Hari Smriti : Studies on Art Archaeology and Indology : Papers Presented in Memory of Dr. Haribishnu Sarkar

Contents: Vol. I: Foreword by Kapila Vatsyayan. Preface. I. Haribishnu Sarkar : Reminiscences and tribute: 1. My friend H. Sarkar/M.A. Dhaky. 2. Dr. Haribishnu Sarkar : a gentleman scholar/B.D. Chattopadhyaya. 3. Dr. H. Sarkar/B.M. Pande. 4. A tribute to Sri H. Sarkar/V.V. Krishna Sastry. 5. Dr. H. Sarkar : in the footsteps of Sri Amalananda Ghosh/Amar Nath Khanna. 6. Dr. Haribishnu Sarkar : a tribute/Purnima Ray. II. Art and iconography: 1. Devaraja in Cambodian history/Lokesh Chandra. 2. An estimate of Gupta terracottas/P.K. Agrawala. 3. "The Amaravati Master": spatial conventions in the art of Amaravati/Elizabeth Rosen Stone. 4. Main Stupa, Udayagiri (Orissa)/Debala Mitra. 5. The temple fragments from Kaveripakkam/M.A. Dhaky. 6. Buddhism in the Deccan during the Satavahana age/Ajay Mitra Shastri. 7. Some remarks on the Freer Panels/Dirk W. Lonne. 8. Ajanta\'s history/Walter M. Spink. 9. Saptaratnas in Buddhism : their origin, function and depictions/Mallar Mitra. 10. Pattan Munara : Minar or Mandir?/Michael W. Meister. 11. Early stone sculptures of Tripurantaka in South India/Gerd J.R. Mevissen. 12. A unique Siva-linga from Navile and some cultural issues/A. Sundara. 13. The Nolamba style and Vijayanagara Archaizing : the Bhoganandisvara compound at Nandi, Karnataka/Andrew L. Cohen. 14. A 12 century Hoysala image of Siva Gajasurasamharamurti from the Amritesvara Temple, Amritapura/Kirsti Evans. 15. A newly discovered Visvarupa image from Haryana/Devendra Handa. 16. Hero-stones at Pushpagiri/D. Hanumantha Rao. 17. Art of the Paramaras of Vagada of Western India/P.K. Trivedi. 18. Brahma image from elephanta/B.V. Shetti. 19. Tripurantaka Siva (destroyer of three cities)/R. Nagaswamy. 20. Two rare images of Mahachandaroshana from Antichak/B.S. Verma. 21. From Graha Vinayaka to Siddhi Vinayaka/V.V. Krishna Sastry. 22. Courtesans and tantric consorts : female sexuality and fertility in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Biographies/Serinity Young. 23. Surya sculptures from Hampi/K.M. Suresh. 24. Bull in Banas culture/Arundhati Banerji. III. Architecture: 25. Art and architecture of Tulunadu/H.R. Raghunath Bhat. 26. Inter-relations in regional schools of Indian architecture/Krishna Deva. 27. Roman influence on Indian architecture : a reassessment/D.R. Das. 28. Behati : new light on Gupta architecture in Madhya Pradesh/D. Dayalan. 29. Samidhesvara Temple, Chittorgarh/B.L. Nagarch. 30. A star-shaped Vimana at Hiresinganagutti/Shrinivas V. Padigar. 31. The Virupaksha temple at Pattadakal : Did Pallava architect build it?/S. Rajasekhara. 32. Intercultural relationship of the sacred architecture in Travancore/Falk Reitz.

Vol. II: IV. Archaeology: 33. The left-over of Palaeolithic man in and around Betwa River Valley, U.P./Sangita Chakraborty and Nayan Ananda Chakraborty. 34. Aspects of prehistoric astronomy in India/N. Kameswara Rao. 35. Recent exploration along the Narmada/V. Shivananda. 36. Neolithic ceramic industries of North-Eastern and Central-Eastern India/J.S. Nigam. 37. Harappan landscape of Western India/M.K. Dhavalikar. 38. Who were the Aryas?/Susri M. Vikram and Arun Kumar. 39. Namana : Chalcolithic settlement in Hadoti Region of Rajasthan/D.N. Dimri and Rajendra Yadav. 40. Current perspectives on the Megalithic culture of South India/Udayaravi S. Moorti. 41. Iron technology in Eastern India : archaeometallurgical studies/Pranab K. Chattopadhyay. 42. Archaeological investigations in District Sravasti, Uttar Pradesh/D.P. Tewari and B.K. Pandey. 43. Excavations at Sarnath : some reflections regarding early phase; stratigraphy and architecture/B.R. Mani. 44. The Kunindas and their archaeology in Garhwal Himalaya/B.M. Khanduri. 45. Recent excavation at Udayagiri : a revelation/Bimal Bandyopadhyay. 46. "Colonial Indology" and some Non-Indian critics/Dilip K. Chakrabarti. V. Epigraphy and numismatics: 47. Two donations in favour of the Mahasanghikas of Mathura/Gouriswar Bhattacharya. 48. Agriculture and industries as gleaned from place names in Kalachuri inscriptions/Malati Mahajan. 49. Maharashtraka-traya of Aihole prasasti/Ishikawa Kan. 50. Literature under Devaraya II of Vijayanagara (AD 1424-1446)/C.T.M. Kotraiah. 51. Rohilkhand : an epigraphical study/M. Ilyas Quddusi. 52. A fresh study on the chronology of Pala Dynasty based on a gold coin from Bangladesh/Murtaja Baseer. VI. Antiquities and Museums: 53. "Cultural patrimony and heritage" with special reference to retrieval and preservation of cultural property/L.K. Srinivasan. 54. Protection of cultural property vis-a-vis antiquarian legislation and people in India/C.B. Patil. 55. Beginning of Museums and Museum movement in India/I.K. Sarma. VII. Conservation and heritage management: 56. Archaeological conservation in India : a general survey/M.C. Joshi. 57. Concept of preservation-conservation in ancient days/K.K. Ramamurthy. 58. Foundations of the Taj Mahal/R. Sengupta. 59. Monument management and urbanization : a case study of Bhubaneswar/N. James. VIII. Miscellaneous: 60. Bareilly through 1857-58/M. Yaseen Quddusi. 61. Not very long ago/Ajit Kumar Dutta.

"This collection of sixty-one papers contributed by the scholars from India and abroad is in memory of Dr. H. Sarkar who retired as Jt. Director General, Archaeological Survey of India. He is very well known for his invaluable contribution to the field of archaeology and art history. The papers included herein are the outcome of researches done on art, architecture, iconography, epigraphy, numismatics, archaeological explorations and excavations, antiquity and museums, conservation and heritage management, over the years besides reminiscences from some of his close friends, admirers and associates who always held Dr. Sarkar in high esteem.

Bound in two volumes, these papers are classified eight sections." (jacket)