Of Sacred and Secular Desire: An Anthology of Lyrical Writings from the Punjab

by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

Book Overview

The fertile land of the five rivers (punj+ab in Persian) has persistently stirred the imagination of its peoples. Its story is the story of invasion. In 326 BCE Alexander the Great marched through the Hindu Kush, conquered the verdant plains now divided between India and Pakistan, and stamped Greek cultural and linguistic influence on the region. Over the centuries the lure of the Punjab attracted further waves of outsiders: Scythians, Sassanians,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848858833
• ISBN13: 9781848858831
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"