India possessed knowledge of building stone monuments before the Christian era. Ancient Indians evolved the tripartite classification of rock and formulated guidelines for use of different types of stone for architectural and sculptural works. The vast terrain of India is endowed with good quality building stones that influenced construction of innumerable stone monuments still surviving in different parts of the country. Monuments spread over different parts of ...
This book illuminates the mystery of advent of humans in India based on latest scientific data. The illustrative description of weaponry, cave-dwellings and rock paintings of Stone Age unravels the life-style, living condition and creative faculties of the primitive Indians. The 5000 years old Sindhu-Saraswari valley civilization has been rediscovered showing the achievement of ancient Indians in the field of engineering, sculpture, art and trade. And new ...