Contents: Vol. 1. Section I. Literature: 1. The flora and fauna in the Rigveda and their bearing on the 'Aryan homeland' controversy/B.B. Lal. 2. The original home of Rigvedic rishis : an archaeological perspective/S.P. Gupta. 3. Vedic roots of early Tamil culture/Michel Danino. 4. Various aspects of number five in the Atharva Veda/V. Balambal. 5. Early Sindh Vedic environment and socio-cultural response/S. Rama Krishna Pisipaty. 6. The Mahabharata war in 2156 BCE is ancient Indian history/Anand M. Sharan. 7. Date of Kalidasa/C. Lakshmi Narasimha Moorty. 8. Sanskrit in the court of Indo-Islamic rulers/M.C. Joshi. 9. Viability and prospects of Sanskrit as link language for global communication/S. Nagaraju. 10. The common origin of Dravidians and Indo-Aryans based on linguistics/Shitala Prasad Pandey. 11. Dravidian words in papyrus of oxyrinchus : a reappraisal/P. Ganapayya Bhat. 12. A verse in Nauras/Pramila Lochan. 13. Ancient Kaditas/Keladi Venkatesh Jois.
Vol. 2. Section II. Archaeology : A. Prehistory and protohistory: 1. Quaternary studies in the Karwar-Gokarn region, Karnataka state/R.V. Joshi, S.N. Rajaguru and R.S. Pappu. 2. Pulikudi Vanam: a preliminary survey of the new Paleolithic site from Chengalpet, Tamil Nadu/R.N. Kumaran and P. Aravazhi. 3. Middle Pleistocene human baby skull within the ferricrete/P. Rajendran. 4. The 'lost' Sarasvati and archaeological cultures/Purushottam Singh. 5. The Saraswati--Ghagger divide and the Indus-Saraswati civilization/K.N. Dikshit. 6. Environment, food habits and cooking practices of the Harappans as revealed in early and mature Harappan sites in India/Jagat Pati Joshi. 7. Head dresses and ornaments in Indus civilization/Anant N. Joshi. 8. Approach to arts and crafts of Indus civilization/Choodamani Nanda Gopal. 9. Gujarat-Iran contacts in proto-historic times/M.K. Dhavalikar. 10. An unpublished copper anthropomorph from Erich, Uttar Pradesh/Krishna Kumar. 11. Neolithic syndrome of Northern South Asia/M.D.N. Sahi. 12. Recent neolithic finds from Sikkim/Phanikanta Mishra. 13. Recent neolithic finds from Molakalmuru region, Karnataka/C.S. Vasudevan. 14. Vindhyan neolithic culture: evidence from recent excavations at Tokwa/J.N. Pal. 15. Process of urbanisation in the middle Ganga plain : an archaeological perspective/Santosh Kumar Singh. 16. Ecology and culture: the drainage pattern and growth of culture in the Ganga plain/Vibha Tripathi. 17. Chalcolithic pottery technology of Ahar culture with special reference to Balathal, Rajasthan/Anup Mishra. 18. Chalcolithic cultures of the middle Ganga plain/V.D. Misra and M.C. Gupta. 19. A study of the Chalcolithic in the Malwa plateau: a chronological reassessment/Shweta Sinha Deshpande and Vasant Shinde. 20. Iron age in India : a reappraisal/K.V. Ramakrishna Rao. 21. Iron age stone circles at Jewargi on the River Bhima, North Karnataka/K. Paddayya. 22. Palaeopathology and Indian proto-history: scope, limitations and objectives/S.R. Walimbe. 23. Pastoral settlements in Central India during Chalcolithic period: an integrated approach with special reference to Chikhalda a site in the Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh/R.K. Mohanty and S.B. Ota. 24. New light on a proto and early historic cultures of Krishna-Tungabhadra Valley of Andhra Pradesh with special reference to Srisailam sub-mergeable region/B. Subrahmanyam. 25. Pre and proto-historic sites/remains in coastal Karnataka: further discoveries/P.N. Narasimhamurthy. 26. A survey of Menhirs in Kerala/C. Kumaran. 27. The archaeology of iron age sites of Gujarat, Western India/Ambika Patel. 28. A unique megalith from Chichali, district Khargone, Madhya Pradesh/V. Shivananda. 29. Vidarbha megaliths: historiography and recent exploration in Bhandara and Chandrapur districts, Maharashtra/P.S. Joshi and Veena Mushrif. 30. Excavation of Megalithic burials at Mandhal, district Nagpur, Maharashtra/Chandrashekhar Gupta and Ismail Kellellu. 31. Megalithic culture and site characteristics of Andhra Pradesh: an appraisal/P. Vijaya Prakash, K. Gopikrishna and M. Surekha. 32. Situating the Megaliths in South Indian archaeology/Sujatha A. Gopinath. 33. Landscape archaeology of old Goa: the first medieval European city outside Europe/K.K. Muhammed. 34. The inaccessibility of copper ores in the indigenous development of iron technology : an idea/J. Manuel. 35. Archaeology of coastal Karnataka: an appraisal/C.B. Patil.
Vol. 3: B. Rock Art: 1. Lower Palaeolithic Petroglyphs from Central India/Giriraj Kumar. 2. The expressive Canvas: A historian’s reckoning of the early rock art of Peninsular India/Nupur Dasgupta. 3. Rock art of India: some key issues/V. Selvakumar. 4. Rock art research in Chitradurga District, Karnataka/Laxman Telagavi. 5. Prehistoric rock art of Bhimbetka/Shayam Sunder Saxena. 6. Rock art in Hathigumpha, Udayagiri Hill, Orissa/Sadasiba Pradhan. 7. Rock paintings of Geruiya Pahar, District Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh/D.P. Tewari. 8. Cultural heritage of Ladakh: Petroglyphs of Ladakh/Meenakshi Pathak. 9. Ethno-archaeological perspective of rock art in Jharkhand/Somnath Chakraverty. 10. Palaeolithic art in China/Robert G. Bednarik. C. Early and historical cultures: 1. Trade centers and sub-trade centers: Hierarchy of the early historic Vidarbha sites in context of ancient trade route with special reference to Brahmapuri/Reshma Sawant and S.R. Walimbe. 2. Early historic Chank Shell (Turbinella Pyrum) utilization in the Western Deccan/Arati Deshpande Mukherjee. 3. Early historic phase in the Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh: a preliminary report/P.C. Venkatasubbaiah. 4. Gupta Age: an age of Hindu social rejuvenation and religious tolerance/N.Q. Pankaj. 5. Tsunami -- 2004 and off shore explorations, Mamallapuram/T. Satyamurthy. 6. Antiquarian remains on the summit of Mahendragiri: a study/R.C. Misro and B. Subudhi. 7. Ancient quarry site discovered near Pattadakal, District Bagalkot, Karnataka/S.V. Venkateshaiah, M.V. Visweswara and J. Varaprasada Rao. 8. Third field season excavations at Agiabir/Ashok Kumar Singh and Purushottam Singh. 9. Mallapadi excavations: 1978/P. Shanmugam. 10. Sirpur excavation: 2003-2004/A.K. Sharma. D. Marine archaeology: 1. Recent underwater exploration in bay of Bengal/Alok Tripathi. 2. Maritime trade from early Andhra/K.P. Rao. 3. Coastal structural remains on the East Coast of India: evidence of maritime activities and their significance/Sila Tripati. E. Science and conservation: 1. Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) : A powerful tool for authentication of antiquities and seeking solutions to their unsolved problems of dating/I.K. Bhatnagar. 2. An introduction to new archaeological field methods/P.P. Joglekar and Sushama G. Deo. 3. Scientific aspects in the study and preservation of archaeological materials/C.P. Uniyal. 4. Metallurgical heritage of India/S. Srinivasan and S. Ranganathan. 5. Archaeological research and children: an example from Tamil Nadu/Shanti Pappu. 6. Ethnographic insights into some aspects of early pottery/Shereen Ratnagar. 7. Conservation of Sri Basaveshvara Temple at Kalakeri, District Haveri/B. Narasimhaiah. 8. Some aspects of conservation with respect to archaeological antiquities/G.L. Badam and Tapash Kumar Basak. 9. Conservation of Panchakuta Basadi at Kambadahalli District Mandya, Karnataka/S.V.P. Halakatti and C.B. Patil.
Vol. 4: Section III. Architecture and sculpture: A. Architecture: 1. From timber to stone and brick transformation in early Indian architecture/B.R. Mani. 2. Architecture as medium of integration: a historical perspective/S. Srinath. 3. The Khakhara Temples of Orissa/P.K. Nayak. 4. Sri Vijaya Jinalaya of Manne/H.S. Gopala Rao. 5. The Sun Temple, Konarak: original ground level still lies buried under sand/L.S. Rao. 6. Mandapas as gleaned from Belur Inscriptions: a case study/H.S. Usha Rani. 7. Jaina monuments in and around Hampi/K.M. Suresh. 8. Forts in Goa: re-visited/S.K. Joshi. 9. Kourala: the unique Jaladurga in Andhradesa/K. Suryanarayana. 10. Recent archaeological investigations at Taj Mahal/Arakhit Pradhan, D. Dayalan, S.K. Sharma, R.K. Singh and Atul Bhargava. 11. Identification of Pratimagruha at Vijayanagara/T.M. Keshava. B. Sculpture: 1. A glimpse of Khmer Art and Architecture with special reference to Ta-prohm Temples, Cambodia/K.T. Narasimhan. 2. Depiction of scenes of inebriation or Madhupana in the early historic art with special reference to Terracotta: a study in transition of a motif/C. Margabandhu. 3. Terracotta human forms from Jorwe Culture/Arundhati Banerji. 4. Re-identification and study of a unique figure of the Buddha from Kanheri/Suraj A. Pandit. 5. Siva-Mahanata: a reappraisal/Karuna Vijayendra. 6. Some unknown and less known Caves of Vakataka Period/A.P. Jamkhedkar. 7. Two armed dancing Siva from Harsha Nath, Sikar, Rajasthan/R.C. Agrawala. 8. Sun images from Haryana/Devendra Handa. 9. Iconographic representation of Zodiac signs in Karnataka/Jagadish. 10. A unique Krishna Pradhana Dashavatara image from Sagtala, Gujarat/V.H. Sonawane. 11. Dvadasavatara Panels from Patesvara/Usha Bhendu. 12. Position and status of women as gleaned through sculptures of Karnataka/M.S. Krishna Murthy. 13. Feminine beauty in divine figures in Indian art/Haripriya Rangarajan. 14. South India waking up: Dissemination of Bengal school revivalism in South/Ratan Parimoo. 15. Reflections of nature in Vijayanagara sculptures: a brief study/V. Meena Kumari. 16. ‘Devoured by Wild Animals’ Jewish iconography of the Serpent/Norman Simms. Section IV. Epigraphy and Numismatics: 1. Decoding the Indus Script/K.S. Shukla. 2. Word origin in Indus Valley/Dhanpat Singh Dhania. 3. Minor rock edict - I: Where, when and why proclaimed?/Ehteshamul Hoda. 4. Origin of the Brahmi numerals: a historiographical critique/Subrata Kumar Acharya. 5. Various Brahmi scripts/M.D. Sampath. 6. Jambai Tamil-Brahmi Inscription/K. Rajan. 7. Aratalagedde cooper plate inscription of Kadamba King Shantivarma, Yr. 5/S.G. Samak and Jagadish. 8. Goa: cultural extension of Karnataka/M. Nambirajan. 9. Mandsaur district’s copper plants/K.C. Pandey. 10. Pattadakal Pillar Inscription reconsidered/Shrinivas V. Padigar. 11. Siddhalingamadam Inscription of Rashtrakuta Krishna III/S. Swaminathan. 12. Kamakoti Balari Inscription from Diddigi, Karnataka/Devarakonda Reddy. 13. A copper plate inscription from Peruncellur, North Kerala, India: 1145 CE/Kesavan Veluthat. 14. Dholka step-well inscription/K.M. Bhadri. 15. Avedanas of Medieval Andhra Inscriptions/C. Somasundara Rao. 16. Six newly discovered Sati Inscriptions from Gurji: fresh light on the history of the Kalachuris of Tripuri/R.K. Sharma and M.M. Upadhyaya. 17. Temples of Pushpagiri: an epigraphical study/T. Surendra Reddy. 18. Three Bilingual inscriptions of Keladi Chiefs from Uttar Pradesh/M. Ilyas Quddusi. 19. Janapada coins/D. Raja Reddy. 20. A note on Rajan in the early epigraphs from Andhra Pradesh/P.V. Parabarhma Sastry. 21. Early history of Gujarat through archaeology, linguistics and inscriptions during the Western Kshatrapa Period/Atusha Bharucha Irani. 22. Ancient administrative system -- values adopted by kings: a discussion in the light of Kautilya’s Arthasastra and epigraphy/Madhav N. Katti. 23. Kadambas of Chandavara: a further study/S. Ganapathi Gowda. 24. Migration of the Brahmanas: as revealed from some of the inscriptions/T.S. Ravishankar. 25. Sculptors and engravers of Uttara Kannada: an epigraphical study/K.G. Bhatsoori. 26. Uplift of Brahmanas in early Orissa (c. 400 - 1000 CE): an epigraphic study/R.C. Misro. 27. Jagaddeva Paramara: folklore and epigraphs/Brahmanand Deshpande. 28. A few important treasure trove finds in Uttar Pradesh/Sunanda Srivastava.
Vol. 5. Section V. History: 1. Plant Aromas as medicine since ancient times with special reference to India and China/Jyoti Marwah. 2. Traditional knowledge systems/D.P. Agrawal. 3. Ancient Hampi/Vasudev Badigar. 4. Recent developments in Vakataka historiography with special reference to the Vakataka - Gupta relations/Shankar Goyal. 5. Alien weave: crafts versus consumerism/Vijaya Ramaswamy Acharya. 6. Urban features of Bhatkala : a study (1360-1800 CE)/K.G. Vasanthamadhava. 7. Socio-political order in medieval Andhra: expansion of state and articulation of indigenous tribes/Challapalli Swaroopa Rani. 8. Foreign influence over the indigenous military technology during Vijayanagar period/P.S. Harish and Rekha Pande. 9. Historiography of Karnataka: a brief survey/Suryanath U. Kamath. 10. Historical growth of temples in Cuddapah District/P. Bhaskar Reddy. 11. Zheng-He's maritime expedition in the Indian Ocean: was there an Indian response in 15 century, historiographical context-1/Venkata Raghotham. 12. King of the Jews in Kodungallur, Kerala/M.G.S. Narayanan. 13. Diamond mines and trade in Andhra during 17 and 18 centuries/K. Kusuma Bai Reddy and P. Chenna Reddy. 14. The letters of Divan Sheshadri Iyer in Sringeri Matha/A.K. Shastry. 15. Agricultural labour in Dakshina Kannada/N. Syam Bhat. 16. The Freedom Movement in Andhra Pradesh/V.V. Krishna Sastry. 17. Twentieth century writings on Vijayanagara : an appraisal/S. Rajasekhara. Section VI. Religion and philosophy: 1. Philosophical doctrine as depicted in Nagarjunakonda sculptures/K. Rama. 2. Early evidences of Saivism in Deccan/I.K. Sarma. 3. Numismatic tradition and Saivism/A.V. Narasimba Murthy. 4. Date of Adi Sankara and Dharmakirti Syllogism/Kalavai Venkat. 5. Contribution of satellite settlements to growth of religious establishment at Sarnath/Vidula Jayaswal. 6. Religious, linguistic and cultural affiliations of common and popular Hero-Gods or Folk deities of Maharashtra and Karnataka/Anita Rane Kothare. 7. Sage Narada's concept of Bhakti/B.V.S. Bhanusree. 8. The poetic fragrance in the hymns of Vaishnava Alvars/R. Nagaswamy. 9. Hanuman cult in Andhra Pradesh: gleanings through literature and art/M. Krishna Kumari. 10. Prayaga: ritual scape of a Hindu pilgrimage place/D.P. Dubey. 11. Tirumakkudal: sacred shrine at the confluence of three rivers/K.V. Raman and Chithra Madhavan. 12. Caves, monks and sculptures of Jainism in Madurai Region, Tamil Nadu/T. Arun Raj. 13. The spread of Jainism in Karnataka: early phase/Hampa Nagarajaiah. 14. Abhisheka and Tirtha: some reflections/Kamala Hampana. 15. Transition of departed soul/G. Kamalakar. Biographical Sketches: 1. Prof. A. Sundara: journey of a dedicated archaeologist and dear friend/M.N. Deshpande. 2. My reminiscences of Professor Adiga Sundara/V.N. Misra. 3. Prof. A. Sundara as an erudite scholar/S.N. Rajaguru. 4. Dr. A. Sundara: a teacher par excellence and distinguished archaeologist/C.B. Patil. 5. A. Sundara: who and what moulded his professional personality?/P. Chenna Reddy. 6. Prof. A. Sundara and his contribution to early historical studies/Rajaram Hegde. 7. Dr. A. Sundara : as I know him/Usha Bhende. 8. Literary contributions of Prof. A. Sundara/C.B. Patil.
