Vol-3 Number-4 October 2018
Chief Editor: Vijay Kumar
Publisher: National Trust for Promotion of Knowledge, Lucknow
Mode of Publication: Online (e-Journal)
This article by Vijay Kumar describes the antiquities found from different parts of Kannauj city. It helps in reconstructing the spread of the city during different eras and the nature of religious buildings. The pottery pieces found from different portions of the city and its surrounding areas help us in identifying the areas of the city occupied by people belonging to the period from Proto-historic to the modern times. The broken pieces of stone sculptures which are found in abundance everywhere in the city also help us in reconstructing the architectural history of buildings belonging to different sects.
This article by Saurabh Kashyap, Pundareek Kumar, Shyam Prakash @ Munuwa Seth and Chandrika Prasad Rastogi gives the detailed catalogue of silver punch marked coins of Magadha found from Imaliya Sultanpur district Sitapur U.P. India. The hoard consists of Five hundred fifty eight coins. The discovery of this hoard will surely give great impetus to the study of punch marked coins in this area
This article by Alok Ranjan gives the readings of seals, sealings and inscriptions found from district Kannauj U.P. India. Some of the sculptures on which inscriptions were found are presently kept in Kannauj museum. Two of these inscriptions were found lying at different sites of the city. These inscriptions throw light on the history of the city from Gupta to late medieval period. These inscriptions were commissioned by persons following different religions
This article by Arif Ahmad Dar and Dr. Sandeep Kumar Pandey describes the various Hindu temples in South Kashmir e.g. Kouthar, Martand, Mamal, Avantiswami & Avantsivera, Payar and Devsar Vishnu temples. The Kashmir Hindu temples were influenced by Gandhara, Kushan and Greeko-roman architecture. The prime example of Kashmir Hindu architecture, the Martand temple made during 8th century is characterized by a colonnaded courtyard housing a temple in the middle. The gates have pediment supported by fluted pillars. The trifoliate arches have been used profusely in these temples. Later temples like Avantiswami & Avantsivera temples are a slight modifications of the original design of Martand temple.
This article by Rajendra Yadav describes the unique Kurmavatar image found from Naresar district Morena M.P. India. The temple complex of Naresar is situated on five terraces cut in the slope of the hill. These temples are datable to 8th century i.e. Pratihar period. The image was extracted from the Nala situated below the temple complex. It is elliptical in shape. It is different from the two types of Kurma images namely animal form and anthropomorphic form described in classical literature. It is an animal image marked with the symbols of Vishnu. It was probably kept inside a water body where it appeared floating on the water. It is an all-together new concept differing from those adopted in traditional iconography
This article by Shanti Swaroop Sinha gives the commonality of stories in the classical literature of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain religions. The story of King Shivi has been examined. Surprisingly the Buddhist tradition calls Shivi Bodhisattva i.e. an earlier incarnation of Buddha. Puranas, Mahabharata and Ramayana call Shivi, a great person who gave his body for saving the life of a pigeon. The Jain tradition has a different variant of this story in which a character similar to Shivi who has been called Megharatha showing the type of sacrifice similar to Shivi. It appears that all these religious traditions have borrowed from the common repertoire of Indian ancestral stories.
This article by S. Chandni Bi gives the sketch of the position of women during Chola period. She gives in details the description of female attendants of the temples. The various inscriptions reveal that they were appointed as temple servants to stand in front of shrine, wore fly whisk, held the lamps, arranged the food offerings, cleaned and decorated the temple floors with cow dung, husked the paddy for preparing the food of deity, made garlands, performed dances, played musical instruments and sang songs. There was hierarchy among the female servants. Some of these ladies were granted some privileges also. This article gives a lively picture of women in the framework of south Indian temples.
This article about Jama Masjid of Agra by M. K. Pundhir describes this mosque. His description is from the angle of an archaeologist. Jama Masjid stands on western side of a courtyard which has been provided three gates in North, South and East side. There is a square tank in the middle of the courtyard for ritual ablutions performed before Namaz. Western liwan consists of one nave flanked by two aisles, two bays deep. White marble from Makrana mines which contrasts well with red sandstone from Tantpur stone queries has been used to decorate the building. Colonnaded gallery remains on the North and South side of the courtyard. The east side gallery was demolished by Britishers after 1857.
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