Vol-4 Number-4 October 2019
Chief Editor: Vijay Kumar
Publisher: National Trust for Promotion of Knowledge, Lucknow
Mode of Publication: Online (e-Journal)
This article written by Masoomeh Taheri Dehkordi & Alamdar Alian give the details of the petroglyphs of Barzgaleh, Ahmad Reza spring and Qomishloo near Tiran, Isfahan Province, Iran. In the past, man created some motifs on rocks to depict some of his beliefs and aspirations; for this reason, petroglyphs are important. Geographical area of Isfahan has been suitable for human habitation. The motifs studied in this research are located near the city of Tiran, 48 km from Isfahan and were identified by surveying. Among these, Qomishloo petroglyph is the most prominent one. Symbolic motifs are limited, but animal motifs include goat and dog and human motifs, including hunters, horse riders and archers. The motifs are mostly monograms and petroglyphs. The purpose of the study was (1) To explore and identify the petroglyphs motifs of the region, (2) To examine the similarity with the motifs of other regions and (3) To identify the purpose of these paintings. The research is descriptive-analytical and the data was collected from field as well as literature. The rock paintings & petroglyphs were compared with those of other places and were dated on stylistic ground
This article by Dr. T. Babji Reddy gives the details about the paintings on the roof of unique megalithic structure located in the forest adjacent to Mallaiahpalli near Chandragiri fort revealing the socio-economic life and religious feelings of early humans. The art on Megalithic structures is unique in its nature compared to other megalithic burials found around it in Seshachalam hill region. The paintings in megalithic structure were drawn with white and red pigments. The entire roof is decorated with images of animals, geometric symbols, human and socio-cultural materials. The present paper aims to understand the meaning of paintings with the help of ethno-archaeological investigations
In this article, Amit Ranjan & Ravindra Nath Singh give in details the results of village to village archaeological survey conducted around Rakhigarhi district Hissar, Haryana a famous Harappan site. The settlement in this area begins from Mesolithic at Rakhigarhi, Neolithic at Rakhigarhi & Bhirrana, Early Harappan at Siswal, Banawli and Bhirrana etc. This article gives the idea about hinterland of Matured Harappan Metropolis of Rakhigarhi which covered 550 Hectares. Considering the all phases, the average size of the sites around this city was 2-4 Hectares. The smallest had an area below half a hectare. Early Harappans and late Harappans sites are scattered but during Mature Harappans phase, there was building of population in Rakhigarhi. Many of the sites appeared to be distributed in linear alignments particularly during the early Mature and late Harappan period and also to some extend during PGW and NBPW phases. PGW sites are closed to river Ghaggar. They observe that ancient sites are being destroyed very rapidly by agricultural operations
This article by Vijay Kumar gives the detailed catalogue of antiquities kept in Lucknow Museum. He covers the antiquities obtained from excavations of Kankali Tila district Mathura U.P. by different scholars. He also gives the details of Buddhist and other antiquities obtained from different places of Mathura including Kankali Tila. The third part of the catalogue gives the details of antiquities from Gandhar region, now in North Pakistan. Some of these antiquities were obtained in exchange from other museums. A few were purchased from private persons.
This article by Chandni Bi explores the tradition of hero stones of South India in details, starting from Sangam age (3000 B.C. to 300 A.D) to the end of 17th century. She observe in this article that dedicating stone to people who gave up their lives, defending life and property of other people, fighting for king or fighting for the village were honoured with a hero stone. Sometimes the victims of human sacrifice to the goddess whether self-motivated or induced to undertake such ventures for the benefit of local king or chief were also given this honour. An elaborate ritual was prescribed for this. Sometimes animals who lost their lives in defending the people/ cattle of the village were also honoured in this manner. A memorial stone was raised even for a fighting cock who lost his life in a fight
This article by Somreeta Majumdar gives the details of two recently identified Vaisnavite sculptural specimens from the coastal area of Daksin Radha in West Bengal. The coastal area of Daksin Radha in West Bengal is geographically and culturally contiguous to Balasore coastal area which belonged to Kalinga region in Ancient period. The sculptural specimens can be dated to late 10th to early 11th century A.D. The study also contextualises the sculptural specimens in the process of the formation of Dakshin Radha as a geo-political and cultural sub-region
This article by Prof. M. K. Pundhir covers the details of the gate of Taragarh fort, Ajmer, Rajasthan constructed by Akbar, when he occupied the place in 1558. Ajmer was the point from where he controlled Rajputana and Gujarat. It was an important seat of governance of Mughals. This gate provided entrance to the fort in the bastion known as Ghunghat in the fortification wall of northern side. This is built in the form of gate house and is aligned on North-south axis. He also gives the details of the Jahangir's pavilions situated in Pushkar, Rajasthan on laid on a platform built along North-south axis.
This article by M.N.P. Tiwari and Shanti Swaroop Sinha gives the details of Paśupatinātha temple popularly known as Nepali Mandir built in 1843 A.D. during the reign of King Rajendra Vikram Shah. It is located on Lalita ghat, east of Kashi Vishwanatha temple, district Varanasi U.P. overlooking the river Ganges. As the name suggests, the temple is dedicated to Shiva and is in Pagoda style. This temple is built of both brick & wood and has three storeyed wooden pagoda, cornice and supporting wooden struts, explicitly carved doors. Presently, the roofs of first & second storey have gabled ones supported by struts. It is topped with a large inverted bell having similar smaller bells at the corner. A three storey Dharmshala with tiled roof exist at the South-west corner of the temple. It has a square courtyard in the centre and a verandah on the eastern side. It is also an example of Nepalese architecture.
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