Contents: 1. Ancient sciences in Vedic literature/Bhashyam Swamiji. 2. Inaugural address science and technology/S. Raghavan. 3. Presidential address/A.V.Narasimha Murthy. 4. The role of chemistry in archaeology/S. Subbaraman. 5. Lightning conductors of ancient India/T. Satyamurthy. 6. Ancient Indian systems of medicine/D. Raja Reddy. 7. Ancestral worship and memorial stones in Meghalaya/Anuradha K. Ranade. 8. Vedic literature and sciences in ancient India/S.D.K. Subhasree. 9. Ancient Indian mathematics: a brief survey/V. Swaminathan. 10. Graph theory in Sarasvati Kanthabharana/N. Manorama. 11. Application of Vedic mathematical techniques in digital signal processing/K.M. Ramesh Kumar. 12. Trigonometrical marvel of Indians-a dynamic study/B. Sheela and R. Udaiachandran. 13. Medical exchanges between India and Central Asia during ancient times/Vidya Prabhu. 14. Surgery in ancient India/S. Padmanabhan. 15. Astronomical significance of inscriptions while making grants Karnataka inscriptions/V. Ramamani. 16. Role of geology in embellishing the ancient civilization proof through rock arts/V. Subramanian. 17. Prehistoric stone alignments in Southern India: in astronomical perception/Priya Thakur. 18. Archaeological remains at Hosagunda/G.V. Kallapura. 19. Earliest village communities: an archaeological perspective/Neelima Pandey. 20. Development of Buddhism in South Kosala from 200 BC to 600 AD: insight from archaeological tradition/Tirtharaj Bhoi. 21. An inquiry into the study of Saivism in Western Orissa: based on archaeological monuments/Tirtharaj Bhoi. 22. Orientation of temples/deities-a new approach in the study of temples/Vrushab Mahesh and Mahesh Jambulinam. 23. Historicity of Malayadippatti/T. Sumitha. 24. Tirukandisvaram temple-a study/M. Gandhi. 25. Agriculture and irrigation at Tiruttavatturai/R. Akila. 26. Saivism and Siva Bhakti in Gujarat as gleaned through inscriptions/Mrinal Joshi. 27. Land measures and measuring rod/T. Santhi. 28. The Davanagere C.P. of Kadamba Ravivarma-re-examination of a Kadamba copper plate/P.N. Narasimha Murthy. 29. Epigraphic records about Dombivli/A.K. Ranade. 30. Socio-cultural contribution of Tirumalai Nayak in Madurai/K. Madhusudharsanam. 31. Kallidaikurichi and its importance/S. Saroja. 32. Position of women under the Cholas of Nidugal/R. Kavita. 33. Irrigation system in Tamil Nadu-during the ancient and medieval periods/S. Kayarkanni. 34. Vrishika in Hindu religion and arts/Jayalakshmi Yegnaswamy. 35. Warli painting and symbols/Deepak Suryawanshi and Sachin Pawar. 36. An overview of Yoga philosophy/Namita Nimbalkar. 37. Baharistan-i-Shahi: as a source of the history of medieval Kashmir/Varsha Gupta. 38. Some ancient place-names of Karnataka/B. Rajashekharappa. 39. The pith and substance of economic life in Sangam age/V. Bharati Ramani. 40. 8x8 Knight tour in literature/N. Pankaja and N. Leelavathy.
This volume includes the articles presented on the occasion of the Fifth National Conference on Ancient Sciences and Archaeology held from 22nd to 23rd July, 2011 at Tumkur University, Tumkur. Scholars from different parts of the country took part in the academic deliberations and presented papers on various topics of ancient sciences and archaeology. It was aimed at the interaction of the scholars on different issues and the recent researches done in the field of Archaeology, Ancient Mathematics, Ancient physics, archaeological chemistry, Ancient medicine, Ancient metallurgy, Ancient engineering, Ancient biology, Ancient economics and commerce, Onomastics, computer analysis of ancient data science in Vedic literature Sanskrit and other languages literature, etc. (jacket)
