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PART II : THE PRESENT
67-75
THE BACKGROUND 9. NOTE ON SOME ASPECTS OF MAURYAN CONTACT
WITH THE DECCAN
- Romila Thapar 10. CULTURAL MAP OF ANDHRA DESA
-B. Rajendra Prasad
76-98
101-113
114-128
129-138
139-147
148-154
SECTION A : BUDDHISM 11. BEYOND THE MONASTERY WALLS: BUDDHISM IN EARLY HISTORIC
PERIOD SOCIETY IN NORTH-EAST ANDHRA PRADESH -Lars Fogelin A TESTAMENT OF BUDDHISM -P. R. Ramachandra Rao NARRATIVE STRUCTURE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SNAKE JATAKAS IN BUDDHIST ART
-Ratan Parimoo 14. SPREAD OF BUDDHISM IN NORTHERN KARNATAKA
-Jitendra Das 15. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ABHAYAMUDRA BUDDHA FROM
NAGARJUNAKONDA SCULPTURES
-J. Sitaramamma 16. THE TRADITIONS SEEN IN THE STATUES OF THE BUDDHA'S
SITTING POSTURES IN INDIA AND JAPAN: A NEW PERSPECTIVE
-Shu Hikosaka 17. A FEW PRAKRIT INSCRIPTIONS FROM AMARAVATI
-C. A. Padmanabha Sastry 18. PATAGANDIGUDEM GRANT OF VISHNUKUNDI VIKRAMENDRA VARMA
-N. S. Ramachandra Murthy 19. SECTS OF BUDDHISM IN ANDHRA
-V. V. Krishna Sastry 20. CELEBRATION OF BUDDHIST FESTIVALS AND RITUAL
PRACTICES IN ANDHRA DESA ---Krishna Kumari Myneni
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162-165
166-177
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