Reflections on Odishan History, Culture and Archaeology (A Felicitation Volume in Honour of Dr Prafulla Kumar Mohanty)

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Prehistoric Archaeology of the Similipal Biosphere Reserve Region, Mayurbhanj, Northern Odisha/Basanta Kumar Mohanta. 2. Presumptuous Barunabanta at Chandikhole, Jajpur: Studying the Diversified Cultural Continuity through its Encased Archaeological Vestiges/Soumya Ranjan Sahoo. 3. Microlithic Remains in Southern Bargarh Upland, Middle Ong Basin, Odisha/Kshirasindhu Barik. 4. New Light on Iron Age Culture of Odisha: A Case Study of the Middle Mahanadi Valley Region/Sakir Hussain. 5. Use of Raw Materials in the Prehistoric Settlements of Danta Valley in Bargarh, Odisha/Sudam Deep. 6. Prehistoric Archaeological Explorations in the Musala River, Keonjhar District, Northern Odisha/Nishikanta Dwibedi. 7. Revisiting Sisupalgarh: A Study of Material Culture/Sibanarayan Bihari. 8. Approaches to Rebuild Glorious Maritime History of Odisha/Rudra Prasad Behera. 9. Deplastering and Conservation of Jagamohana in Jagannatha Temple/Nanda Kishor Swain. 10. Early Siva Parivara Devata Sculptures of Odisha Revisited/Santosh Kumar Rath. 11. Iconography of Karttikeya Images on the Temples of Bhubaneswar/Manas Kumar Sahoo. 12. The Jaina Remains of Jajpur-Keonjhar Road/Arabinda Bose. 13. A Note on Important Monuments of Kendrapara District and Their Conservation/Sarbeswar Sethi. 14. Saptamatrikas in Jajpur District/Rekharani Khuntia. 15. A Newly Discovered Brick Temple at the Village Dudhari in the Koraput District of Odisha/T. Akshya Kumar. 16. Chaitanite Vaishnavism in the District of Mayurbhanj/Narasingha Barik. 17. A Study on the Medieval Society of Odisha with Special Reference to the Caste System/Trilochan Jena. 18. Odisha’s Unique Theatre form Mughal Tamasha: A Special Reference to Bhadrak District/Abhijit Sahoo. 19. Ports in the Northen Part of Odisha: A Study (17th – 19th Centuries)/Brajabandhu Bhatta. 20. A Traveller’s Experience in 17th Century Odisha: William Bruton and His Accounts of Odisha/Binod Bihari Satpathy. 21. Vocalizing Silence: Resistance Movement of Mahuri Zamindary in Colonial Ganjam/Sujit Kumar Panda. 22. Language Movement and Formation of Odisha State/Hemanta Kumar Parida. 23. Cowrie Currency: Form of Exchange System in Odisha/Sujit Kumar Chhatia. 24. Nationalism, Nationalist Literature and Kantakabi Laxmikanta/Harekrushna Aich. 25. A Synoptic Account of the History of Midwifery and Women Health Workers in Colonial and Post-colonial Orissa/Samuel Limma. 26. Hirakud Dam Project Under 2nd Congress Ministry (A Historical Perspective)/Harekrushna Behera. 27. Modern Odia Theatre and Cinema: The Collaboration (1936-1949)/Ranjan Kumar Rath. 28. Paika Rebellion and Tapanga War: Folk Memory and Memorialization/Rajata Kanta Dash. 29. Rama Devi – Her Life and Contribution/Sudarsan Pradhan. 30. Musical Instruments of the Santals of Odisha and Associate Myths of the Dasai Dance: Continuity and Change/Subash Chandra Karua.