This volume deals specially with many major issues involved in India-ASEAN economic relations-trade, foreign investment, AFTA, challenge to ASEAN, East Asian financial crises, process of liberalization in India, and growing presence of China in Southeast Asia region. The issues have been selected in view of their two-way applicability in economic interaction-these are particularly relevant in the context of pursuit of India's "Look- East Policy" and sine qua non position of ASEAN init, it attempts to methodologically show that both India and ASEAN can explore new areas of mutual cooperation primarily to strengthen their domestic economies and their position in Asia and world, as well.

This book will be of particular interest to students of international relations, and to researchers, policy makers, and to those interested in Asian studies.

The present work fills in the gaps in the History of Northern India from 650 to 1200 A.D. Dr. J.N. Asopa has refuted on the basis of good arguments a number of statements advanced by previous and modern scholars about the origin of the Rajputs and the Palas and the original habitat of the Pratihavas. He has thrown sufficient light on the gortras of the Rajputs and their political revenues and feudal systems and has corrected misinterpretations about the history of Kalachuri Kakalla. Karna and I. The author has taken great pains in exploiting different sources and consulting many books to get the material for his book. He has also reinterpreted with success old sources, which had defied the genius of many a scholar.

Basically, the study of the geographical distribution of economic resources and their use is known as Economic Geography. Agriculture, energy, minerals and other natural resources having economic value etc. constitute the study material of economic geography.

This encyclopaedic work in three volumes gives an elaborate description of all pertinent aspects of economic geography.

Supported by facts and figures, this veritable mine of information will prove of utmost use for students, researchers and teachers in the field.

This book present an indepth study of the process of ancillarisation (sub-contracting) in the modern industrial structure. On the basis of theoretical and comprehensive empirical analysis, it attempts to resolve controversy over the rationale of the development of ancillarisation especially when this type of development is encouraged by a number of countries and large firms. A comparative study of large parent units and small ancillary unit in the context of cost and capital structures, efficiency and viability, wages and emoluments, etc. has been enunciated besides analysing parent- ancillary relationship.