Comprehensive History and Culture of Orissa (2 Volumes in 4Pt-Set)

Contents: Volume 1. Early Times to 1568 A.D. Part I.: Preface. Introduction. 1. Sources/P.K. Mishra. 2. Archaeological heritage/Kishor K. Basa. 3. Prehistoric art/Sadasiba Pradhan. 4. Historical geography/J.K. Sahu. 5. Traditional history (literary sources)/S.C. Panda. 6. Kalinga and Magadha/P.K. Mishra. 7. Kharavela and his times/C.R. Mishra. 8. Minor dynasties (Matharas, eastern Gangas, Nalas and Sarabhapuriyas)/J.K. Sahu. 9. Rise and fall of the Sailodbhavas/J.K. Sahu. 10. The Bhauma-Karas/Umakanta Subuddhi. 11. The Somavamsis of Kosala and Utkala/Bina Sharma. 12. The Somavamsis of Utkala: a supplement/P.K. Nayak. 13. The Telugu Chodas of Kosala/P.K. Nayak. 14. The Mandala Kingdoms/Jadumani Mahapatra. 15. The imperial Gangas/P.K. Nayak. 16. The Suryavamsi Gajapatis/P.K. Nayak. 17. Fall of the Orissan empire/P.K. Nayak. 18. Polity and administrative organisation (A.D. 600-1550)/Devanand Chopdar.

Part II: 19. Economic condition in Orissa (3rd century B.C. 11th century A.D.)/S. Tripathy. 20. Social structure and arts, crafts and industries (400 A.D. to 1000 A.D.)/R.C. Misro. 21. Social condition in medieval Orissa (638 A.D. to 1550 A.D.)/Shishir Kumar Panda. 22. Jainism in Orissa/P.K. Mishra. 23. Buddhism in Orissa/H.K. Parija. 24. Saivism in Orissa/L.K. Panda. 25. Vaishnavism in Orissa/Susil Kumar Patel. 26. Saktism in Orissa/B.C. Pradhan. 27. Evolution of Jagannatha cult/Shishir Kumar Panda. 28. Evolution of religio-philosophical culture/Bijayananda Kar. 29. History of Oriya language/G.N. Dash. 30. Oriya Vaishnava literature/Adikanda Sahoo. 31. Military history/Harish Chandra Panda. 32. Jaina monuments/Bijoy Kumar Rath. 33. Buddhist monuments/G.C. Chauley. 34. Temple architecture/P.K. Mishra. 35. Painting and sculpture/P.K. Mishra. 36. Overseas trade and maritime activities in ancient time/Amiya Kumar Pattanayak. 37. Orissa's cultural contact with south-east Asia/Patitpaban Mishra. 38. Cultural relations between Orissa and south-east Asia : an archaeological perspective/Kishor K. Basa. Index.

Vol. 2. 1568 A.D.-1994: Part I. Introduction. 1. Muslim rule/B.M. Das. 2. Maratha rule/Manmath Padhy. 3. British conquest of Orissa/Debabandya Kabi. 4. Land revenue policy of the British/J.K. Samal. 5. Administration of police in Orissa during the British rule/S.C. Mishra. 6. Local self-government/Santosh Kumar Apata. 7. Administration of the Jagannath Temple/Bijoyini Mohapatra. 8. British relations with the princely states/S.C. Padhy. 9. Some important dynasties/J.K. Sahu. 10. Resistance movement in British Orissa: a. Parlakhemundi uprisings/B.P. Panda. b. Ghumsar uprisings/Dandapani Behera. c. Khurda and Sambalpur uprisings/Ashok Kumar Patnaik. 11. Political awakening in the 19th century/P.K. Mishra. 12. Language agitation in the 19th century/P.K. Mishra. 13. Utkal union movement: 1903-1920/Prasanna Kumar Mishra. 14. Orissa's search for identity/P.K. Mishra. 15. Government and politics: 1936-1947/J.K. Baral. 16. Makers of modern Orissa: I/Pradip Kumar Nayak. 17. Makers of modern Orissa: II/P.S.N. Patra. 18. History of freedom struggle/Bidyut Kumar Samal. 19. People's movement in the princely states/S. Pradhan. 20. Integration of the princely states of Orissa/A.C. Pradhan. 21. Administrative reorganisation in the post-independence Orissa: 1947-1991/J.K. Samal. 22. Instability and destabilisation: a study of the politics in Orissa (1950-1980)/Sukadev Nanda. 23. Christian missions and their activities in the nineteenth century/D. Swaro. 24. Socio-economic life and European settlements in Orissa during the Muslim rule/L.N. Raut. 25. Mahima Dharma : retrospect and prospect/S. Nath. 26. Women in Orissa/Gitanjali Nayak.

Part II: 27. Developments of Oriya literature A.D. 1434 to 1803/Banamali Rath. 28. Development of modern Oriya literature (1803-1994)/Bauribandhu Kar. 29. Major trends in modern Oriya literature/Jatindra Mohan Mohanty. 30. Socio-religious reforms in the 19th century/Nihar Ranjan Patnaik. 31. Cultural developments in the post-independence Orissa/Shishir Kumar Panda. 32. Performing arts of Orissa/Dhirendra Nath Pattanaik. 33. Festival of Orissa/Bijayalaxmi Mohanty. 34. Society in Orissa/L.K. Mahapatra. 35. Tribal life in British Orissa/K. Mojumdar. 36. Tribal cultures of Orissa/L.K. Mahapatra & Jagannath Dash. 37. Tribal heritage in culture and society/Jagannath Dash. 38. Synthesis of tribal and Oriya language/B.P. Mahapatra. 39. Tribal literature of Orissa/Sitakant Mahapatra. 40. Ex-princely states of Orissa : their social history/L.K. Mahapatra. 41. Socio-cultural foundations of education/Bharati Mohapatra. 42. Economic profile of Orissa/Baidyanath Misra. 43. Development profile of Orissa's agriculture/P.K. Tripathy & K. Sarap. 44. Growth of rail transport/Ramesh Roy. 45. Evolution of the administrative system/Rai Charan Das. Index.

"Comprehensive History and Culture of Orissa, two volumes (four parts), is an epoch making work in Indian historiography, which for the first time brings under focus the achievements of the Oriya-speaking people in the Indian context. Almost all the leading scholars of the state have joined together to record the results of their years' of painstaking and meaningful research in a succinct and lucid manner with great objectivity and scholarly insight. Topics on sources, prehistory, history, culture, maritime trade, polity, social history, impact of Islam and Christian missionaries, agrarian problems, economic growth, tribal society, language and literature, growth and evolution of modern administration, education, nationalism, search for identity and every other aspect of human activities have been discussed in their true historical perspective. Designed in the model of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan series on History and Culture of the Indian People, these volumes represent the results of latest research on respective areas." (jacket)