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Studies in Punjab sculpture is the first scholarly attempt by the author which embodies the investigation into the origin of religious sculpture in the medieval Punjab which has not been done so far. Punjab has been known as the sword arm of India from the ancient times. Hence, it has witnessed many historical, cultural and religious visicitudes all through the ages. This volume envisages to highlight the art of sculpture which flourished in the medieval Punjab ...
Jahangir: A Connoisseur of Mughal Art is author's third great work showing the character and personality of Prince Salim who ruled India after the death of Akbar. It tends to portray the aesthetic taste of Emperor Jahangir as an unrivalled connoisseur of Mughal art besides being a shrewd administrator of Mughal empire. The present study based on authentic primary sources attempts to present the artistic heritage of his ancestors followed by his own innovations ...
The present book is incomparable in more than one way. It is for the first time that any publication has been produced by any author of national repute, covering almost all the aspects of art, culture, heritage of Patiala, on a comprehensive scale. Readers and buyers these days have some sort of ethnic and provincial bias against each other. But the present book has overcome this type of psychosis and focuses on an inter-regional kind of readership. The creative ...