贾吉‧瓦殊戴夫（Sadguru Jaggi Vasudeva，1957年9月3日－），出生于印度迈索尔(Mysore)，是一位瑜伽大师、作家，也是“Isha瑜伽”以及Isha基金会的创始人。 萨古鲁于1992年成立Isha基金会（Isha Foundation），1994年成立了艾萨瑜伽中心，是传授正统瑜伽的非盈利组织，其瑜伽传播范围遍及印度、美国、英国、黎巴嫩、新加坡、加拿大、马来西亚、乌干达和澳大利亚。Isha基金会同时也参加各种社会、社区发展活动，联合国经济与社会理事会因此授与它特殊咨商地位。 2006年，萨古鲁发起绿手计划（Green Hands），力图防止和扭转环境恶化，目标是要在淡米尔纳德邦增加10％的绿化率。2006年10月，256289名志愿者在淡米尔纳德邦的27个区的6284地点，种下了共计8...(展开全部)

Created in collaboration with the British Museum, this richly illustrated volume displays the arts, histories, and cultures of Southeast Asia from about 6,000 years ago to the twenty-first century, covering modern-day Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor, Brunei, the Philippines, and Singapore. The incredible diversity of the region appear...(展开全部)