TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sankaranarayanan, S.
TI  - Rare facets of ancient Indian history and culture. Vol.1
SN  - 8190744968
U1  - 934 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Harman Pub. House
N1  - CONTENTS  (Vol. 1) Introduction  xi Acknowledgement  xxi Part I  Archaeology and Epigraphy  1   1. An Indus Seal with Soma-Sacrificial Theme  3 2. A Unique Early Memorial Pillar  Inscription  of Somayasas from North Karnataka  16 3. Alluru Brahmi Inscription  of  Aila Manasada  28 4. An Earliest Sanskrit Inscription In South India  46 5. The Controversial Legend  of  the  Kondapur  Coins  75 6. A Pallava Sanskrit Inscriptional Poem from Kanchi-An  Evaluation  86 Part II Political History 7. Early Kusana Occupation of the Gangetic Plain-New  Evidence  103 8. Fresh Light from the History of the Iksvakus  114 9. The  Calukyan  Conquest  of  Andhradesa-Some New  Facts  140 10. Amoghavarsa  I  and Laksmanaraja I-Their Relationship  Reassessed  152 11.Rajaraja  Cola  I  and  Jatacoda  Bhima-Their Unique  Prasasti 163 12. New  Light  on  the  Genealogy  and  Chronology of the  Visnukundis 174 13. Trivaranagara  and  the  Date of the Pandava King Tivara  of South Kosala 182 14. A Case of Seduction and Reward in the Calukya-Paramara  War 194 Part III Literature and Textual Study 15. The Puranic Text and the Date of the Mahabharata War : A  Historical and  Archaeological  Approach 217 16. Yugapurana on the Yavana Conquest of Madhyadesa- Fresh  Light  245 17. Janikartuh  Prakrtih  (Panini's Astadhyayl 1.4.30) An Indepth Study. 263 18. The  Sriparvatiya  Andhras  of the  Puranas  293 19. The  Circumstances  of the  Birth  of the  Ramayana-A Revealing Analysis 304 20. A  Controversial  Passage  in  the  Dhvanyaloka-A Review  of  the Reading 333 21. Sriharsa  and  Kancipuram-Their  Forgotten  Relation  Traced 347 22. On A Strange Prohibitory Injunction Against Poetry  357 23. The  Maratha  King Sahaji  and his  Gauri-Sankara Pallaki  Seva Prabandha-An  Appraisal 371 Index 387 Illustrations  387
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