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Name of the Collection Divyabhanusinh Chavda
Folder/Categories II.SUBJECT FILES, 1808-2013
Sub-folder/Sub-category (2) THE STUDY ON HISTORY OF LIONS IN INDIA, 1833-2007C) Correspondence Sharing Information on Lions, 1964-2003
File No. /Acc. No. 50
Abstract Papers relating to research on the history of Asiatic lion in India. Includes correspondence exchanged by Divyabhanusinh Chavda for obtaining information on archaeological and historical aspects of lion among others with B.D. Chattopadhyaya, Helmut Hemmer, Veer Vijay Singh, Nayanjot, Romila Thapar, and Pratap. Also includes comments on Chapter 3 and 4 of The Story of Asia's Lions, words for lions used in Sanskrit literature, evidence of the lion's occurrence in the Indian Pleistocene, etc.
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Keywords B.D. Chattopadhyaya; Helmut Hemmer; Veer Vijay Singh; Nayanjot; Romila Thapar; Pratap
Start Date “Period From” 1998
End Date “Period To” 2003
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Language English
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Source/Link The Collection of the American Numismatic Society, Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coins by Osmund Bopearachchi, Studies in the Coinage of the Western Ksatrapas by Amiteshwar Jha and Dilip Rajgor, Catalogue of the Coins of Ancient India by John Allan, etc.
Donor Dr. Divyabhanusinh Chavda
Donation Date 09-10-2017
Custodian Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat (India)
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