India and Southeast Asia Archaeology, Art, Culture and Religion : Felicitation Volume in Honour of Professor Sachchidanand Sahai (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I: 1. Acheulian culture from Upland Bengal/Banani Bhattacharya. 2. Comparative study with Kaimurian and Central Indian rock art/Sachin Kr. Tiwary. 3. Neolithic culture of Northern Odisha: a recent study/Basanta Kumar Mohanta. 4. Spatial pattern of Wari landscape: a bird’s-eye view investigation/Masood Imran. 5. Niyoga as depicted in the epics/Ashish Kumar. 6. Art and social demography in early Buddhism, coherence or dichotomy/Elora Tribedy. 7. Metal artifacts of Bihar (600 B.C. Till the beginning of current era): a reappraisal/Shoumita Chatterjee and Pranab K. Chattopadhyay. 8. Cult, epithets and symbols associated with Lord Siva from the Vedic time to the Gupta periods in Northern India/Hari Kishore Prasad. 10. Water and religion: an environmental impact in India/Baisakhi Bandyopadhyay. 11. Water abutted fort and palaces of Bharatpur/Praveen Singh and Rajesh Kumar Meena. 12. Underwater rock art: in global context/Sachin Kr. Tiwary. 13. Coins and N.K. Sahu Museum: historical evidence/P.K. Nayak. 14. Empowerment of women as reflected in the early Indian inscriptions/Sayamtara Jash. 15. Yaksha Yakshini on the early Indian coins/Pranabananda Jash. 16. Kinds of land and agriculture in India: a bird’s eye view on early Odisha/Jagdish Mishra. 17. Tracing the history of the rise of hospital medicine in India/Jayanta Bhattacharya. 18. On the trail of a lost Mauryan Pillar at Sarnath: some reflections on allied problems/Krishna Kumar. 19. Technique of stone carving in Sunga period/Atul Chandra Bhowmick. 20. Pusyamitra’s dynastic name Baimbika/Om Prakash Lal Srivastava. 21. Some observations on threatened Jaina relics of Telkupi, District Purulia, West Bengal/Shubha Majumder. (Serial Number 9 in Hindi articles)

Vol. II: 22. The Jaina antiquities at Deultand/Gurpreet Kaur. 23. Select archaeological monuments and remains in the North-Eastern part of India: conservation in recent years/Bimal Bandyopadhyay. 24. A unique depiction of agni on an art object from Chandraketugarh/Gourishankar De. 25. A rare image of Mahishasuramardini from Bachoonch, Himachal Pradesh/Devendra Handa. 26. Three Independent and unique images of Suryani/A.L. Srivastava. 27. Sono-vibrations with colours in the Mantranaya/S.K. Pathak. 28. An unpublished important image of Visnu from Mithila/Bhogendra Jha. 29. A rare representation of Sadaksari Lokesvara with attendant deities in a votive Stupa from Ratnagiri, Odisha/M.J. Sindhu. 30. Depiction of nature in the wooden art of Nepal/Amita Agrawal. 31. Reflections of nature in the mural paintings of Srikakulam District (A.P.)/Myneni Krishnakumari. 32. Contribution of Sri Krishnadevaraya to Tirumala Temple and TTD’s contribution for art and letters/P. Chenna Reddy. 33. Growth of the provincial style of Indo-Islamic architecture in Bengal study of the remains of Pandua and Gaur (1300-1550 A.D.)/Nripendra Kumar Shrivatava. 34. Swai Jai Singh and his observatories/Somenath Chatterjee. 35. Dvaravati Cakras vis a vis Deep structure of power in Indian family of South-East Asian culture(s)/Om Prakash. 36. Transformation in Chinese philosophy: a historical review/Vijay Shankar Shrivastava. 37. Neak Ta inscription-a tribute to Indian culture/Binay Kumar Mishra. 38. Rouletted ware confirms maritime trade between South and South-East Asia/Shahnaj Husne Jahan. 39. Social life of the people of ancient Cambodia on the basis of Sanskrit inscriptions/Manisha Sharan. 40. Some aspects of Islam in Thailand/Arun Kumar Sinha. 41. Geographical set-up of the South-East Asian countries during 7th cent A.D./Manjushree Rao. 42. A survey of village festivals in Isan region of Thailand (North-East Thailand)/Yugal Kishor Mishra. 43. Mother Goddess worship in India/Bikash Mukherji. 44. South East Asian culture, art, Music and writing: a glimpse/Vishnu Shankar Shrivastava and Arun Kumar Mishra. 45. Social bases of patronage to the cult of the Astamahapratiharya in the early medieval Nalanda Area: an epigraphical enquiry/Birendra Nath Prasad. 46. Sun worship in Gaya/Kiran Kumari. 47. Megaliths in Jharkhand/C.P. Sinha, Patna. 48. Asoka and the Buddha relics/Dilip Kumar. 49. Civilization: Indian and Greek/U.P. Arora. 50. Sufism and Kabir/Kumkum Sinha.

The felicitation volume entitled “India and South-East Asia (Archaeology, Art, Culture, and Religion) in two parts, published in honour of an eminent and highly acclaimed academician Professor (Dr.) Sachchidananda Sahai, who is known for his illustrious contribution to the study of ancient history, culture, art, and Archaeology of South and South East Asia. The volume embodies research papers of both senior as well as young scholars includes fresh materials, interpretation and analyses of various art objects. The papers, written in wide and expressive style are support with several illustration and references. The will prove to be an invaluable asset to the scholars of Indology, researchers, libraries, and also to the students. (jacket)