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The Ganges
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Author : Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-08-07
The Ganges written by Vishwambhar Prasad Sati and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-07 with Science categories.
‘The Ganges: Cultural, Economic, and Environmental Importance’ is a geographical, cultural, economic, and environmental interpretation of the Ganga River. The Ganga River originates from Gaumukh- situated in the high Himalaya, flows through the world’s biggest fertile alluvial plain, and inlets into the Bay of Bengal at Ganga Sagar. It makes a unique natural and cultural landscape and is believed to be the holiest river of India. The Hindus called it ‘Mother Ganga’ and worship it. The towns/cities, situated on its bank, are world-famous and are known as the highland and valley pilgrimages. The water of the Ganga is pious, and the Hindus use it on different occasions while performing the rituals and customs. This book is unique because no previous study which presents a complete and comprehensive geographical description of the Ganga has been composed. This book presents the historical and cultural significance of the Ganga and its tributaries. Empirical, archival, and observation methods were applied to conduct this study. There are a total of 10 chapters in this book such as ‘Introduction’, ‘the Ganga Basin’, ‘Geography of the Ganga Basin’, ‘the Ganges System: Ganga and its Tributaries’, ‘Ganga between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi’, ‘the Major Cultural Towns’, ‘Major Fairs and Festivals’, ‘Economic Significance of the Ganga’, ‘Environmental Issues’, and ‘Conclusions’. The contents of the book are enriched by 89 figures, 15 tables, and substantial citations and references.
The Ganges
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Author : David Cumming
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Ganges written by David Cumming and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The Ganges is India's most famous river. From its source high in the Himalaya Mountains to its main mouth in Bangladesh, it flows through one of the world's most crowded regions. To Hindus everywhere, the Ganges is a holy river, and it has been closely associated with India's long history. The river also helps support millions of people -- from farmers to fishermen to traders -- and many industries have grown up along its banks. The Ganges is home to an amazing variety of animals and plants, including the rare Ganges River dolphin and the Royal Bengal tiger. Today, it makes news with its dramatic floods and pollution problems. Book jacket.
Thus Flows The Ganges
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Author : Sudhir Kumar Karan
language : en
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Release Date : 2004
Thus Flows The Ganges written by Sudhir Kumar Karan and has been published by Mittal Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with India categories.
Most Of The Papers Of This Book Were Read And Discussed In Various Conferences Of The All India Oriental Conferences Held In Jaipur University, Gujarat University, Maharashtra University And Gurukul Visvavidyalay And Seminars Organised By The Asiatic Society And Other Universities.
The Ganges In Myth And History
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Author : Steven G. Darian
language : en
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Release Date : 2001
The Ganges In Myth And History written by Steven G. Darian and has been published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
No river has kindled Man`s imagination like the Ganges. From its icy origins high in the Himalayas, this sacred river flows through the holy cities and the great plains of northern India to the Bay of Bengal. In a country where the red heat of summer inspires prayer for the coming monsoon, the life-giving waters of the Ganges have assumed legendary powers in the form of the Hindu goddess Ganga, the source of creation and abundance. Pilgrims flock to her shores to cleanse and purify themselves, to cure ailments, and to die that much closer to paradise. Steven Darian writes of the human experience and the legendary myths that surround the Ganges. While collecting material for this book, Dr. Darian lived by the Ganges, explored her shores, and was a pilgrim to the Ganga Sagar festival at Sagar Island off Calcutta where the sacred river and the ocean merge.
Ganges
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Author : Sudipta Sen
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-08
Ganges written by Sudipta Sen and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-08 with History categories.
A sweeping, interdisciplinary history of the world's third-largest river, a potent symbol across South Asia and the Hindu diaspora Originating in the Himalayas and flowing into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges is India's most important and sacred river. In this unprecedented work, historian Sudipta Sen tells the story of the Ganges, from the communities that arose on its banks to the merchants that navigated its waters, and the way it came to occupy center stage in the history and culture of the subcontinent. Sen begins his chronicle in prehistoric India, tracing the river's first settlers, its myths of origin in the Hindu tradition, and its significance during the ascendancy of popular Buddhism. In the following centuries, Indian empires, Central Asian regimes, European merchants, the British Empire, and the Indian nation-state all shaped the identity and ecology of the river. Weaving together geography, environmental politics, and religious history, Sen offers in this lavishly illustrated volume a remarkable portrait of one of the world's largest and most densely populated river basins.
River Of Life River Of Death
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Author : Victor Mallet
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
River Of Life River Of Death written by Victor Mallet and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with SCIENCE categories.
India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India. The waterway that has nourished more people than any on earth for three millennia is now so polluted with sewage and toxic waste that it has become a menace to human and animal health. Victor Mallet traces the holy river from source to mouth, and from ancient times to the present day, to find that the battle to rescue what is arguably the world's most important river is far from lost. As one Hindu sage told the author in Rishikesh on the banks of the upper Ganges (known to Hindus as the goddess Ganga): "If Ganga dies, India dies. If Ganga thrives, India thrives. The lives of 500 million people is no small thing." Drawing on four years of first-hand reporting and detailed historical and scientific research, Mallet delves into the religious, historical, and biological mysteries of the Ganges, and explains how Hindus can simultaneously revere and abuse their national river. Starting at the Himalayan glacier where the Ganges emerges pure and cold from an icy cave known as the "Cow's Mouth" and ending in the tiger-infested mangrove swamps of the Bay of Bengal, Mallet encounters everyone from the naked holy men who worship the river, to the engineers who divert its waters for irrigation, the scientists who study its bacteria, and Narendra Modi, the Hindu nationalist prime minister, who says he wants to save India's mother-river for posterity. Can they succeed in saving the river from catastrophe - or is it too late?
The Ganges
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Author : James Barter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Ganges written by James Barter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Discusses the source, course, and tributaries of the Ganges River, its spiritual significance, its use for agriculture and industry, and its problems with pollution.
The Ganges River
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Author : Earle Rice
language : en
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Release Date : 2012-09-30
The Ganges River written by Earle Rice and has been published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-30 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The Ganges is India’s holiest river. But to millions of devoted Hindus, it is much more than just a river. It is also a goddess and a benevolent mother—Ganga Ma or Great Mother. To her devotees, bathing in “Mother Ganga” washes away all sin, drinking her waters heals all illness, and dying on her banks ensures deliverance from the cycle of death and rebirth. Or so they believe. Ganga Ma begins at the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas. Her waters plunge spectacularly out of the lofty mountains, meander lazily across India’s broad Gangetic Plain into Bangladesh, and finally spread out fan–like with a thousand watery fingers to empty into the Bay of Bengal. For more than 1,500 miles, the watery personification of the goddess Ganga sustains life in one of the world’s most densely populated regions, and charts a spiritual course to eternal contentment for most of India’s Hindu masses.
On The Ganges
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Author : George Black
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2018-07-17
On The Ganges written by George Black and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-17 with HISTORY categories.
Travel along the shores of the Ganges and glimpse the past and future of the people who live there.
The Ganges River Basin
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Author : Luna Bharati
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-08-25
The Ganges River Basin written by Luna Bharati and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-25 with Nature categories.
The Ganges is one of the most complex yet fascinating river systems in the world. The basin is characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity from climatic, hydrological, geomorphological, cultural, environmental and socio-economic perspectives. More than 500 million people are directly or indirectly dependent upon the Ganges River Basin, which spans China, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. While there are many books covering one aspect of the Ganges, ranging from hydrology to cultural significance, this book is unique in presenting a comprehensive inter-disciplinary overview of the key issues and challenges facing the region. Contributors from the three main riparian nations assess the status and trends of water resources, including the Himalayas, groundwater, pollution, floods, drought and climate change. They describe livelihood systems in the basin, and the social, economic, geopolitical and institutional constraints, including transboundary disputes, to achieving productive, sustainable and equitable water access. Management of the main water-use sectors and their inter-linkages are reviewed, as well as the sustainability and trade-offs in conservation of natural systems and resource development such as for hydropower or agriculture.