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A reflection of the socio-cultural belief of the Naga people, the effigies form an interesting subject of ethnological study. Such effigies either carved in wood or sculpted in metal tend to be a glorification of the deceased person and regarded by the Nagas as abode for the soul. The monograph deals with the description of these sepulchral sculptures and allied artifacts preserved in the Nagaland State Museum, Kohima and the Indian Museum, Kolkata, illustrated ...
The present issue of the journal contains sixteen research papers as also a review article and a couple of topical poetic compositions. The authors have dealt mostly with the vedic studies; Hindu and Buddhsit philosophical thoughts; socio-political contents in Sanskrit literature; subjects related to architectural peculiarities and consecration of temples; plural medicine; fabric art; life and work of a Hungarian Indologist; reminiscences of a painter and ...