The present work aims in tracing the cultural and historical geography of Madhya Pradesh from available place names from the inscription found in the region which have been classified in this book on the basis of prefixes and suffixes and are arranged under different heads such as topography, flora, fauna, settlement, administrative divisions, social, economic and religious conditions chronologically. The place names which have been taken here are dynasty-wise and for the convenience of the readers they have been classified under different groups such as (1) Mauryas, Sungas and Satavahanas (2) Guptas and their feudatories and contemporaries, (3) Pratiharas and Paramaras, (4) Chandellas and their contemporaries and (5) Kalachuris of Tripuri. Some epigraphs mentioning the place names of Madhya Pradesh but found in adjoining provinces as well have also been discussed. The maps of the kingdoms of Paramaras and Chandellas of Jejakabhukti give an idea about the extent of the empire of these dynasties. The present book is the first ever systematic attempt towards the reconstruction of the cultural and historical geography of Madhya Pradesh based on place names corroborated and supplemented, wherever possible, with the archaeological, literary and sculptural and epigraphical data.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Malati Mahajan
Dr. Malati Mahajan who retired as lecturer from the Post Graduate Teaching Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology of Nagpur University, Nagpur is the student of the same department. She passed her M.A. examination in first division and was awarded Motilal Nehru centenary prize for standing first in order of merit. She was the recipient of the U.G.C. fellowship while working for her Ph.D. thesis under the guidance of Dr. S.B. Deo. After Ph.D. she worked as research assistant with Dr. S.B. Deo and completed the work of translation of the "Topographical List of Inscriptions found in Maharashtra and Goa". Again I the same capacity she worked with Dr. Ajay Mitra Shastri and completed the Project "Dictionary of Place names from Inscriptions found in Maharashtra and Goa". She has participated in some all India conferences of Place Name Society of India and presented good number of research papers on different aspects of Cultural and Historical Geography of ancient Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh which have been widely appreciated. She was elected as General President of the Thirteenth All India Annual Conference of Place Name Society held at Udupi (Karnataka) in April, 1992. She is the author of books, Development of Material Culture in India (Based on Archaeological evidence corroborated and supplemented with evidence from other sources); Cultural history of Maharashtra and Goa from Place Names in Inscriptions found in Maharashtra and Goa; Madhya Pradesh-Cultural and Historical Geography from Place Names in Inscription and Chhattisgarh- A Geography from Place Names in Inscriptions.
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