Ganga: The River of Sanatana Civilization
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Ganga - A manmade river with worldwide Imprints/D K Hari and D K Hema Hari. 3. gU E/D.P Tewari. 4. Heritages capes of the Ganga river Basin: understanding global civilization/Rana P.B. Singh. 5. The spiritual prestige and romance of the Ganga and the Gangetic region in Europe in the age of enlightenment/Come Carpentier de Grourdon. 6. Hafd TE : E 3TU/Prithvish Nag and Deepak Kumar 7. TEa fararei a 3TT yf4-4 TE/Rachna Sharama. 8. Sri Lanka: the Southern recipient of the Ganga valley civilization/Amura Manatunga. 9. March towards urbanization in the Ganga Basin/B.B. Lal. 10. Central Himalaya, the place of origin of Ganga - an archaeological perspective/D N Dimri. 11. Kasi and Ganga/B R Mani. 12. Jhusi (Pratishthanpur): a site presenting complete cultural sequence of the Ganga Valley/J N Pal. 13. Excavations at Sanauli: a turning point of Indian archaeology/S K Manjul. 14. Archaeology of Gangetic Delta/Durga Basu. 15. Archaeological dimensions of Ganga river civilisation from Western Himalayas to Bay of Bengal in Indian Ocean/K N Dikshit. 16. Janapadas vis-e-vis early archaeological cultures in upper Ganga plain/Bhuvan Vikarama. 17. Significance of Ganga river civilization and its global impact and spread glimpses of Ganga through inscriptions/T S Ravishankar. 18. Some Steps for Ganga/Abhay Misra. 19. Transformation and apotheosis of river Ganga in Indian art and culture/Vinay Kumar. 20. Chhathapuja, Ganga and ceremonial songs (A study on the Sun-cult of Magadh, Bihar/Anand Bunihaun. 21. Ganga, Parvati and Draupadi: A Unique Relationship/Neeru Misra. Colour Plates.
This book is an anthology of 20 papers presented by eminent archaeologists geologists and independent scholars on ancient Bhartiya culture and history. It covers Ganga as known to us through our ancient.
