Journal of Bengal Art: Volume 6

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Gerd J.R. Mevissen.1. Three Interesting Jaina Sculptures from Dinajpur/Gouriswar Bhattacharya.2. Pretasantarpita-Lokesvara/A.J. Gail.3. Four Times Avalokitesvara in Orissa/B.N. Mukherjee.4. The Calligraphic Art in Ancient Vanga/S. C. Mukherji.5. BangladeshNational MuseumStone Slab Inscription of King Gopala IV (?). Regnal Year 9 (1137 A.D.?)/M.F. Boussac & Sandrine Gill.6. Moulded Terracotta Plaques from Mahasthan/Jean-Yves Breuil & Jean-Francois Salles.7. Excavation at Mahasthangarh: Evidence of Some Stratigraphical Data/Asok Datta.8. Terracotta Ringwells and Early Historic Settlements in West Bengal: A Study/Eva Allinger.9. Narrative Paintings in 12th 13th Century Manuscripts: An Examination of Photographs Taken by Rahula Sankrtyayana at the Nor Monastery, Tibet/Gourisankar De.10. Narrative Plaques from Chandraketugarh/Pranab K. Chattopadhyay.11. Harikela Coins of Bengal: Archaeometallurgical Studies/Mallar Mitra.12. Nalini Kanta Bhattasali and the Study of Indian Iconography/Pradeep Mohanty & Baba Mishra.13. Sculptural Remains of Belkhandi, District Kalahandi, Orissa/A.K.M. Yaqub Ali.14. Epigraphs of Bengal Sultanate: A Search for the Elements of Historical Interest/Veena Mushrif.15. Vyala: The Mysterious Animal on the Indian Temple/Ajay Khare.16. Conservation Issue Related with Brick and Terracotta Structures of Bengal/S.S.M. Rahman.17. Glass Beads from Wari Bateshwar, Bangladesh: a Preliminary Archaeological Analysis/G.C. Chauley.18. The Recent Outstanding Archaeological Excavations in the State of Bihar/P.K. Bhattacharyya.19. Un-noticed Paper Currency (Decorated) of Cooch Behar: A North East State of India/W.H. Siddiqi.20. Mughal Miniatures of Eastern India (Bengal) Preserved in the Rampur Raza Library/Rituparna Basu.21. Art Education in Bengal: A Study in Contrast between the Colonial and Indigenous Art Centres/Mandira Bhattacharya/Exploring Maldah R. Nagaswamy.22. Cola Martanda and Bengal/A.K. Das.23. Studies in Bengal Art History: Problems and Prospects/Book Review.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Enamul Haque

Professor Enamul Haque had his M.A. in History (Archaeology Group) from Dhaka (1960), Diploma in Museology from London (1964) and Doctorate in South Asian Art from Oxford (1973). For three decades since 1962 he served the Dhaka Museum and rose to be the Founder Director General of the Bangladesh National Museum, developing it to be the largest Museum in the Third World. He was for a year (1990) Secretary-in-charge of the Ministry of Culture of Bangladesh. He also taught Art History, Museology and National Heritage in the universities of Dhaka and Jahangirnagar, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, and the Independent University at Dhaka. An organizer of exceptional ability, he is the Founder Chairman (since 1995) and Academic Director of The International Centre for Study of Bengal Art (ICSBA) at Dhaka, convened four International Congresses on Bengal Art (1976, 1997, 1999 and 2001) and edits the Journal of Bengal Art. He was honoured by the Asiatic Society of Calcutta with the award of the Rama Prasad Chanda Birth Centenary Medal (1993) for his "conspicuous contribution in art and archaeology of Bengal". Earlier, the Asia Society of New York honoured him by electing as their Honorary International Councilor (1986-92). He served as the President of the International Council of Museum (ICOM) Asia Pacific Organization (1983-86). Among his publications, notables are Islamic Art Heritage of Bangladesh (1983) and Bengal Sculptures: Hindu Iconography (1992), the latter being a quantitative assessment of nearly two thousand sculptures now preserved in different parts of the world.