History, Archaeology and Culture of the Narmada Valley
Contents: Editorial. List of contributors. 1. Narmada Man The first and the oldest human fossil of India/Arun Sonakia. 2. Imprints of early man of fossil bones/Arun Sonakia and S. Biswas. 3. Environment and rise of prehistoric cultures with special reference to the Narmada Man/R.P. Pandey. 4. Environmental archives: rock-art the Pleistocene Fauna/Vijay Sathe. 5. Upper Palaeolithic culture of the Upper Narmada Valley/V.D. Jha. 6. Ancient Ports and Marts of Gujarat around Narmada/Sushmita Sen. 7. Archaeology and culture of the Narmada Valley--an interactive study/Preety Trivedi. 8. Progress of modification of Nagari Alphabet in Narmada Valley: a study based on Kalachuri Inscriptions/A.K. Singh. 9. Newly discovered stone inscriptions from Bilahari/M.M. Upadhyay. 10. Silver-punch-marked coins from the Narmada Valley/R.K. Sharma. 11. New discoveries in coins from Narmada Valley: geographical and historical implications/Prashant P. Kulkarni. 12. A new variety of coin of the city-state of Tripuri/K.P. Pandey. 13. New varieties of coins of the city states of Tripuri and Kuraghara in the Narmada Valley/Ajay Jaiswal. 14. Two newly discovered Magha coins from Tripura--a study in historical perspective/R.K. Sharma and K.P. Pandey. 15. Satavahana coins from Tripuri/M.C. Choubey. 16. Problems of Post-Mauryan History with special reference to Narmada Valley/H.D. Pathak. 17. On Leather Coins/Brahmanand Deshpande. 18. Tripuri and the Golaki Matha/A.M. Shastri. 19. Bhumija Temples of Narmada Valley-an assessment/Rahman Ali. 20. Paramara Art in Lower Narmada Valley-a study/Ahmed Ali. 21. An iconographic study of Mahavira Images/Maruti Nandan Tiwari and Anand Prakash Srivastava. 22. Mahavira in Indian paintings/Kamal Giri. 23. Myths and legends associated with sacred spots along the Narmada/Rajendra Tiwari. 24. Madhavanal-Kamkandla-Katha: a study in historical perspective/Ashutosh Srivastava. [21 articles in Hindi].
"The present publication is the logical outcome of the Proceedings of University Grants Commission sponsored National Seminars "History and Archaeology of the Narmada Valley Problems and Perspectives" and "Narmada Valley Culture Through the Ages--A Study in Distinct Identity" held at the C.P. Mahila Mahavidyalaya, a postgraduate college affiliated to Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, M.P. Forty five selected research papers published in this volume throw light on the latest trends of investigations conducted in the Valley of the Narmada. The aspects covered are: Geoarchaeology, Prehistory, Protohistory, ancient, medieval and modern history, art, architecture and painting, numismatics and epigraphy, literature, philosophy and religion. Efforts have been made to conclude that in the different phases of their history and culture the people of the Valley of the Narmada have always tried to maintain a distinct identity of their own and this continues even today." (jacket)
