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The present work is an attempt to outline the essential features of the cultural history of Prayaga from varied sources with a view to bringing out that magnetic quality of the Tirtharaja which has been attracting multitudes from far and near. The greatness of Prayaga, perceptible since the Vedic period, is adumbrated in the Epic-Puranic literature, and is attested by epigraphic records, Buddhist and Jaina texts, foreign (Chinese, Muslim and European) accounts, ...
Centred around culture this book deals with a diversity of subjects related to religion, social and economic history, epigraphy, art, architecture, plants and herbs, Roman coins and Greek myths, questions of national integration, social justice, untouchability and orthodoxy and the heated issue of Ayodhya. The diffusion of Indian culture to Nepal, Greece and Sri Lanka which is evident through analysis of coins, literature, inscription, chronicles and exchange of ...