Recent Researches in Indian Art and Iconography : Dr C P Sinha Felicitation Volume

Contents: Preface. C.P. Sinha. Chittaranjan Babu as I knew him/N.M.P. Srivastava. Dr. C.P. Sinha and his works/Alakhdeo Prasad Srivastav. 1. Concept and motifs of prehistoric rock art in India/Atul Chandra Bhowmick. 2. Musical elements in Indian rock paintings/Kumar Anand. 3. A culture based on Osteokeratic Artefacts, unearthed from Pandurajar Dhibi, Burdwan/Tapas Banerjee. 4. A terracotta art model of a double-edged axe served as votive object from Maner (Bihar)/S.C. Saran. 5. Eguvakantala Cheruvu: a unique megalithic complex in Chittoor District/V. Ramabrahmam. 6. Taurine symbol on stone discs from Murtaziganj and other places/A.L. Srivastava. 7. Significance of symbolizing first sermon of the Buddha at Sarnath/Bimalendra Kumar. 8. Bead craft during Maurya Period/Durga Basu. 9. Relief sculptures from Bharhut and Sanchi: a stylistic study/Basudeo Narain. 10. Lotus in Early Buddhist art of Sanchi/Manjusri Roy. 11. Urban delineation in Sanchi Panels: fanciful or real/U.N. Roy. 12. Buddha\'s life scenes from Pauni, District Bhandara/Chandrashekhar Gupta. 13. Further discovery of a plaque representing Rhinoceros unicornis from Dum Dum Excavation, West Bengal: an observation/Chhanda Das. 14. A new light on a unique syncretistic deity in the collection of the Indian museum/Mangala Chakrabarti. 15. Ancestor-worship in ancient India/M.L. Nigam. 16. Art of terracottas in the Gangetic Valley during the Kushanas and the Guptas (C. First century to the Sixth Century A.D)/Samir Kumar Mukherjee. 17. Some principal fertility terracotta figurines in the collection of State Archaeological Museum, West Bengal/Sumita Guha Sarkar. 18. Some genetic factors in the evolution of Indian Classical Art/P. Gupta. 19. Life of Master (Buddha) on stone through the ages/Milan K. Chauley. 20. A comparative study of art of a Hari Hara Sculpture from Shahabad District, Bihar and a Hari Hara Sculpture, Golaghat District, Assam/Hemendranath Dutta. 21. Vishnu Temple and other sculptures at Garhwa/B.L. Nagarch. 22. Geo-political impact on Chandella Art/S.K. Sullerey. 23. Manifestations of Siva in the Calukyan Temples of Andhradesa: a study/V. Sakunthala. 24. Art on seals of the Kalachuri Kings/Satya Prakash Srivastava. 25. Ode on the temples of Teli Ka Mandir at Gwalior/Ratan Parimoo. 26. Revatikunda in Junagadh: a treasure house of Twenty-four forms of Visnu/Haripriya Rangarajan. 27. Saivism and the Uma-Mahesvara Icons/Pranabananda Jash. 28. Pancavaktra or Kirtimukha or Grasa (Illustrations from Bihar-Bengal)/Gouriswar Bhattacharya. 29. In Indian literature, inscription, coin and sculptures: Ardhanarisvara - The composition of Siva and Sakti/Gourisankar De. 30. The Bronzes from Ikra (Kishanganj)/Rashmi Sinha. 31. Bronzes of Eastern India: archaeotechnical studies/Pranab K. Chattopadhyay. 32. Vasudhara in the Art of Bihar/Bhagwant Sahai. 33. Sculptures of Bhairava and Virabhadra from the Archaeological Museum, Chandragiri: an iconographical study/P.N. Naidu. 34. Rare Karana sculptures from Tirumalapadi/M. Nalini and R. Kalaikkovan. 35. Mithuna figures in the temples of the Hoysalas/G.C. Chauley. 36. Exquisite works of art and architecture in Kanyakumari District/S. Padmanabhan. 37. An image of Adivaraha in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford/M. Krishna Kumari. 38. The sculptural Panorama of the sacred springs of Jammu Shivaliks/Lalit Gupta. 39. Architecture of Bihar in seventeenth century A.D./Nripendera Kumar Shrivastava. 40. Genesis of dolls and toys/Kakoli Sinha. 41. Metal sculptures of seven martyrs/N.M.P. Srivastava. 42. Mahakala in the art of Eastern India/Jalaj Kumar Tiwari. 43. Tree-of-Life/Bhaswati Bendopadhaya. 44. Gupta Art on Stone and Bronzes: an Epitome of Classical Art and Zenith of Artistic Evolution/Hari Kishore Prasad. 45. Religious art in Ancient Cambodia/Vijay Shankar Shrivastav. 46. Rohtasgarh: a new perspective/Abha Rani. 47. Alwara bronzes/Ajit Kumar Prasad. 48. Colonial statues in the Patna Museum, Patna/Sujata Sinha. [5 Articles are in Hindi].

"The book Recent Researches in Indian Art and Iconography brings to light the recent trends in the study of sculptural art, iconography and architecture. This collection of fifty-one scholarly papers focuses on the different aspects of Indian art and brings under the rubric, the views of experts from different parts of India. The volume published in honour of Dr. C.P. Sinha, Former Director of the prestigious K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna includes fresh materials, interpretation and analyses of various art objects. The papers, written in wide and expressive style are supported with several photographs, illustrations and references. This book will prove to be an invaluable asset to the art historian, researchers, libraries and also to the students." (jacket)