Brahma Sri : Researches in Archaeology, History and Culture in the New Millennium (Dr. P.V. Parabrahma Sastry Felicitation Volume) (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I: Foreword. I. Archaeology, art and architecture: 1. Dawn of a millennium : the ascent of Indian rock art research/Robert G. Bednarik. 2. Petroglyphic art of Andhra Pradesh, South India/N. Chandra Mouli. 3. Could Pushyamitra Sunga's rule be outlined in archaeological strata as an index event?/J. Manuel. 4. War memorials of the Ikshvaku period - a study/P.R.K. Prasad. 5. Naneghat - the ancient trade route/Shobhana Gokhale. 6. Ancient Pilgrimage of Prithudaka : a scio-economic interpretation of its development/Brajesh Krishna. 7. A late medieval step-well at Nimrana, district Alwar -- an archaeological and cultural study/C. Margabandhu. 8. Siva as Archer : a rare image from the great temple at Madurai/Jeyapriya Rajarajan. 9. Epigraphical bearing on art and architecture/M.D. Sampath. 10. Silpins in early and medieval Andhra/E. Sivanagi Reddy. 11. Rare images of seated Harihara/Raju Kalidos. 12. Nalirumurtti-Astamurti : the Alakarkoyil tradition/R.K.K. Rajarajan. 13. The Vijayanagara style of art and architecture/I.K. Sarma. 14. Vijayanagara sculptures - their bearing on culture and society/T. Dayananda Patel and M. Radha Patel. 15. A rare sculpture of Parvati in the sacred complex of Srisailam/C. Anil Kumar. 16. Stringed instruments as depicted in Vijayanagara sculptures and murals/K. Padmanabha. 17. Gajendramoksha or Varadaraja sculpture from Hampi/K.M. Suresh. 18. A new gallery for European art : A.P. state museum, Hyderabad/P. Joginaidu. II. Epigraphy and numismatics: 19. Social history from inscriptions : a Candella inscription of V.S. 1011/Romila Thapar. 20. The Telugu-Kannada script : its connotation and development/Srinivas H. Ritti. 21. Rugi inscription of Chalukya Ayyanadeva/A.V. Narasimha Murthy. 22. The Tummeyanuru grant of Pulakesi-II/V.V. Krishna Sastry. 23. Nandaluru inscription of Vikramachola/S. Swaminathan. 24. Inscriptions of the merchant guilds of Karnataka/K.V. Ramesh. 25. Arumbaka plates of Badapa and Talapa/C.A. Padmanabha Sastry. 26. Machcheri plates of Hoysala Narasimha II/H.M. Nagaraja Rao. 27. Jainism in Mahabubnagar district through epigraphs/P. Brahma Chary. 28. Coinage of the Sungas and Kanvas/S.J. Mangalam. 29. Sources of lead for making ancient Andhra coins/D. Raja Reddy and P. Suryanarayana Reddy. 30. Some aspects of lead coinage of early Karnataka/H.R. Raghunath Bhat. 31. A Numismatic issue of Kadamba ruler Mayura Varma Deva/S. Dasarathi.

Vol. II: III. Religion,  philosophy and literature: 32. Jatakas in literature and art/B. Subrahmanyam. 33. Jaina centres in Andhra/G. Jawaharlal. 34. Administrative hierarchy in the Buddhist Samgha/Pranabananda Jash. 35. Buddhist and Jaina centres of Andhra/V.K. Mohan. 36. Manavrata/Salva Krishnamurthy. 37. Women's space in religion : the concept of Vratas a case of Andhradesa/A. Padma. 38.  Contribution of Shakti Tantra to Indian culture and religion/M.L. Khaddar Shastri. 39. The position of Sri Lakshmi and Mahalaksmi in Sri Vaisnavism/Haripriya Rangarajan. 40. New light on the dates of the deaths of Sri Basaveswara, Mallikarjuna Panditaradhya and Bijjala/G.S. Dikshit. 41. Sri Narahari Tirtha : a powerful Dwaita Pontiff of Kalinga/M.S. Ramachandra Rao. 42. Rati and Manmatha (the Indian handsome gods of love and desirous)/Balagouni Krishna Goud. 43. Lamps - religious background/G.C. Sekhar Reddy. 44. The cult of Rama in Vijayanagara/K. Sarojini Devi. 45. Fairs and festivals of Vitthala temple at Hampi/C.S. Vasudevan. 46. Historicity of traditional literature of India/V.C. Srivastava. 47. Geographical aspects in Meghasandesha/P. Shashirekha. 48. The geographical data of the Dasakumaracarita/N.Q. Pankaj. 49. Divya-prabandham/R. Nagaswamy. 50. Racial origin of castes : as gleaned from ancient Indian literature/B. Vidhyadhara Rao. V. General subjects: 51. Folklore as an emerging discipline/K.K.N. Kurup. 52. Kumbha mela : the festival of eternal bliss/D.P. Dubey. 53. Meaning and significance of new integral political history/Shankar Goyal. 54. Peasant culture in medieval Andhra/Challapalli Swaroopa Rani. 55. Charles Philip Brown (1798-1884)/J. Hanumath Sastri. 56. Social divisions in Pondicherry as gleaned by Ananda Ranga Pillai/R. Natarajan and B. Rama Chandra Reddy. 57. Kalamkari cloth printing of Masulipatnam/V. Suguna Sarma. 58. Rehabilitation of the widows/Sarmishtha Adhya. 59. Did Marco Polo visit Motupalli?/K. Srinivasulu.

"Brahma Sri" is a fitting tribute of felicitation paid by a Stellar list of scholars, old and young from all parts of country and beyond to an outstanding epigraphist, known to the scholastic world through his pathbreaking contributions to epigraphical and numismatic research -- Prof. P.V. Parabrahma Sastry. The 59 papers included in this volume deal with a variety of themes and disciplines such as archaeology, rock art, temple art and architecture, iconography, epigraphy and numismatics, Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina religion and philosophy, Indian literature of various periods, Folklore, new history and contemporary social issues.

This volume presenting a panoramic view of Indian history and culture, would became an important source of information for students and scholars and also to a general reader.

Incidentally, this volume also highlight the love and affection Prof. P.V.P. Sastry enjoys in the intellectual world." (jacket)