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Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents I. Ecology and culture 1. Ecology and culture interwoven with special reference to trees a perspective. 2. The Vanachetana at Heddur (Thirthahalli Karnataka) A unique cultural experiment and experience. II. Peace 3. The Hague agenda 1999 for peace. 4. The Buddhist concept of non violence and world peace a perspective. 5. The need of communal harmony in India and The Hague Peace Agenda of 1999. III. Folk Lore 6. Antige Pintinge The Folk Art of Malnad Karnataka. 7. Antaraghattamma The Grama Devatha at Sakharayapattana Represents socio religious harmony. 8. The Folk study of Kadur Taluk (Chickmagalur District) a brief portrayal. IV. Anthropology 9. The Namdhari Vokkaligas of Malnad Karnataka historical background and a few socio cultural aspects. 10. A few socio economic aspects of Kodige Gowdlu the less known tribe of Malnad Karnataka. V. History and Archaeology 11. Challenges of teaching history today. 12. Bhaskaravarman the Benevolent Monarch of Assam (Kamarup) as depicted in Harsha Charia of Banabhatta. 13. From lab to cup stages in coffee research a study of the CCRI at Balehonnur (Chikmagalur Dist.) From 1915 1947. 14. Gandhi The way and message. 15. The visit of Mahatma Gandhi to Tirthahalli on 27.8.1927 The Nationalist Movement in the heart of Malnad. 16. The Markhandeshwara Temple at Khandya with special reference to the Sun Sculpture. VI. Art and Literature 17. A.N. Moorthy Rao hundred and still raring to go. 18. Light and delight through theatre Ninasam A New Cultural School of Thought. 19. From Poorvangane to Paschimangane An anticolonial cultural expression in Kannada Literature. In this age of globalization and postmodernism it is imperative for cultural historiography to be rooted in the specificity of the local realities and to reach out to the global. The essays written for various occasions by Prof. D.S. Somashekhar respond to such imperative. The essays in the collection range from the study of local cultures for instance the Gowdlu Tribe living in the dense forest region of Western Ghats the cultural practices like Antige Pintige prevalent in a small geographical area of the Malanad Region in these Ghats study of the communities like Namadharai Vokkaligas to the relevance of The Hague Peace Agenda Gandhism and the Buddhist concept of non violence. Essays on ecology bio diversity and communal harmony reflect the socio environmental concern which the sensitive author shares with all concerned citizens. Besides there are essays pertaining to the regional literature in Karnataka and on the cultural institutes like NINASAM which interest not only cultural historians but also the readers in general. 258 pp.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Foreword. 1. Antiquity and Co-existence of Shramana and Vedic Traditions/Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari. 2. Hindu Influence on Goan Church Architecture/K.K. Muhammed. 3. Pillar Decorations in the Cave Temples of Badami/Shrinivas V. Padigar. 4. Sharvara, the Mystery Dog in Pallava Sculptures/T. Satyamurthy. 5. The Murals of India/Benoy. K. Behl. 6. The Atiyamān Cave Temples of Namakkal/Nanditha Krishna. 7. Portrayal of Devi Sri Lalitha and Her Chariot Sri Chakrarajaratha with Reference to the Text Shaktinidhi/Choodamani Nandagopal. 8. Cultural Interflow Between India and Bhutan The Land of Guru Padmasambhava Rimpoche/Shashibala. 9. Circle and Semicircle: Divine Geometry in Greco-Buddhist Art/Arputharani Sengupta. 10. Buddhist Art in the Museums of Russia/Viktoria V. Demenova. 11. The Sun Lord of the Realm in Zoroastrianism and Hinduism/Pheroza J. Godrej. 12. Buddhism in Early Tamilakam: From Archaeological Sources/K. Mavali Rajan. 13. Iconographic Diversity of Umāliṅgana Sculptures from Northern Bengal: An Assessment Based on the Collection of Akshaya Kumar Maitreya Museum/Aniruddha Maitra. 14. A Note on Shasta Icons from Kerala/Ajit Kumar. 15. The Horse in the Sculptural Art of Assam/Paromita Das. 16. Kogali Hoard of Jaina Bronzes: A Revisit/C.B. Patil. 17. Unique Narratives of the Neelakantheśvara Temple, Jambittige/Purnima Srikrishna. 18. Paṭṭadakal Pillar Inscription: A Study/Sudipa Ray Bandyopadhyay. 19. The Stages of Development of the Goddess Sarasvatī: From a Metaphysical Concept of a Female Cosmic Force to a Very Familiar Icon in Indian Art/Gomathy Venkateswar. 20. Step Wells of Medieval Karnataka: An Analytical Study/G. Sarvamangala, G.C. Sadhashivappa & Jagadeesh. 21. The Elite in Sculptural Art of Vijayanagara/Priya Thakur. 22. Iconometrics and Iconography of Bronze Icons from Chola Inscriptions/G. Balaji. 23. Analysis of the Contexts of the Sculptural Remains Reported from the Purulia District of West Bengal: A Case Study Based on Recent Exploration/Shubha Majumder. 24. Symbolism of the Didactic Gestures in the Jatakas of Bharhut (c. 2nd to 1st Century bce)/Shreyashi Chaudhuri. 25. Apasaras in Assamese Art/Deepi Rekha Kouli. 26. An Artististic Survey of Rajbari, Assam: Its Archaeological Significance in Understanding its Culture/Mrigakhee Saikia. 27. Representation of Sakra in the Narratives of Early Archaeological Sites of Eastern Deccan/Sreyashi Ray Chowdhuri. 28. The Sun Cult of Ancient Bengal: An Inscriptional and Artistic Analysis/Shawttiki Ojha. 29. Dice-playing and Its Representations in Classical Indian Art/Shyamalkanti Chakravarti. 30. Hoysala Inscriptions: Introducing the Artists/H.S. Usharani. The present volume of papers by a galaxy of scholars is dedicated to the memory of the eminent art historian, Dr. Haripriya Rangarajan, who made an invaluable contribution to the field of Indian art, iconography and architecture. She left an intangible mark as an expert especially in the field of Indian iconography. The volume contains essays on different aspects of Indian art and iconography, providing insights into the development of Indian art through the ages, and incorporating new research on the subject. The thirty thematic essays in the volume include many by senior and very illustrious scholars as well as some by younger researchers who are now making their mark. The essays unfold many layers of Indian art and imagery and traverse religious, cultural and temporal boundaries, bringing together a variety of themes on Indian art, architecture and iconography. This strikingly illustrated volume will be of much interest to scholars and students of art and aesthetics of South Asia.…