Pracyabodha : Indian Archaeology and Tradition: Professor T.P. Verma Festschrift (2 Vols-Set)
Contents: Vol. I: Preface. 1. Rewriting history: archaeology and tradition/D.N. Tripathi.2. Archaeology and history: some problems of historical reconstruction/P.C. Pant. 3. The problems of Indian history: some observations/S.C. Mittal. 4. Need for revitalizing Bharatiya citi: the fountainhead of Indian nationalism/Shivaji Singh. 5. The Vedic Aryan culture in time and space: a reassessment/Krishna Kumar. 6. Earthen vessels as gleaned in Vedic Samhitas/Meera Sharma. 10. Rama’s remorse/Arun Kumar. 11. Dates of the Mahabharata epic and of the Bharata war/S.R. Goyal. 12. Archaeological sites detection by using space data/P.S. Thakker. 14. Discovery of rock art relics in Rohtas plateau/Sachin Kr. Tiwary. 15. Neolithic culture of mid North-eastern region of India: a new chapter in prehistoric research/G.K. Lama. 16. Early village farming-neolithic-chalcolithic: archaeology and tradition of the eastern Uttar Pradesh/Shitala Prasad Singh. 17. Kalibangan seals-sealings and their significance/K.S. Shukla. 18. Khirsara: an urban Harappan settlement/Jitendra Nath and Ravindra Kumar. 19. Chalcolithic cultures of Gujarat (c. 3950-900 BCE): an aappraisal/Rajesh S.V. and K. Krishnan. 20. Archaeobotanical evidence of kitchen gardening in ancient India/Anil K. Pokharia. (4 iteams in Hindi articles).
Vol. II: 21. The cultural transformation in the Julana Block, District Jind, Haryana/Appu Singh and Narender Parmar. 22. Classification of motifs of painted grey ware/Daljeet Singh and Bhuvan Vikrama. 23. Patterns of urbanization in the mid-Ganga plain: an archaeological overview/Santosh Kumar Singh. 24. Archaeology of Ballia District: a study/Ashok Kumar Singh. 25. Language and literacy as factors in the consolidation of the Nanda-Maurya empire/Meghna Goyal. 26. West Asian and Hellenistic influence on Mauryan Pillars/Vinay Kumar. 27. A fresh study of the Amlesvara Pillar inscription/P.K. Agrawal. 28. Stone seal of agnimitra from erac/Om Prakash Lal Srivastava. 29. A profile of the professions of the epigraphs writing/Arvind K. Singh. 30. Symbolism in Salabhanjika stone image from Rajendra Nagar, Patna/Parashu Ram Pandey. 33. Buddhism in Kashmir-archaeology and tradition/Sushma Mani. 35. Harsacarita as a source of history/Shankar Goyal. 36. Footprints of Siva in India and Cambodia: the Sanskrit epigraphic evidences/Sachchidanand Sahai. 37. Denominations of coins from epigraphs: with special reference to the inscriptions of Chhattisgarh/Vishi Upadhyay. 38. Gaja-Laksmi on the famous Hatholipur copper-plate inscription: a study/L.M. Wahal. 39. A Hari-Hara sculpture from Tiruvengalanatha temple at Hampi/K.M. Suresh. 40. Pamcakanci—abode of religious and educational institutions/S. Rama Krishna Pisipaty. 41. Biranci-Narayana temple: a study of art and architecture/Rusav Kumar Sahu. 42. Buddhism in early medieval South Eastern Bengal from epigraphy and Chinese texts/Suchandra Ghosh. 43. Tradition of Anklet in Northern India during the early medieval period/Renu Bala. 44. Water abutted fort and Palaces of Bharatpur/Praveen Singh and Rajesh Kumar Meena. 48. Sanskrit inscription at Draupadi Kunda, Benaras/Pushpa Prasad. 49. Ghumsar plates of Nettabhanjadeva/Subrata Kumar Acharya. 50. Unpublished digambar Jaina Yantras inscriptions from Karahia/Arvind K. Singh and Navneet Kumar Jain. 51. Jatasankara stone inscription of Vijayasimha/K.L. Agrawal. 52. Monuments of national importance under world heritage in India with special reference to monuments of Goa/B.R. Mani. 53. Economic impacts of rehabilitation in the wake of partition/Rakesh Kumar. (6 iteams in Hindi articles)
Pracyabodha Indian Archaeology and tradition that facilitates Dr. T.P.Verma the living legend in the field of Indological Studies, is a simulative and perspective survey of different aspects of Indian archaeology and tradition. The two volumes provide unparalleled source of insight into Indian archaeology and tradition containing a detail account of data on archaeology and tradition and incorporating the latest approaches on the subject.
It constitutes the literary tributes from the well wishers admirers colleagues and pupils of Dr. T.P. Verma. Keeping in view the multifaceted contribution of Dr. T.P. Verma, the Volume is designated as a garland having research papers on various aspects divided into two parts (Vol.I and II) containing a whole range of articles on the concept of Indian archaeology and tradition rock-art, protohistory, historical archaeology, art and architecture, , numismatics, religion and philosophy etc. by eminent scholars. These articles reflecting various aspects of Indian civilization, are a befitting tribute to Dr. T.P. Verma. Volume I contains 1 to 20 papers whereas papers serial No. 21 to 53 have been arranged in volume II.
