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Art, Archaeology and Cultural History of India, 2 Parts (U.N. Roy Felicitation Volume)

Ajoy Kumar Sinha, Umesh Chandra Dwivedi and Binoy Kumar Sahay, B R Pub, 2006, pbk, 456 p, 2 parts, figs, plates, ISBN : 81-7646-492-9, $165.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)
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Art, Archaeology and Cultural History of India, 2 Parts (U.N. Roy Felicitation Volume)/Ajoy Kumar Sinha, Umesh Chandra Dwivedi and Binoy Kumar Sahay

Contents: Part I: Dr. U.N. Roy - Career and contributions/Chitta Ranjan Prasad Sinha. I. Art: 1. Archaic rock paintings of Sagar District/S.K. Bajpai. 2. Bucranium and horned figures from pre and mature Harappan Culture in the Indian sub-continent/J.S. Nigam. 3. Technique of making stone images in ancient India/Brajdeo Prasad Roy. 4. Naga worship in India/Rajeev Ranjan. 5. Significance of erotic sculpture/Krishna Deva. 6. Gaya Gaj : the elephant capital of Bodh Gaya Pillar/Arvind Mahajan. 7. Simhanada Lokesvara in the art of Bihar/Bhagawant Sahai. 8. Sculpture in the P.C. Mahalanobis Memorial Museum and Archive in Calcutta/Atul Chandra Bhaumick. 9. Uma-Mahesvara Murti-Silpa in Uttar Pradesh/A.L. Srivastava. 10. The Buddhist Stupas of Baghelkhand (M.P.)/Radha Kant Varma. 11. Depiction of scenes of inebriation of Madhupana in the early historic art - with reference to terracotta - a study in transition of a motif/C. Margabandhu. 12. Metal crafts of West Bengal in early historical period/Pranab K. Chattopadhyay. 13. Siva - a rhythmic reality in Indian miniatures/Sushila Pant. II. Archaeology: 14. Neolithic Kalimpong/Bishwanath Samanta. 15. Koldihwa - a key site for the Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures of the Vindhyas/B.B. Misra. 16. Excavations at Jhusi : preliminary observations/V.D. Misra, M.C. Gupta and J.N. Pal. 17. Archaeological excavations and related works in Bihar (1996-98)/Navin Kumar Arya. 18. Subjectivity in archaeological interpretation/J.N. Pandey. 19. Kapilavastu : the storm on its identification/K.M. Srivastava. 20. Emerging perception in the archaeological study of Bodh Gaya/V.S. Srivastava. 21. A note on the antiquity of Brahmi/B.N. Mukherjee. 22. Some problems of conservations in Bihar - with special reference to the stucco panels/Ajit Kumar Prasad. 23. Ancient inscriptions of Gaya Region : a study/Firoz Ashraf Khan. 24. Outline of Buddhism in Bihar based on the finds of the Archaeological excavations carried out in Bihar since independence/Hari Kishore Prasad. 25. A culture based on OSTEOKERATIC artefacts, unearthed from Pandurajar Dhibi, Burdwan/Tapas Banerjee.

Part II: Political, social and cultural history of India: 26. The concept of education in early India (from Vedic Period up to 600 A.D.)/Arun Kumar. 27. The Vanaras and Rakshasas in the Valmiki Ramayana/B.P. Sinha. 28. Asoka as a preacher of Dhamma/Navin Kumar. 29. Women in the Satavahana and Vakataka period : some glimpses/Ajay Mitra Shastri. 30. The Roman age writings and the political history of India/Udai Prakash Arora. 31. Tolerance in ancient Indian Society - concept and practice/A.K. Sinha. 32. Bilateral cultural contacts between India and China/Bimalendra Kumar. 33. A glimpse of continuity and change in the Buddhist doctrine of Karma/Sachchidanand Srivastava. 34. The soma plant / creeper/Shyam Manohar Mishra. 35. An ancient Indian Village/B.N. Mishra (Bhopal). 36. Fresh light on Sino-Thai relations/Basant Narain Singh. 37. Dharmasvamin's account as source for the history of Bihar/Kameshwar Prasad. 38. Glory of Agra as depicted by foreign travellers/Rama Shankar Tiwary. 39. Scholars and their lives and attainment under Emperor Jahangir/Pramod Kumar. 40. Burmese views on separation issue and Indian public opinion/B.N. Singh and Ravi Shankar Srivastava. 41. Aspects of economic life in Sarkar Tirhut (1793- to 1856 A.D.)/Amit Kumar. 42. Festivals and Vratas in early medieval Bihar/Trioki Nath. 43. Civil disobedience movement and peasants, workers of Bihar/Sudhir Kumar Singh. 44. The first police firing on students (1955) in Free India and its repercussions/Jayashree Datta. 45. Mahesh Narayan : maker of modern Bihar/N.M.P. Srivastava. 46. The system of university education in Germany with special reference to Indological studies/Gaya Charan Tripathi. 47. Documentation of tools related with textile industry/Vijaya Lakshmi Sharma. 48. A brief history of the Gidhaur Estate/Pankaj. 49. Geomorphology of middle Ganga Valley/V.S. Shrivastava. 50. Rise in literacy level of girl children in Bihar/Pawan Kumar. 51. Paintings from Dunhuang in National Museum, New Delhi/Binoy Kumar Sahay.

"The book Art, Archaeology and Cultural History of India brings to light the recent researches and discoveries in the various fields of indological studies. Against a background of the geographical history of the study areas, the present work meticulously weaves together archaeological evidences references in literature, pattern, sculpture, monuments, paintings etc. to reconstruct a lively narrative. This work, written in a wide and expressive style, is accompanied by several maps, analytical data, and references. The present work will be of social interest to scholars and students of indological studies." (jacket)

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