The Glorious Heritage of India (In Memory of Prof. R.C. Sharma), Vols. I and II

Contents: Vol. I. Editorial. Brief bio-data of late R.C. Sharma/Piyush Sharma and Pallavi Sharma. Shraddhanjali - Dr. Ramesh Chandra Sharma/S.D. Trivedi. Dr. R.C. Sharma/R.C. Tripathi. Prof. Ramesh Chandra Sharma - As I knew him/Kiran Kumar Thaplyal. Dr. Ramesh Chandra Sharma-As I knew him/V.P. Mathur. Memoir/Madhu Batra. 1. From a mere bird to an anthropomorphic being: Garuda in Indian art/Gouriswar Bhattacharya. 2. An unpublished hoard of coins and ornaments Uttarakhand/P. Bhatia. 3. Gods on Horseback : images of Revanta and Kalkin, predominantly from Bengal/Gerd J.R.Mevissen. 4. Mapping the Asian journey of Vessantara Jataka: texts and pictorial images of the perfect generosity of Prince Vessantara/Ratan Parimoo. 5. The Cheriapalli in Kottayam as an example of international and intercultural influences on the Christian architecture in 16 century Kerala/Falk Reitz. 6. Art in Kusana empire: a review/V.C. Srivastava. 7. An unusual Uma Mahesvara stone relief from Alwar, Rajasthan/R.C. Agrawala. 8. Khawasul Jawahara - some information on the history of Jade - Art of Central Asian Region/M.L. Nigam. 9. The God Siva and symbolism/S.B. Singh. 10. Dilapidated Vaisnava Satras of Assam : a Gloomy picture/R.D. Choudhary. 11. The built heritage of Bheraghat--a study in historical perspective/R.K. Sharma. 12. Ancient art heritage of Haryana/S.P. Shukla. 13. Sarasvati in Jaina tradition and art/Maruti Nandan Pd. Tiwari. 14. Outstanding examples of jewellery in Bharat Kala Bhavan/Kamal Giri. 15. Tradition of Tattoo in India : evidence from Bharhut/Brajesh Krishna. 16. Some important medieval Nrsimha sculptures of M.P./Manjushree Rao. 17. Remains of temples of Kashmir/R.D. Trivedi. 18. Early shrines and temples from Sarnath/Amar Singh. 19. Wondorous Patua Havelis of Jaisalmer/R.A. Agarawal. 20. An enigmatic sculpture on a stone water reservoir/A.L. Srivastava. 21. Jaina Tirtha Panel at Kumbharia/Alok Tripathi. 22. Contribution of Mathura to Jaina Art/S.D. Trivedi. 23. Sari : its origin, development and variations/Anamika Pathak. 24. Memorial pillars : a folk tradition of Bastar/Neelima Gupta. 25. The representation of Lion in the art of Mathura/Rajiv Kumar Trivedi. 26. Kota hunting: historical view/Jiwan Sodhi. 27. Dance and music in Mathura School of Art/Vishal Dikshit. 28. The magnificence of Nawabi monuments at Lucknow/Kumar Dev Awasthi. 29 &30 - Articles are in Hindi.

Vol. II. 31. From business management to heritage management/O.P. Agrawal. 32. Article in Hindi. 33. Name, status and date of the first ruler of the imperial Gupta dynasty/Kiran Kumar Thaplyal. 34. Early Indian and Greek philosophical understanding/G.C. Tripathi. 35. Yavana, Saka-Pahlava, Kusana were they really invaders/T.P. Verma. 36. Water governance in antiquity : the Arthasastra experience/Maheshwar P. Joshi. 37. The concept and significance of different forms of Goddess Kali/G.C. Srivastava. 38. Article in Hindi. 39. Symmetry and Rhythm in Indian primitive rock paintings/B.R. Mani. 40. Preventive conservation for art collections/A.S. Bisht. 41. Avalokitesvara/Kuna-yin and the transformation from a male divinity into a female one/Prashant Srivastava. 42. Neolithic settlement in Maharashtra/J.S. Nigam. 43. Formation and development of temples and growth of religious institutions: historical gleanings from some inscriptions found at Garh, District Alwar, Rajasthan/C. Margabandhu. 44. A rare Ekamukha Shivalinga from Bhagawanpur Block, Kaimur District, Bihar/Sachin K. Tiwary and S. Krishna Murthy. 45. Archaeology of Sur architecture in India/Atiq R. Siddiqui. 46. Heaven, hell and the supernatural in Buddhist Pali canon/Atul Jairath. 47. Water resources and their impact on Chandella Art and Architecture/S.K. Sullerey. 48. A note on the identification of Asni/D.P. Dubey. 49. Some important legends in the Brahma Purana/Narasingh Charan Panda. 50. Historiography of Harappan Civilization/D.P. Sharma. 51. Research methodology/Shashi Kant. 52. Contextuality of Indian Museums : some new perspective/Usha Rani Tiwari. 53. Life and work of F.S. Growse : founder of the Mathura Museum (A.D. 1837 - A.D. 1893)/V.K. Sharma. 54. Multi-purpose Museums and Research/S.D. Trivedi. 55. Interface between the India sub-continent and South-East Asia/Amar Nath Khanna. 56. Painted Motifs on Savalda culture pottery/Mayank Mishra. (57 to 60 - Articles are in Hindi).

"Prof. R.C. Sharma was an internationally acclaimed scholar of Indology with specialization in Art-history and museology. After training himself at Mathura Museum he bagged prestigious assignments like Director, Indian Museum, Kolkata and D.G. National Museum, New Delhi. His monumental work on Buddhist Art of Mathura has been well acknowledged in the scholarly world. His sudden demise is a great blow to the Indian academia. To cherish the memory of his humility and magnanimity and above all his scholarship we are bringing out two volumes comprising of research papers on different aspects of Indology.

In these volumes a new light has been thrown on some aspects hitherto unexplored. Many Stalwarts of history, art and epigraphy have expressed their scholarly views for the first time in these volumes. Even young scholars have been encouraged to contribute their papers on available material, old and new. Hopefully, these volumes would be well received by all.

The editor of these memorial volumes, Dr. S.D. Trivedi is a well known scholar of art history and museology. Author of a number of  books, he has edited some important monographs and volumes including "Essays on Indology, Polity and Administration" (Sri R.K. Trivedi Felicitation Volume). He served with distinction and scholarly devotion at the Archaeological Museum, Mathura, Government Museum Jhansi, Allahabad, and the State Museum, Lucknow. Throughout his career and even after his superannuation in 1998, Dr. Trivedi has remained actively busy in academic pursuits. He was closely associated with Dr. R.C. Sharma in one way or another and learnt a lot from him." (jacket)