Contents: Vol. I: 1. Shri Jagat Pati Joshi—a great leader in archaeology/J. Veera Raghavan. 2. Jagat Pati Joshi—a personal tribute/Muthusamy Varadarajan. 3. Shri Jagat Pati Joshi—a dear colleague/R.C. Tripathi. 4. Jagat Pati Joshi—An eminent archaeologist with remarkable judgement and energy/M.N. Deshpande. 5. Jagat Pati Joshi—a colourful personality/K.V. Soundara Rajan. 6. Jagat Pati Joshi—as I know him/Ziyaud Din Desai. 7. Through the lanes of memory/S.P. Gupta. 8. Shri Jagat Pati Joshi—as I remember/K.V. Raman. 9. Some fond memories/D.P. Agrawal. 10. In praise of Shri Jagat Pati Joshi/Ratan Chandra Agrawala. 11. Jagat Pati Joshi—an untiring archaeologist with a vision/Amar Nath Khanna. I. Prehistory: 1. Stone age industries at Amarmow and its neighbourhood, District Sagar, Madhya Pradesh/C.B. Trivedi. 2. Lower palaeolithic culture of the Gandheswari Valley: few observations/Sangita Chakraborty and Nayan Ananda Chakraborty. 3. Rock-Art of Bhima Mandali/Arakhita Pradhan and Bhagirathi Gartia. 4. Stone age vis-à-vis rock art in central Himalaya/Maheshwar P. Joshi. 5. Rock art and archaeological excavations in Tamil Nadu/D. Dayalan. II. Proto-history: 7. Harappan scenario 1999/S.P. Gupta. 8. Sarasvati-Sindhu civilisation some fresh thoughts/I.K. Sarma. 9. Collapse of the Sarasvata Sabhyata: an elegy in Mahabharata/Bhuvan Vikrama and Arun Kumar. 10. Vanished ‘Sarasvati River’ and its potential areas/Vedagya Arya. 11. Rama and Ravana in Indus seals/M.V.N. Krishna Rao. 12. Trade and the Sindhu-Saraswati civilization/Bhuvan Vikrama. 13. Terracotta mother Goddess figurines from the Harappan sites in India/K.C. Nauriyal and D.N. Dimri. 14. Animal skeletal remains from Daulatpur/A.K. Sharma. 15. Harappan elements in neo-Chalcolithic context in middle-Ganga plain/S.C. Saran and U. Sant. 16. Protohistoric potteries from Jakhera/M.D.N. Sahi. 17. The ochre-coloured pottery culture and associated copper hoards: a fresh appraisal/Krishna Kumar. 18. Some new anthropomorphic figures of copper from sites of Ganga-Yamuna doab/D.P. Sharma and Madhuri Sharma. 19. Growing evidence of copper anthropomorphic figures as the earliest images of Indra/J. Manuel. 20. Newly discovered lugged shouldered axes of copper hoard from western Uttar Pradesh/D.P. Sharma. 21. Re-evaluation of the pottery sequence in north India during the first millennium B.C./Akinori Uesugi. 22. Inamgaon: an exercise in behavioural archaeology/M.K. Dhavalikar. 23. Establishment of a farmstead at Walki in western India 1400 B.C.: the human response to the climatic change/Vasant Shinde. 24. Archaeology of central Himalaya: a review/B.M. Khanduri. 25. Kharak chhan: traditional agro-pastoral practices in Garhwal Himalaya/Pradeep M. Saklani and Vinod Nautiyal. III. Iron age: 26. South Indian Megalithic culture with special reference to Karnataka: some basic issues/A. Sundara. 27. Recent explorations in Chittoor District/V. Ramabrahmam. 28. Economic foundation of the Megalithic builders of Vidarbha vis-à-vis India/P.S. Joshi. 29. Chakhesang Megaliths/Potshangbam Binodini Devi. IV. Historical archaeology: 30. Nadner-in archaeological perspective/R.G. Pandeya. 31. A note on excavations at Bhita 1997/S. Jamal Hasan. 32. Excavations at Banavasi/A.V. Narasimha Murthy. 33. Kalingapatnam-its importance in the history and archaeology, district Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh)/D. Hanumantha Rao. 34. Archaeological relativity of Lakshadweep islands/D. Bhengra. 35. Iron objects from Mansar excavation/Zulfiquar Ali. 36. Udayagiri—an unique monasterial complex in Orissa/B.K. Sinha. 37. Recent archaeological excavation at Laphupokpi (Manipur)/S. Dharmen Singh. 39. A rare gold signet ring from Vallabhipur/V.H. Sonawane.

Vol. II: 40. Bhiksuparvata at Pataliputra/Brajdeo Prasad Roy. 41. Discovery of remains of Asokan Pillar at Kachhi Ghat Patna city/Umesh Prasad. 42. Survey of early historic art effects from excavated sites of Tamil Nadu/C. Margabandhu. 43. Maritime archaeology of Kalinga and the contact with southeast Asian countries/Sila Tripati. 44. The rouletted pottery and its distribution in India and Asia/J.S. Nigam. 45. Fresh evidence of foreign pottery and pottery traditions in South India/K.P. Rao. 46. Terracotta art of Kashmir/G.S. Gaur. 47. Terracotta plaques and panels as decorative medium/Rajeev Ranjan. 48. Archaeology of West Bengal: an eminent archaeologist’s contribution/Samir Kumar Mukherjee. 49. Further notes on colonial Indology/Dilip K. Chakrabarti. V. Medieval archaeology: 50. Discovery of fourteenth-fifteenth century historic garden remains at Delhi and Champaner (Gujarat)/W.H. Siddiqi. VI. Archaeological Interpretation: 51. From Archaeology to ‘culture:" from facts to interpretation in India/K.V. Soundara Rajan. 52. The importance of oral tradition in reconstructing India’s past/B.B. Lal. 53. Biological concept of heredity and it is relevance to archaeological research/R.P. Sharma. VII. Epigraphy and numismatics: 55. Dasakumaracharita and the date of Ajinta Caves/Brahmanand Deshpande. 56. The Kamarupi script has its origin directly from the Gupta script and not from Kutila : Recent findings/Jatin Goswami. 57. The Nalanda seal of Bhaskaravarman/B.N. Misra. 58. Newly discovered copper-plate inscription of Nagabhata II : V.S. 884/D.P. Dubey. 59. Reference to Sarvatobhadra type monument in an inscription from Pudur, Andhra Pradesh/Madhav N. Katti. 60. Polity and economy under the Wodeyars of Ummattur 1400-1512-A.D.: an epigraphical study/A. Satyanarayana. 61. The word Kosa in Sanskrit inscriptions of south-east Asia/P.K. Agrawala. 63. Monumental Islamic calligraphy of India/Ziyaud Din A. Desai. 64. A new inscription of Sultan Nasirud-Din Mahmud Shah of Delhi/S.S. Hussain. 65. Dates of accession, death and period of reign of first two Sultans of Tughluq dynasty/S.S. Hussain. 66. Mughal Khandesh: an epigraphical survey/M.I. Quddusi. 67. An interesting inscription of Mathramal from Sholapur/M.Y. Quddusi. 68. An unique inscription of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb from Kashmir/M.F. Khan. 69. Silver coins of Chandragupta II: a chronological study/Ajay Mitra Shastri. 70. Seals, sealings and inscribed stone pieces from Antichak excavations/B.S. Verma. 71. Report on three copper coins of Ahmed Shah II Bahmani excavated at Mansar/G.S. Khwaja. VIII. Architecture: 72. A lesser known temple of the Guptas: temple No. 2 at Bhitari/Vidula Jayaswal. 73. Jogeswar: a traditional cradle of temple architecture/Krishna Deva. 74. Temple remains from Bisokhar/Madhu Bala and Vishnu Kant. 75. Identification of temple from copper plates-Rashtrakuta temple at Tirumalaicheri/Satyabhama Badhreenath. 76. Mahanalesvara and other shrines at menal/B.L. Nagarch. 77. Paramara temples at Talawara, Rajasthan/P.K. Trivedi. 78. Remains of a Siva Temple in Tansa Valley (Maharashtra)/A.K. Sharma.

Vol. III: 79. Tripurantakesvara temple at Sirukarumbur, Tamil Nadu/V.N. Srinivasa Desikan. 80. Temple architecture of Nagpur under Bhoslas/K.M. Girhe. IX. Sculpture, painting and dance: 82. An unusual dance Panel in Patna museum/R.C. Agrawala. 83. A glimpse of sculptural art of Kalanjar/Rajendra Yadav. 84. Some rare Chola sculptures from Kumbakonam/K.V. Raman. 85. Vajralepa/P. Arundhati. 86. The dead and the living in dance/R. Nagaswamy. X. History and geography: 87. Cursory readings between the lines of history/B. Vidyadhara Rao. 88. Did Prabhakaravardhana, Harsha and the Pushpabhuti Ministers conspire against Rajyavardhana/Kiran Kumar Thaplyal. 89. An unwritten chapter in the history of ancient India/T.V.G. Sastri. 90. Location of Aryavartta/Ram Sharma. 91. Ancient geography of the Ramayana/Jassu Ram. XI. Literary studies: 93. Ramayana in Vedic literature/S.L. Nagar. 94. Chronology of the Sangam works and the two epics Manimekhalai and Silappadikaram-an overview/K.S. Ramachandran. 95. Kerala’s contribution to literature/K.K. Ramamurthy. XII. Religion: 97. Bhakti movement and India’s composite culture/K.K. Khullar. 98. Vande (Bande) Mataram (homage to Motherland)-is Vande (Bande) Mataram a national song and un-Islamic/Y. Krishan. XIII. Technology: 99. Observations on ancient mining and metallurgy of copper in district Singhbhum, Bihar/Rina Srivastava and Vibha Tripathi. 100. Fire-arms in ancient India/G.N. Pant. 101. Ancient barrage at Pitalkhora/S.K. Mittra. 102. Coins of the Kuru Mahajanapada/Devendra Handa. 103. Significance of coinage and metrology of Sultan Iltutmish/G.S. Khwaia. 104. Kariong-the pottery of Chowra/Lotika Varadarajan. XIV. Preservation of heritage: 107. Commercialisation and illicit trafficking of antiquities/Hari Manjhi and C.B. Patil. 108. Museums, multi-cultural heritage and community—a challenge of 21 century/S.S. Biswas. 109. Restoring monuments at Chittaurgarh Fort/R. Sengupta. 110. Conservation of Kanti Deul (Siva Temple) at Ratanpur, District Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh/G.C. Chauley. 111. Conservation and management of Srirangapatna—a medieval township in Karnataka/V. Shivananda. 112. Structural conservation of protected monuments in Ladakh/B.R. Mani. 113. Conservation of monumental heritage of Lucknow: need for concerted efforts/Indu Prakash. 114. Rock-cut art of Ajanta: care and protection/N.L. Batra. 115. Care of miniature paintings/A.K. Bahadur. 116. Scientific preservation of stone sculptures in museums of Rajasthan: a few case studies/Hot Chand and Shashi Prabha Swami. 117. Towards the formulation of national policy on conservation of monuments/K.N. Dikshit. XV. Recent discoveries and latest researches: 118. Excavation at Dhalewan, District Mansa, Punjab—a note/Madhu Bala. 119. Excavation at Rakhigarhi/Amarendra Nath. 120. Excavations at Mansar and Sirpur-flash/A.K. Sharma. 121. Fifty years of Harappan studies: recent archaeological discoveries and their implications/K.M. Srivastava. (9 Articles in Hindi Language)