Indian Antiquary Vol 62

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications

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APRIL, 1933)
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INDIA AND THE EAST IN CURRENT | on "The Bhâraáiva Dynasty," in which he orpha LITERATURE.
sises the pre-eminent part played by this dynasty India in 1930-31, Government Press, Calcutta, and that of the Vakatakas in re-establishing Hindu 1932.-Attention may be directed to the reference, political and religious authority in northern India. on p. 84, to the survoy of prehistoric sites in the hilly "The Vakátakas were the gurus of the Guptas, and region west of the Indus in the Larkana and Karachi the Bhårasivas the gurus of the Vakatakas," he districts, resulting in the discovery of chalcolithic writes. The place from which the VAkațakas took romains at no less than 24 places. These sites, we their title has hitherto been uncortain, but Mr. are told, seem to lie in a regular chain leading from Jayaswal identifies it with a site, known locally now Pandi Wahi noar Johi to a place within 7 miles of as Bagay, about 6 miles from Chirgâny in the Orcha Karachi, on the way to Las Bela. Trial excavations State. Ho thinks the Bhârasivas probably started at many of them have disclosed a fairly large col. about 200 A.D., and held sway over Prayaga and lection of painted pottery, chorts, beads, copper Kast and the intervening territory in the Gangetic implements and other characteristic relics. The basin. He goes so far as to suggest that the Dasa. ruins from which the antiquities were recovered vamedha Ghật At Benares may preserve a memory were those of stone buildings situated on the hills of the ten afvamedhas attributed to these rulers. or in adjoining valleys, where there is often a peronnial supply of water from natural springs. The
In . paper entitled "An unknown Kvatriya. importance of these discoveries, when compared
vamsa called Gaur," Rai Bahadur MM. G. H. OjhA with the results of Sir A. Stein's trial excavations
brings to light a very interesting inscription of 17 further west, in Gedrosia, towards the elucidation
lines in Brahmi characters and Sanskrit language on of the so-called Indus civilisation will be obvious to
a slab in the temple to Bhamar MAA on a small
hill near Choti Sadarf village in the Udaipur State, our readers.
in which is recorded a succession of chiofs of the Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology for Gaura-varsa of Ksatriyas, who appear to have the Year 1939.-In this volume, which main. ruled in this vicinity in the sixth century A.D. The tains the high standard of previous years, the num. Mahamahopadhyâya goes on to suggest that the ber of items referenced has increased to 929, from Gord Bådal of Chitor fame were not two persons, 731 in 1929. The introduction contains a survey as hitherto supposed, but one individual, whose per of the results of the important excavations con- sonal name was Badal, Gorå being the equivalent of ducted by Mr. A. H. Longhurst at Nagarjunikonda Gaura, indicating his parisu. In another short in the Guntur district, a description of the Sittan- paper MM. G. H. Ojhâ propounds his roasons for navâsal cave temple paintings in the Pudukotta thinking the Sinhala-dvipa referred to in Jayasi's State, notes on excavations at Dong-u'on (Annam) story of Padmavat was not meant for Ceylon, but by M. Goloubew, and on the discovery of a pre
for a place called Singoli, some 40 miles east of Angkor monument near Angkor Thom by M. Coodes. Chitor, the possessor of which may have been An interesting summary is also given of Dr. Bosch's Padmini's father. researches in connexion with the scenes depicted on the Barabudur panels, which have shown that the
Mr. Gorolala Tiwari continues his useful history Gandavyúha was the principal text used. Dr. Vognl of Bundelkhand, reaching in thi
of Bundellchand, reaching in this volume the times is to be warmly congratulated on the progress made of the great Mahêrâja Chatrasal, a chief worthy of with this publication, and on having secured a far more attention than he has hitherto received at promise of co-operation from Japan.
the hands of historians. We welcome also the Nagar pracárini Patrikd, vol. XIII, Pts. 1 and 2,
appearance of 29 well-printed plates illustrating the
article by Mr. V. Agravala on "The Buddhist Art 1932.-The first two parts of this volume contain matter to which the attention of our readers may
of Mathuri," which form a notablo addition to the bo drawn with advantage. On pp. 1.8 Mr. K. P.
journal. Jayaswal publishes a short but suggestive paper
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