Pura-Mimansa: Studies in Indian Art, Archaeology and Tradition (Prof. J.N. Pal Festschrift (2 Vols-Set)

The present publication is a Festschrift in honour of Prof. J.N.Pal, a renowned field archaeologist, prehistorian, proto-historian, paleoanthropologist, paleo-zoologist, museologist and art critic who has served more than four decades at Allahabad University brought out by the contributions made by his admirers, well wishers and pupils from India and abroad for his excellent contribution to the Indian History, Culture and Archaeology. The volume in totality contains fifty articles which is divided in two volumes with a vide spectrum of papers on prehistory, protohistory, rock art, megaliths, early historic, medieval, historiography, philosophy, social and economic history, explorations/ excavations, bio-archaeology, ethno-archaeology, conservation, epigraphy, numismatics, art, architecture and iconography. Some of the papers which are worth mentioning of the volumes are Neolithic Culture of North- Central India, Lower Palaeolithic Stages in Peninsular India, Prehistoric Studies of Allahabad District, Uttar Pradesh : A Reappraisal, A Review of Petroglyphs and Pictographs in Siyot caves, Taluq Lakpat, District Kutch, Gujarat, Faunal Depictions at Wyndham 3 Site (or WYN 3): A Painted Rock Art Site of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India, Ideogramic Representation of “Plus in Circle” as the ‘’Symbol of Death”: Inner Subject Matter of Rock Art, Less known aquatic architecture and its relevance (with special reference to rockcut caves of the Deccan region), Distribution of Mesolithic Sites in North-East Rajasthan, Rock Art in Jharkhand: A Preliminary Study, Mesolithic culture of Chakartritha Hill, Keonjhar district: Northern Odisha, Cultural Influence of Brahmanism During Early Ratanakosin Period in Thailand-A Fresh Appraisal, Significant Function Of Fauna in The Food Economy Of Neolithic-Chalcolithic People in Central India, Tracing the Roots of Early Farming Communities and their Life Styles in Haryana, Historic Construction Materials and Techniques of Ancient Indian Temples, Archaeological Explorations Around Lothal in Ahmedabad District, Gujarat, Role of the Silk Road in the Development of Buddhist Art, Kalhana’s Rajatangini and the Archaeological Sources for the Depiction of Buddhism in Jammu and Kashmir etc. The volume is richly illustrated, bringing together material scattered over several well-known as well as remote sites, museums, and archival collections for the scholars, students and art lovers.