Kala : The Journal of Indian Art History Congress, Volume XIV (2008-2009)
Contents: Obituary. 1. Jaina images from Rajgir/C.P. Sinha. 2. Two newly discovered Visvarupa-Visnu images from Uttar Pradesh/A.L. Srivastava. 3. Indian dance and sculpture : a survey/Kamal Giri. 4. Rajgir: A unique centre of Jaina art/Maruti Nandan Pd. Tiwari and Shanti Swaroop Sinha. 5. Depiction of medieval Nrsimha images with other deities in Madhya Pradesh/Manjusree Rao. 6. A little known temple of the Goiraiya Mata at Gairaha, Jhansi/A.K. Singh. 7. Narasimha temple near Gundica temple, Puri/Ratnakar Mohapatra. 8. Possible links in the hoary antecedents of Vaisnava iconography/J. Manuel. 9. Categories of images in Khajuraho--a critical analysis/Haripriya Rangarajan. 10. An interesting Camunda image from Avani/C.B. Patil. 11. Pancalingas from Hampi environs/C.S. Vasudevan. 12. Some grey areas in fixing the date of the Vakataka phase of Ajanta caves/Rajesh K. Singh. 13. A new form of cosmic Siva from Kerala/Preeta Nayar. 14. Brahmani or Brahmi: regional variations in classical iconography as traced in Karnataka/Jayalakshmi Yegnaswamy. 15. A Janesque painting--reassessment/Kalyan Krishna and Shailendra Kumar. 16. Recently discovered images near Banaigarh, Orissa: an iconological analysis/P.K. Nayak. 17. Dasavatara images in ivory in the National Museum, New Delhi/Anamika Pathak. 18. Two interesting monuments of Arunachal Pradesh/Atul Jairath. 19. Fresh light on a rare icon of Trivikrama of Trivikramasvami Temple, Pedda Cherukuru, A.P./Krishna Kumari Myneni. 20. Recently discovered sculpture at Mamallapuram/Alok Tripathi. 21. A magnificent Bodhisattva Manjusri image in the Asutosh Museum: a note/Gourishankar De. 22. Women in the art of the Sun Temple of Modhera/Abha Mishra Pathak. 23. Recently recovered some interesting sculptures/Sunanda Srivastava. 24. An analytical study of iconographical features of Surya image of Konark/Sanjib Kumar Singh. Book review: 1. Art and architecture of Dasarna (Malwa) region/R.D. Choudhury. 2. Conservation of archaeological sites and monuments in Assam--a report/R.D. Choudhury. 3. Early Assam (state formation, political centre and cultural zones)/R.D. Choudhury. 4. The heritage of Nalanda/Alok Tripathi. 5. Kamarupa-Kalinga-Mithila (A politico-cultural alignment in Eastern India, history art tradition)/R.D. Choudhury. 6. Ocean of wisdom, embodiment of comparison (glimpses of Tibetan Buddhist art)/R.D. Choudhury.
"Kala, publishes recent researches in the field of Indian art history. This volume contains research articles on Indian art and architecture covering a vast area from Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar in the east to Gujarat in the west and down south to Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Equally diverse are the subjects dealt by eminent art historians, such as sculptural art, paintings, temple architecture, Jaina, Buddhist, Surya, Sakta, Saiva and Vaisnava iconography from proto-historic period to late medieval period. Studies also include some of the famous cultural centers such as Khajuraho, Ajanta, Konark, Modhera, Rajgir, Mamallapuram, Hampi, Puri etc. The area, subjects and period covered in these researches make it a comprehensive volume for all those interested in Indian art, history, culture and heritage. Illustrated with colour images and figures this volume is an important addition in the publications on Indian art history." (jacket)
