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| Name of the Collection | Devahuti and Damodar Singhal collection |
|---|---|
| Folder/Categories | Subject Files-1846-1984 |
| Sub-folder/Sub-category | Ancient and Early Medieval Indian History and Culture, 1963-1984 |
| File No. /Acc. No. | 43 |
| Abstract | 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. |
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| Keywords | 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 |
| Start Date “Period From” | 1963 |
| End Date “Period To” | 1984 |
| Extent | 220 pp. |
| Item type/Format | Typed & Photocopy |
| Language | English |
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| Donor | Veena Sachdev (Devahuti Damodar Svaraj Trust) |
| Donation Date | March 2018 |
| Custodian | Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat (India) |
| Right/Copyright | Donor |
