Pratibha Prakashan Catalogue 2019-20 Archaeology History And

Early Temple Art and Antiquities of New Horizons of Buddhism in Odisha Odisha óAjit Kumar Tripathy, Prafulla Chandra óSasanka Sekhar Panda 29 cm., Tripathy, Chandra Bhanu Patel xxii+202; 236 col. illus., bib., gloss. index. 29cm., xii+284+40 col.illus 978-81-7702-445-6 2019 ` 5995 978-81-7702-439-5 2019 ` 5995 This work deals with early temple and Research in history is a careful knowledge sculptural art of the western and in human heritage in general. It requires a very southwestern parts of the Odisha State, an high degree of objectivity, commitment and Eastern Province of the Republic of India, responsibility, on the part of the scholar. At the which was considered since the time of time of Gautam Buddha, in the post- Buddha, a sacred land. As it was lying on Mahabharat era major political and economic changs were occuring in north and central India and the old system of major trade routes connecting ancient Magadha with Daksinapatha social and economic classes had started disintegrating. The Brahman or present South India it drew the attention of Samrat Ashoka of the priestly class had lost much of its old prestige. The religon of the Vedas mighty Mauryas of Pataliputra in the third century B.C. The western with its worship of nature and natural phenomena did not have as much part of Odisha, being mostly hilly forest land and inhabited by the appeal left as in earlier times. A influential traders class was coming up tribes, it was not conquered by Ashoka, who has termed it as the land in many places, particularly in urban areas. of Atavikas. In the fourth eentury A.D. Samrat Samudragupta during Buddha is a Sanskrit word meaning the ëwiseí and the ëenlightenedí. his military sojourn in Daksinapatha defeated two kings of this region, What the word ìBuddhaî, stood for in those days was more profound namely Vyaghraraja of Mahakantara and Mahendra of Kosala among and extensive than these two words. In essence, buddha even today twelve kings of Daksinapatha. As because the major trade routes were means a person who embodies buddhi i.e. wisdom and their application passing through this region connecting the Central India with the means enlightenement. The Buddhist dharma or principle stands for South and also Deccan, it brought economic prosperity to people of infinite wisdom and enlightenment, participation of all beings and laws this vast tract, who were trading in gemstones, diamonds and forest in life and the Universe. products like wild animal skins, elephant tusks and other forest Reinterpreting Indology and Indian products. History (Institutions, Intentions, Sources This book contain chapters on the ancient temples and sculputral and Issues) art of this region, which field of study was neglected by the historians óRadha Madhav Bharadwaj, Bruno Restif, and scholars for a pretty long time. It also contains a chapter recording in depth study and analysis of the interrelationship between Buddhism Yuthika Mishra, 26 cm., xii+358pp.; col. illuss and the Cult of Jagannath, which was a subject of debate for a long 978-81-7702-444-9 2019 ` 3595 time in the past. Publication of this book may throw new light on the Reinterpreting Indology and Indian evolution of temple architecture since the Gupta age in the fourth History : Institutions, Intentions and entury A.D. in this region which after long experimentation for nearly Sources is a new attempt at understanding six hundred years influenced the Silpins to establish a matured form some newer aspects of Indology, which called the Kalinga School by the tenth century A.D. after the occupation could not be covered earlier, and reinter- of the coastal tract of Odisha by the mighty Somavamsis of Daksina preting some older issues and themes. Kosala. Indology is an unfinished and an ever-grow- ing chapter of world history. So much happened in this field and such Archaeology History and Culture of indo-European crosscultural exchanges took place alongside battles, Jammu & Kashmir trade and commerce, colonialism and empire formations over the last óTirtharaj Bhoi 23 cm., 268pp. two thousand five hundred years that this is just not possible for one or a few historians to cover each and every aspect or what all transpired. ` 978-81-7702-453-1 2019 795 Hence, fresh lights are sought to have been thrown on some unexplored themes and fields related to indology and some themes reinterpreted Jammu and Kashmir has already revealed in the light of new sources and researches. Hope the readers find this its cultural potential in the form of volume of interest and use. numerous archaeological sites stretching Pråcya-Praj¤å (Proceedings of Eastern from Paleolithic period to the modern India Oriental Conference) (EIOC) through the Dogra rule. The importance of archaeology in óPrafulla Kumar Mishra, Arun Ranjan history deals not so much with invention but discovering Mishra, Nibedita Pati 26 cm., 356pp,; historical evidences in different forms (artifacts, even 978-81-7702-448-7 2019 ` 2995 quantitative data) so as to provide the background for making EIOC is born to take up academic conjectures and their refutation. This edited book studies from pursuits of eastern corner of India. Since the growth of Sanskrit has not much to the ancient to modern historical information of Jammu and host a conference in Eastern area except Kashmir. The present work makes an attempt to find out Bengal and Guahati. It is intended to information from the archaeological, historical and the oral include Andaman, Manipur, Tripura, tradition. The scope of the present work is an attempt for the Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, understanding and re-writing of history and culture of this Bengal, Odisha in the map of EIOC to area. The tradition of writing of history was carried out very promote Sanskrit and other regional languages, culture history and early period in Kashmir in the name of the Rajatarangini. The archaeology and Jagannatha-study of this region. present publication encompasses a remarkable research paper In this volume one can find that young scholars interested in new dimension of Sanskrit. Scholars from Yoga and Ayurveda are showing available from the different authors. It can be useful for their interest. Now it is expected from them more and more serious research scholars and academicians having interest on history, researches and expanded new vistas of lesser known domains. culture and archaeology of this region. 1 Pratibha Prakashan Catalogue 2019-20 Chandaragiri : A Vijayanagara f=k'kwy dks otznaM us LFkkuki¬k fd;k gS vkSj ;g ozt;ku vkSj 'kSookn ds la'ys"k.k dk ,d FortóMeesala Rama Krishna nwljk fojy vkSj mR—"V mnkgj.k gSA 26 cm., 96+8pp,; Col. illus. 978-81-7702-447-0 2019 ` 595 ;gk° ds efUnjksa esa Nktu 'kSyh dk okLrqf'kYi vius vki esa foy{k.k gS vkSj geus bls The central focus of this eywVh 'kSyh dgk gS tks chjHkwe vkSj ckadËM+k 'kSyh ls lkE; j[krs gq, Hkh fHk¬k vkSj fof'k"V gSA book entitled ìChandragiri : a gj eafnj ij VsjkdksVk dyk vius vki esa vuqie gSA og u rks fHkfŸk fp=k gS vkSj u gh ⁄ÍLdks Vijayanagara Fortî is an analytical study of the structures in the (xhys ysi ij fp=k mdsjus dh ,d fo/kk) cfYd otzysi ls mUgsa isLV fd;k x;k gSA bl Chandragiri fort namely, the for- otzysi dk fuekZ.k LFkkuh; ouLifr;ksa] ckyw vkSj nwljs fofHk¬k vo;oksa dks feykdj fd;k tifications, temples, palaces and other minor structures in their tkrk FkkA jkeyhyk] —".kyhyk vkSj vU; oS".ko fo"k;ksa dk fp=k.k djrh VsjkdksVk dyk la'ys"k.k dk ,d vkSj vyx mnkgj.k gSA larger contexts with the aim of explaining how the architec- xkao dh dFkk euksgkjh gSA ;g (vusdrk esa ,drk ds lkFk) fujarjrk vkSj ifjorZu ds tural changes were related to these larger politico-economic processes. Medieval Indian history to a large extent has re- flºkUrksa ij fodflr Hkkjrh; yksd&laL—fr ds mâo dks izfrfcfEcr djrh gSA vk'kk gS fd volved around regional kingdoms which have been studied n'kZu] ra=k] /keZ] dyk vkSj laL—fr ds Nk=kksa ds lkFk ekuo foKku vkSj lekt foKku ds Nk=k only recently and the renewed interest on the Vijayanagara Empire in the current period is a point in this case. Hkh bls leku :i ls mi;ksxh ik;saxs vkSj bfrgkl dh nsoh fDy;ks izl¬k gksaxhA A brief attempt is made here to understand the process of fortification in medieval Andhradesa and how this process was related to larger developments in polity, society, tech- gfj;k.kk dh lkaL—frd 'kCnkoyh dk nological innovations, patronage patterns and warfare. This book begins with a general introduction of fortifi- vé;;uµfo".kq nŸk Hkkj}kt cation in India and then moves on to medieval Andhradesa 23 cm., 424pp., in particular and looks at the character of forts with the aim 978-81-7702-429-6 2018 ` 504 of outlining the general features of forts in the medieval period, than proceeds on to a brief survey of the sources, namely gfj;k.kk dh yksd laL—fr vkfndky ls iYyfor the primary and the secondary sources on which this study is vkSj iqf"ir gksrh jgh gSA ftldh NVk gfj;k.kk ds based and then outlines the main areas of enquiry. Form lkekftd thou vkSj yksd lkfgR; esa n'kZuh; gSA here, there is a brief discussion on the nature of sources and the scope of the book is discussed in the context of fortifica- —"kd vkSj dkjhxj gfj;k.kk ds vfFkZd thou dks tion with an emphasis on broad themes.

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