Book Details

Imprint: Aryan Books International

Contributors

Author Info: Prof. Vidula Jayaswal, after superannuation from the BHU, where she served for more than four decades, is presently occupying the prestigious Prof. R.C. Sharma Chair of Archaeology and Art History, at Centre for Cultural Studies & Research, Varanasi. She has also served Archaeological Survey of India as Deputy Superintending Archaeologist. Recipient of various scholarships and fellowships, she received specialized training in archaeology and anthropology at the University of Berkeley. Author of over a dozen and a half books and research monographs, and about 70 research articles, Professor Jayaswal is known for her original contribution in Indian prehistory, ethnoarchaeology and interpretation of archaeological remains of the Historical Period of the Middle Ganga Plain. Her important publications include—The Palaeohistory of India; Paisra: The Stone Age Settlement of Bihar; The Kushan Clay Art; An Ethno-archaeological View of Indian Terracottas; Royal Temples of Gupta Period and Ancient Varanasi.