Sri Puspanjali : Recent Researches in Prehistory, Protohistory, Art, Architecture, Numismatics, Iconography and Epigraphy/edited by K.V. Ramesh, S. Subramonia Iyer, M.J. Sharma, S. Swaminathan and C.S. Vasudevan. Delhi, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2004, 2 vols., xxvi, 469 p., plates, figs., (set). ISBN 81-8090-056-8.

    Contents: Preface. I. Prehistory and protohistory: 1. Recent explorations in Arunachal Pradesh/V. Shivananda. 2. Early Palaeolithic phase in Goa/M. Nambirajan. 3. Significance of raw material in Indian lithic tool technology/K.P. Mohandas. 4. Indus-Sarasvati Civilization: early Saiva cult/A. Sundara. 5. Recent protohistoric finds from the Bhadra and Tunga Valley/Rajaram Hegde. 6. Exploration at Kurumidiha, Kosala district: Angul, Central Orissa/Sushanta Kumar Kar. 7. Inscribed portsherds from Maligaimedu and Terirruveli excavations/S. Vasanthi. 8. A cultural geography of the Sankarankovil region/A.S. Subramanian and R. Chandrashekaran. II. Art and architecture: 9. New light on Mahesamurti sculpture at Tirumalaicheri/G. Thirumoorthy. 10. Sarasvati sculptures from Khajuraho/K.M. Suresh. 11. Conception of Aghoresvaramurti as gleaned from Sivatatva Ratnakara/C.T.M. Kotraiah. 12. Narasimha cult in Andhra Pradesh: a unique temple of Narasimha at Malakonda/P. Muralidhara Reddy. 13. A unique star-shaped Patalesvara temple, Budhikomna/Jeeban Kumar Patnaik. 14. Kinnaresvara temple, Bukkasagara/T.M. Manjunathaiah. 15. Defence architecture in historical Karnataka/S.K. Joshi. 16. Architecture of culture and culture of architecture: a case of Indo-Persian interaction/C.R. Govindaraju and Shivaprasad. III. Numismatics: 17. Kartikeya in early Indian coinage/S. Suresh. 18. Kakini in Nitivakyamritam of Somadeva: a note/H.R. Raghunath Bhat. 19. Coins of Sultan Alaud-Din Khalji from Sirpur/G.S. Khwaja. 20. Recent trends in the study of Vijayanagara coinage/A.V. Narasimhamurthy. IV. Epigraphy: 21. Epigraphical notes/J. Sundaram. 22. Recent trends in the study of Tamil-Brahmi script/D. Dayalan. 23. Satiyaputo and Kera(la)puto in the light of Jambai inscription/K. Rajan. 24. Re-look on Sittannavasal--a Jaina Centre of Tamil Nadu/S. Rajavelu. 25. Erichchalur identified/Karu. Rajendran. 26. Early scripts of the Deccan/Madhav N. Katti. 27. A problem of the ancient history of Kamarupa: did Pushyamitra Sunga invade Kamarupa/Ajay Mitra Shastri. 28. Tamil Indrani: king Mahendravarman's creation/Michael Lockwood. 29. Mahendravarman and Jainism--a reappraisal/A. Ekambranathan. 30. A new inscription of Rajamahendra/Mangai Raghavan. 31. The role of elephant corps in Pallava and Chola Wars (as gleaned from Sanskrit inscriptions)/Chitra Madhavan. 32. Kakinada Museum (Kallacheruvu) plates of Vishnukundi Vikramendra Varma-I, year 26/C.A. Padmanabha Sastry. 33. The copper plate grant of Maharaja Lakshana from Dubela Museum/A. Ramulu. 34. Late Gupta epigraphs and images from Kapala-Mocana/Devendra Handa. 35. The Sanskrit inscription of Thailand/Sanghamitra Basu. 36. The Jagaddeva episode in the Chalukya history/Shrinivas Ritti. 37. Patronage of South Indian performing arts: evidences from epigraphical sources/K.V. Ramesh. 38. Manyapura: a forgotten royal residence/H.S. Gopala Rao. 39. Sivapuras-a socio-economic study/H.S. Usharani. 40. Vatteluttu inscription from Kanai/Mangai Ragavan and Veeraraghavan. 41. Kavyatva in Sanskrit inscriptions/R. Sathyanarayanan. 42. Vadali inscription of Dharavarsha, Vikrama 1264/K. M. Bhadri. 43. Three unpublished inscriptions from Mandya district/N. Havalaih. 44. Temple life at Chidambaram in the Chola period: an epigraphical study/Leslie, C. Orr. 45. Kalakkattur inscription of Rajaraja Chola (I)/S. Swaminathan. 46. Two new Rajanarayana inscriptions from Omandur/G. Vijayavenugopal. 47. Anjuvannam a maritime trade guild/Y. Subbarayalu. 48. Horse traders of Malaimandalam in Chola country/P. Jayakumar. 49. Political economy of the Cholas/A. Padmavathy. 50. Some historical trends as gleaned from the nomenclature of the canals (Vaykals) in the Chola inscriptions/K.R. Sankaran. 51. A note on Manrattu/K. Poongundran. 52. Administration of Southern Karnataka during the Chola and Hoysala dynasties/Usha R. Vijailakshmi. 53. Land categories, classification and measurement in later Pandya times/P. Chandrasekaran. 54. Tamil epigraphs and preparation of maps/P. Shanmugam. 55. Historicity of king Bimba of Mumbai/H.S. Thosar. 56. Women in the temple services-an epigraphical study/K. Karuppaih. 57. New hero-stones from Pandya country/C. Santhalingam. 58. Content analysis of Tamil inscriptions/R. Tirumalai. 59. Mahadanas and gleaned from epigraphs/T.S. Ravishankar. 60. 'Chandikayi' stone inscription of Mangalvedhe-Saka 1204/Anantakulkarni. 61. Sriperumbudur as gleaned from inscriptions/P.D. Balaji. 62. Notes on three Chahamana inscriptions/Ram Sharma. 63. Music in epigraphs/P. Sumabala. 64. Temples as courts of justice in medieval Tamil Nadu/M. Desayar. 65. Place name studies in Merkka-Nadu/K. Panneerselvam. 66. Land measures in early medieval Orissa/Subrata Kumar Acharya. 67. Political conditions of Uttara Kannada during early and medieval phase-an epigraphical study/K.G. Bhat Soori. 68. Kundkere inscription of Harihara II/H.M. Nagaraja Rao. 69. The Sivapura inscription of emperor Devaraya I (Saka 1333)/P.N. Narasimhamurthy. 70. The Vijayanagarapattana and it's Suburbs-a study/C.S. Vasudevan. 71. Music and dance during the Vijayanagara period--an epigraphical study/Dayananda Patel. 72. Nature of education system during Vijayanagara period/P. Chenna Reddy. 73. Assessment of plantation in Keladi Rule/Jagadish. 74. Epigraphical study of Kasargod district/K.G. Vasanthamadhava. 75. Important discoveries of Arabic and Persian inscriptions during the post-independence period/M.I. Quddusi. 76. Inscription of Tipu Sultan from Hospet (Karnataka)/M. Yaseen Quddusi. 77. Religious toleration as gleaned from two Persian inscriptions from Rajasthan/S.S. Hussain. V. Miscellaneous: 78.  The wealth of ancient Palm leaf manuscripts and historical records/Keladi Gunda Jois. 79. Unpublished Keladi inscription in the quitrent documents/Keladi Venkatesh Jois. 80. Historical value of local records--a case study of the Kongu region/S. Raju. 81. Deeds of agreement and assurance to trade between the native rulers and Dutch East India Company (17 century AD)/M. Krishna Kumari. 82. The port of Kalingapatnam under the British Raj/R.C. Misro and N.P. Panigrahi.

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