Agrawala, R. C. Agrawal, Ashvini Agrawal, K. L. Anand, Kumar Andare, Shridhar Arya, Samarendra Narayan Badam, G. L. Bakker, Hans Bandodker, S. N. Bhatt, R. C. Bhatt, S. K. Bhowmick, Atul C. Chattopadhyay, Pranab K. Chauhan, M. S. Dayakar, G. De, Gourisankar Deshpande, Brahmanand Gadgil, Vidya Gaur, A. S. Gokhale, Shobhana Gupta, Chandrashekhar Handa, Devendra Jamindar, Rasesh Jawaharlal, Rasesh Jawaharlal, G. Jha, V. D. Khwaja, G. S. Kellellu, Ismail Kulkarni, Prashant P. Kumar, Arun Kumar, Manmohan Mahajan, Malati Manuel, J. Mukharya, P. S. Mukherjee, B. N. Murthy, A. V. Narasimha Nautiyal, M. K. Nayak, P. K. Ojha, N. K. Pandeya, Vijoy Lakshmi Pandya, Suman Quddusi, M. Ilyas Reddy, P. Chyenna, Ritti, Shrinivas Sahai, Bhagawant Sahu, N. B. Sarma, I. K. Sastry, P. V. Parabrahma Satya Vrat Sen, Aloka Parasher Sharma, S. R. Shelat, Bharati Shivananda, V. Singh, Purushottam Spink, Walter M. Sullerey, S. K. Sundaresh Suresh, K. M. Tiwari, Maruti Nandan Tripathy, Snigdha Tripati, Sila trivedi, Preety A. Upadhyaya, Avinash Upadhyaya, Vibha Upadhyaya, Madan Mohan velinker, Joseph Vora, K. H.
About the Editors:
Prof. R. K. Sharma (b. 1932) Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and archaeology and Dean, Faculty of social Sciences, University of Jabalpur retired in 1992. His contributions to the cause of Indian Archaeology in general and Archaeology of Madhya Pradesh in particular are widely acclaimed. His prestigious publications (over twenty) include: Prehistoric Art in India (Dr. S. K. Pandey Fel. Vol.) (Ed.), Delhi, 1996; Kalachuri: Rajvansh Aur Unka Yug, 2 vols, Delhi, 1998 and Tribal History of Central India, 3 vol., Delhi, 2002. A. Series of other publications are in process.
Shri Devendra Hnada holds postgraduate degrees in Sanskrit, History and Education - all in First class and with top positions in the University. After a teaching career of more than thirty years, he finally retired form the Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1999. He is known to the indologists through more than three hundred research papers and numerous monographs. His major works include: Osian: History, Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Delhi, 1984; Studies in Indian Coins and Seals, Delhi, 1985; Ajay Mitra Shastri Felicitation Volume), 2 vols. (Ed.), Delhi, 1989; Jaina Bronzes from Hansi, and Antiquity of Pehowa - Ancient Prithudaka, Delhi, 2004
| List of Illustration | xi |
| List of Abbreviation | xvii |
| List of Contributors | xix |
TRIBUTES
| My Pitajee -Avinash Upadhyaya | lvi |
| Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: Down the Memory Lane -Bhagwant Sahai | lviii |
| Ajay Mitra: My Friend -B. N. Mukherjee | lxi |
| Commemorating Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri -Hans BakkerBhagwant Sahai | lxii |
| Late Ajay Mitra Shastri -I. K. Sarna | lxviii |
| Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: My Guru -Chandrashekhar Gupta | lxvii |
| Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: An Unfathomable Ocean of Knowledge -S. K. Bhatt | lxix |
| Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: Reminiscences of a Scholar -Bharati Shelat | lxx |
| A Scholar with Diligence and Industry -Rasesh Jamindar | lxii |
| Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri -Joseph Velinkar | lxxiv |
| 1. A Few New Fossil Sites from the Upper Godavari Valley, Nasik District, Maharashtra -Arun Kumar & G. L. Badam | 3 |
| 2. Palaeoenvironmental and Taphonomic Assessment of Western Maharashtra from Mid Pleistocene Times -G. L. Badam | 8 |
| 3. Some New Thoughts on the Discovery of Ancient Dwarka -Sundaresh, A. S. Gaur, K. H. Vora, Sila Tripati &S. N. Bandodker | 22 |
| 4. Underwater Explorations of a Sangam Period Port Town at Poompuhar, East Coast of Indian -A. S. Gaur, Sundaresh & Sila Tripati | 33 |
| 5. Recent Explorations in District Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh -V. Shivananda & N. B. Sahu | 44 |
| 6. Excavation of Megalithic Burials at Dhamna (Linga), District Nagpur, Maharashtra -Chandrashekhar Gupta & Ismail Kellelu | 51 |
| 7. Knobbed Vessels in Southeast Asia -Ashok K. Singh & Pranab K. Chattopadhyay | 66 |
| 8. Antiquarian Remains of Buxar -Kumar Anand | 74 |
| 9. Unique Findings in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh -G. Jawaharlal | 79 |
| 10. Contribution of Eran to Indian History -V. D. Jha | 83 |
| 11. Sir Alexander Cunningham (1814-1893) -Purushottam Singh | 88 |
| 12. Brief Study of Medicine and Medical Care in Ancient India -Vijoy Lakshmi Pandeya | 92 |
| 13. Mauryan State's Attitude Towards Tribes and Frontier People -Aloka Parasher-Sen | 99 |
| 14. Himalayan Expeditions of the Maukharis vis-à-vis Huna Invasion -R. C. Bhatt, K. P. Nautiyal & M. K. Nautiyal | 109 |
| 15. Gopala: The Saviour of Kirttivarman Chandella -K. L. Agrawal | 116 |
| 16. Jagaddeva Episode in Chalukya History -Shrinivas Ritti | 121 |
| 17. The 'Meru' Problem in Rastrakuta History -Brahmanand Deshpande | 124 |
| 18. An Eyewitness Account of the Religious Bigotry of Aurangazeb by Mahamati Prananatha -P. S. Mukharya | 131 |
| 19. Trade and Commerce Under the Qutb Shahis (AD 1518-1687) -P. Chenna Reddy & G. Dayakar | 140 |
| 20. Asva-mukhi Yaksi -Gourisankar De | 153 |
| 21. Buddhist Architecture in Vidarbha Region -M. Ilyas Quddusi | 156 |
| 22. Ajanta's Dhabdhaba -Walter M. Spink | 161 |
| 23. Bahubali Images in Karnataka -Maruti Nandan Tiwari | 165 |
| 24. Reclassification of Chandella Sculptures -S. K. Sullerey | 169 |
| 25. Temples of Boudh -P. K. Nayak | 172 |
| 26. Trikuta Surya-Narayana Temple at Magala -K. M. Suresh | 177 |
| 27. Miniature Dehura: A Unique Temple Style In Banjar, Dist. Kullu (H. P.) -M. S. Chauhan | 180 |
| 28. Mason Marks and Dating of Bilhari Temple (Dist Katni) -Madan Mohan Upadhyay | 187 |
| 29. Vijayanagara Period: Resurgence and Continuity in Architecture, Art and Religion -J. Manuel | 191 |
| 30. Mahisamardini alias Sachchika in Western Rajasthan -R. C. Agrawala | 198 |
| 31. Six-armed Image of Avalokitesvara in the Art of Bihar -Preety A. Trivedi | 210 |
| 33. An Illustrated Manuscript of Sundara Sringara by Kaviraja Jagannatha -Shridhar Andhare | 217 |
| 34. The Poattern of Town in Ancient Karnataka -A. V. Narasimha Murthy | 221 |
| 35. Who Constructed the Rani-ki-Vav of Patan? -Suman Pandya | 226 |
| 36. Yupa Inscription -Vibha Upadhyaya | 233 |
| 37. A Note on Skandagupta's Bhitari Inscription VV. 8-12 -Hans Bakker | 248 |
| 38. Copperplate Inscription of Sri Harsa from Punbjab -Manmohan Kumar | 252 |
| 39. A Survey of Inscription from Haryana -Devendra Handa | 259 |
| 40. Glimpses of Warfare and Military Organiztation in Ancient Chhattisgarh (Daksina Kosala) -S. R. Sharma | 284 |
| 41. Kandavindha Copperplate Charter of Mahabhavagupta IV Udyotakesarin, Year 3 -Snigdha Tripathy | 288 |
| 42. The Brhadisvara Temple Inscription of the Bhosales of Tanjore -Vidya Gadgil | 296 |
| 43. Epigraphs of Gujarat -Bharati Shelat | 302 |
| 44. Nasik: The Training Centre of Buddhist Monks -Shobhana Gokhale | 312 |
| 45. Two New Scepter Type Coins of Chandragupta -Prashant P. Kulkarni | 319 |
| 46. Medieval Coins of Ellichpur Mint -G. S. Khwaja | 325 |
| 47. Tracing the Formative Stage of Family -Atul C. Bhowmick | 335 |
| 48. Varnas / Caste as Conceived in the Vedas -B. K. Pandeya | 340 |
| 49. The Curse of Dice -N. K. Ojha | 352 |
| 50. Sita in Valmiki Ramayana -G. C. Nayak | 355 |
| 51. A Note on Ramopakhyana -Satya Vrat | 361 |
| 52. Manu on Women -Ashvini Agrawal | 367 |
| 53. Brahmanism and Cultural Integration of Bharata -P. V. Parabrahma Sastry | 372 |
| 54. India and Nepal -I. K. Sarma | 379 |
| 55. Some Peculiar Orissan Place Names and Their Cultural History -Malati Mahajan | 389 |
| 56. Holy Places and Temples in the works of sri-Harsa -Samarendra Narayan Arya | 402 |
| 57. Roe of Water in the Growth of Indian Culture with Reference to Preservation of Water -Rasesh Jamindar | 405 |
| 58. Wonder that is India: Unity in Diversity -S. K. Bhatt | 413 |
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Agrawala, R. C. Agrawal, Ashvini Agrawal, K. L. Anand, Kumar Andare, Shridhar Arya, Samarendra Narayan Badam, G. L. Bakker, Hans Bandodker, S. N. Bhatt, R. C. Bhatt, S. K. Bhowmick, Atul C. Chattopadhyay, Pranab K. Chauhan, M. S. Dayakar, G. De, Gourisankar Deshpande, Brahmanand Gadgil, Vidya Gaur, A. S. Gokhale, Shobhana Gupta, Chandrashekhar Handa, Devendra Jamindar, Rasesh Jawaharlal, Rasesh Jawaharlal, G. Jha, V. D. Khwaja, G. S. Kellellu, Ismail Kulkarni, Prashant P. Kumar, Arun Kumar, Manmohan Mahajan, Malati Manuel, J. Mukharya, P. S. Mukherjee, B. N. Murthy, A. V. Narasimha Nautiyal, M. K. Nayak, P. K. Ojha, N. K. Pandeya, Vijoy Lakshmi Pandya, Suman Quddusi, M. Ilyas Reddy, P. Chyenna, Ritti, Shrinivas Sahai, Bhagawant Sahu, N. B. Sarma, I. K. Sastry, P. V. Parabrahma Satya Vrat Sen, Aloka Parasher Sharma, S. R. Shelat, Bharati Shivananda, V. Singh, Purushottam Spink, Walter M. Sullerey, S. K. Sundaresh Suresh, K. M. Tiwari, Maruti Nandan Tripathy, Snigdha Tripati, Sila trivedi, Preety A. Upadhyaya, Avinash Upadhyaya, Vibha Upadhyaya, Madan Mohan velinker, Joseph Vora, K. H.
About the Editors:
Prof. R. K. Sharma (b. 1932) Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and archaeology and Dean, Faculty of social Sciences, University of Jabalpur retired in 1992. His contributions to the cause of Indian Archaeology in general and Archaeology of Madhya Pradesh in particular are widely acclaimed. His prestigious publications (over twenty) include: Prehistoric Art in India (Dr. S. K. Pandey Fel. Vol.) (Ed.), Delhi, 1996; Kalachuri: Rajvansh Aur Unka Yug, 2 vols, Delhi, 1998 and Tribal History of Central India, 3 vol., Delhi, 2002. A. Series of other publications are in process.
Shri Devendra Hnada holds postgraduate degrees in Sanskrit, History and Education - all in First class and with top positions in the University. After a teaching career of more than thirty years, he finally retired form the Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1999. He is known to the indologists through more than three hundred research papers and numerous monographs. His major works include: Osian: History, Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Delhi, 1984; Studies in Indian Coins and Seals, Delhi, 1985; Ajay Mitra Shastri Felicitation Volume), 2 vols. (Ed.), Delhi, 1989; Jaina Bronzes from Hansi, and Antiquity of Pehowa - Ancient Prithudaka, Delhi, 2004
| List of Illustration | xi |
| List of Abbreviation | xvii |
| List of Contributors | xix |
TRIBUTES
| My Pitajee -Avinash Upadhyaya | lvi |
| Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: Down the Memory Lane -Bhagwant Sahai | lviii |
| Ajay Mitra: My Friend -B. N. Mukherjee | lxi |
| Commemorating Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri -Hans BakkerBhagwant Sahai | lxii |
| Late Ajay Mitra Shastri -I. K. Sarna | lxviii |
| Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: My Guru -Chandrashekhar Gupta | lxvii |
| Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: An Unfathomable Ocean of Knowledge -S. K. Bhatt | lxix |
| Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri: Reminiscences of a Scholar -Bharati Shelat | lxx |
| A Scholar with Diligence and Industry -Rasesh Jamindar | lxii |
| Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri -Joseph Velinkar | lxxiv |
| 1. A Few New Fossil Sites from the Upper Godavari Valley, Nasik District, Maharashtra -Arun Kumar & G. L. Badam | 3 |
| 2. Palaeoenvironmental and Taphonomic Assessment of Western Maharashtra from Mid Pleistocene Times -G. L. Badam | 8 |
| 3. Some New Thoughts on the Discovery of Ancient Dwarka -Sundaresh, A. S. Gaur, K. H. Vora, Sila Tripati &S. N. Bandodker | 22 |
| 4. Underwater Explorations of a Sangam Period Port Town at Poompuhar, East Coast of Indian -A. S. Gaur, Sundaresh & Sila Tripati | 33 |
| 5. Recent Explorations in District Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh -V. Shivananda & N. B. Sahu | 44 |
| 6. Excavation of Megalithic Burials at Dhamna (Linga), District Nagpur, Maharashtra -Chandrashekhar Gupta & Ismail Kellelu | 51 |
| 7. Knobbed Vessels in Southeast Asia -Ashok K. Singh & Pranab K. Chattopadhyay | 66 |
| 8. Antiquarian Remains of Buxar -Kumar Anand | 74 |
| 9. Unique Findings in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh -G. Jawaharlal | 79 |
| 10. Contribution of Eran to Indian History -V. D. Jha | 83 |
| 11. Sir Alexander Cunningham (1814-1893) -Purushottam Singh | 88 |
| 12. Brief Study of Medicine and Medical Care in Ancient India -Vijoy Lakshmi Pandeya | 92 |
| 13. Mauryan State's Attitude Towards Tribes and Frontier People -Aloka Parasher-Sen | 99 |
| 14. Himalayan Expeditions of the Maukharis vis-à-vis Huna Invasion -R. C. Bhatt, K. P. Nautiyal & M. K. Nautiyal | 109 |
| 15. Gopala: The Saviour of Kirttivarman Chandella -K. L. Agrawal | 116 |
| 16. Jagaddeva Episode in Chalukya History -Shrinivas Ritti | 121 |
| 17. The 'Meru' Problem in Rastrakuta History -Brahmanand Deshpande | 124 |
| 18. An Eyewitness Account of the Religious Bigotry of Aurangazeb by Mahamati Prananatha -P. S. Mukharya | 131 |
| 19. Trade and Commerce Under the Qutb Shahis (AD 1518-1687) -P. Chenna Reddy & G. Dayakar | 140 |
| 20. Asva-mukhi Yaksi -Gourisankar De | 153 |
| 21. Buddhist Architecture in Vidarbha Region -M. Ilyas Quddusi | 156 |
| 22. Ajanta's Dhabdhaba -Walter M. Spink | 161 |
| 23. Bahubali Images in Karnataka -Maruti Nandan Tiwari | 165 |
| 24. Reclassification of Chandella Sculptures -S. K. Sullerey | 169 |
| 25. Temples of Boudh -P. K. Nayak | 172 |
| 26. Trikuta Surya-Narayana Temple at Magala -K. M. Suresh | 177 |
| 27. Miniature Dehura: A Unique Temple Style In Banjar, Dist. Kullu (H. P.) -M. S. Chauhan | 180 |
| 28. Mason Marks and Dating of Bilhari Temple (Dist Katni) -Madan Mohan Upadhyay | 187 |
| 29. Vijayanagara Period: Resurgence and Continuity in Architecture, Art and Religion -J. Manuel | 191 |
| 30. Mahisamardini alias Sachchika in Western Rajasthan -R. C. Agrawala | 198 |
| 31. Six-armed Image of Avalokitesvara in the Art of Bihar -Preety A. Trivedi | 210 |
| 33. An Illustrated Manuscript of Sundara Sringara by Kaviraja Jagannatha -Shridhar Andhare | 217 |
| 34. The Poattern of Town in Ancient Karnataka -A. V. Narasimha Murthy | 221 |
| 35. Who Constructed the Rani-ki-Vav of Patan? -Suman Pandya | 226 |
| 36. Yupa Inscription -Vibha Upadhyaya | 233 |
| 37. A Note on Skandagupta's Bhitari Inscription VV. 8-12 -Hans Bakker | 248 |
| 38. Copperplate Inscription of Sri Harsa from Punbjab -Manmohan Kumar | 252 |
| 39. A Survey of Inscription from Haryana -Devendra Handa | 259 |
| 40. Glimpses of Warfare and Military Organiztation in Ancient Chhattisgarh (Daksina Kosala) -S. R. Sharma | 284 |
| 41. Kandavindha Copperplate Charter of Mahabhavagupta IV Udyotakesarin, Year 3 -Snigdha Tripathy | 288 |
| 42. The Brhadisvara Temple Inscription of the Bhosales of Tanjore -Vidya Gadgil | 296 |
| 43. Epigraphs of Gujarat -Bharati Shelat | 302 |
| 44. Nasik: The Training Centre of Buddhist Monks -Shobhana Gokhale | 312 |
| 45. Two New Scepter Type Coins of Chandragupta -Prashant P. Kulkarni | 319 |
| 46. Medieval Coins of Ellichpur Mint -G. S. Khwaja | 325 |
| 47. Tracing the Formative Stage of Family -Atul C. Bhowmick | 335 |
| 48. Varnas / Caste as Conceived in the Vedas -B. K. Pandeya | 340 |
| 49. The Curse of Dice -N. K. Ojha | 352 |
| 50. Sita in Valmiki Ramayana -G. C. Nayak | 355 |
| 51. A Note on Ramopakhyana -Satya Vrat | 361 |
| 52. Manu on Women -Ashvini Agrawal | 367 |
| 53. Brahmanism and Cultural Integration of Bharata -P. V. Parabrahma Sastry | 372 |
| 54. India and Nepal -I. K. Sarma | 379 |
| 55. Some Peculiar Orissan Place Names and Their Cultural History -Malati Mahajan | 389 |
| 56. Holy Places and Temples in the works of sri-Harsa -Samarendra Narayan Arya | 402 |
| 57. Roe of Water in the Growth of Indian Culture with Reference to Preservation of Water -Rasesh Jamindar | 405 |
| 58. Wonder that is India: Unity in Diversity -S. K. Bhatt | 413 |
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