The intriguing history of Islam in South Asiarecounted, analyzed and interpreted from various viewpoints:this book is expected to be a useful contribution to theacademic literature on the history of the region. It is ancollection of papers authored by a group of distinguishedspecialists who participated in the International Seminar onIslamic History, Art and Culture in South Asia held inIslamabad, Pakistan in 1986

This collection of folk tales and folk lores comprises heroes and heroines of the Panjab in the times gone by. Often told in the form of poems and ballads by the muses of yore, the legends describe the life, loves, adventures and heroics of these colourful characters. The book brings out the true flavour of Punjabi poetry through renditions of many of the original poems