Aspects of Indian History and Culture
Contents: Preface. I. Epigraphy art architecture and aesthetics: 1. Aturgaon memorial stone inscription of a Kura prince/Susmita Basu Majumdar. 2. Queen Naganika and the Nanaghat inscriptions/Kaveri Ghosh. 3. Urbanization through reflections in terracottas: a case study of Chandraketugarh/Noor Bano Sattar. 4. Pabna Pillars with musical scenes in the collection of the Indian musuem/Rita Dutta. 5. Chhatri/Swati Mondal Adhikari. 6. Dhyana Rupa/Swati Bhattacharyya. II. Society economy and culture: 7. Underground grain storage system in the black soil region of ancient India/Sudarsana Choudhury Bhaduri. 8. A re-appraisal of Indo-Roman trade: the route to India/Srabani Datta. 9. Hydraulic structures and water management in early India/Sayan Bhattacharya, Punarbasu Chaudhury and Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay. 10. Exploring early India\'s trade linkage with Thailand: a Preliminary survey/Suchandra Ghosh.....III. Buddhist studies. IV. Archaeological sites and heritage issues.
This book is a collection of twenty articles on various aspects of Indian history and culture contributed by mostly young teachers of different colleges and Universities of West Bengal. These are the results of their scholarly researches in the field of their respective fields from the early period to the present a comprehensive picture of Indian history its primary objective is to bring together some not so frequently discussed aspects of the subject. (jacket)
