CONTENTS List of Contribxitors xx List of Plates xxviii Editors' Note xxx Curricukim Vitae xxxi VOL. II ARCHAEOLOGY 50. The Kalachuri Temples of Gandai and Ghatiyari. - S.K.Bajpai. 14 51. Rani ki Vaw - Narayan Vyas 17 52. Note on an unknown fort : Gangora District Bharatpur, Rajasthan. -HMSingh 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 Nagarch .43 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 and medieval period in India. -S.K. Bhowmik. 60 58. An inscribed door-Jamb of Bodh-Gaya. -Debala Mitra. 65 59. New inscription of Vasrupala : Patan. -Vilas Jadhav. 69 ART, SCULPTURE AND PAINTINGS 60. Mevad Ke Kushal Sutradhar avm Pramukh Shilpi(15-17 Shatabdi) - Rarnachandra Agrawal 72 61. Indian Art : A source of Cultural integration. -K.D. Bajpai. 82 62. Balarama as an attendant of Vishnu. -Devendra Handa. 87 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. Mukherjce. 109 67. Goddess Chamunda : An iconographical study. -O.P. Mism. 111 68. Two Jain Bronzes from Rajasthan. -P.K. Trivedi. 124 69. Hanuman Sculpture of Karnavatl. -Rajcsh 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. o 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 Jamindar. 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 Sen 219 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 Trivedi. 254 89. The New man for the New Order - The vision of J. Krishna Murti. -Nitin J. Vyas.258