History Today No. 13 (2012)

Editorial

Articles

Medical Evidence as a Decisive Determinant of Historicity in Ancient Texts: 1 Trimethylaminuria in the Ramakrishnan Sitaraman

Depiction of Atthathana Scenes in Stone Sculptures of Bagan 7 Vinay Kumar Rao

Development of Economic Organisations and their role in Human 14 Empowerment during the Gupta Period Ankit Agarwal

Narrative Reliefs Depicting Krsna-lila in the Art of 22 Vinay Kumar Gupta

Depiction of Dream in Indian Art 28 Thomas B. Parmar

A Unique Jaina Caumukha/Caumukhi or Chaturmukha or Sarvatobhadra- 33 Pratima from Sundarban, District South 24 , West Bengal Shubha Majumder

Newly Discovered Maitreya Image from Amdanga, District North 24 38 Parganas, West Bengal Pampa Biswas

Comparative Study of the Temples of Central and Kashmir during 41 Medieval Period A.K. Singh

Some remarks on the Dasavatara images of Visnu represented at Anhilwara- 45 Patan Simona Ferraro

Revisiting Mud Forts of Chhattisgarh 53 Atula Kumar Pradhan and Shivakant Bajpai

Reconstructing The Early Medieval History of Chanderi 56 Ranbeer Singh and Goutami Bhattacharya

Tiruvananthapuram: Growth of a Sacred City 65 G. Gopi Krishnan

Marathi Women Saint Poets with special reference to Bahinabai 70 Saroj Gulati

Coming of Hinduism and its Impact on the Society and Culture of Manipur 76 M. Ranjana, L. Basanti Devi

Overview of Goddesses Jyestha and Kanistha: Religion and Practice 80 Tanashree Redij

Review of the Pre-Industrial Iron Smelting Activities of Eastern India: A Case 86 Study on the Asur-Birjhia Tribes of Bishunpur, Ranchi Dipsikha Acharya

A Glance at the English Nationalist Writings banned by the British during the 92 Non Co-operation Movement Manisha Pandey

The Arab Spring: A Revolution of Unrest Across Arab States 96 K.N. Dikshit and Asha Joshi

Anna Hazare-The Unending Fight 100 Meeta Mishra

Notes, News and New Source Material 104

Memorial Stones of Kalvarayan Hills, Tamil Nadu R. Ramesh

Cannons of , Tejas Garge

Report of the XXXVI Annual Conference of Indian History and Culture 108 Society

Book Reviews 110

Bhagat Singh revisited-historiography - Chander Pal Singh Vandana Kaushik

Traditional Indian Medicine with specific reference to Buddhist and Tribal Medicine - Amita Jha S. Bhanumati

Mong Kham (Ed. Sangeeta Gogoi) Ankit Agarwal

Varaha Avatara of Visnu in Art and Literature of Tamil Nadu - S. Vasanthi Kulbhushan Mishra and Ankit Agarwal

Hindu and Muslim religious institutions - Andhra Desa, 1300 -1600 - R. Soma Reddy Vandana Kaushik

Historical Tradition of India and Archaeology: An Integrated Study - Arun Kumar Ankit Agarwal

Portrait of a President-Pranab Mukherjee - M.A. Sherwan Devendra K. Kaushik

Index 116

Balance Sheet 127

New Life Members 129

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