Haripriya: Forms and Meaning in Indian Art and Iconography: Essays in Memory of Dr. Haripriya Rangarajan
Contents: Foreword. 1. Antiquity and Co-existence of Shramana and Vedic Traditions/Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari. 2. Hindu Influence on Goan Church Architecture/K.K. Muhammed. 3. Pillar Decorations in the Cave Temples of Badami/Shrinivas V. Padigar. 4. Sharvara, the Mystery Dog in Pallava Sculptures/T. Satyamurthy. 5. The Murals of India/Benoy. K. Behl. 6. The Atiyamān Cave Temples of Namakkal/Nanditha Krishna. 7. Portrayal of Devi Sri Lalitha and Her Chariot Sri Chakrarajaratha with Reference to the Text Shaktinidhi/Choodamani Nandagopal. 8. Cultural Interflow Between India and Bhutan – The Land of Guru Padmasambhava Rimpoche/Shashibala. 9. Circle and Semicircle: Divine Geometry in Greco-Buddhist Art/Arputharani Sengupta. 10. Buddhist Art in the Museums of Russia/Viktoria V. Demenova. 11. The Sun – Lord of the Realm in Zoroastrianism and Hinduism/Pheroza J. Godrej. 12. Buddhism in Early Tamilakam: From Archaeological Sources/K. Mavali Rajan. 13. Iconographic Diversity of Umāliṅgana Sculptures from Northern Bengal: An Assessment Based on the Collection of Akshaya Kumar Maitreya Museum/Aniruddha Maitra. 14. A Note on Shasta Icons from Kerala/Ajit Kumar. 15. The Horse in the Sculptural Art of Assam/Paromita Das. 16. Kogali Hoard of Jaina Bronzes: A Revisit/C.B. Patil. 17. Unique Narratives of the Neelakantheśvara Temple, Jambittige/Purnima Srikrishna. 18. Paṭṭadakal Pillar Inscription: A Study/Sudipa Ray Bandyopadhyay. 19. The Stages of Development of the Goddess Sarasvatī: From a Metaphysical Concept of a Female Cosmic Force to a Very Familiar Icon in Indian Art/Gomathy Venkateswar. 20. Step Wells of Medieval Karnataka: An Analytical Study/G. Sarvamangala, G.C. Sadhashivappa & Jagadeesh. 21. The Elite in Sculptural Art of Vijayanagara/Priya Thakur. 22. Iconometrics and Iconography of Bronze Icons from Chola Inscriptions/G. Balaji. 23. Analysis of the Contexts of the Sculptural Remains Reported from the Purulia District of West Bengal: A Case Study Based on Recent Exploration/Shubha Majumder. 24. Symbolism of the Didactic Gestures in the Jatakas of Bharhut (c. 2nd to 1st Century bce)/Shreyashi Chaudhuri. 25. Apasaras in Assamese Art/Deepi Rekha Kouli. 26. An Artististic Survey of Rajbari, Assam: Its Archaeological Significance in Understanding its Culture/Mrigakhee Saikia. 27. Representation of Sakra in the Narratives of Early Archaeological Sites of Eastern Deccan/Sreyashi Ray Chowdhuri. 28. The Sun Cult of Ancient Bengal: An Inscriptional and Artistic Analysis/Shawttiki Ojha. 29. Dice-playing and Its Representations in Classical Indian Art/Shyamalkanti Chakravarti. 30. Hoysala Inscriptions: Introducing the Artists/H.S. Usharani.
The present volume of papers by a galaxy of scholars is dedicated to the memory of the eminent art historian, Dr. Haripriya Rangarajan, who made an invaluable contribution to the field of Indian art, iconography and architecture. She left an intangible mark as an expert especially in the field of Indian iconography.
The volume contains essays on different aspects of Indian art and iconography, providing insights into the development of Indian art through the ages, and incorporating new research on the subject. The thirty thematic essays in the volume include many by senior and very illustrious scholars as well as some by younger researchers who are now making their mark. The essays unfold many layers of Indian art and imagery and traverse religious, cultural and temporal boundaries, bringing together a variety of themes on Indian art, architecture and iconography. This strikingly illustrated volume will be of much interest to scholars and students of art and aesthetics of South Asia.
