Purabharati : Studies in Early Historical Archaeology and Buddhism : Commemoration Volume in Respect of Prof. B.P. Sinha (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I: Preface. 1. A legendary personality in the field of Indian history and archaeology--B.P. Sinha/S.C. Saran. 2. My memories of Prof. B.P. Sinha/V.N. Mishra. I. Early Historical Archaeology: 1. Archaeology vindicates local tradition: Bharadvaja Asrama: a test case/B.B. Lal. 2. Rohilkhand-an ethno-environmental study/A.K. Sharma. 3. Excavations at Drupad Kila (Kampilya)-a historical site in mid-Ganga Valley/K.N. Dikshit. 4. The Northern Black Polished Ware-origin, development, historicity, dating and the ethnic relationship in the middle Ganga Plain/S.C. Saran. 5. Sthanesvara: a note on Harsha-ka-Tila excavations (1987-91)/C. Dorje. 6. Pottery-disc: the Kapala of Vedic Yajna/Vidula Jayaswal and Meera Sharma. 7. Champa an ancient urban centre of Bihar--a case study/Ajit Kumar Prasad. 8. Excavation at Champa: a preliminary report/Arun Kumar Singh. 9. Archaeological explorations in Mathura district/Vinay Kumar Gupta. 10. Post towns of India during 1 century to 4 century A.D. on the basis of archaeological evidence/Sanjib Kumar Singh. 11. Gupta iconography - a numismatic study/Arundhati Banerji. 12. Some exquisite seals from Central Asia: with special reference to Khotan/Binoy Kumar Sahay. 13. Relation between Kumar Bhaskarvarman and Harshavardhana/Rajeev Ranjan. 14. Harsha-Pulakesin II struggle: a collated study of epigraphic and literary evidence/Shankar Goyal. 15. Role of the Indians in development of South East Asian art and architecture/Satyendra Lall Manik. 16. Chronology of Sarahan Prasasti and Yugakara Varman's Copper plate/Rita Devi Sharma. 17. Recent archaeological discovery at Mandore/D.N. Dimri. 18. Reclining Visnu image of Sarang/K.P. Padhy and J.K. Patnaik. 19. Excavations at Siddhapur 2003-04: some observations with special reference to a shrine/Vasant Shinde, P.P. Joglekar, Ravi Jadhav, V. Naiknavare, Prabodh Shrivalkar and Amol Kulkarni. 20. A rare gold ear ornament from Lakhabawal, Gujarat/V.H. Sonawane. 21. Study of ancient Indian inscriptions: some methodological considerations/S.R. Goyal. 22. A plea for writing a new political history of ancient India/Shankar Goyal. 23. New evidences from Naurangabad, Haryana/P.B.S. Sengar. 24. The metaphor of decline and continuity (a re-appraisal of Delhi's ancient past)/Gunjan Kumar Srivastava. (Two articles are in Hindi). II. Assorted Articles: 27. The Rigveda, the original home of the Rigvedic people and the archaeology of the Indus-Saraswati Civilization/S.P. Gupta. 28. The Gita's concept of Yajna/Brajdeo Prasad Roy. 29. Valabhi Temples as highlighted in the Vishnudharmottara Purana/R.D. Trivedi. 30. Majuli: the heritage site/Rajeshwar Prasad Singh 'Jawahar'. 31. Nature in art and literature/Kakoli Sinha. 32. Musical elements in Indian Rock Paintings/Kumar Anand. 33. Traditional building technique: material and process/R.C. Agrawal. 34. Positional astronomy-archaeoastronomy and Nataraja/Deepak Bhattacharya. (Three articles are in Hindi).

Vol. II: III. Buddhism: 38. The Khotanese mural of Hariti at Dandan-Uiliq/Lokesh Chandra. 39. The early Chaityagrhas and their features/R.C. Pandeya. 40. Votive stupas: as a parameter for dating Buddhism in Orissa from the historical to the medieval period/Milan Kumar Chauley. 41. Excavations at Kesariya/Muhammed K.K. 42. Is Kusana art genesis of classical Indian art?/H.K. Prasad. 43. Religious conditions as depicted in the Niya documents from Central Asia/Ratna Chandra Agrawala. 44. The Buddhist art of Vikramasila Mahavihara/C.P. Sinha. 45. Some Buddhist relic caskets discovered outside India/Jagat Pati Joshi. 46. Vasudhara/Umesh Chandra Dwivedi. 47. Bhrkuti in the art of Bihar/Bhagwant Sahai. 48. Bamiyan Buddhas/R.C. Agrawal. 49. Sanchi during post Gupta period: some Random thoughts/S.B. Ota and Dilip Kumar Khamari. 50. Bhoteshar as described by Al-Beruni/Tobdan. 51. Theravada Buddhism among the Singphos of Arunachal Pradesh/S. Dutta and B. Tripathy. 52. Transition from statues of the historical Buddha to deities in Vajrayana/C.M. Mani. 53. The six-syllable mantra of Avalokitesvara glossed in a twelfth century Mani-bka'-bum Xylograph/C. Mani. 54. Development of Buddhism in the Himalaya region/Achyutanand Jha. 55. An ancient inscription from Siachen/Tobdan. 56. Buddhism and the Buddhist images of Nepal/B.L. Nagarch. 57. Buddhist remains with special reference to sculptures from Adi Badri, Haryana/Sanjay Kumar Manjul and Arvin Manjul. 58. The origin and growth of Buddhism in Haryana/D.V. Sharma and Rekha. 59. Early Buddhist metal images of South-East and South Asia/D.P. Sharma. 60. A portable stupa in the Magadha style/Amarendra Nath. 61. A new Brahmi inscription from Bhaja/S.K. Mittra. 62. Buddhist sites in North-East India/S. Jamal Hasan and Bimal Sinha. 63. Some ship representations on Buddhist monuments/Alok Tripathi. 64. New Buddhist finds from Udayagiri, Orissa/P.K. Trivedi, Snigdha Tripathy and J.K. Patnaik. 65. Recent excavation of cruciform Buddhist remains at Pillak--South Tripura/G.C. Chauley. 66. Beginning of sculptural art in India with special reference to Buddhism/D.K. Sinha. 67. Relation between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in Buddhist context up to Pre-Christian era/Jalaj Kumar Tiwari. (Two articles are in Hindi).

"Purabharati deals with the early historical archaeology and Buddhism and comprises the recent trends in the field of archaeology, art, architecture, epigraphy, numismatics, dating, literary, philosophy, religion etc.

This commemoration volume is a literary tribute to Prof. B.P. Sinha, a silent, selfless and scholarly personality by his admirers, colleagues and pupils. The work is divided in two volumes and three sections containing a wide range of articles, which reflect various aspects of early historical and Buddhist studies. This is the real tribute to the enlightened soul, whose contribution to Indian archaeology is unparalleled.

Perceptive, insightful and selective, the book is an indispensable reference instrument. The unusual variety of subjects and notable richness of illustrations combine to make this a work of endless fascination. The book will prove to be an invaluable asset not only to the academicians, art-historians, archaeologists, orientalists, researchers and libraries, but also to the lay readers." (jacket)