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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari, Reader, Department of History of Art, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, is a wellknown scholar of Jaina art and icono
graphy. He has published three books: Jaina Pratimā Vijñāna (Hindi; Varanasi, 1981), Elements of Jaina Iconography (Varanasi, 1983), Khajurāho kā Jaina Purātattva (Hindi; Khajurāho, 1987) and a number of research papers. Presently he is working on the 'Mahābhārata Scenes in Indian Art' and 'Medieval Indian Sculpture and Iconography'.
