Edited Rajasekhara (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface/N.P. Bhat. 1. Keynote address: understanding our great cultural heritage: some thoughts/A. Sundara. 2.The Pre-Chalukyan cultural scenario of Badami-Pattadakal-Aihole/A. Sundara. 3. The name and home of the early Chalukyas/S.V. Padigar. 4. Early Chalukya rule in Andhradesa/Kolluru Suryanarayana.5. Chalukyas and Jainism/Nagarajaiah, Hampa (Hampana). 6. Early Chalukya art and architecture/S. Rajasekhara. 7. Early Chalukya sculptures/Sheelakant Pattar.8. Mahakuta: lesser known early Chalukya Art Centre/Meena M. Mohite. 9. Marketing the golden ring of North Karnataka/Vandana Palankar. 10. Urban planning of Chalukya towns/V.M. Hegde. 11.The archaeological Museum at Badami/Meena M. Mohite. Select Bibliography. Index. The present volume is an attempt to revisit the history of Badami Chalukyan kings with a view to re-examine their contributions in the light of new material and evidences that have been found. It is a collection of papers presented in a seminar organized by the Dharwad Chapter of INTACH on the Early Chalukya history, art and other aspects. Though the stress is on art, architecture and sculpture, there is enough on other aspects like promoting Chalukyan sites that include Aihole, Badami, Pattadakal and Mahakuta as tourist destinations and the problems involved in making these destinations get their due. …