Archaeology and Tradition : Prof D.N. Tripathi Felicitation Volume (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I: Archaeology: 1. An evolutionary perspective on the development of human culture/Colin Renfrew. 2. Evolution of society and culture in Rajasthan/V.N. Misra. 3. Over-view of the Mesolithic culture of the Vindhya-Ganga region/Radhakant Verma. 4. The iron age society of India: pattern of technology adaptation and culture change/Vibha Tripathi. 5. Archaeology of Kausambi: review of a city site of the lower Ganga-Yamuna Doab/J.N. Pal. 6. Early agro-pastoral cultures of India/Vasant Shinde. 7. Pakkakot: transition from rural to urban settlement: an archaeological study/Sitaram Dubey and Santosh Kumar Singh. 8. Dwarka: traditions and excavations/Alok Tripathi. 9. Climate, environment and the break-up of the Indus-Sarasvati Civilization/Michel Danino. 10. Jalore Elana (Irina) and Swarnagiri: a study/K.S. Shukla. 11. River Saraswati-the cradle of Indian civilization/Rajesh Purohit. 12. Archaeological investigations along the ancient pilgrimage route from Ayodhya to Sravasti/Indudhar Dwivedi, Vimal Tiwari and Abha Dwivedi. 15. Archaeology of Bhrigu Kshetra (with special reference of Waina)/Santosh Kumar Singh. 16. Neolithic culture of Saryupar region/Shitala Prasad Singh. 17. Evolution of early farming culture in middle Ganga plain/Neelesh Kumar Pandey. 18. Palaeolithic tools from Shekhawati region: a preliminary study/Vineet Godhal. 19. New appearance of beads in NBPW culture in the middle Ganga plain/Shanker Jaikishan. 20. Excavations at Peetnagar/D.K. Mathur. II. Epigraphy and numismatics: 21. A study of inscriptions : history and administration/T.P. Verma. 22. The Allahabad museum copperplate grant of Ranabhanjadeva-I/G.C. Tripathi. 23. Fragmentary stone inscription of the Kachchhapaghata Ratnapala: V.S. 1165/Arvind K. Singh. 24. The tradition of Shaiva ascetics and their significance (with special reference of early medieval inscriptions)/Rajesh Kumar Dhar Dubey. 25. Seals and Sealings from Sanchankot/D.P. Tewari. 27. Stylistics of Kalachuri coinage in Chhattisgarh/Vishi Upadhyay. (3 articles in Hindi)

Vol. II: Art Iconography and architecture: 28. Invocation of Sarasvati power in Jainism/M.N.P. Tiwari and S.S. Sinha. 29. Saivism of Tattvaprakasa and Parallels in the Saiva images in Samarangansutradhara/Susmita Pandey. 31. A note on the newly discovered brick temple and its site at Pipri, District Siddharthnagar, U.P./Praveen Kumar Mishra. 32. Yaksha Iconography : Thematic variation and its implications/Namrata Singh. 33. Depiction of Brahma’s life through the Vaishnava sculptures of Udayagiri caves, Vidisa: a proportionate blend of iconography and philosophy/Pooja Saxena and Apurva Sinha. 34. Sculptural art of trans-Ghaghara region/Neetu Tiwari.  35. Transformation of west Asian and Greco-Roman elements in Indian art/Vinay Kumar. 37. Newly discovered painted rock shelters of Chandauli District, Uttar Pradesh/Prabhakar Upadhyay and Om Prakash Kumar. 39. Earliest human bronze image from middle Ganga plain and its iconic representation in the rock art of Kaimur region, India/Sachin Kumar Tiwary. 40. Brahmanical figures on the terracotta Art of Bihar/Anantashutosh Dwivedi. IV. Religion: 41. The human stratum of the Rama story/S.R. Goyal. 42. The four Varnas: a vedic concept of division of society/Shashi Tiwari. 43. A note on the origin of the Asrama institution/Rajawant Rao. 44. The Naynars and alvars and their contribution to the Bhakti movement in South India/Shankar Goyal. 45. The living Saura traditions of Gujarat/Atul Tripathi. 48. Athena Pallas : the Greek Goddess/Rekha Chaturvedi. 49. Deepaawali: celebrations and a message/R.C. Tripathi. 51. The concept of Mandal in Tantric form of Mahayan Buddhism/Kamlesh Kumar Gautam. V. Historiography: 54. Purusha, Purana and Itihasa : history and spiritual understanding/Ramashray Roy. 55. The account of nearchos’ voyage: an appraisal/U.P. Arora. 56. Lalitaditya Muktapida: the first Indian antiquary/J.N. Pandey. VI. General: 60. Ancient Indian ideals and modern relalities/K. Paddayya. 61. The Indo-European problem: A new paradigm, a complete re-look/Mohan Gupta. 62. A Cultural-psychological orientation to self-understanding/Girishwar Misra. 63. A study of Human evolution and migration on the basis of analysis of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)/Ram Rudra Shukla. 64. On our history, our tradition and astronomy/Krisnanand Sinha. 65. Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi and his Crusade against Communalism 1915-1931)/P.K. Shukla. 66. The aesthetics of Sanskrit theatre and the structure of Sanskrit Drama/Kamalesdatta Tripathi. 67. Shorapur: a Palace City of late-medieval Southern Deccan/S.K. Aruni. 68. Water resources and their management in ancient India/Pragya Chaturvedi. 69. Lumbini: the birthplace of Lord Buddha/Gitu Giri. 71. Power and imagination: representation of India in European Cartography/Deepak Kumar and Ravindra Kumar. 73. Banking in ancient India/Praveen Kumar Sharma. (13 iteams in Hindi articles)

Archaeology and Tradition is a collection of articles in the honour of Prof. Tripathi which contains articles on different aspects of History, culture, Archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics, art and Iconography, architecture, philosophy, tradition, Historiography and other related subjects. The first volume contains total 27 articles, 20 on archaeology and 7 on epigraphy and numismatics. The second volume contains total 46 articles, 13 on art, iconography and architecture, 13 on religion, 06 on historiography and 14 on general aspects. These volumes are useful to the scholars of related fields. (jacket)