Editorial vii List of Illustrations ix List of Contributors xii 1. Narmada Man The First and the Oldest Human Fossil of India 1 Arun Sonakia 2. Imprints of Early Man of Fossil Bones 5 Arun Sonakia and S. Biswas 3. Enviroment and Rise of Prehistoric Cultures with Special Reference to the Narmada Man12 Prof. R. P. Pandey 4. Environmental Archives : Rock- Art the Pleistocene Fauna 19 Dr. Vijay Sathe 5. Upper Palaeolithic Culture of the Upper Narmada Valley 30 Prof. V. D. Jha 6. Ancient Ports and Marts of Gujarat around Narmada 33 Dr. Sushmita Sen 7. Archaeology and Culture of the Narmada Valley- An Interactive Study 39 Dr. (Smt.) Preety Trivedi CHAPTER 8 TO 10 IN HINDI 11. Progress of Modification of Nagari Alphabet in Narmada Valley '61 A Study based on Kalachuri Inscriptions Dr. A.K. Singh 12. Newly Discovered Stone Inscriptions from Bilahari 78. M.M. Upadhyay 13. Silver Punch-Marked Coins from the Narmada Valley 84 Dr. R.K. Sharma 14. New Discoveries in Coins from Narmada Valley : Geographical and Historical Implications 99 Prashant P. Kulkarni 15. A New Variety of Coin of the City-State of Tripuri 120 K.P. Pandey 16. New Varieties of Coins of the City States of Tripuri and Kuraghara in the Narmada Valley 122 Dr. Ajay Jaiswal 17. Two Newly discovered Magha Coins from Tripuri- A Study in Historical Perspective 125 Dr. R.K. Sharma and K.P. Pandey 18. Satavahana Coins from Tripuri 128 Dr. M.C. Choubey 19. Problems of Post- Mauryan History with special reference to Narmada Valley 134 Dr. H.D. Pathak 20. On Leather Coins 143 Dr. Brahmanand Deshpande 21. Tripuri and the GolakI Matha 149 A.M. Shastri 22. Bhumija Temples of Narmada Valley- An Assessment 162 Prof. Rahman AH 23. Paramara Art in Lower Narmada Valley- A Study 166 Dr. Ahmed All 24. An Iconographic Study of Mahavira Images 170 Dr. Marnti Nandan Tiwari and Dr. Anand Prakash Srivastava 25. Mahavira in Indian Paintings 176 Dr. Kamal Giri CHAPTER 26 TO 37 IN HINDI 38. Myths and Legends Associated with Sacred Spots along the Narmada 270 Rajendra Tiwari 39. Madhavanal-Kamkandla-Katha : A Study in Historical Perspective 274 Dr. Ashutosh Srivastava CHAPTER 40 TO 45 IN HINDI