History Today : Journal of the Indian History and Culture Society, No. 8, 2007

Contents: Obituary. Editorial. Articles: 1. When Maulana Abul Kalam Azad espoused the two-nation theory?/Y. Krishan. 2. Hyderabad in 1857 and Salar Jung I/Vandana Kaushik. 3. Women in early Buddhist texts: some progressive shifts/Neelima Dahiya. 4. Transformation of nature in Indian art with special reference to lotus flower/Vinay Kumar. 5. Amir Khusrau: a political and social thinker/Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui. 6. Some rare manuscripts and paintings of Rampur Raza Library/W.H. Siddiqi. 7. The cult of Jagannath: an integrating force/P.K. Nayak. 8. Response of Adi Granth to post modern challenges/Surjit Kaur Jolly. 9. Cuttack and the Barabati Fort: in historical perspective with some new lights/Benudhar Patra. 10. Excavation of structural temple of Pallava period at Mahabalipuram/Alok Tripathi. Notes, news and new source-material: 1. Last rites - some special cases/Saroj Gulati. 2. Reincarnation in Hinduism/Mohit Srivastava. Book reviews. Report of the XXX Annual Conference of Indian History and Culture Society. Balance sheet. New life members. Membership form.