Conservation of Cultural Property in India (Prof. G.N. Pant Commemoration Volume)

Contents: 1. Preservation of the wall paintings from the Rang Mahal, Chamba/T.R. Gairola. 2. Indian paintings - their techniques, composition & preservation/B.B. Lal. 3. Some observations on the conservation of murals/H.C. Bhardwaj. 4. Chemical treatment and preservation of one thousand pillar temple Hanamkonda, Andhra Pradesh/B.R.N. Sharma. 5. A review of work in conservation in the national archives of India/R.C. Gupta. 6. Synthetic fibers for preservation of paper - a comparative study/Y.P. Kathpalia. 7. A clay - coated manuscript in the Gilgit collection/Ranbir Kishore. 8. Repair and conservation of Birch-Bark manuscripts/P.C. Majumdar. 9. Scientific analysis and preservation of a Tibetan Thankha/B.N. Tandon. 10. The conservation of "Sainte catherine" in the Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery, Baroda/K.S. Natu. 11. Report during the discussion on oil paintings/S. Basu. 12. Use of silica gel for reducing R. H. on small scale/J.L. Bhatnagar and Ranbir Kishore. 13. Naphthalene fumigator/Ranbir Kishore and J.L. Bhatnagar. 14. Weathering and preservation of stone monuments/B.B. Lal. 15. Termite infestation in record depositories - remedial measures/J.L. Bhatnagar and Ranbir Kishore. 16. Transfer of a mural from Kulu/O.P. Agrawal. 17. Studies on the building materials of some ancient temples/B.R.N. Sharma. 18. A cement for the repair of stone objects/N. Harinarayana. 19. The problem of illumination of the mural paintings in the rock cut caves at Ajanta/M.S. Mathur. 20. Use of vacuum hot table for conservation/K.S. Natu. 21. Analysis of some Moghul wall paintings materials/J.C. Nagpall. 22. Insect control in the museum/Y. Sahai. 23. Removal of stains from photo-prints/V. Talwar and Ranbir Kishore. 24. Micro-chemical analysis, emission spectrography and metallographic examination of four ancient metallic samples/B.N. Tandon.

25. Mechanisation of the solvent lamination/Y.P. Kathpalia. 26. Notes on some natural dyes used in India in the early 20th century/O.P. Agrawal. 27. Cross sectional studies of Indian mural paintings--a new approach/M.S. Mathur. 28. Stains: some physico-chemical aspects/N. Harinarayana. 29. Scientific investigation of materials used in the 14th and 15th century cloth paintings/B.N. Tandon. 30. Anatomical study of wood samples from art objects/O.P. Agrawal and A.S. Bisht. 31. Chemical treatment and preservation of marble screens at Bibi-Ka-Muqbara-Aurangabad/B.R.N. Sharma. 32. Treatment of two oil paintings in the restoration studio of the national gallery of modern art/S. Basu. 33. A thin paste for repair and mending: use of Sarcell HV and Sarcell MV/Thakar Dass and Ranbir Kishore. 34. Restoration of a globe/Kamla Mahurkar. 35. Chemical treatment & preservation of wooden ter gate/B.R.N. Sharma. 36. Relation of relative humidity to wall paintings preserved under ground level/Giorgio Torraca. 37. Mural wall paintings - an investigation into the technique of \'ground\'/M.S. Mathur. 38. A method for the preservation of bulging \'Mural panel in Situ\'/B.R.N. Sharma and K.V. Deore. 39. Effect of a few commercial insecticides on durability and permanency of Perma-life paper/R.C. Gupta and C.P. Mehra. 40. An approach to preservation of photographic materials/R.C. Gupta. 41. Non-aqueous deacidification and conservation of an Indian illustrated manuscript leaf/O.P. Agrawal and A.S. Bisht. 42. Dermestid beetles--a threat to museum collections in India/S.M. Nair. 43. Composition and technique of a miniature painting of Malwa school dated 1640 A.D./B.N. Tandon. 44. Performance of thin paste prepared with sarcell MV (Sodium salt of carboxy-methyl cellulose) for repair with tissue paper/B.L. Razdan. 45. Restoration of a broken painting on glass/N. Harinarayana. 46. Use of ion exchange resin and electric vibro tool for the removal of incrustation/M.S. Talwar. 47. A study of four polychrome sculptures/O.P. Agrawal, B.N. Tandon and A.S. Bisht. 48. Eradication of bats from cave temples without killing/B.R.N. Sharma and U. Gupta. 49. Some conservation problems in Kathmandu, Nepal, with special reference to the preservation of Bhaktapur murals/B.B. Lal. 50. The problems of conservation in Burma/T.R. Gairola.

51. Effects of alternate heating and cooling on the physical properties of paper/R.C. Gupta and Ranbir Kishore. 52. Some unsolved problems of conservation/O.P. Agrawal. 53. Control of rat menace in libraries, manuscript repositories and archives/Ranbir Kishore and C.P. Mehra. 54. Conservation of murals-consolidation of painted plaster/J.S. Bisht & M.S. Mathur. 55. Mounting of weakened textiles/O.P. Agrawal & A.S. Bisht. 56. Treatment of Lime Stucco in Thailand/Arphorn Na Songkhla. 57. Restoration of flood damaged documents - experience at Florence/Y.P. Kathpalia. 58. Conservation of a Japanese screen/N. Harinarayana. 59. Biological deterioration of murals - a study on silverfish/D.S. Sriwastava & M.S. Mathur. 60. Use of ultra-sonic apparatus for cleaning of silver-plated coins/A.S. Bisht & K.K. Gupta. 61. Restoration of oil paintings of the Watson Museum, Rajkot/K.S. Natu. 62. Notes on the identification of some materials in conservation/Kamala Mahurkar. 63. The deterioration and microbiological studies of Ajanta and Ellora paintings/S.T. Tilak, B.R.N. Sharma, S.R. Sengupta & R.L. Kulkarni. 64. Conservation of murals in the Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan/B.B. Lal. 65. Rebuilding the back of a cracked panel painting/S. Andhare. 66. Preservation of waterlogged wood of Mauryan period/M.S. Talwar. 67. A report on the methods of conservation of manuscripts in use in Europe/C.B. Gupta. 68. Use of commercial synthetic adhesives in conservation/B.N. Tandon.