CONTENTS: Foreword-Princess Aswathy Thirunal Gouri Lakshmi Bayi Editorial-Nanditha Krishna, Sudipa Ray Bandyopadhyay & D.S. Somashekhar Introductory Note-Githa U. Badikillaya Dr. Haripriya Rangarajan: A Profile-Radha Chakravarti Reminiscences Hats Off to a Great Scholar-R D Choudhury Epitome of Vinaya-Maruti Nandan Tiwari A Complete Human Being-Pheroza J Godrej The World -A Poorer Place Without Her-Nanditha Krishna My Personal Chinnamasta-Rita Sridhar A Motherly Persona-Sudipa Ray Bandyopadhyay Mentor Friend and an Alter Mother-Gomathy Venkateswar A Persona Like No Other-V Balambal A Towering Beacon of Inspiration-D S Somashekhar 1. Antiquity and Co-existence of Shramana and Vedic Traditions-Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari 2. Hindu Influence on Goan Church Architecture-K K Muhammed, 3. Pillar Decorations in the Cave Temples of Badami-Shrinivas V Padigar 4. Sharvara, the Mystery Dog in Pallava Sculpture-T Satyamurthy 5.The Murals of India-Benoy K Behl 6. The Atiyaman Cave Temples of Namakkal-Nanditha Krishna 7. Portrayal of Devi Sri Lalitha and Her Chariot Sri Chakrarajaratha with Reference to the Text Shaktinidhi-Choodamani Nandagopal 8. Cultural Interflow Between India and Bhutan -The Land of Guru Padmasambhava Rimpoche-Shashibala 9. Circle and Semicircle: Divine Geometry in Greco-Buddhist Art-Arputharani Sengupta 10. Buddhist Art in the Museums of Russia-Viktoria V Demenova 11. The Sun-Lord of the Realm in Zoroastrianism and Hinduism-Pheroza J Godrej 12. Buddhism in Early Tamilakam: From Archaeological Sources-K Mavali Rajan 13. Iconographic Diversity of Umāliṅgana Sculptures from Northern Bengal An Assessment Based on the Collection of Akshaya Kumar Maitreya Museum-Aniruddha Maitra 14. A Note on Shasta Icons from Kerala-Ajit Kumar 15. The Horse in the Sculptural Art of Assam-Paromita Das 16. Kogali Hoard of Jaina Bronzes: A Revisit-C B Patil 17. Unique Narratives of the Neelakantheśvara Temple, Jambittige -Purnima Srikrishna 18. Paṭṭadakal Pillar Inscription: A Study-Sudipa Ray Bandyopadhyay 19. The Stages of Development of the Goddess Sarasvati: From a Metaphysical Concept of a Female Cosmic Force to a Very Familiar Icon in Indian Art-Gomathy Venkateswar 20. Step Wells of Medieval Karnataka: An Analytical Study-G Sarvamangala, G C Sadhashivappa & Jagadeesh 21. The Elite in Sculptural Art of Vijayanagara- Priya Thakur 22. Iconometrics and Iconography of Bronze Icons from Chola Inscriptions-G Balaji 23. Analysis of the Contexts of the Sculptural Remains Reported from the Purulia District of West Bengal: A Case Study Based on Recent Exploration-Shubha Majumder 24. Symbolism of the Didactic Gestures in the Jatakas of Bharhut (c. 2nd to 1st Century bce)-Shreyashi Chaudhuri 25. Apasaras in Assamese Art-Deepi Rekha Kouli 26. An Artististic Survey of Rajbari, Assam: Its Archaeological Significance in Understanding its Culture-Mrigakhee Saikia 27. Representation of Sakra in the Narratives of Early Archaeological Sites of Eastern Deccan-Sreyashi Ray Chowdhuri 28. The Sun Cult of Ancient Bengal: An Inscriptional and Artistic Analysis- Shawttiki Ojha 29. Dice-playing and Its Representations in Classical Indian Art-Shyamalkanti Chakravarti 30. Hoysala Inscriptions: Introducing the Artists-H S Usharani