India, a photographic journey (fotoboek) - John Gallagher
KORTE INHOUD
India is the largest democracy in the world: about a fifth of the world's population live in this colorful, exuberant land. From the earliest times India has been a cradle of civilization — the Indus Valley was the world's largest known urbanized Bronze Age civilization. India was the crossroads of Asia, with close links to both the West and the East. As such it was a temptation to would-be conquerors: Alexander the Great, the Moghuls, the British Empire. This melting pot of a country is host to dozens of ethnic types, dialects, and languages.
Yet for all its vitality, vibrancy and worldliness, there is a strong current of spirituality in India: two of the world's great religions — Hinduism and Buddhism — started here; Muslims have lived in India in greater numbers than elsewhere, and other religions such as Sikhism and Jainism have their roots here. Over a million Hindus make the pilgrimage to Varanesi to bathe in the holy waters of the Ganges each year.
India has a long history, but it does not look to the pa...
Yet for all its vitality, vibrancy and worldliness, there is a strong current of spirituality in India: two of the world's great religions — Hinduism and Buddhism — started here; Muslims have lived in India in greater numbers than elsewhere, and other religions such as Sikhism and Jainism have their roots here. Over a million Hindus make the pilgrimage to Varanesi to bathe in the holy waters of the Ganges each year.
India has a long history, but it does not look to the pa...
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2006Uitgever: Barnes & Noble,192 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1905573154ISBN-13: 9781905573158Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2006, 192 pp., hardcover met stofomslag 23,5 x 31 cm., 1320 gr., uitstekende conditie, met opdracht op schutblad
