Beginnig with matrimonial relations among the sodas-mahajanapadas that flourished before the time of the Buddha, the book traces alliances formed by the Nandas, Mauryas, Sungas, Satavahanas, Cedis Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Phalavas and Kusanas, the Imperial Guptas, Vakatakas, the Later guptas, Mukharis and Varadhanas (less)

Beginning with matrimonial relations among the sodas-mahajanapadas that flourished before the time of Buddha, the book traces alliances formed by the Nandas, Mauryas, Sungas, Satavahanas, Cedis, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Pahlavas and Kusanas, the Imperial Guptas, Vakatakas, the Later Guptas, Maukharis and Varadhanas (less)

It is now established that in seventh-eighth cent. A.

D., during the time of Pandu-Vamsi rulers at Sirpur was a great trading centre where a variety of objects were manufactured and exported.

The finely moulded sculptures with silver and gold platings clearly demonstrate the well developed sculptural art both in stone and metal in the this part of the presently entrenched so called back-ward area. First time find like Vajra etc.

clearly show that Buddhism was well in Dakshina Kosala right from third cent. B.

C., to at least tenth cent.

A.D.

The book will fill up the yawning gap in the development of Art in India and remove misconceptions. This continuation of metal crafts mamship is still surviving in the remote jungles of Baster in particular and in many villages of Chhattisgarh the ancient Dakshin Kosala.

The book is a valuable reference book both for scholars and students of art and history (less)