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.

Contents: Kanti Prasad Nautiyal : a life sketch. Curriculum vitae. Prof. K.P. Nautiyal : My Guru. 1. Environmental change and human adaptation in the quaternary period in the Vindhyas, Central India/J.N. Pal. 2. The Acheulian culture of the Orsang Valley, Gujarat: a regional approach/P. Ajithprasad. 3. On a partial skull of Crocodylus palaeindicus from the late pleistocene alluvium of the Central Narmada Valley, Madhya Pradesh, India with special reference to chronology and palaeoecology/G.L. Badam. 4. The mesolithic cultures of the Vindhyas and the Ganga Valley with special reference to environment and chronology/V.D. Misra. 5. Mesolithic sites in Goa : recent field documentation/Luther Goudeller and Ravi Korisettar. 6. A rare depiction of sailing boats in rock paintings at Chamardi, Gujarat/V.H. Sonawane. 7. Dungri : a rock painting site in Garhwal Himalaya/R.C. Bhatt and B.M. Khanduri. 8. New archaeological discoveries in the lower Shetrunji river basin, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat/Ashit Boran Paul, Balaram Tripathy and Vasant Shinde. 9. How human interventions in water management influenced human civilisation: their eco-friendly and eco-unfriendly parameters/S.P. Gupta. 10. Excavation at Ladyura, Kumaon Himalaya/A.K. Sharma. 11. Megalithic burial complexes in mid-central Himalaya : new discoveries and results/B.M. Khanduri, Vinod Nautiyal, R.C. Bhatt and Y.S. Farswan. 12. Emergence of early settlements in Mithila (with special reference to Darbhanga and Madhubani districts)/Satyendra Kumar Jha. 13. Dhatris in ancient India with a particular reference to the Mahabharata/C.M. Agrawal. 14. Kinnaras in legend and history/Dinesh Prasad Saklani. 15. Salient features of mural paintings in Buddhist caves in India/M.N. Deshpande. 16. Exploration in Rewa (M.P.) and excavation of Itha, an urban settlement of early historical period/Radha Kant Varma. 17. Historical archaeology in India since independence/Krishna Deva. 18. Surviving tradition of pottery making in Garhwal Himalaya/Pradeep M. Saklani. 19. Cup-marks and Gayachole game of the Deccan/J. Kharkwal and Anita Rane. 20. Eight newly acquired Birkham (Hero stones) by the Museum of Folk Culture, Bhimtal/Yashodhar Mathpal. 21. Central Himalayan folklore (Jagars) in an inter-disciplinary perspective/D.P. Agrawal, D.S. Pokharia and A.N. Upreti. 22. The Siva Linga conceptual iconographical and historical developments/I.K. Sharma. 23. Skanda with a lotus : a rare trait in Gandharan art/R.C. Agrawala. 24. A critique of the views on the identification of King Chandra of the Mehrauli pillar inscription/Kiran Kumar Thapliyal. 25. Brahmi numerals and decimal notation/Ajay Mitra Shastri. 26. Ayodhya stone inscription of Ayushyachandra/D.P. Dubey. 27. Pottery dressing and decoration in ancient India/J.S. Nigam. 28. Some guidelines for the excavators of archaeological sites/R.C. Gaur. 29. Trace elememt analysis of archaeofaunal remains of Garhwal Himalaya through I.C.P. spectrometry/Y.S. Farswan and Vinod Nautiyal. 30. Scientific aspects of Indian archaeology/Jagat Pati Joshi. 31. Blood group archaeology : investigation on Rupkund human remain/R.S. Negi. 32. Katyuris and Bharshivas in cultural history of Uttarakhand/Pryag Joshi. 33. Bagdwali: an image of feudalism/D.R. Purhoit. 34. Temple, people and the power in Garhwal Himalaya/S.S. Negi. 35. Kateher : the foothill barrier for Delhi Sultanate/Sunil Kumar. 36. A study of Mughal intervention in border conflicts between western Himalayan states of Garhwal and Sirmur/Rajpal Singh Negi. 37. Re-assessment of the nature of sovereignty, status and position of the Rajas of Central Himalayan region with reference to the Mughal Zamindari system/S.A.H. Zaidi. 38. Srinagar : a town in historical perspective/S.P. Naithani. 

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