K. Krishna Naik
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Volume X is the last of the series and contains 15 articles on Tourism. The articles deal with Tourism and its various components and forms. A few articles are on the theoretical aspects like the determinants of performance of the tourism industry, circuit Tourism and heritage Tourism.
Volume IX is on Vijayanagara Epoch with 27 articles on the history of the Vijayanagara Empire. These articles throw light on genealogy, personalities like Krishnadevaraya, social, economic, religious and articles perspective of the Epoch. A few articles are on coinage, paintings, transportation and eating habits of the period.
Volume VIII is on Culture, Heritage and Literature and contains 43 articles on Cultural and Literary Heritage of India. They cover social, artistic, festive, dynastic, dance, tribal, food, conservation and medicinal aspects.
Volume VII is on Buddhism and Other Religions and contains 46 articles. The first part contains a few articles on Buddhism, followed by Saivism, Jainism, Saktism and Vaishnavism. A few articles also deal with Indus and Vedic religions.
Volume VI that deals Architecture has 18 articles. They cover temple architecture of India, Nepal and Southeast Asia. These articles are very interesting giving details on the temple parts like Upapitha and Pillars.
Volume V is on Art in which there are 52 articles throwing light on art, art history and styles right from the prehistoric to the modern period. Theyinclude rock art terracotta, bronze sculpture, ragamala painting, tattoo, folk art forms, art on dress and ornaments, etc.
Volume III is on Epigraphy in which there are 21 articles covering inscriptions of the Chalukyas, Rashtrakuta, Chalukya-Chola and Kalyani Chalukya period and composers of inscriptions of medieval Andhradesa.
Volume II contains 37 articles on history covering the varied aspects of the human history right from the Maurya, Satavahana, up to the Saurashtra periods touching the historical aspects of Hero Stones, Water Supply, Geography, Nayankara System, Devadasi System, Nyaya School, Medical Education, Tipu Sultan, Chola Tacation Wood's Despatch, Rani Chinna Devi, Periyar Justice Party, Ronald Ross etc in a very detailed account.
Volume I Contains 37 articles encompassing the subject of Archaeology. The articles cover the varied aspects of the human history spanning from Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Megalithic to early historical periods in time, and stretching from West Bengal, Tamilnadu, Chattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarath to South Asia in space.
Volume IV is on Numismatics containing 17 articles. These articles shed light on the coinage in a Pan-Indian context right from the punch-marked coins (PMC), of the Satavahanas, Romans, Kshatrapas, Pandyas to the Mughal Sultanates and also the symbols on the coins which open new vistas in numismatics.
These volumes are meant to honour Porf. Chenna Reddy Pedarapu, an eminent historian, academician, Dean, Academic Affairs, P.S. Telugu University and former Director, Dept. of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Andhra Pradesh, who needs no introduction to the world of Indian History and Archaeology. He is Known for his unique contribution in bringing out a large number of felicitation volumes to a host of great scholars in Art, Folklore, History, Archaeology, ...