Nagarjunakonda (1954-60), Vol. II. The Historical Period

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Part-A: I. Excavations of sites of historical period: 1. General introduction/K.V. Soundara Rajan. 2. Excavation scheme and lay out of the digs/K.V. Soundara Rajan. II: 1. Chronological framework/K.V. Soundara Rajan: i. Introductory. ii. Note on the evidence of citadel stratigraphy. 2: i. Note on riverine structural complexes. ii. Stratigraphy of the Asvamedha (Site 93). iii. Stratigraphic evidence of river action from sites along the river bank (Northern sector). iv. Stratigraphic evidence from the river bank sites. III: 1. Historical background of the valley/R. Subrahmanyam. 2. Sources for chronological consideration. Part-B: IV: 1. The Ikshvaku city of Vijaypuri--its structures-civic: i. Citadel lay out and environs/K.V. Soundara Rajan. ii. The citadel/K.V. Soundara Rajan. iii. Public and private buildings. iv. Workshop, roads, rest houses and public sanitation. 2. Public and private buildings--outstanding structure: i. Dock-reservoir/K.V. Soundara Rajan. ii. Civic or public structures discovered South of the Citadal/R. Subrahmanyam. iii. Public and private bath, cisterns/R. Subrahmanyam. iv. Roads and highways in the city and related mandapas or pavilions located on them/R. Subrahmanyam. v. Rest houses or Dharmasalas. vi. Public sanitation (Drains and Soak Pits)/R. Subrahmanyam. 3. Medieval fort on the Durgamkonda Hill/R. Subrahmanyam. V. The Ikshvaku City--Its structures--religious and ritualistic: 1. Buddhist remains/K. Krishnamurthy. 2. Brahmanical remains/R. Subrahmanyam. 3. Ritualistic edifices/T.N. Ramachandran and K. Krishnamurthy. VI. Pottery from the excavations: 1. Introduction/K.V. Soundara Rajan. 2. Description of early historic and historical pottery/M.D. Khare. 3. Description of early medieval pottery/M.D. Khare. Part-C: VII. Excavated antiquities: 1. Relic caskets/B.N. Mishra. 2. Terracottas/K.V. Soundara Rajan and B. Vidyadhara Rao. 3. Gold and silver objects/H. Sarkar and K. Krishnamurthy. 4. Beads/H. Sarkar and K. Krishnamurthy. 5. Stone objects/B. Vidyadhara Rao. 6. Copper, bronze and lead objects/B. Vidyadhara Rao. 7. Shell and glass objects/H. Sarkar and B. Vidyadhara Rao. 8. Stucco objects/B. Vidyadhara Rao. 9. Ivory and bone objects/H. Sarkar and B. Vidyadhara Rao. 10. Iron objects/H. Sarkar and T.V.G. Sastri. VIII. Coins from excavations: 1. Early historic/R. Subrahmanyam. 2. Medieval/Abdul Wahid Khan. Part-D: IX. Epigraphical discoveries: 1. Classification of records. 2. Classification/K. Krishnamurthy and B. Vidyadhara Rao. 3. Texts and translation of records. Appendix: List of excavated sites/Raghubir Singh and Ganesa Rao.

From the Foreword: "The second volume of Nagarjunakonda Excavation Report, which is the outcome of a special project undertaken to unveil the extensive remains in the valley in 1954. As a result of this great event, a new approach to combat the total destruction of the cultural heritage was possible by transplanting the ruins. Within a span of six years more than hundred sites were unearthed ranging in dates from early stone age to the late medieval period. Nagarjunakonda came into prominence under the Ikshvaku rulers when structural activities and artistic pursuits reached their height. This present volume gives an account on the historical period relating to the chronological framework with details of religious and secular structural remains, inscriptions, coins besides various other items of daily use. After the decline of the Ikshvaku rulers, Nagarjunakonda witnessed a fall both in political glory and in artistic tradition, which regained its lost position during the Bahmanis, Vijayanagra and Gajapati Kings."