Painted words: Kangra paintings of Matiram's Rasraj

Dehejia, Harsha V et al.

ISBN: 9788124606124, 8124606129

This volume explores the beautiful Ritikavya compositions, particularly those of Matiram, and their visual rendering in the paintings of Purkhu and his school of paintings. It discusses the poetics of Ritikavya and evolution of the Purkhu school and Kangra paintings. It presents the text of Matiram's Rasraj dohas in Braj and gives their meaning in English. Numerous paintings, a visual treat for...

Pancatantra: recent researches in Indian archaeology: Dr. Chnnabasappa S. Patil commemoration volume, 2 vols

Suresh, KM et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788180901003, 8180901009

Contains enlightenine papers in the field of :- (i) Pre and proto-history. (ii) Art and architecture. (iii) Sculpture and painting. (iv) Epigraphy and numismatics. (v) Archaeology, history and museology. ;

Panorama of Indian culture, 4 vols

Peter, Rohan et al.

ISBN: 9788178880259, 8178880253

Vol. 1: Cultural millennia: ancient and modern. Vol. 2: Religious legacy and cultural achievement. Vol. 3: Culture of creativity: footprints of Indian civilisation. Vol. 4: Creativity in art and architecture.

Panorama of Indian indigenous architecture

Handa, O.C.

ISBN: 9789386618221, 9386618222

This book deals with the architectural traditions of Indian adivasi communities, highlighting the vital architectural peculiarities of indigenous domestic architecture, which have so far remained completely ignored.

Our intellectual heritage: there exists a large body of evidence for the width, depth and accuracy of the ancient Indian knowledge

Chitre, Prakash

ISBN: 9789359662428, 9359662429

That we Indians are blessed with ancestors who had extensive knowledge of an ex-tremely wide range of subjects such as mathematics, astronomy, acoustics, metallurgy, metrology, medicine, architecture, civil engineering, town planning, sanitation man-agement, grammar, philosophy etc., is amply evidenced by the several extremely ancient archaeological findings, monuments, ancient universities, ma...

The power of sacred name

Jackson, William J (ed.)

ISBN: 9788170303954, 8170303958

The power of the female: Devangana sculptures on Indian temple architecture

Pracyabodha: Indian archaeology and tradition, Prof. T.P. Verma festschrift, 2 vols.

Mani, B.R. et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9789350501450, 9350501457

This work, which facilitates Dr. T. P. Verma, the living legend in the field of Indological studies, is a simulative and perspective survey of different aspects of 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 ...

Prajnadhara: essays on asian art, history, epigraphy and culture, in honour of Gouriswar Bhattacharya, 2 vols

Mevissen, Gerd JR (b.1953) et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788174790965, 8174790969

This book is a collection of fifty-one research papers in honour of Dr. Gouriswar Bhattacharya, contributed by authors from India and abroad who acknowledge the eminent scholar of Bengal origin as a stalwart on every aspect of Indian art and Indological studies. Bound in two volumes, these articles with notes, references and bibliographies, are well illustrated and cover a wide range of topics ...

source book of Indian archaeology, 3 vols

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The ceilings of Indian temples

Singh, Harihar

ISBN: 9788194083153, 819408315X

The present work is a study of the ceilings of the structural temples of India. The ceilings are worked out in a variety of forms throughout the country, but their main concentration is found in the temples of Western India. The author decodes the entire text on ceilings and metrical diagrams, he demonstrates the formulation of different ceilings.

Rajavijayam: a spectrum of historical studies (Festschrift to Prof. K. Rajayyan)

Reddy, P. Chenna (ed.)

ISBN: 9788189131401, 8189131400

This book is a Festschrift presented in honour of Prof. K. Rajayyan, a renowned historian and founder General Secretary of South Indian History Congress on his 81 birthday. This prestigious volume contains a wide range of research articles covering Historiography, Art, Architecture, Sculpture, Buddhism, Culture, Philosophy, Agrarian and Social changes, Literature, National movement and Economic...

Recent researches in archaeology, history and culture, festschrift to KV Raman, 2 vols.

Reddy, P Chenna (ed.)

ISBN: 9788173200878, 8173200874

This volume consisting of 80 papers, exhaustively describing on various subjects which present a panoramic view of Indian history, archaeology and culture would became an important source of information and reference for students and scholars in India and abroad.

Recent researches in Indian art and iconography: Dr. C.P. Sinha felicitation volume, ed. by Bhagwant Sahai et al.

ISBN: 9788174790873, 817479087X

This collection of fifty-one scholary papers focuses on the different aspects of Indian art, iconography and architecture and is published in honour of Dr. C.P. Sinha, former director of K.P. Jayaswal Res. Inst., Patna.

Reddy Smriti: exploring the Indian past, commemoration volume in honour of Dr. Y. Gopala Reddy, 2 vols., ed. by P. Chenna Reddy

ISBN: 9789386223784, 9386223783

This work contains a wide spectrum of research articles covering archaeology, history, literature, art, architecture, epigraphy and numismatic.

Researches in Indian archaeology, art, architecture, culture and religion: Prof. Vijayakanta Misra commemoration volume, 2 vols

Mishra, Phanikanta (ed.)

ISBN: 9788185067827, 8185067821

Rhythms in stone: the temples of South India

Menon, Indira

ISBN: 9788190359139, 8190359134

Indira Menon's journeys were recorded in diaries and through photographs, earlier black-and-white, then in colour. Her interests in music, history and architecture come together in this book about South Indian temples.

Rock-cut temples of South India: architectural dimensions

Sharma, Preeti

ISBN: 9788173055102, 8173055106

Rock-cut cave temple architecture of South India, spanning a period of over four hundred years and patronized by the Calukya, Pallava, and Rastrakutas, as a symbol of political vitality, is a unique contribution of Indian art towards world heritage. The current study endeavours to map out the sequence and highlights the architectural components of the rock excavations beginning from the Calukya...

Rodin and the dance of Shiva,

ISBN: 9789385285158, 9385285157

Through his androgynous vision of Shiva the cosmic dancer, Rodin invites us not only to a new reading of his work but also opens the door to a new vision of Indian theatre and dance. The connections that he suggests between sculpture, poetry, dance, theatre, music, photography and architecture have a particular contemporary resonance.

The roots of Indian art: a detailed study of the formative period of Indian art and architecture, third and second centuries B.C. Mauryan and late Mauryan

Gupta, S.P

ISBN: 9788176467667, 8176467669

Sahrdaya: studies in Indian and South East Asian art in honour of Dr. R. Nagaswamy

Baumer, Bettina et al. (ed.)

The volume consists of 26 memorable and penetrative essays on Indian and South East Asian Art and Religion, by eminent scholars from the world.