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Rock Art and Rock Paintings We are pleased to present a select list of books on the Rock Arts of India. These books have been authored by distinguished academicians. Please click on Details at the end of each entry to see complete table of contents and excerpts from the jacket/preface of books. We can supply you any title published in India by any publisher. Please e-mail us if you are looking for a book not on our list. Our e-mail address is vedams@vedamsbooks.com |
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The Art of Ajanta : New Perspectives, Vols. I and II/edited by Ratan Parimoo, Deepak Kannal, Shivaji Panikkar, Jayaram Poduval and Indramohan Sharma. New Delhi, Books and Books, 1991, xxiv, 551 p., 8 colour plates, 294 black and white plates, 43 figs., ISBN 81-85016-32-1. Details No. 60475 |
Aesthetics of Pictorial Language/Soubhagya Pathy. New Delhi, Harman, 2006, xviii, 358 p., figs., $90. ISBN 81-86622-82-9. Details No. 45991
Conservation of Rock Art/edited by Bansi Lal Malla. 1999, 81 p., colour plates, $17. ISBN 81-7305-149-6. Details No. 14253
Dunhuang Art : Through the Eyes of Duan Wenjie/edited and introduction by Tan Chung. Foreword by Kapila Vatsyayan. 1994, 456 p., 64 colour illustrations, line drawing, black & white photographs, $63. Details No. 9472
Early Caves of Maharashtra--A Cultural Study/Pradip Shaligram Meshram. 1991, vi, 172 p., 19 plates, $33. Details No. 6824
Excavating Painted Rockshelters/A.K. Sharma. Delhi, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2006, xvi, 124 p., plates, figs., $55. ISBN 81-8090-115-7. Details No. 47008
Indian Rock Art and its Global Context/Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty and Robert G. Bednarik. 1997, 228 p., 198 Col. plates, $86. Details No. 12774
Prehistoric Rock Paintings of Bhimbetka/Yashodhar Mathpal. New Delhi, Abhinav, 234 p., illus., tables, $33. ISBN 81-7017-193-8. Details No. 36278
Riddles of Indian Rockshelter Paintings/S.K. Tiwari. 2000, 285 p., figs., tables, $32. ISBN 81-7625-086-4. Details No. 15072
Rock Art in Kerala/Yashodhar Mathpal. 1998, xv, 79 p., plates, maps, $53. Details No. 13045
Rock Art in Kumaon Himalaya/Yashodhar Mathpal. 1995, xxii, 92 p., 65 plates, col. plates, $46. Details No. 10606
Rock Art Science : The Scientific Study of Palaeoart/Robert G. Bednarik. New Delhi, Aryan Books International, 2007, viii, 220 p., figs., $65. ISBN 81-7305-318-9. Details No. 49196
Rock-Cut Temple Styles : Early Pandyan Art and The Ellora Shrines/K.V. Soundara Rajan. 1998, xiv, 180 p., plates, $30. ISBN 81-7039-218-7. Details No. 13775
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Ajanta Frescoes/Lady Herringham. Reprint. First published in London in 1915. 1998, 57 plates, (15 coloured plates), $92. Details No. 12743
Ajanta Murals : An Album of Eighty-Five Reproductions in Colour/Illustrated text by Ingrid Aall, A. Ghosh, M.N. Deshpande and B.B. Lal/edited by A. Ghosh. Reprint. First published in 1967. 1987, x, 71 p., 85 colour plates, 20 figures, $55. Details No. 9382
Art Heritage of Assam/R.D. Choudhury. 1998, 168 p., 33 black and white plates, $40. Details No. 13477
The Art of Ajanta and Sopocani : A Comparative Study (An Enquiry in Prana Aesthetics)/Om D. Upadhya. 1994, xxiv, 316 p., 166 plates, $53. Details No. 9588
Bundi : The City of Painted Walls/R.A. Agarawala. 1996, xv, 112 p., 97 plates, $59. Details No. 11982
Central Himalayas : An Archaeological, Linguistic and Cultural Synthesis/D.P. Agrawal and J.S. Kharakwal. 1998, 194 p., 25 colour illustrations, bibliography, figures, $63. Details No. 13478
Culture of Indian Tribes/edited by S.P. Sharma and J.B. Sharma. 1998, 2 vols., 783 p., $79 (set). Details No. 13061
Durga as Mahisasuramardini : A Dynamic Myth of Goddess/Indira S. Aiyar. 1997, 388 p., plates, $51. Details No. 12545
The Earliest Civilization of South Asia (Rise, Maturity and Decline)/B.B. Lal. 1997, xxi, 308 p., 125 halftone illustrations, 32 colour plates, maps, figs., $119. Details No. 12153
Ellora--Concept and style/Carmel Berkson. 1992, 392 p., 270 halftone illus., glossary, bibliography, size: 8.5" X 10.5", $79. Details No. 7163
Encyclopaedia of Art, Archaeology and Literature in Central India/R.K. Sharma. 1998, 2 volumes, 683 p., 127 plates, maps, $106 (set). Details No. 13475
Exploring India's Sacred Art : Selected Writings of Stella Kramrisch/edited and with a biographical essay by Barbara Stoler Miller. 1994, xxii, 356 p., 150 ill., $40. Details No. 9589
Facets of Indian Civilization : Recent Perspectives (Essays in Honour of Prof. B.B. Lal)/Chief editor Jagat Pati Joshi. 1997, 3 volumes, xlix, 964 p., plates, $185 (set). Details No. 12594
The Future Buddha Maitreya : An Iconological Study/Inchang Kim. Foreword by Lokesh Chandra. 1997, 385 p., 241 plates, $96. Details No. 12008
Gandharan Art in Context : East West Exchanges at the Crossroads of Asia/edited by Raymond Allchin, Bridget Allchin, Neil Kreitman and Elizabeth Errington. 1997, x, 314 p., figures, $63. Details No. 12596
Handbook of Indian Art : A Chronicle of Paintings and Sculptures/Sunil Khosa. 1998, xxxv, 409 p., 40 plates, $59. Details No. 13001
The Himalayas in Indian Art/E.B. Havell. Reprint. First published in 1924. xvi, 94 p., 24 plates, $18. Details No. 8461
Him-Kanti : Archaeology, Art and History--Prof. K.P. Nautiyal Felicitation Volume/edited by B.M. Khanduri and Vinod Nautiyal. 1997, 301 p., plates, $79. Details No. 13513
Historical Documents From Western Trans-Himalaya, Lahul, Zanskar and Ladakh/Tobdan & C. Dorje. 1996, ix, 120 p., $40. Details No. 12160
Indian Symbolism : Symbols as Sources of Our Customs and Beliefs/Rai Govind Chandra. 1996, 132 p., 310 figures, $40. Details No. 11856
Jaina Rock-Cut Caves in Western India : With Special Reference to Maharashtra/Viraj Shah. Delhi, Agam Kala Prakashan, 2008, 2 Vols., 532 p., plates, figs., $175 (set). ISBN 81-7320-078-6. Details No. 55459
Krsna-Smrti : Studies in Indian Art and Archaeology--Prof. K.D. Bajpai Commemoration volume/edited by R.K. Sharma and R.C. Agrawal. 1995, xlviii, 405 p., plates, $79. Details No. 9804
Madhya Pradesh Through the Ages (From the Earliest Times to 1305 A.D.) : A Study of Culture and Civilization/Kailash Chand Jain. 1997, 2 vols, 796 p., plates, $106 (set). Details No. 12635
Myth, Symbol and Language : A Modern Perspective with Reference to India and Her Religions (Including Mythologem and Mythologene)/Ananda. 1998, xi, 404 p., $48. Details No. 13529
Pallava Rock Architecture and Sculpture/text by Elisabeth Beck. Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, 2006, x, 262 p., ills, $75. ISBN 81-88661-46-5. Details No. 52366
Recent Perspectives on Prehistoric Art in India and Allied Subjects : Essays in Honour of Dr. Shyam Kumar Pandey/edited by R.K. Sharma and K.K. Tripathi. 1996, xxxvi, 295 p., 71 plates, figs., maps, $79. Details No. 10855
The Religious Imagery of Khajuraho/Devangana Desai. xxx, 269 p., 224 photographs, 18 drawings, map, $99. Details No. 11808
Researches in Indian Archaeology, Art, Architecture, Culture and Religion (Vijayakanta Mishra Commemoration Volume)/edited by Phanikanta Mishra. 1995, 2 v., 509 p., 107 plates, $143 (set). Details No. 10637
Rock Art and Archaeology of India : Prof. Shankar Tiwari Commemoration Volume/edited by K.K. Chakravarty and G.L. Badam. New Delhi, Agam Kala Prakashan, 2008, xxiv, 236 p., 66 plates, ISBN 81-7320-072-4. Details No. 57939
Rock Art Studies in India : A Historical Perspective/Somnath Chakraverty. Kolkata, Asiatic Society, 2003, iv, 64 p., plates, figs., $22. ISBN 81-7236-137-8. Details No. 31106
Rock Art in the Old World : Papers Presented in Symposium A of the AURA Congress, Darwin (Australia) 1988/edited by Michel Lorblanchet. New Delhi, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts for Aryan, 2001, xxxii, 538 p., tables, figs., $88. ISBN 81-85503-00-1. Details No. 22229
Rock Art in Orissa/Sadasiba Pradhan. New Delhi, Aryan, 2001, xviii, 82 p., figs., maps, $53. ISBN 81-7305-215-8. Details No. 22227
Rock Art of South India : With Special Reference to Andhra Pradesh/N. Chandramouli. Delhi, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2002, xiv, 214 p., figs., 21 plates, $72. ISBN 81-86050-84-1. Details No. 27452
A Source Book of Indian Archaeology : Vol. II: Settlements, Technology and Trade/edited by F.R. Allchin and Dilip K. Chakrabarti. 1997, 708 p., maps, figures, $63. [Volume I of this series Background, Early Methods, Geography, Climate and Early Man, Domestication of Plants and Animals is out of print. To be complete in 3 volumes.] Details No. 12614
Threads Together : A Comparative Study of Tribal and Pre-Historic Rock Paintings/Robin D. Tribhuwan and Maike Finkenauer. New Delhi, Discovery, 2003, x, 122 p., figs., plates, tables, $42. ISBN 81-7141-644-6. Details No. 28050
Towards Understanding Hindu Myths/Sadashiv Ambadas Dange. 1996, lxiv, figs., tables, $59. Details No. 11080
Unfolding a Mandala : The Buddhist Cave Temples at Ellora/Geri H. Malandra. Reprint. 1997, xvii, 348 p., plates, $50. Details No. 12771
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