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Item Code:	IDE273
Author:	Edited By Dr. R. K. Sharma, Devendra Handa
Publisher:	Aryan Books International
Language:	English
Edition:	2005
ISBN:	8173052891
Pages:	520 (B & W Illus: 113, Figures & Maps: 66)
Cover:	Hardcover
Other Details	11.0" X 8.8"
Weight	2.31 kg

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Contributors:

Agrawala, R. C. Agrawal, Ashvini Agrawal, K. L. Anand, Kumar Andare, Shridhar Arya, Samarendra Narayan Badam, G. L. Bakker, Hans Bandodker, S. N. Bhatt, R. C. Bhatt, S. K. Bhowmick, Atul C. Chattopadhyay, Pranab K. Chauhan, M. S. Dayakar, G. De, Gourisankar Deshpande, Brahmanand Gadgil, Vidya Gaur, A. S. Gokhale, Shobhana Gupta, Chandrashekhar Handa, Devendra Jamindar, Rasesh Jawaharlal, Rasesh Jawaharlal, G. Jha, V. D. Khwaja, G. S. Kellellu, Ismail Kulkarni, Prashant P. Kumar, Arun Kumar, Manmohan Mahajan, Malati Manuel, J. Mukharya, P. S. Mukherjee, B. N. Murthy, A. V. Narasimha Nautiyal, M. K. Nayak, P. K. Ojha, N. K. Pandeya, Vijoy Lakshmi Pandya, Suman Quddusi, M. Ilyas Reddy, P. Chyenna, Ritti, Shrinivas Sahai, Bhagawant Sahu, N. B. Sarma, I. K. Sastry, P. V. Parabrahma Satya Vrat Sen, Aloka Parasher Sharma, S. R. Shelat, Bharati Shivananda, V. Singh, Purushottam Spink, Walter M. Sullerey, S. K. Sundaresh Suresh, K. M. Tiwari, Maruti Nandan Tripathy, Snigdha Tripati, Sila trivedi, Preety A. Upadhyaya, Avinash Upadhyaya, Vibha Upadhyaya, Madan Mohan velinker, Joseph Vora, K. H.

About the Editors:

Prof. R. K. Sharma (b. 1932) Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and archaeology and Dean, Faculty of social Sciences, University of Jabalpur retired in 1992. His contributions to the cause of Indian Archaeology in general and Archaeology of Madhya Pradesh in particular are widely acclaimed. His prestigious publications (over twenty) include: Prehistoric Art in India (Dr. S. K. Pandey Fel. Vol.) (Ed.), Delhi, 1996; Kalachuri: Rajvansh Aur Unka Yug, 2 vols, Delhi, 1998 and Tribal History of Central India, 3 vol., Delhi, 2002. A. Series of other publications are in process.

Shri Devendra Hnada holds postgraduate degrees in Sanskrit, History and Education - all in First class and with top positions in the University. After a teaching career of more than thirty years, he finally retired form the Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1999. He is known to the indologists through more than three hundred research papers and numerous monographs. His major works include: Osian: History, Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Delhi, 1984; Studies in Indian Coins and Seals, Delhi, 1985; Ajay Mitra Shastri Felicitation Volume), 2 vols. (Ed.), Delhi, 1989; Jaina Bronzes from Hansi, and Antiquity of Pehowa - Ancient Prithudaka, Delhi, 2004

CONTENTS

List of Illustration	xi
List of Abbreviation	xvii
List of Contributors	xix

VOLUME I

TRIBUTES

My Pitajee -Avinash Upadhyaya	lvi
Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: Down the Memory Lane -Bhagwant Sahai	lviii
Ajay Mitra: My Friend -B. N. Mukherjee	lxi
Commemorating Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri -Hans BakkerBhagwant Sahai	lxii
Late Ajay Mitra Shastri -I. K. Sarna	lxviii
Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: My Guru -Chandrashekhar Gupta	lxvii
Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: An Unfathomable Ocean of Knowledge -S. K. Bhatt	lxix
Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: Reminiscences of a Scholar -Bharati Shelat	lxx
A Scholar with Diligence and Industry -Rasesh Jamindar	lxii
Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri -Joseph Velinkar	lxxiv

SECTION I: ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY

1. A Few New Fossil Sites from the Upper Godavari Valley, Nasik District, Maharashtra -Arun Kumar & G. L. Badam	3
2. Palaeoenvironmental and Taphonomic Assessment of Western Maharashtra from Mid Pleistocene Times -G. L. Badam	8
3. Some New Thoughts on the Discovery of Ancient Dwarka -Sundaresh, A. S. Gaur, K. H. Vora, Sila Tripati &S. N. Bandodker	22
4. Underwater Explorations of a Sangam Period Port Town at Poompuhar, East Coast of Indian -A. S. Gaur, Sundaresh & Sila Tripati	33
5. Recent Explorations in District Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh -V. Shivananda & N. B. Sahu	44
6. Excavation of Megalithic Burials at Dhamna (Linga), District Nagpur, Maharashtra -Chandrashekhar Gupta & Ismail Kellelu	51
7. Knobbed Vessels in Southeast Asia -Ashok K. Singh & Pranab K. Chattopadhyay	66
8. Antiquarian Remains of Buxar -Kumar Anand	74
9. Unique Findings in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh -G. Jawaharlal	79
10. Contribution of Eran to Indian History -V. D. Jha	83
11. Sir Alexander Cunningham (1814-1893) -Purushottam Singh	88
12. Brief Study of Medicine and Medical Care in Ancient India -Vijoy Lakshmi Pandeya	92
13. Mauryan State's Attitude Towards Tribes and Frontier People -Aloka Parasher-Sen	99
14. Himalayan Expeditions of the Maukharis vis-à-vis Huna Invasion -R. C. Bhatt, K. P. Nautiyal & M. K. Nautiyal	109
15. Gopala: The Saviour of Kirttivarman Chandella -K. L. Agrawal	116
16. Jagaddeva Episode in Chalukya History -Shrinivas Ritti	121
17. The 'Meru' Problem in Rastrakuta History -Brahmanand Deshpande	124
18. An Eyewitness Account of the Religious Bigotry of Aurangazeb by Mahamati Prananatha -P. S. Mukharya	131
19. Trade and Commerce Under the Qutb Shahis (AD 1518-1687) -P. Chenna Reddy & G. Dayakar	140

SECTION II: ART AND ARCHITECTURE

20. Asva-mukhi Yaksi -Gourisankar De	153
21. Buddhist Architecture in Vidarbha Region -M. Ilyas Quddusi	156
22. Ajanta's Dhabdhaba -Walter M. Spink	161
23. Bahubali Images in Karnataka -Maruti Nandan Tiwari	165
24. Reclassification of Chandella Sculptures -S. K. Sullerey	169
25. Temples of Boudh -P. K. Nayak	172
26. Trikuta Surya-Narayana Temple at Magala -K. M. Suresh	177
27. Miniature Dehura: A Unique Temple Style In Banjar, Dist. Kullu (H. P.) -M. S. Chauhan	180
28. Mason Marks and Dating of Bilhari Temple (Dist Katni) -Madan Mohan Upadhyay	187
29. Vijayanagara Period: Resurgence and Continuity in Architecture, Art and Religion -J. Manuel	191
30. Mahisamardini alias Sachchika in Western Rajasthan -R. C. Agrawala	198
31. Six-armed Image of Avalokitesvara in the Art of Bihar -Preety A. Trivedi	210
33. An Illustrated Manuscript of Sundara Sringara by Kaviraja Jagannatha -Shridhar Andhare	217
34. The Poattern of Town in Ancient Karnataka -A. V. Narasimha Murthy	221
35. Who Constructed the Rani-ki-Vav of Patan? -Suman Pandya	226

VOLUME II
SECTION III: EPIGRAPHY AND NUMISMATICS

36. Yupa Inscription -Vibha Upadhyaya	233
37. A Note on Skandagupta's Bhitari Inscription VV. 8-12 -Hans Bakker	248
38. Copperplate Inscription of Sri Harsa from Punbjab -Manmohan Kumar	252
39. A Survey of Inscription from Haryana -Devendra Handa	259
40. Glimpses of Warfare and Military Organiztation in Ancient Chhattisgarh (Daksina Kosala) -S. R. Sharma	284
41. Kandavindha Copperplate Charter of Mahabhavagupta IV Udyotakesarin, Year 3 -Snigdha Tripathy	288
42. The Brhadisvara Temple Inscription of the Bhosales of Tanjore -Vidya Gadgil	296
43. Epigraphs of Gujarat -Bharati Shelat	302
44. Nasik: The Training Centre of Buddhist Monks -Shobhana Gokhale	312
45. Two New Scepter Type Coins of Chandragupta -Prashant P. Kulkarni	319
46. Medieval Coins of Ellichpur Mint -G. S. Khwaja	325

SECTION IV: MISCELLANEOUS

47. Tracing the Formative Stage of Family -Atul C. Bhowmick	335
48. Varnas / Caste as Conceived in the Vedas -B. K. Pandeya	340
49. The Curse of Dice -N. K. Ojha	352
50. Sita in Valmiki Ramayana -G. C. Nayak	355
51. A Note on Ramopakhyana -Satya Vrat	361
52. Manu on Women -Ashvini Agrawal	367
53. Brahmanism and Cultural Integration of Bharata -P. V. Parabrahma Sastry	372
54. India and Nepal -I. K. Sarma	379
55. Some Peculiar Orissan Place Names and Their Cultural History -Malati Mahajan	389
56. Holy Places and Temples in the works of sri-Harsa -Samarendra Narayan Arya	402
57. Roe of Water in the Growth of Indian Culture with Reference to Preservation of Water -Rasesh Jamindar	405
58. Wonder that is India: Unity in Diversity -S. K. Bhatt	413

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