Rupa Gupta – författare

A history of the rediscovery of India''s history...Through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Western world had very little knowledge - or an extremely distorted view - of the glorious and fascinating history of the Indian subcontinent. In fact, with little of the region''s 3000-year-old heritage formally preserved and documented, it was widely believed that the country''s history had begun with the reign of the Mughals. When the British gained control over the subcontinent, the scholars, explorers and Indophiles among them discovered things and areas of great historical wonder but found few answers. Armed with great intellectual curiosity, they set out to uncover things no one had given a thought to earlier.From William Jones who identified Chandragupta Maurya as ''Sandrocottus'' mentioned in Greek sources and set the first chronological point of reference for recorded Indian history to Charles Wilkins who designed the first typeface of the Bengali script; from Henry Colebrooke who shone light on the wonders of ancient Indian scientific knowledge to Alexander Cunningham, the father of Indian archaeology, who led the first excavation of the Harappa site in the Punjab - Forgotten Civilizations brings together the intriguing stories of fifteen intrepid Englishmen who dedicated their lives to rediscovering India''s ancient heritage and redefining the significance of its pluralistic and sophisticated culture to the rest of the world.

This volume uniquely highlights women’s empowerment, bringing in theoretical understandings, research studies and auto-ethnographic narratives of women belonging to different parts of the globe and paving the way towards achieving United Nations Sustainable Development goal 5. Its five distinct themes discuss the approaches, models, strategies, and a few success stories for empowering women, correlating and working towards a more equitable world. It also brings about other sustainable development goals integrated with gender equality and is essential for women’s overall well-being, safety, personal growth and development as individuals. A whole gamut of women’s development unfolds in the context of barriers and challenges to carve a niche to become empowered. The book is of interest to all those involved with women''s studies, sociology, and anthropology, with inspirational examples toward achieving women’s equality.