Contents: Preface. Biographical sketch. I. Dedications: 1. Obituary: Prof. Shankar Tiwari (1928-1998)/G.L. Badam. 2. (Article in Hindi). 3. A tribute to my father : Caverna (Richu) Tiwari (daughter). 4. For my father/Anurag Tiwari (son). 5. Prof. Shankar Tiwari as I knew him/A.A. Abbasi. 6. A tribute to my Dadaji/V.K. Bajpai. 7. Prof. Shankar Tiwari/M.N. Buch. 8. (Article in Hindi). 9. Note on Prof. Shankar Tiwari/O.P. Mehra. 10. My dear friend and colleague Prof. Shankar Tiwari/B.N. Mishra. 11. (Article in Hindi). 12. (Article in Hindi). 13. Prof. Shankar Tiwari - a true friend and philosopher/Agam Prasad. 14. Goodness and grace/Ramayan Prasad. 15. Prof. Shankar Tiwari as I knew him/R.K. Sharma. 16. Unfathomable memories/A.P. Singh. 17. In the loving memory of Prof. Shankar Tiwari : A Geographer, an Archaeologist, an Explorer/R.R. Singh. II. Research articles: 1. A brief survey of the rock paintings of Kathotia, Distt. Sehore, M.P./K.K. Muhammed, S.S. Gupta and J. Manuel. 2. Ancient Indian coins in the collection of Prof. Shankar Tiwari/S.J. Mangalam. 3. Archaic rock paintings of Sagar District/S.K. Bajpai. 4. Chalcolithic copper objects from West Bengal: Archaeometallurgical studies/Pranab K. Chattopadhyaya. 5. Coins attributed to be of Satavahana King Krishna/Ajay Mitra Shastri. 6. Conservation of rock art : examples from Panchmarhi/Meenakshi Pathak. 7. (Article in Hindi). 8. (Article in Hindi). 9. Neolithic Kalimpong/Biswanath Samantha. 10. On the survey of rock paintings/Shigenobu Kimura. 11. Piplya Lorka (Raisen) (1983-84)/O.P. Misra and R.R. Singh. 12. Pre-historic paintings of Bebas Valley/Mashkoor Ahmed. 13. Rock Art in Chhattisgarh: towards a comprehensive understanding/K.K. Chakravarty. 14. Rock art of the S-belt (Based on the discoveries of Prof. Shankar Tiwari) (Translated from Hindi)/Pushpa Tiwari. 15. Rock paintings in Central India and related aspects - a summary/Keiko Soda. 16. Shakti temples in Madhya Pradesh: an observation/Ahmed Ali. 17. Shiva temple Gandai: a reassessment/V.K. Bajpai. 18. Some thoughts about art/Barbara Olins Alpert. 19. Why Deny evidence on horse?/J. Manuel. III. Selected works of Prof. Shankar Tiwari: 1. Some reminiscences. 2. Rock paintings at Chiklod. 3. Jaora - the shelter of the largest rock painting in India. 4. Twenty-five years of rock-painting exploration in the Betwa source region (a re-appraisal). 5. Gupteswara - the Hidden Lord. 6. A visit to the subterranean cavern of Kutumsar. 7. Coins and the history of an unknown ancient city of Narmada Valley. 8. Marble rocks of Jabalpur and Bastar Landscape National Parks. 9. Painted rock shelters of 'S' Belt and the Chalcolithic culture of the Betwa source region.
"Rock Art and Archaeology of India" is a commemoration volume of articles, compiled in honour of Prof. Shankar Prasad Tiwari, a well known and pioneer in rock art research, cultural geography, archaeology and natural history. He discovered the Kutumsar Cave and vanishing subterranean biological species in Bastar and rock art sites in the Betwa source region. The articles published in this book are diverse, incorporating various fields of his engagement including rock art, numismatics, temple architecture, chalcolithic, neolithic culture etc, in Central India. Also included in this book is a selection of published and unpublished articles of Prof. Shankar Tiwari. The inter-disciplinary archaeological explorations on rock art in this book will be useful to students and researchers of archaeology, who would like to relate the discipline to other natural and social sciences. This work will be a useful addition to any library or personal collection." (jacket)
