Ancient and Early Medieval Indian History and Culture, 1963-1984
DDS Subject File No. 42
Subject Files-1846-1984
Ancient and Early Medieval Indian History and Culture, 1963-1984
1963
Devahuti’s research material on the Mauryas and the South. Includes articles by M.G.S. Narayanan entitled ‘New light of Kunavayir Kottam and the date of Cilappatikaram’ (Reprinted from Journal of Indian History, Vol. XLVII, Part III, December 1970), ‘Bindusara, Sanchi and Asoka’ (Indian History Congress 36th Session, Aligarh, December 1975), ‘Bindusara Inscription at Sanchi’, ‘The Maurayan problem in Sangam works in historical perspective’, Devahuti’s manuscript ‘Maurya’s and the South’ and a monograph on The Early Coins from Kerala. Also, includes copy of Epigraphia Indica, Volume XX (1929-1930) containing an account of discovery of Prakrit inscriptions from a Buddhist site at Nagarjunakonda by J.P. Vogel, Devahuti’s handwritten notes and some relevant references to the Nandas.
Maurya; South India; M. G. S. Narayanan; Kunavayir Kottam; Cilappatikaram; Bindusara; Sanchi; Asoka; Indian History Congress; Aligarh; Sanchi; Manuscript; Coin; Kerala; Epigraphia Indica; Prakrit; Inscription; Buddhist; Nagarjunakonda; J. P Vogel; Nanda
Ancient and Early Medieval Indian History and Culture, 1963-1984
1963
Devahuti’s typed articles and research material on ancient and early medieval Indian history. The file contains articles entitled:
1. ‘Role of Architecture as Revealed by Early Indian Art’ by Devahuti, The Indo-Asian Culture, 1963.
2. ‘Mauryan Art and the ‘Episode’ Theory’, reprinted from the Annals (B. O. R. Institute) by Devahuti, Vol. LII, 1972.
3. ‘Archaic Coins of Northern India’ by A. N. Lahiri, reprinted from the Journal of the Numismatic Society of India Vol. XXV, 1973.
4. ‘The Use of Parigaha or Suparigaha in the Nagarjunikonda Inscriptions’ by Devahuti, Ganganatha Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Vol. XXXV, January – June 1979, Part 1-2.
5. ‘Empire, Ethics and Asoka’ by Devahuti, Journal of Indian History, Vol. LVIII, April – August – December Parts I-III, 1980 + 2 copies.
6. ‘Social Aspects of Art in Early Indian Coinage by O. P. Singh, Journal of the Numismatic Society of India Vol. XLII, 1980
7. Summaries of Lecture 1 on ‘Jain Architecture and Sculpture and Lecture 2 on ‘Jain Art of Central India by K. D. Bajpai in the Shri Rajkrishan Jain Memorial Lectures (8th Annual Series), March 2 - 3 1984.
8. Chapter IX entitled ‘Recapitulation’ of Devahuti’s typed manuscript on the post-Gupta period in Indian history + 1 duplicate, undated
9. Significance of Contemporary Dharma-Shastras and Indigenous Historiographical Literature for Study of Hindu – Muslim Encounter in Early Middle Period’ by Devahuti reprinted from Historical and Political Perspectives +1 copy, undated
10. Devahuti’s manuscript, ‘Comments on some indigenous source material and the political system for their study of the Hindu-Muslim encounter in the early middle period’, undated
11. A bibliography of texts on ancient and medieval India, and Central Asia, undated. +4 duplicates.
Ancient History; Early Medieval History; India; Articles; Architecture; Art; Episode Theory; Coins; Numismatic; Parigaha; Suparigaha; Nagarjunakonda; Empire; Asoka; Ethics; Jain; Gupta; Manuscript; Dharma-Shastras; Literature; Historiographical; Muslim; Central Asia; Bibliography
Ancient and Early Medieval Indian History and Culture, 1963-1984
1975
Devahuti’s paper, entitled ‘Ashoka’s Dissent from the Hindu and the Buddhist Goals and Methods of Chakravarti, the Great Conqueror’, presented at a seminar on ‘The Tradition of Dissent, Protest and Reform Movements in Indian Civilization’ at the Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (1975). Also includes handwritten notes and the basic themes and a set of questions for the deliberations of the seminar.
Ashoka; Asoka; Dissent; Hindu; Buddhist; Chakravarti; Seminar; Indian Civilization; Institute of Advanced Studies; Shimla
Ancient and Early Medieval Indian History and Culture, 1963-1984
Undated
Papers presented at the conference ‘Concept of Duty in South Asia’ at the School of Oriental and Asian Studies, includes ‘The concept of dharma in artha and kāma literature’ by Friedrich Wilhelm, ‘Veda and Dharma’ by J. C. Heesterman and ‘Concept of Duty in South Asia’ by Percival Spear.
Conference; Duty; South Asia; School of Oriental and Asian Studies; Dharma; Artha; Kama; Veda; Heesterman; Percival Spear
