The following are a selection of books on Central Asia.  These books are linked to show the complete table of contents and excerpts from the jacket/preface (please click on the hyperlinked  Details number at the end of each title). 

 

Updated August, 2008

Dueling Isms : Soviet and Regional Identity in Central Asia/Nandini Bhattacharya. Delhi, Shipra Pub., 2008, xvi, 292 p., $25. ISBN 81-7541-370-2.   Details No. 56850

Adventures in Central Asia : A Hungarian in the Great Game/L. Berzenczey. Edited by P.J. Marczell. New Delhi, Pentagon Press, 2007, xx, 224 p., ills., maps, $39. ISBN 81-8274-303-6.  Details No. 52356

Afghanistan, Central Asia, Pakistan and the United States/Musa Khan Jalalzai. Lahore, Bookbiz, 2003, 301 p., $33. ISBN 969-8761-01-2.  Details No. 37560

Afghanistan and Central Asia in the New Great Game/Shams-Ud-Din and Bhaswati Sarkar. New Delhi, Lancer’s Books, 2003, 193 p., $24. ISBN 81-7095-097-X.  Details No. 30668

Ancient Gods and Heroes of East and West/Marta Vannucci. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2007, xxii, 468 p., figs., maps, table, $50. ISBN 81-246-0413-4.  Details No. 50897

Art of Central Asia/Chhaya Bhattacharya. New Delhi, Agam, 1977, Hardbound, $61.  Details No. 32503

Asian Strategic Review 2007/edited by S.D. Muni. New Delhi, Academic Foundation, 2008, 316 p., tables, $45. ISBN 81-7188-6671.  Details No. 55997

Aurel Stein in Kashmir : The Sanskritist of Mohand Marg/S.N. Pandita. New Delhi, Om Publications, 2004, xxvi, 276 p., $42. ISBN 81-86867-83-X.  Details No. 37347

Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis : Central Asia and Middle East/N. Hanif. New Delhi, Sarup, 2002, xii, 507 p., $72. ISBN 81-7625-266-2. Details No. 22610

Brahmi Script : Development in North-Western India and Central Asia/Ram Sharma. Delhi, B.R. Pub., 2002, 2 Vols., xviii, 483 p., $61. ISBN 81-7646-185-7. Details No. 27303

Buddhism in Central Asia (Buddhist Tradition Series Vol. 4)/B.N. Puri. New Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1999, $22. Details No. 31822

Central Asia : The Challenges of Independence/edited by Boris Rumer and Stanislav Zhukov. Delhi, Aakar Books, 2003, ix, 307 p., tables, $36. ISBN 81-87879-05-X.  Details No. 30147

Central Asia-China Relations Since--1991/Bhagaban Behera. Delhi, Vista International Pub., 2006, xii, 210 p., $28. ISBN 81-89652-27-3.  Details No. 46572

Central Asia : Economy, Environment and Culture/Mohammad Shafi. New Delhi, Rawat Pub., 2007, x, 214 p., tables, figs., $28. ISBN 81-316-0060-2. Details No. 49938

Central Asia : Imperialistic Motivations and Sinkian'g/Aftab Ahmad Khan. 1998, vi, 164 p., $24. ISBN 81-86762-11-6. Details No. 14380

Central Asia : Pre-Historic to Pre-Modern Times/B.G. Gafurov. Introduction by Devendra Kaushik. Delhi, Shipra, 2005, 2 Vols., lxiv, 964 p., $95 (set). ISBN 81-7541-246-1.  Details No. 42233

Central Asia : Present Challenges and Future Prospects/edited by V. Nagendra Rao and Mohammad Monir Alam. New Delhi, Knowledge World, 2005, xvi, 354 p., tables, $40. ISBN 81-87966-34-3. Details No. 46178

Central Asia : An Outline History/Ram Rahul. 1997, 170 p., $16. Details No. 13367

Central Asia: Security and Strategic Imperatives/Tabasum Firdous. Delhi, Kalpaz, 2002, 226 p., $34. ISBN 81-7835-079-3. Details No. 23227

Central Asia : Since Independence/edited by K. Warikoo and Mahavir Singh. Delhi, Shipra, 2004, xii, 356 p., $40. ISBN 81-7541-164-3.  Details No. 41739

Central Asia : A Textbook History/Ram Rahul. Delhi, 2000, 144 p., map, $15. ISBN 81-215-0888-6. Details No. 15642

Central Asia-Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet and Central Asia/Bayard Taylor. Reprint. Delhi, 1997, Hardbound, AES, $28. Details No. 35637

Central Asia : Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet, and Central Asia/compiled by Bayard Taylor. New Delhi, Cosmo, 2005, vi, 296 p., $40. ISBN 81-307-138-3.  Details No. 46596

Central Asia and Kashmir : Archaeobotany and Floristics/P. Kachroo. Jodhpur, Scientific, 1995, 162 p., figs., col. plates, $36. ISBN 81-7233-079-0. Details No. 10296

Central Asia from the Aryan to the Cossack/James Hutton. Reprint. New Delhi, Manas, 2005, viii, 472 p., $45. ISBN 81-7049-266-1.  Details No. 42648

Central Asia in the Sixteenth Century/Mansura Haidar. New Delhi, Manohar, 2002, 404 p., maps, $48. ISBN 81-7304-462-7. Details 28603

Central Asia in Transition: Dilemmas of Political and Economic Development/edited by Boris Rumer. Delhi, Aakar Books, 2003, xx, 286 p., tables, figs., map, $36. ISBN 81-87879-04-1.   Details No. 30148

Central Asian Art : New Revelations From Xinjiang/P. Banerjee. Noida, Abha Prakashan, 2001, vi, 218 p., illus., $176. ISBN 81-85704-24-4. Details No. 33626

Communities and Conservation : Natural Resource Management in South and Central Asia/edited by Ashish Kothari Neema Pathak, R.V. Anuradha and Bansuri Taneja. 1998, 505 p., map, $45. ISBN 81-7036-739-5. Details No. 13633

A Descriptive Catalogue of Central Asian Documents/Abdus Subhan. New Delhi, Northern Book Centre, 1997, xiii, 196 p., $33. ISBN 81-85119-77-5. Details No. 12656

Dialogue and Understanding : Central Asia and India : The Soviet and the Post-Soviet Era/Surendra Gopal. New Delhi, Shipra, 2005, ix, 194 p., $25. ISBN 81-7541-237-2.  Details No. 41744

Dynamics of Political Development in Central Asia/Phool Badan. New Delhi, Lancer’s, 2001, 227 p., $25. ISBN 81-7095-084-X. Details No. 25120

Early Jesuit Travellers in Central Asia (1603-1721)|C. Wessels. Reprint. New Delhi, AES, 1992, $33. Details No. 17191

Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Middle-East and Central Asia/edited by R. Khanam. New Delhi, Global Vision, 2005, 3 vols., xlv, 950 p., $280 (set). ISBN 81-8220-062-8.  Details No. 39246

Ethnic Conflict in Central Asia : A Comparative Study of Tibet and Kazakhstan/P. Geetha Lakshmi. New Delhi, Cosmo, 2003, xiv, 228 p., $28. ISBN 81-7755-552-9. Details No. 33045

Ethnicity, Modernity and Nationalism in Central Asia : Nation Building Experiences in Kazakhstan/Manish Jha. Delhi, Academic Excellence, 2007, xii, 276 p., $39. ISBN 81-89901-14-1.  Details No. 51338

Ethnicity and Politics in Central Asia/K. Warikoo and Dawa Norbu. New Delhi, South Asian Publishers, 1992, $20. Details No. 37237

From the Gulf to Ararat : An Expedition Through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan/G.E. Hubbard. New Delhi, AES, 2003, xv, 273 p., illust., $39. ISBN 81-206-1725-8.  Details No. 30858

History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 1: The Dawn of Civilization: Earliest Times to 700 B.C./edited by A.H. Dani and V.M. Masson. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2000, 535 p., plates, figs, $83 (Vol. I). ISBN 81-208-1407-X  Details No. 18716

History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume II : The Development of Sedentary and Nomadic Civilizations, 700 B.C. to A.D. 250/edited by Janos Harmatta. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1999, 573 p., maps, plates, figs, $83 (Vol. II). ISBN 81-208-1408-8. Details No. 18718

History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume III : The Crossroads of Civilizations: A.D. 250 to 750/edited by B.A. Litvinsky. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1999, 569 p., plates, figs., maps, $83 (Vol. III). ISBN 81-208-1540-8. Details No. 18719

History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume IV: The Age of Achievement : A.D. 750 to the End of the Fifteenth Century : Part One : The Historical Social and Economic Setting/edited by M.S. Asimov and C.E. Bosworth. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1999, 485 p., maps, $83 (Vo. IV). ISBN 81-208-1595-5. Details No. 18721

History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume IV, The Age of Achievement : A.D. 750 to the End of the Fifteenth Century, Part II/edited by C.E. Bosworth and M.S. Asimov. Delhi, Motilal, 2003, 700 p., maps, figs., $77 (Vol. IV, Part II). ISBN 81-208-1596-3.   Details No. 34051  

India Centralasia Russia : Potential for Regional Co-Operation/Ajish P. Joy. New Delhi, Samskriti, 2007, xxii, 128 p., $20 (pbk). ISBN 81-87374-49-7.  Details No. 53611

India and Central Asia : Classical to Contemporary Periods/edited by J.N. Roy and B.B. Kumar. New Delhi, Concept Pub., 2007, x, 318 p., tables, $33. ISBN 81-8069-457-7. Details No. 52998

India and Central Asia : Commerce and Culture, 1500-1800/edited by Scott C. Levi. New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2007, viii, 286 p., maps, $33. ISBN 0-19-568647-0. Details No. 50140

India and Kazakhstan : Civilizational Explorations/P. Stobdan. New Delhi, Heritage, 2003, xii, 150 p., $22. ISBN 81-7026-201-1. Details No. 33354

India and Tajikistan : Revitalising a Traditional Relationship/edited by Mahavir Singh. New Delhi, Anamika, 2003, 208 p., $20. ISBN 81-7975-064-7. Details No. 32343

India's Overland Trade with Central Asia and Persia : During the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries/Joginder K. Chawla. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 2006, xxii, 177 p., maps, $25. ISBN 81-215-1160-7.  Details No. 43489

Indo-Central Asian Relations : From Early Times to Medieval Period/Mansura Haidar. New Delhi, Manohar, 2004, 426 p., $48. ISBN 81-7304-508-9.  Details No. 38053

Journal of  Urusvati Himalayan Research Institute of Roerich Museum. Reprint. First published in 1931-1933. New Delhi, Vedams, 2003, 3 volumes (bound in one), xvi, 534 p., plates, $66. ISBN 81-7936-011-3.  Details No. 32241

March of Central Asia/Ram Rahul. Delhi, Indus, 2000, 208 p., $19. ISBN 81-7387-109-4. Details No. 17494

Medieval Central Asia : Polity, Economy and Military Organization/Mansura Haidar. New Delhi, Manohar, 2004, 525 p., $55. ISBN 81-7304-554-2.  Details No. 37921

Mind and Vision: Perceptions of Reform in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan/Suchandana Chatterjee. New Delhi, Bookwell, 2006, xii, 176 p., tables, $22. ISBN 81-89640-03-8. Details No. 46310

Muslim Feminism and Feminist Movement : Africa/edited by Abida Samiuddin and R. Khanam. Delhi, Global Vision Pub., 2002, 2 Vols., xvi, 830 p., $88 (set). ISBN 81-87746-43-2.  Details No. 29292

Muslim Feminism and Feminist Movement : Central Asia/edited by Abida Samiuddin and R. Khanam. Delhi, Global Vision Pub., 2002, viii, 416 p., $55. ISBN 81-87746-34-3.   Details No. 29294

Nationalism in Russia and Central Asian Republics : Unfinished Democratic Revolution/Shams-ud-Din. 1999, 388 p., $34. ISBN 81-7095-070-8. Details No. 14316

Nations, Minorities and States in Central Asia/Ajay Patnaik. Kolkata, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies for Anamika, 2003, 266 p., $36. ISBN 81-7975-070-1.  Details No. 36601

On the Trail of Ancient Man : A Narrative of the Field Work of the Central Asiatic Expeditions/Roy Chapman Andrews. Reprint. 1998, xxii, $69. Details No. 13537

Oriental and Western Siberia : A Narrative of Seven Years Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, The Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia/Thomas Witlam Atkinson. Reprint. First published in 1859. Delhi, Asian Educational Services, 2000, 483 p., plates, $44. ISBN 81-206-1468-2. Details No. 17597

Political Culture and Democratic Development in Central Asia/Nalin Kumar Mohapatra. New Delhi, Bookwell, 2006, xvi, 346 p., tables, $42. ISBN 81-89640-17-8.  Details No. 47411

The Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform : Jadidism in Central Asia/Adeeb Khalid. Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2000, 335 p., $29. Details No. 17558

Reconnoitring Central Asia: Pioneering Adventures in the Region Lying between Russia and India/Charles Marvin. Reprint. New Delhi, Bhavana, 2001, xviii, 416 p., $53. ISBN 81-86505-04-4. Details No. 23121

The Rise and Fall of the Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom/H. Sidky. Jaipur, ABD Pub., 2004, x, 146 p., plates, $36. ISBN 81-89011-33-2.  Details No. 38785

Russia, China and Multilateralism in Central Asia/Anita Sengupta. Delhi, Shipra, 2005, xxv, 243 p., $28. ISBN 81-7541-235-6.  Details No. 41743

Social Transformation in Central Asia : A Case Study of Uzbekistan/Ali Mohamad Rather. New Delhi, Classical, 2004, viii, 208 p., tables, $17. ISBN 81-7054-395-4.  Details No. 39046

South Asia and Central Asia : Geopolitical Dynamics/Ambrish Dhaka. Jaipur, Mangal Deep, 2005, ix, 220 p., $31. ISBN 81-7594-181-2.  Details No. 41599

State in India, Pakistan, Russia and Central Asia/Rakesh Gupta. Delhi, Kalpaz Pub., 2004, 296 p., $36. ISBN 81-7835-263-X.    Details No. 34274

Struggle for Spheres of Interest in Trans-Caucasia-Central Asia and India's Stakes : An Appraisal of India's Central Asia Policy/Sheel K. Asopa. New Delhi, Manak Pub., 2006, xvi, 376 p., maps, tables, $30. ISBN 81-7827-140-0.  Details No. 49332

Terrorism and Militancy in Central Asia/Jatin Kumar Mohanty. New Delhi, Kalpaz, 2006, 307 p., tables, $42. ISBN 81-7835-322-9.  Details No. 44083

Through Russian Central Asia/Stephen Graham. Reprint. New Delhi, Asian Educational Services, 2004, xii, 280 p., photos, ills., $55. ISBN 81-206-1924-2.  Details No. 37846

Trails to Inmost Asia : Five Years of Exploration with the Roerich Central Asian Expedition/George N. Roerich. Reprint. Delhi, Book Faith, 1996, xx, 504 p., map, figs., plates, $52. ISBN 81-7303-032-4. Details No. 11503

The Transformation of Central Asia : States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence/edited by Pauline Jones Luong. New Delhi, Manas, 2005, xii, 332 p., $40. ISBN 81-7049-257-2.  Details No. 41133

Travels and Adventures In Central Asia : A Ride to Khiva/Fred Burnaby. Reprint. New Delhi, Bhavana Books, 2001, xviii, 487 p., $53. ISBN: 81-86505-05-9. Details No. 22035

The Wall Paintings of India, Central Asia & Ceylon/Anand K. Coomaraswamy. New Delhi, Eastern Book Linkers, 1985, 2 Vols., $99 (set).  Details No. 41000