Bio-deterioration of museum materials

Nair, SM

ISBN: 9788173201103, 8173201102

A research work done by the author for his Ph.D at the University of Baroda and reference studies undertaken at the Smithsonian Institution, USA on the subject.

Puratattva: Journal of the Indian Archaeological Society, No. 48, 2018

Art & archaeology of eastern India & adjoining regions: recent perspectives (essays in honour of Prof. Pradeep Kumar Behera),

ISBN: 9789383221493, 9383221496

The present volume is a collection of twenty-one research papers dedicated to felicitate Prof. Pradeep Kumar Behera in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Indian archaeology. All twenty-one papers are arranged in chronological order and focused on different aspects of eastern India and adjoining regions in time and space, i.e. prehistoric, proto-historic and early historical archaeo...

The bounteous tree: treasures in Indian art and culture: homage to Dr. H.V. Trivedi, 2 vols

Chakrabarty, Kalyan Kumar et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9788185616292, 8185616299

A bouquet of Indian heritage, research and management, Dr. Agam Prasad felicitation volume, 2 vols., ed. by Prashant Srivastava et al

ISBN: 9789381843154, 9381843155

The articles in this volume covers a wide range of political, social, economic, religious, cultural history, art and archaeology of India.

Brahma Sri: researches in archaeology, history and culture in the new millennium, Dr. P.V. Parabrahma Sastry felicitation volume, 2 vols

Chenna Reddy, Pedarapu (b.1959)

ISBN: 9788188934164, 818893416X

The 59 papers included in this volume deal with a variety of themes and disciplines such as archaeology, rock art, temple art and architecture, iconography, epigraphy and numismatics, Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina religion and philosophy, Indian literature of various periods, folklore, new history and contemporary social issues.

Brahmi inscriptions of northern India

Roy, Anamika

ISBN: 9788188216147, 8188216143

The book projects some very significant aspects of Brahmi inscriptions of northern India from circa 1st century A.D. to circa 300 A.D. throwing light on social life, economic life, polity and administration, religion and palaeography.

Brhadisvara temple: form and meaning

Nagaswamy, R

ISBN: 9788173053887, 817305388X

The great Temple at Tanjavur is a visual representation of Cosmic power on earth that remains, according to the pious wish of the builder, so long as the sun and moon lasts. The Brhadisvara temple locates for the first time in Indian history, the 108 forms of nrtta karanas on the upper storey around the sanctum wall in sculptural form and reflects the concept of cosmic space in which Siva's dan...

Bridging the gulf: maritime cultural heritage of the western Indian ocean, foreword by Kapila Vatsyayan, ed. by Himanshu Prabha Ray

ISBN: 9789350981436, 9350981432

The volume presents papers by archaeologist, anthropologists, historians and heritage specialists and highlights the multi-layered meaning of maritime cultural landscapes.

The Brihadisvara temple, Thanjavur

Badhreenath, Sathyabhama

A pictorial guide book on Brihadisvara temple in Thanjavur, Tamilnadu built 1000 years back by Cola King.

Bronze and iron ages in South Asia

Agrawal, DP et al.

ISBN: 9788173052521, 8173052522

The book clearly delineates the difference between the characters of the first Bronze Age urbanization of the Indus valley and the second Iron Age urbanization of the Ganga valley. It brings out a multidisciplinary synthesis of archaeological, linguistic and paleoclimatic data.

Harigaon revisited chronicle and outcomes of an excavation in Kathmandu: followed by a study on the statue from Maligaon its restoration and its inscription

Verardi, Giovanni et al.

ISBN: 9789937624336, 9937624339

The idea of writng this book stemmed out from the need to rethink an excavation carried out in Kathmandu in years now distant from the people who took part in it and even more distant from the recent history of Nepal. Today the Valley of Kathmandu is a profoundly different place from what it was in the 1980s, and in many ways unrecognisable. The idea of the book, however, is also due to the lon...

Buddhism and Gandhara: an archaeology of Museum collections, ed. by Himanshu Prabha Ray

ISBN: 9781138106895, 1138106895

Buddhist architecture in the Swat Valley, Pakistan: Stupas, Viharas, a Dwelling Unit, foreword by Marco Mancini et al

Faccenna, Domenico et al

ISBN: 9789693526837, 969352683X

The book contains excavation reports of the Buddhist sacred areas prepared by the Italian Archaeological Mission of IsMEO (then IsIAO) regarding the sacred areas of Butkara I, Panr I and Saidu Sharif I in the Swat Valley, describe the work carried out in each of them and the results thereof (Faccenna 1980-81, 1995a; Faccenna, Nabi Khan & Nadiem 1993).

Buddhist heritage of Bangladesh, ed. by Bulbul Ahmed

ISBN: 9789849016052, 9849016051

The book presents the whole range of information about all the aspects of Buddhist heritage of Bangladesh. Archaeological evidences and pilgrim accounts suggest that Buddhism created a rich culture and civilization in ancient Bangladesh from the 5th to 12th centuries AD.

Buddhist iconography in Bihar, A.D. 600-1200

Mishra, Jayadeva

ISBN: 9789385161025, 9385161024

Buddhist meditation monasteries of ancient Sri Lanka

Wijesuriya, Gamini

ISBN: 9789559159087, 9559159089

Buddhist monuments of China and South-East India, foreword by Ajay Mitra Shastri

Sarma, IK

ISBN: 9788175740235, 817574023X

It vividly describes the archaeological relics and historical monuments of China in the provinces of Shanxi, Henan and Gansu, besides Beijing and its surroundings. One gets a glimpse of the great Buddhist rock-cut caves of northern and central China.

Buddhist monuments of Sirpur

Sharma, AK

ISBN: 9789380852409, 9380852401

This book deals about the Buddhist monuments unearthed from excavations conducted between 1999-2000 to 2003-04 at Sirpur, in district Mahasamund of Chattisgarh state.

Buddhist relic caskets in South India

Subramanyam, B (b.1950)

ISBN: 9788186050156, 8186050159

The present work deals with the relic caskets laid bare in the excavations at a host of cities viz., Amaravati, Gummadidurru, Guntupalle, Jaggayyapet, Kottur, Nagarjunakonda, Salihundam, Bavikonda and Timmavaram to name only a few.