What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.'Despite this oft-quoted William Shakespeare saying, names are often an important gateway to people's culture, history and social characteristics. The scope of their analysis spans a variety of areas including linguistics, history, archaeology, folklore, social anthropology and literature. This book on Indian names consists of twenty brilliant pieces, contributed by academicians from leading universities and institutes from all over the country, as well as from New York, Texas and California universities. The personal names, nicknames, surnames, pen names and place names covered here represent almost every language flourishing in the subcontinent.

Publisher: Rupa Publications India

Author: Raja Ram Mehrotra

Pages: 292

ISBN: 9788171675425

Publication Date: 01 January 2001