The first attempt of its kind unravelling the various facets of the Indian art gleaned in the epigraphs is an in-depth study based on the original sources. The present study encompasses the political strife, temple architecture, sculptural art, socio-economic condition, religion, patrons and donors, artists, artisans and architects and the management of architectural structures as reflected in the early-medieval period, the age of turmoil and transition. The mostly informative, critical and comprehensive and immensely readable analysis bringing latest archaeological, epigraphic and literary insights bears a rich testimony to Dr. Singh’s multifaceted experience in the field of art and archaeology. A book of merit, it should prove to be useful to scholars interested in the art history.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S B Singh
Professor S.B. Singh had a fine association spanning well one and a half decade with Archaeological Survey of India, gaining vast and varied experience in the field of Archaeology, Art and Epigraphy by extensive field work, particularly explorations and excavations in various parts of the country, Since 1973, he was associated with the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Kurukshetra University, teaching postgraduate students and guiding research to scholars, and subsequently retired as Professor from the same department in 1992 AD. As an erudite scholar, his publications include sixty Research papers in prestigious Indian and Foreign Journals like East and West, Arts of Asia, Lalit Kala, Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, Roopa-Lekha, besides several others. He is also an author of The Archaeology of the Lucknow Region (1972) in collaboration. The other books include 'Letters of H.M. Lawrence (1978), Archaeology of PaÛchŒla Region (1979, U.G.C. Project), Epigraphy and Art (1996, I.C.H.R. Fellowship), Sculptural Art of Northern India, (2006, U.G.C. Project), in addition to a Hindi book - Lucknow - ‘Nawabon Se Pahle’ (2010) and other literary works in Hindi including a poetic composition ‘Pushpanjali.
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