Atavika: A Dialogue Between Past and Present in Felicitation of Dr Baba Mishra (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I : Pre, Proto and Historical Archaeology. 1. Archaeological investigation in Bonaigarh sub-division, District-Sundergarh, Odisha: a preliminary observation on lithic assemblages of the Rukuda river basin/Subodha Mendaly. 2. Recent research on prehistory in the Jira valley of Bargarh Upland, Odisha/Sudam Deep. 3. Archaeological exploration in the Sundar River Valley, Odisha/Kshyeera Sagara Rana. 4. Settlement planning and structural remains of  early Harappan culture: a study on Kot Diji-Sothi complex/Vinay Kumar. 5. Evidence of Megalithism in the middle Mahanadi valley, Odisha: a preliminary observation/Sakit Hussain and Subodha Mendaly. 6. Living megalithic tradition in western Odisha: a preliminary investigation/Sangita Sahu. 7. Early historical Suktel valley, Western Odisha: a preliminary study/Sasmita Sen Barik. 8. Media produced cultural heritage of wari-(Bateshwar), Bangladesh: understanding the spatial pattern of landscape from the sky/Md Masood Imran. 9. Defining Kalahandi: the archaeology of settlements and writing of sub-regional history of Odisha/Damayanti Bag. 10. Sealings from Vadnagar excavation: a study/Meka V. Raghavendra Varma. 11. Combs of ancient India: a reappraisal to the excavation at Sanauli/Pranab K. Chattopadhyay. 12. Early Bengal terracottas: A comparative approach/Uma Chakraborty. 13. Early temple architecture and art of Mohangiri, district -Kalahandi Odisha: a preliminary observation/Gitanjali Routa. Plates.

Vol. II - Medieval Archaeology, History and Culture and Modern Period. 14. Temple art of Bhuliasikuan, district - Nuapada, Odisha: A preliminary report/Minakshi Dash. 15. Mirror and its use through the ages/P K Chattopadhyay. 16. History of Odishan archaeology: a study of post independence period/Trilochan Jena. 17. Iconography of minor Jaina God and Goddess/Brijesh Rawat. 18. Some Jaina remains in Barddhaman district, West Bengal, India/Rangan Kanti Jana. 19. A new look on Jainism and Jaina centres in Odisha: a study of tourism possibilities/Sonam Soni and Pareswar Sahoo. 21. Technology in historical study: iron culture and history of Assam/Raktim Ranjan Saikia and Kishor Goswami. 21. Symbolism of light in Muslim architecture of Bengal/AKM Khademul Haque and Mahmuda Khanam. 22 Literary text and the construction of the past: Padmini tradition revisited/Kailash Chandra Dash. 23. Chauhan rule in Western Odisha/Sita Sahu. 24. Impact of Muslim rule on the society and culture of medieval Orissa (1568-1751): a brief study/Bijaya Kumar Sahoo. 25. Salt manufacture in Orissa during British Rule/Lalit Pattanaik. 26. Pandit Raghunath Murmu: the inventor of Ollchiki. Script/S C Karua. 27. Social entrepreneurship in rural tourism of Odisha: a study/P Sahoo. 28. IDITAL: The amazing ritual art of the Souras of South Odisha/B Sahu. 29. Tag You Out, Digital activism and Social Media localisation in Bangladesh/M Z Chowdhury. 30. Traditional cultural knowledge for environmental conservation in North-East India: A preliminary Assessment/B Bandyopadhyay. 31. Care and treatment of elephants with special reference to the autobiography of Coomar Prakritish Barua/Kabita Debi. Plates.

Atavika is the felicitation volume on Dr Baba Mishra, well known historian and archaeologist who retired on May 2019 after more than three decades of Teaching and Research career in the Govt. College Autonomous (Now Kalahandi University) during which, he proved his mettle as a teacher, researcher, research supervisor, organiser, explorer, excavator, interpreter and administrator. His Curriculum Vitae appended with the volume substantiate it. 

Tel river valley material remains indeed stands for the 'Forest Civilization' of mankind. Atavikas, the forest people who had build civilization and culture of high order on the basin of the Tel and the Indravati during the 4th /3rd cent, BCE to the 5th century CE. Dr Mishra's untiring research on it cannot be ignored.