Kala: The Journal of Indian Art History Congress (Volume VIII)

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The present volume of Kala as usual covers a vast field of Indian art as well as time, spanning from Mauryan to Modern. Several articles pertain to different aspects of iconography discussing new and rare finds along with fresh interpretations/observations. Such articles include Devi Visnumaya: Mahisasuramardini, Gaja-Laksmi with flanking figures of Ganga-Yamuna and Balarama-Krsna, Goddess Tvarita, Sabari, Manasa, Tulaja, Vaikuntha Images from Haryana, Amoghapasa, Chinnamasta and Mahesvara-Mahavaraha-Harihara Images. Articles on Buddhist Reliefs from Mathura and Wooden Figures from Kinnaur (H.P.) are also interesting.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kamal Giri

Prof. Kamal Giri, Hon. Joint Director, Jnana-Pravaha-Centre for Cultural Studies, Varanasi, recently retired from the Department of History of Art, Banaras Hindu University after completing thirty-three years of teaching assignment. She has published more than 100 research papers on different aspects of Indian Art and Culture and presented papers in the seminars in India and abroad. She has five books to her credit on Indian Art and Culture and presented papers in the seminars in India and abroad. She has five books to her credit on Indian Art and Culture. She has been the Assistant Editor of Chhavi: Felicitation Volume of Rai Krishnadas (1981) and the Editor of Khajuraho in Perspective (1994). She has also been editing Kala: The Journal of Indian Art History Congress since 1995-96.