TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mevissen, Gerd J. R. Ed.
AU  - Banerji, Arundhati Ed.
TI  - Prajnadhara : essays on Asian art, history, epigraphy and culture in honour of Gouriswar Bhattacharya. Vol.II
SN  - 8174790969
U1  - 709.5 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Kaveri Books
N1  - CONTENTS VOLUME I Preface  xi Editorial Remarks. xii Bibliography ofGouriswar Bhattacharya 's Publications (1971-2008) .  xv List of Platesxxvii List of Figures, Illustrations, Tables and Maps xlii List of Contributorsxlv Section I: Gandhara 1.  Yasodhara's Dreams ANNA MARIA QUAGLIOTTI  3 2. The Water Tank from Gandhara MONIKA  Zin 9 3. The Pious Donation of Wells in Gandhara HARRY FALK  23 4. Two Stamps with the Bodhigarbhdlamkaralaksa Dharam from Afghanistan and Some Further Remarks on the Classification of Objects with the ye dharma Formula INGO STRAUCH 37 Section II: Northern India, Central India, Nepal   5. Surya Worship in Vraja in Ancient Times with Special Reference to a Rare Kusana Lintel of a Surya Temple   VlNAY KUMAR GUPTA59 6.  The Formation of Temple Ritual in the Gupta Period: puja and pancamahayajna MICHAEL WILLIS  66 7. Mapping Masrur's Iconography MICHAEL W. MEISTER  89 8. The Kashmir Connection of the Vaikuntha Image of Khajuraho DEVANGANA DESAI  95 9. Vatukesvara - A Vama-Bhairava Sculpture in the Lucknow Museum R. NAGASWAMY 99 10.The Identification of a Sculpture of Mrryumjaya/Amrtesa and Amrtalaksmi in the 'Royal Bath' in Patan (Nepal) GUDRUN BUHNEMANN  107 11.Almora Copper Plate of Abhaya Candra, Saka 1296 (AD 1374) MAHESHWAR P. JOSHI  114 12.Omkareshvar Mandhata and Transplantation of Temples AMAR NATH KHANNA  119 13.Recasting the Architectural Landscape: The Late 12th-Early 13th-Century Ghurid Annexations of Northern India ALKA PATEL  122 14.Umrao Jan Ada: Her carte-de-visite JOACHIM K. BAUTZE 137 Section III: Western India 15.Coins of the City-State of Mahismat! DEVENDRA HANDA  149 16.Buddhism in Rajasthan - Its Evolution and Devolution NAYAN ANANDA CHAKRABORTY & SANGEETA CHAKRABORTY  158 17.Some Early torana Representations from the Maharashtra Caves PARUL PANDYA DHAR  169 18.To What God Shall We Render Homage in the Temple at Modhera? K. MANKODI  177 Section IV: Southern India 19.Raksasas and purusamrgas in the South-Western Corner of the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram CORINNA WESSELS-MEVISSEN 201 20.A Rare Saiva Icon at Lepaksi PlERRE-SYLVAIN FlLLIOZAT.  216 21.Two Kalamukha Temples in Haveri District (Jakkanacarigudi in Karnataka) VASUNDHARA FILLIOZAT223 22.Girijd-kalydna Friezes in the Temple Art of the Gowdas of Yelahanka ANILA VERGHESE & ANNA L. DALLAPICCOLA  236 23.Genealogical History of the Nayakas of Velur, South India, and their Patronage to Art and Architecture (c. AD 1500-1604) U.S. MOORTI  242 VOLUME II Section V: Eastern India and Bangladesh 24.Mahamayun and JarigulT as Attendants of Prajnaparamita. Investigation of an unusual iconographic feature based on Bihari Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita manuscripts from the 11th century EVA ALLINGER  253 25.Illustrating the Perfection of Wisdom: The use of the Vessantara Jataka in a manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra JlNAH KlM  261 26.The Visnu Image from Sarisadah in the Indian Museum, Kolkata CLAUDINE BAUTZE-PICRON  273 27.Further Observations on Some Unusual Aspects of a Recently Acquired Pala Masterpiece in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art STEPHEN MARKEL  281 28.Some Surya Images of the Pala-Sena Period in the National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi IBRAHIM SHAH 288 29.A Note on Some Interesting Sculptures in the Koch Bihar Palace Museum BIMAL BANDYOPADHYAY294 30.Jaina Cult in Ancient Bengal-The Tutelary Couple of Deopara ISABELL JOHNE  299 31.Dedicatory Inscriptions of the Time of Mahendrapala: A Fresh Appraisal RAJAT SANYAL  302 32.Re-Reading Two Copper Plate Inscriptions of Gopala II, Year 4 RYOSUKE FURUI  319 33.Re-Visioning the State Apparatus in Samatata (Mid-7lh to mid-11th Century AD) SHAHNAJ HUSNE JAHAN 331 34.Economy of Samatata in the Early Medieval Period: A Brief Overview SUCHANDRA GHOSH  352 35.A Note on an Important Coin Collection of the Bengal Sultans in the Bode-Museum, Berlin SUTAPA SlNHA  359 36.  Incarnation Revived: Three Temple Sculptures from Mallabhuma SHARMILA SAHA  367 37.A Note on the Manjuvara Manjusr! Image at the Khiching Museum, Orissa RAJASRI MUKHOPADHYAY 374 38.New Light on the Adi-Bhanjas of Khijjingakotta and Other Minor Ruling Families of Their Times in Orissa (An  Epigraphical Perspective) SNIGHDA TRIPATHY  381 Section VI: Pan-Indian Issues 39.Dikpalas and Grahas at Paharpur in Context of Contemporaneous Pan-Indian Temple Imagery GERD J.R. MEVISSEN  393 40.Icons oftripada Deities in Indian Art ARUNDHATI BANERJI  407 41.Revisiting the Vrsa/Nandi Issue PRATAPADITYA PAL 413 42.A Five-headed Wooden Elephant: A Case Study N.P.JOSHI  418 43.Jala Mandirs, TTrtha-Patas and Cosmic Islands: Creating, Replicating and Representing Landscape in Jaina Art and Architecture JULIA A.B. HEGEWALD422 44.Hegel and the Trimurti ADALBERT J. GAIL 438 45.Can Guided Tours Make Sense of World Heritage? N. JAMES441 Section VII: Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Tibet 46.A Recently Discovered Surya Image from Thailand PETER SKJLLING 455 47.Surya's Nagas, Candra's Square Seat and the Mounted Bull with Two Guardians -Iconographical notes on two Khmer illustrated stela inscriptions ARLO GRIFFITHS 466 48.Indo-Tibetan Influences in Banners from Dunhuang CHHAYA BHATTACHARYA-HAESNER  479 49.Indra's Visit TIANSHU ZHU 491 50.Wall Paintings in the Arhat Chapel of the Monastery at Zhwa lu, Tibet: Notes on Iconography and Style HELMUT F. NEUMANN & HEIDI A. NEUMANN510 51.Iconographical Suppositions in Connection with a Thangka Series Made in the Qianlong Period BELA KELENYI  515 Plates (Sections V-VII)
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