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While the lack of direct German colonial involvement in India does not completely eliminate the relevance of Edward Said's arguments in 'Orientalism' for German Indology, it does call for an individual appraisal of the German case. The long-tauted special historical relationship between India and Germany, as purported by some professional Indologists, is at last critically examined in this volume by historians who are able to approach the question with a knowledge of the particulars of institutional as well as intellectual and political history.

These thoroughly researched essays examine the accounts of German travellers to India, the early Indological project of Friedrich Schlegel, the politics and history of the university disciplines of Indology and comparative linguistics, the scholarly reception and reaction to the Bhagavadgita and Buddhism, Indology's relation to racial theory, and more.) (less)

Kosambi was a pioneer in Indian studies, introducing new perspectives and interdisciplinary methods. This book collects many of his most important writings, on a wide range of topics, from philology and text editing to religion, historical reconstruction, archaeology, and anthropology.

This anthology is the first to give readers easy access to this versatile and influential body of work (less)

750 to 1350 / The Madhyastha in the Village Administration of Medieval tamil Nadu / Weights and Measures in Early Medieval Karnataka / Rastrakuta Ruling Families of Orissa / Anhilwad Patan and Merutungacharya / The Economic Condition of Medieval Karnataka as Reflected in the Travel Accounts of Caeser Frederic 1563-1581 / Buddhas Birth Scenes in Indian Sculpture / Satavahana Terracottas fro Paithan / Sculpture Under the Chalukyas of Badami / Note on the Mahishamardini panel at Soluvakuppam / A Portrait of Krishna III? / Western Ganga Jaina Vestiges at Tippuru, District Mandya / The Images of Naga Muchilinda and his Consort at Village Gulgaon, District Raisen / Lakshminarayana Temple at Mudigonda / Sabari Temple at Sureban: A Rare Sikhara / Temples and Sculptures from Bilichodu / Jewellery and Ornaments in Hoysala Period A Sculptural Study / Ramalingesvara temple at Hungund / Mahasadasiva in Hindu Iconography / Vishnu Sculpture in goa Museum / A Somaskandamurti Sculpture from Markanda, District Chanda in Maharashtra / The Influence of Western Architecture on the Temples of Goa / Muktesvara Temple-Kanchipuram / Naladurga-A Unique fort in Medieval Deccan / The Origin of Playing Cards- A Note / Indian Monks in Japan / Krishna and Krishnaism Across India / The date of the Gurusamhita / Thai India Cultural Ties / Dr. S.

R. Rao & His Career / Dr.

S.R.

Rao & His works / Appendix (less)

Kosambi was a pioneer in Indian studies, introducing new perspectives and interdisciplinary methods. This book collects many of his most important writings, on a wide range of topics, from philology and text editing to religion, historical reconstruction, archaeology, and anthropology.

This anthology is the first to give readers easy access to this versatile and influential body of work (less)

The Heike Monogatari has been studied from different angles by the scholars; but how it can focus on the speculation of Indology as a part of Asiatic studies has been undertaken for scrutiny in this book. The Indian-related references embrace a wide range of disciplines such as iconography and art-history, palaeography, mythology, philosophy and even the legends of Indian and Far Eastern Buddhism having a bearing on a broad Asian culture.

For instance, history of a set of great Buddhist gold images-- the most precious set of images in the entire world; an international script Siddhamatrka that moulded the Far Eastern culture; legends of an Indian dragon king and his daughter enriching the stock of knowledge of comparative mythology; analysis of the diverse Buddhist aspects such as essence and features of the continent Jambudvipa, Amidism, and a lot more commanding scholarly attention. The book addresses the Indologists, the Buddhologists and the Asian scholars alike, and explains some unravelled mysteries of oriental culture in general and Indian culture in particular on the basis of newly found materials (less)

D.Sampath / A Note on Helebid Inscription of Vira Ballala II, Mentioning Kalachurya Bijjala by Madhav N.

Katti / Silver PunchbyMarked Coin From Jangambadi (Gaya) by R.L.

Varma / Contemporary Forgeries of Silver Coins of Kumaragupta I by Ajay Mitra Shastri / On the Recent Findings of Ground and Polished Stone Industries of South West Bengal by M.Bhattacharaya / A Buried Town At Katra by Krishna Kant Sharma / Indological Notes (2) : Kinjar Hoard of Early Indian Coins by Sarjug Prasad Singh / Observations on the Chief Priests of Early Medieval Temples in Andhra Pradesh by B.

P.Mazumdar / Epigraphical References to Pujyapada by A.

V.Narasimha Murthy / Early Jainism and Archaeological Cultures by K.

C.Jain / Apropos of Mahavacaka Arya Nandi Ksamasramma by M.

A.Dhaky / VasudevabyKrsna Cult - The Early Phase by K.

D.Bajpai / Devaladharmasutra on Aisvaryas by Lallanji Gopal / The Ramayana in the Canonical Texts of the Buddhists and Jains by Asim Kumar Chatterjee / Tambula : A Forgotten Hindu Custom by P.

V.Parabrahma Sastry / Three Interesting Sale Deeds of the 12thby14th Centuries by B.

R.Gopal / Musalimandugu and its Antiquities by R.

Subrahmanyam / Mahinda`s Route to Ceylon by T.V.

Mahalingam / Ancient Sea - Ports of South India - Their Trade Relationship with the Western World During the First Century B.C.

to Second Century A.D.

by C.Margabandhu / Bhottavisti : Its Nature and Collection by Ranabir Chakravarti / Sanjan by A Miniature Bombay in c.

A.D.

980 by H.D.

Sankalia / Early Brahmanic Settlement in Bengal - Pre Pala Period by Chitrarekha gupta / A Note on Kusanamula by Shobhana Gokhale / Maithila Panditas Beyond the Frontiers of Mithila by Upendra Thakur / The Battle of Penukonda and its Date by C.Somasundara Rao / Origin of Republics in India with Spcial Reference to the Yaudheya Tribe by Mahesh Kumar Sharan / Military System of the Rajput States During "Grand Anarchy" by Ravindra Kumar Sharma / Resistance to British Power in Kerala in the Pre-Mutiny Period of Indian History by T.

P.Sankarankutty Nair / Influence of Indian Thought of the West by N.

N.Bhattacharya / A Reappraisal of Samudra Gupta`s Digvijaya by M.

G.S.

Narayanan / Varna, Jati and Technical Occupations in the Dharmasastra by Rajeshwar Prasad Singh / Sculptural Assets of the Gupta Period in Gaya by mathura Mohan Chakravarti / Sattra in Indian Epigraphy and Art by Krishna Deca / A New Temple - Type From Jageswar by D.R.

Das / Mahaparinirvana of Buddha in Indian Sculpture - An Iconological Analysis by Ratan Parimoo / Depiction of Temple of Visnukundi Coins by I.K.

Sharma / Mahisamardini Images of Ancient and Medieval India by Gourisankar De / A Brass Lamp From Nepal by S.S.

Biswas / Transmission of An Iconic Motif by D.C.

Bhattacharyya / Technique and Style in Pala Painting by Jayanta Chakrabarti / A Note on Six Gandharan Sculptures by T.K.

Biswas / Images of Dancing Ganesa From Bihar by Prahalad Singh / Identification and Origin of the `Sprinkler`by Arun K. Nag / Maluti - The Village of Gods & Goddness by H.

K.Narain / A Note on the Jhukar Pottery by A.

G.pal / A Rare Mathura Head in the Bharatiya Kala Bhavan, Gaya by Narendra Kumar Sinha / A Post-Asokan Inscription from Panngoraria in the Vindhyan Range by H.

Sarkar / A Note on the Kandahar Fragmentary Aramaic Inscription of Asoka by B N Mukherjee (less)

Such a handy book was the need of the time as most of us are unfamiliar with most of the stupendous works by intellectual doyens. A familiarity and affection will instantly grow, which will bring the readers close to the richest and widest range of illuminating products of sublime minds (less)

H Sarkar/ B M Pande; (4) A Tribute to Sri H Sarkar/ V V Krishna Sastry; (5) Dr. H Sarkar: In the Footsteps of Sri Amalananda Ghosh/ Amar Narth Khanna; (6) Dr.

Haribishnu Sarkar: A Tribute/ Purnima Ray. Section- II: Art & Iconography: (1) Devaraja in Cambodian History/ Lokesh Chandra; (2) An Estimate of Gupta Terracottas/ P K Agrawala; (3) "The Amaravati Master: Spatial Conventions in the Art of Amaravati/ Elizabeth Rosem Stone; (4) Main Stupa, Udayagiri (Orissa))/ Debala Mitra; (5) The Temple Fragments from Kaveripakkam/ M A Dhaky; (6) Buddhism in the Deccan During the Satavahana Age/ Ajay Mitra Shastri; (7) Some Remarks on the Freer Panels/ Dirk W Lonne; (8) Ajantas History/ Walter M Spink; (9) Saptartnas in Buddhism: Their Origin, Function and Depictions/ Mallar Mitra; (10) Pattan Munara: Minar or Mandir?/ Michael W Meister; (11) Early Stone Sculptures of Tripurantaka in South India/ Gerd J R Mevissen; (12) A Unique Sivalinga from Navile and Some Cultural Issues/ A Sundara; (13) The Nolamba Style and Vijayanagara Archaizing: The Bhoganandisvara Compound at Nandi, Karnataka/ Andrew L Cohen; (14) A 12th Century Hoysala Image of Siva Gajasurasamharamurti from the Amritesvara Temple, Amritapura/ Kirsti Evans; (15) A Newly Discovered Visvarupa Image from Haryana/ Devendra Handa; (16) Hero Stones at Pushpagiri/ D Hanumantha Rao; (17) Art of the Paramaras of Vagada/ P K Trivedi; (18) Brahma Image from Elephanta/ B V Shetti; (19) Tripurantaka Siva (Destroyer of Three Cities)/ R Nagaswamy; (20) Two Rare Images of Mahachandaroshana from Antichak/ B S Verma; (21) From Graha Vinayaka to Siddhi Vinayaka/ V V Krishna Sastry (22) Courtesans and Tantric Consorts: Female Sexuality and Fertility in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Biographies/ Serinity Young; (23) Surya Sculptures from Hampi/ K M Suresh; (24) Bull in Banas Culture/ Arundhati Banerji.

Section-III: Architecture: (25) Art and Architecture of Tulumadu/ H R Raghunath Bhat; (26) Inter-Relations in Regional Schools of Indian Architecture/ Krishna Deva; (27) Roman Influence of Indian Architecture: A Reassessment/ D R Das; (28) Behati: New Light on Gupta Architecture in Madhya Pradesh/ D Dayalan; (29) Samidhesvara Temple, Chittorgarh/ B L Nagarch; (30) A Star Shaped Vimana at Hiresinganagutti/ Shrinivas V Padigar; (31) The Virupaksha Temple at Pattadakal: Did Pallava Architecture Build it?/ S Rajasekhara; (32) The Intercultural Relationship of the Sacred Architecture in Travancore/ Falk Reitz. Volume 2: Section-IV: Archaeology: (33) The Left-over of Palaeolithic Man in and around Betwa River Valley, U P/Sangita Chakraborty & Nayan Ananda Chakraborty; (34) Aspects of Prehistoric Astronomy in India/N Kameswara Rao; (35) Recent Exploration along the Narmada/V Shivananda; (36) Neolithic Ceramic Industries of North-Eastern and Central-Eastern India/J S Nigam; (37) Harappan Landscape of Western India/ M K Dhavalikar; (38) Who were the Aryans?/Sursi M Vikram & Arun Kumar; (39) Namana: Chalcolithic Settlement in Hadoti Region of Rajasthan/D N Dimri & Rajendra Yadav; (40) Current Perspectives on the Megalithic Culture of South India/ Udayaravi S Moorti; (41) Iron Technology in Eastern India: Archaeometallurgical Studies/ Pranab K Chattopadhyay; (42) Archaeological Investigations in District Sravasti, Uttar Pradesh/ D P Tewari & B K Pandey; (43) Excavations at Sarnath: Some Reflections regarding Early Phase, Stratigraphy and Architecture/B R Mani; (44) The Kunindas and their Archaeology in Garhwal Himalaya/ B M Khanduri; (45) Recent Excavation at Udayagiri: A Revelation/ Bimal Bandyopadhyay; (46)"Colonial Indology" and Some Non-Indian Critics/ Dilip K Chakrabarti.

Section-V: Epigraphy & Numismatics: (47) Two Donations in Favour of the Mahasanghikas of Mathura/ Gouriswar Bhattacharya; (48) Agriculture and Industries as Gleaned from Place Names in Kalachuri Inscriptions/Malati Mahajan; (49) Maharashtraka-traya of Aihole Prasasti/Ishikawa Kan; (50) Literature under Devaraya-II of Vijayanagara (AD 1426-1446)/C T M Kotraiah; (51) Rohilkhand: An Epigraphical Study/M Ilyas Quddusi; (52) A Unique Gold Coin/ Murtaja Baseer. Section-VI: Antiquities & Museums: (53) "Cultural Patrimony and Heritage" with special reference to Retrieval and Preservation of Cultural Property/L K Srinivasan; (54) Protection of Cultural Property vis-a-vis Antiquarian Legislation and People in India/C B Patil; (55) Beginning of Museums and Museum Movement in India/ I K Sharma; Section-VII: Conservation & Heritage Management: (56) Archaeological Conservation in India/ M C Joshi; (57) Concept of Preservation-Conservation in Ancient Days/K K Ramamurthy; (58) Foundations of the Taj Mahal/ R Sengupta; (59) Monument Management and Urbanization: A Case Study of Bhubaneswar/ N James.

Section-VIII: Miscellaneous: (60) Bareilly Through 1857-58/M Yaseen Quddusi; (61) Not Very Long Ago/Ajit Kumar Dutta (less)

Institute of Indology on Arhat Parsva and Dharanendra Nexus. The central theme of the papers discusses Parsva's history, teachings doctrine, and monastic discipline of his sect.

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