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B.I · 18th March 2005, 06:15 PM

i agree, but there is a resurgance of books written on indian art by indians, and luckily it is mosty in english. these publications find themselves in a western market, and most can easily be found in online booksellers. they never seem to push past known knowledge unfortunately and therefore are seldom taken seriously (hence the ommision in bibliographies) pant seems to have dominated the indian market for arms but his books are of little academic use. i dont think a book on arms could have been published without being known, especially as many indian booksellers freely sell abroad.
turkey, however, has done an outstanding job in their participation to serious knowledge. many publications find their way over the web and are not too difficult to find. its criminal that they are shelved with the other, non academic picture books, as until i learn turkish, thats all them can be. picking through them you now that there is good information there.
if you think about how many books have actually been published in english by western authors, there isnt much (in comparison to time if you reach back as far as egerton).
jens, i am envious you can speak ONLY 3 or 4 launguages. we tend to go abroad and in our arrogance, expect everyone to speak english. there are books on my shelves i would truly love to be able to read.

18th March 2005, 06:15 PM	#10
B.I Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 485	i agree, but there is a resurgance of books written on indian art by indians, and luckily it is mosty in english. these publications find themselves in a western market, and most can easily be found in online booksellers. they never seem to push past known knowledge unfortunately and therefore are seldom taken seriously (hence the ommision in bibliographies) pant seems to have dominated the indian market for arms but his books are of little academic use. i dont think a book on arms could have been published without being known, especially as many indian booksellers freely sell abroad. turkey, however, has done an outstanding job in their participation to serious knowledge. many publications find their way over the web and are not too difficult to find. its criminal that they are shelved with the other, non academic picture books, as until i learn turkish, thats all them can be. picking through them you now that there is good information there. if you think about how many books have actually been published in english by western authors, there isnt much (in comparison to time if you reach back as far as egerton). jens, i am envious you can speak ONLY 3 or 4 launguages. we tend to go abroad and in our arrogance, expect everyone to speak english. there are books on my shelves i would truly love to be able to read.