Vol-1 Number- 1 January 2016
Chief Editor: Vijay Kumar
Publisher: National Trust for Promotion of Knowledge, Lucknow
Mode of Publication: Online (e-Journal)
The article provides a catalogue of copper hoard antiquities kept in Kailash Deep Shikhar Sangrahalaya, Rani Mill, Meerut, which was collected by Shri Satish Jain, over years. The area from which he has made collection is mainly Upper Ganga valley. He has collected many copper ingots. Chemical analysis of these ingots can throw light on source of copper used by the copper hoard people. The heavy shouldered axe from Hastinapur validates the earlier find of O.C.P from the same site.
This article provides the list of copper hoard antiquities kept in Shahjad Rai Research Institute, Baraut, Baghpat. Here is the detail of antiquities found from district Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan to district Kaushambi, U.P. Kaushambi is the eastern most point from where copper hoard antiquity has been reported. It also gives the details of ornaments made of copper, found from O.C.P sites. There is an iron sword found from Erich. In shape it appears to be just like its precursors made in copper
This article provides the details of coins found from 16 archaeological sites of district Sitapur. It confirms that Neemsar, much celebrated in Puranic literature,was important during Kushan period also. After 12th century it remained an important administrative center. It gives the evidence of economic activities and the information about political importance of different archaeological sites of the district.
This article gives the new epigraphic evidence about the antiquity of the famous Kalinjar fort. One inscription of Kushan period takes back the history of this place to the 1st century A.D. The inscriptions and graffitis found in the caves provide the evidence that the places of penance were also considered sacred. When the people visited these places and they inscribed the name of the cave on the rock.
This article gives the visual history of the Nilkaṇṭha temple situated on the western face of celebrated Kāliñjara hill, district Banda, U.P. It shows the evolution of Mesolithic shrines of early men into a famous śaiva maṭha. It provides the detailed architectural and iconographic description of the shrine. It supplies a list of important inscriptions found in the precinct of the temple.
With the advent of Turks in India, a new architectural style known as Islamic Architecture had also arrived. A new era of interaction of Islamic architecture with that of India was inaugurated, which very soon culminated into the birth of Indo Islamic Architecture. Consequently a large number of Indo Islamic monuments were built in different parts of India by different dynasties especially sultans of Delhi Sultanate. In this article Dr. M. K. Pundhir has described one such building namely the Lodi monument situated in the famous Ranthambhor fort.
In this article Dr. Husham Haider analyses the reasons of the failure of old bridges. In it he shows that the hydrological regime changes with time. If the builder doesn’t take into account the water way requires for the hydraulic structure, with the coming of a huge flood, the river invariably leaves the old channel.
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