CONTENTS VOL.1 List of Contributors xx List of Plates xxviii Editors' Note xxx Cxirriculum Vitae xxxi Snehargha-S.C. Kantawala 1 Prof. R.N. Mehta - a leader in the Academic Field. - S.K. Bhownrik. 3 RCHAEOLOGY 1. Recently discovered Ostrich Eggshell from Nagwada, Gujarat -V.H. Sonawanc 14 2. The Prehistoric Remains in the Northern Part of Bhavanagar District. -V.K. Jairath 18 3. Stone Age man in Rajasthan-Vijai Kumar, H.C. Misra 24 4Rock paintings in Bhopal -V.S. Wakankar 28 5. Rock-engravings at Tabo-A.K. Sinha 33 6. The Origin and purpose of Megalithic Port-hole.-K.P. Kao 38 7.Environmental background for the beginning of Agriculture in Maharashtr -S.A. Sail. 42 8.Study of settlements and population in the Harappan Context of In -T.N. Roy 51 9.Unpxtblished Copper Hoard hi some Private Collection of India. -Madhuri Shartna. 69 10. The Indian Protohistoric Copper Rings : Some Socio-economicconsiderations. -Krishna Kumar 83 11. On the Origin of Northern Black Polished ware in India.-Ashoka K. Mishra, Pushpa Lata Singh. 91 12 Buddhist remains near Thanesar. -Manmohan Kumar. 95 13. Archaeology of Vidisha District, (from Protohistoric to the Paramara Period)-K.K. ripathi99 14. Buddhist remains in Maldives.-S.S. Cupta106 15. Archaeology of Goraja. (Vadodara District), Gujarat.-R.D. Singh 111 16 In vestigations in the Valley of Khari and Mansi Rivers. -B.R. Meena116 17. Geography of Dakshinapath in the Valmiki Ramayana. -Bhagwan Singh Suryavnshi 122 18. Lalabhagat Kukkuta Dhwaja: A Reapprisal-K.S. Shukla133 HISTORY 19. Alexander's Invasion and Indian Literature.-Atul Kumar Singh 139 20. Identification and place of Prakasaditva : A later imperial Gupta K -Nisar Ahmad 144 21. Fresh light on the early history of the Maitrakas. -Ajay Mitra Shastri 152 22. The Emergence of a classical phase in Indian History -Mainak Kumar Bosc157 23. Prof. H.D. Sankalia on the History of Nalanda. -B.N.Misra 167 24.Sriparvata and Vijayapuri. -J.K. Sarma. 175 25.Huna Rule in Bundelkhand. -K.L. Agrawal. 186 26. Conquest of Gujarat by the Turks as depicted in some persian and non- persian sources. -V.S. Bhatnagar. 189 27. Maghas of South Kosala.- S.K. Pandey 201 28. Area measures used in Gujarat before 13th Century. -Saradha Srinwasa205 29. The Devaraja Cult of Kambuja. -K.K. Saxena. 211 30. Ellora-the Home Town of Rashtrakutas-H. S. Thosar 213 EPIGRAPHY AND NUMISMATICS 31. Kukad Copper-plate grant of Maitraka King Dhruvasana-1, Valabhi Samvat 206 -Pravinchandra Parik and Bharati-Shelat. 217 32. Some observations on the fragmentary marble-slab inscription from Hund.-Ashvini Agrawal. 221 33. Social and Economic conditions as reflected in the Pre-chaulukya inscriptions of Gujarat. -H.G. Shastri.224 34. A bilingual inscription from Siddhpur in North Gujarat.- Z.A. Desai. 230 35 36. Historical Significance of the Figures of Kings and deties found on the coins of Indo-Seythian, Parthian and Kushana Kings .-Lily Srivastava. 243 37. A Coin of King Satavahana from Malwa. -B. Muralidhar Reddy, G.V. Bhaskara Raddy. 257 38. A note on two Mysore Kingdom coins of Tipu Sultan and Krishna Raja 260 Udaiyar. -Indra G. Bhagia RELIGION 39. An early evidence of Jainism from Chanderi and fresh views on Kharavla.-CB. Trivedi.262 40. Mahesvra Institution in Tamil Nadu. -D.Dayalan. 265 41. Impact of Vaisnavism on the Social System in Gujarat from the early times upto 1600 A.D. -Hari Priya Rangarajan 269 GENERAL 42. Recent Researches in the ancient History of Gujarat .-H.G. Shastri.277 43. Rationalism and Modern Ideas in ancient and medieval India -Suresh Chandra Banerji. 283 44. Agrarian Society and social change under colonial dispensation : A case of Broach 1800-1850. - Raj Kumar Hans. 293 45. Social consciousness of tribals of South Gujarat : A study of their folk literature during the British period.-Shirin Mehta. 312 46The Suratee Sunni Vohras of South Gujarat: A case study of a social reformer of Motamiya Mangrol-G.A. Pandor. 323 47. An analytical study of the practice of female infanticide among the Rajputs in Saurashtra. -S.V. Jani.328 48. Merchants and Urban property : A study of Cambay documents of the 17th-18th Centuries. -Jawaid Akhtar. 334 49. The dynamics of social change in Gujarat : A case study of Pardi Taluka, Surat Collectorate, in the Nineteenth Century.-Gita Bajpai. 339 VOL. II ARCHAEOLOGY 50. The Kalachuri Temples of Gandai and Ghativari. - S.K.Bajpai. 14 51. 52. Note on an unknown fort : Gangora District Bharatpur, Rajasthan. -H.N.Singh 24 53. Some Historical and Archaeological issues concerning Ayodya's Rama Janmabhumi.-S.P. Gupta. 31 54. Newly discovered Siva Temple at Vangaon, Dist. Vidisha (M.P.) -B.L Nagarch43 55. Monolithic Temples of India. -G.T. Shendey.48 56. Copper in ancient world : A literary study . - D.N. Tripathi. 54 57. Examples to illustrate activities of preservation and Restoration of architectural monuments during the ancient andmedieval period in India.-S.K. Bhowmik.60 58. An inscribed door-Jamb of Bodh-Gaya. -Debala Mitra. 65 59. New inscription of Vastupala : Patan. -Vilas Jadhav. 69 ART, SCULPTURE AND PAINTINGS 60. 61. Indian Art : A source of Cultural integration. -K.D. Bajpai. 72 62. Balarama as an attendant of Vishnu. -Devendra Handa. 82 63 The Vahana (Vehicle or Mount) of Ganesa -Y. Krishan. 92 64. The origin of the new Gujarati Painting Style of the 16th Century A.D.-Lalit Kumar. 96 65. The images of Nri-Varaha incarnation of Vishnu. -M.Rao.101 66. A note on the earliest image of Agni from Mathura. -B.N. Mukherjee. 109 67. Goddess Chamunda : An iconographical study.-O.P. Misra. 111 68. Two Jain Bronzes from Rajasthan. -P.K. Trivedi. 124 69. Hanuman Sculpture of Karnavatl.-Rajesh Janindar.126 70. Skanda Images from Chittaurgarh Region..-Ramesh Thakkar. 129 71. An early Surya Figure from Samalaji.-Ravi Hajarnis. 133 72. Sculptures-as the source of socio-economic History of Madhya Pradesh. -S.K. Sullerey 135 73. Indian influence on early Japanese Art and Painting -Upendra Thakur. 142 74. Identification of the Votive Disc Goddess -P.K Agrawala 157 HISTORY 75. Rama Legends at Prambanan (Indonesia) -Krishna Deva. 165 76. Jayanakas's Sanskrit Poem on the genealogy of the Chauhan Kings of Ajmer. -Manabendu Banerjee. 170 77. Sanskrit Lexicons Composed in Gujarat. -Bharati K. Shelat. 181 78. Sixteen Noble Families of the Kumbandas. -Prithvi Kumar Agrawal. 187 79. Urban History and Archives. -Pankaj T. Desai. 192 80. Remains of Buddhist manuscripts in Central Asia.-Rasesh lamindar. 196 81. Asuri's role in Sankhya History. -Lallanji Gopal. 206 82. Some Puranic records on Sudras -A brief review.-S.G. Kantawala. 214 83. Gujarat's Trade contact with South-East Asia : a preliminary study. -Shushmita Sen219 GENERAL 84. Preservation of Birch-Bark manuscripts.-Binduvasini Joshi. 224 85. Less known Jagannatha Pandita and his unpublished works. -B.P.Pandya. 227 86. Security of Monuments. -P.S. Nandal. 238 87. Regional Museums -Vibrant Cultural Centres.-Seyed Rafiqa Sultana, Sayed Afroz Sultana 249 88. The Path of profound peace . -Niranjan Bhai Trivcdi. 254 89. The New man for the New Order - The vision of }. Krishna Murti. -Nitin J.Vyas 258 -Nitin J. Vyas.