Sankaram: Recent Researches on Indian Culture

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Bunch of essays presented in honour of Prof. S. Sankaranarayanan, on archaeology and culture, epigraphy, religion and philosophy, literature; and art and architecture have fresh and original interpretations. The essays on archaeology and culture cover the aspects of ecology and archaeology of cultures, urbanism and settlement pattern. In the epigraphy section, the newly discovered Pallava copper plate grant of Pallava Vishnugopa Varma, Eastern Chalukyan Vishnuvardana II charters and Sriranga III are the highlights. Several essays on Buddhism give new interpretations in the section of religion and philosophy. In the literature section the manuscript Saccasankhepa, the Pali text is critically edited for the first time. The section on art and architecture covers the aspects of aesthetics, iconography of rare sculptures of Nritya Vishnu, Durga etc.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.S. Ramachandra Murthy

Prof. S.S. Ramachandra Murthy, former Professor of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology, S.V. University, earlier had worked as Deputy Superintendent in the ASI, Epigraphy Branch, Mysore. He served as the Registrar of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapitha (Deemed University), Tirupati. He is well known epigraphist and historian. He was the founder member of Epigraphical Society of India and founder Secretary of Place Name Society of India. His work A Study of Telugu Place Names is pioneering and significant one on Andhra. He has edited several epigraphs of Andhra and importantly edited The Kakatiya Inscriptions Volume for ICHR. He has several research and popular articles to his credit. He is presently associated with the Agama-Kosa project of the R.S. Vidyapitha.