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CONTENTS
Executive Committee (2010-11) iii

Rules for Award of Prizes for Best Papers v
Select Abbreviations vii
Preface ix
GENERAL PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
An Approach to the Study of Morphology of Selected

Towns and Cities of Medieval Bengal, c.1500 to 1727
B. B. Chaudhuri 1
SECTION-I
(ANCIENT INDIA)
Sectional President's Address
The Pull Towards the Coast: Politics and Polity in India

(c. 600-1300 CE)
Ranabir Chakravarti 22
1 . Peasant Differentiation as Reflected in the Arthasastra
Krishna Kumar Mandai, B haga I pur, LM-0982 43
2. Social formations in Early Historic Orissa and Mauryan
Intervention
Laxmi Kanta Mìshra, Cuttack, LM-1805A 60
3. Forest Dwellers in the Early Puranas : A Study of the

Nisadas and the Kiratas
Kundan Kumar Raj , New Delhi, AM-23841 68
(Professor Vijay Kumar Thakur Memorial Prize)
4. Kamarupa to Kamata: The Political Transition and the
New Geopolitical Trends and Spaces
N ir ode Boruah, Assam, AM- 18043 78
5. Gupta over lordship of the Western Coast of Indi

Sixth Century CE - Substantial, Nominal or Surr
(especially in context of their alleged domination o
Maitrakas of Valabhi)
Pankaj Sharma, Pune, AM-22996 87
6. Making of Religious Geography of Kashmir from
Nilamata Purana to Rajatarangini
Suman Jamwal, Jammu, LM-00889 1 0 1
7. Brahmadeya: A Study with Special Reference to Cho
Period
Brijesh Kumar Singh, AM- 2 3968 1 1 0
8. The Nature and Role of Urban Centres in Early Medieva
Himachal Pradesh Circa CE 600-1250
Renu Thakur, Chandigarh, AM-15909 114
xii
9. Corporate Institutions During the Classical Age

Priya Darshini 1 2 1
10. Merchant Tales: wealth, M
Tara Sheemar, AM-1 9002 1 3 2
(Professor B.B. Chaudhiiri Prize)
1 1 . Tanks in Epigraphy: A Case Study of G
Region of Andhra from the 6th to the 10th
Sabami Pramanik Nayak, Kolkata, AM-22093 140
12. Invocations through Coins: Legends for Allegiance and
Popular Validation in the Indigenous Copper Coins
Mamta Dwivedi, New Delhi, AM-23852 148
13. New Found Imitation Kushana Coin Hoard From Ayatan

Rajkanika, Odisha
Aj aya Kumar Nayak, Bhadrak, LM-01296 154
14. Wives and Courtesans or Wives Versus Courtesans? An
Inquiry into the Social Aspects of the Kamasutra
Kavita Gaur, New Delhi , AM-23754 159
15. Women, Work and Household: Women in the Sources of
Harsha period
Manu Jais, Aligarh 169
16. Gendered Inquiry into Niyoga: Ap
from the Perspective of Female Act
Smita Sahgal, LM-I698 179
17. Reality of Death: Representation of C
Manimekalai
K.N. Ganesh, Calicut, AM-1 1478 1 93
18. 'Portable' images (Buddhist) from Gandhara

Sarita Khettry, Santiniketan, AM-12390 204
19. Revisiting Kushana Dynastic Sanctuaries
Suchandra Ghosh, AM - 1 7832 2 1 2
20. Religious Life under the Chandellas

Umesh Singh, Varanasi, AM-24144 220
2 1 . Envisioning Goddess Tara: A Study of the Tara Traditio
in Assam
Kakoli Gogoi, Dibrugarh, AM-23671 232
22. The Patronage given to Dance by Rajaraja I
S. Poornachandran, Thanjavur, AM-22549 240
SECTION-II
(MEDIEVAL INDIA)
Artisans In Medieval Inida: Through Nagari Inscriptions

Pushpa Prasad, Aligarh 246
23. Inviting the Lords: Jain Vigyaptipat
Medieval Indian History
Shalin Jain, LM-01858, New Delhi 264
xiii
24. Nadu as the State Agent in Early Medieval Karnataka

During the Hoysala Rule
Bar kur U day a, AM- 16044, Mangal agangotr i 276
25. Mahmud's Ayaz in History
S. Jab ir Raza, AM- J 4253, Al i gar h 286
26. The Historical Context of the Rana Pratap Legends of the
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Renu Bahuguna, AM-22847, New Delhi 294
27. Jahangir on Shias and Sunnis in Majalis-i Jahangiri
Reyaz Ahmad Khan, AM- J 6341, Al i gar h 302
28. Siibedars of Kashmir under Shahjahan
Farzana Ashfaque, AM-20806, Aligarh 308
29. An Opening to Rajaram? A Farman of Aurangzeb of 1689
Zakir Hussain, LM-00948, Bhopal 3 1 9
30. Wet Nursing in Imperial Mughal Family: A Study in Soc
Relations
Balkrishan Shivram, AM-19442, Shimla 324
31. Concubinage in the Royal Rajput Household of Marwar

1 6U|- 1 8th Centuries
Priyanka Khanna, AM- 2 34 31 337
32. Ideology and Personal Grievances: Badauni's Car
Akbar's Court
A fshan Maj id, A M-22 4 96, A l i gar h 346
33. The Ideological - Political Role of Brahmans in Later
Medieval India
Rameshwar Prasad Bahuguna, AM-1 0324 353
34. Aspects of Rural Settlements under the Gahadavala
Dynasty: C. 11th Century CE to I3,h Century CE (An
Inscriptional Analysis)
Deepak Yadav, New Delhi, AM-20594, Gaya 360
35. Rajpur: Land Holdings and Land-Control in a Braj Village
.in Mughal Times
Irfan Habib, AM- 11 75 7, A ligar h 368
36. Rights to Sink and Repair Wells and Accruing Rights in
Land and its Produce
Tripta Wani, AM-23765, New Delhi 378
37. A Note on the Coastal Economy: Malabar c. 11th - 12th
Centuries CE
Digyijay Kumar Singh, AM-23237, New Delhi 392
38. The Armenians in India - Trading Together but
Separately
Ruquia Husain, AM-1 1863, Aligarh 400
39. The Dynamics of Composite Culture: Evolution of an
Urban Social Identity in Mughal India
SyedAli Nadeem Rezavi, AM-14322, Aligarh 408
xiv
40. Urban Houses and Building Use in Mughal India

Shireen Moosvi, AM- 13193, A ligar h 423
41. Towns and Urban Spaces through Travellers' Accounts
Radhika Seshan, LM-01182 433
42. Gardens in Mughal Gujarat

Sadaf Fatma, A M-22 167, A ligar h 441
43. The Oppressed as the Oppressors: A Nuanced View on
the Service Jatis of Late Medieval Marwar
Jay a Priyadarshini, New Delhi 453
(Professor J.S. G rewa I Prize)
44. Equality and Caste among Eighteenth-Century Sik

Karamjit K. Malhotra, LA1-01752, Patiala 460
45. Migration and Settlement of the Brahmanas in Manipur
Jayanti Thokchom, AM-23896, New Delhi 468
46. Control of the Seas: The Historical Exegesis of the
Portuguese Cartaz
Ruby M al oni, LM-01389, Mumbai 476
47. Royal Visitors and Pilgrims from Assam to Srikshetr
(Puri): A Study on Royal Letter (Chhamu Chitau)
Diplomacy of the Gajapati Kings of Odisha
Shis h ir Kumar Panda, LM-00421, Berhampur 485
48. Reconstruction of the History of Kabirpanth, A Devotional
Sect Active in North and Central India
Purnendu Ranjan, AM-21009, Chandigarh 491
49. Representation of the Pre-Vaishnavite Culture of the
Meiteis: Cheitharol Kumpapa of Manipur
Khwairakpam Renuka Devi, AM-23898, New Delhi 50 1
50. From Religious 'Radicalism' to Army Battalions: The
Nagas and the Gossains in the army of the Nawab-Wazirs
of Awadh till the 1770's
Sabina Kazmi, Delhi 509
51. Simsumara: Visnu's Cosmic Form
R. K K Rajar ajan, A M- 2 3 729, Gandhigram 5 2 1
52. Indo-Islamic Medical Tradition: A Move Towards
Synthesis During the Delhi Sultanate Period
Nripendra Kumar Shrivastava 529
53. Some Epigraphical Discoveries from Kulu (Him
Pradesh) and their Historical Significance
LaxmanS. Thakur, AM- 15898, Shimla 539
54. Persian Inscriptions of Faqiron-ka Takiya, a Sarai in
Jüisalmer
Md. Salim Zaweed, AM-21752, Aligarh 543
55. Wild Mammals in Mughal Sources
Enayatullah Khan, A M-235 18, A ligar h 5 5 1
XV
SECTION-III
(MODERN INDIA)
Nationalism, Social Change and Regional Identity in

Colonial Tamil Nadu
N. Rajendran 560
56. Ecological Crisis and Colonial Response: Nineteenth
Century Western India
Louiza Rodrigues, AM-21111, Mumbai 575
57. Land Reform Measures in Kashmir During Dogra Rule
Show kat Ahmad Naik, AM-22505, Aligarh 587
58. Strategies of Survival and Hierarchies of Production: Silk
Weaving in Eastern United Provinces, 1880s- 1930s
Santos h Kumar Rai, LM- 11 83, Delhi 604
(Dr I.G Khan Memorial Prize)
59. Was the Bombay Plan a Capitalist Plot?
David Lockwood, AM-22941, South Australia 6 1 8
60. Discipline and Punishment in the Madras Army under

Colonial Period, 1752-1860
Manas Dutta, AM-22679, Kolkata 632
61 . Occupational Caste Groups and Madras Army

India
Vikram Harijan, AM-22261, New Delhi 642
62. The East India Company, Rajput Chieftaincies and
Pindaris: Changing Dynamics of a Triangular Relationship
(Upto 1818)
NidaArshi, Delhi 650
63. The Rohilla 'Revolution' of 1794
Alok Prasad, AM-24036, Allahabad 663
64. Legalising the Plunder in the Aftermath of the Upr
of 1857: The City of Delhi and 'Prize Agents'
Shaheen Islamuddin, Delhi, AM-23401, New Delhi 670
(Professor P.S. Gupta Memorial Prize & J.C. Jha Prize)
65. The Deportation of the Namdhari State Prisoners in 1872
under the Bengal Regulation III of 1818
Sw aran Singh Sane hi, MA, LM-1210, Jalandhar 683
66. Mahatma Gandhi's Perspective of the Nature of Ramadurg
Revolt: A Re-examination
Ashok Shettar, AM-22771 Dharwad & A.B. Vaggar, Naragund 696
67. Punjab Government and Press During the Civil
Disobedience Movement
Mähender Singh, LM-01362, ttisar 706
68. The Empire Against Communism: Colonial Repressio
on The Marxist Revolutionaries in Bengal (1930-36)
Susnata Das, LM- 1551, Kolkata 714
xvi
69. Trial and Martyrdom of Dhingra: Reaction of Press

Par minder Singh, AM-20704, Sangrur 728
70. Nehru and the Communists: Towards Constitution making
Amrit Var s ha Gandhi, Shi m la 740
71. Pains of the Tribais of Jharkhand in the Alternative
Sources of Nineteenth Century
Anjana Kumar i , AM-23411 753
72. A View from Bengal: Depiction of Indigenou
a Nineteenth Century Travel Narrative
Saubhik Bandyopadhyay, AM-24119, Chandernagore 759
73. Dethroning Dominance: Caste Associations in Colonial
Andhra, 1901-1947
G. Samba Siva Reddy, LM- 1 499 769
74. The Dola-Palki Movement: Dalit Struggle for Social
Justice in Uttarakhand During 20lh Century
Shantan Singh Negi, LM-01 017, Srinagar 781
75. Definitions and Perceptions: Accounts on 'Women's Work
for Women' in the Late 19lh Century
Manpreet Kaur, AM-23928, Chandigarh 793
76. Impact of Economy on the Women of Tamil Nadu from
1600 to 1947 AD: A Missionary Perspective
G. Joseph Antony Samy SJ, Chennai 804
77. Autobiography as History: Understanding Society and
Patriarchy in Colonial Assam
Jahnabi Gogoi Nath, LM-1528 , Assam 814
78. Customary Law and Widow Remarriage: Its Implications
and effect on Colonial Punjabi Women
Gurmit Kaur, AM-23726, Patiala 828
79. Gender and Education in Arya Samaj

A mar pre et Kaur, AM-237 16, Chandigarh 836
80. Hindoo College Calcutta Revisited: Its pre-history and the
role of Rammohun Roy
Rajes h Kochhar 84 1
81. Conversions, Education and L
- The American Baptist Missio
Anupama Ghosh, Delhi 863
(Professor P.S. Gupta Memorial Prize & J.C
82. Vernacular Histories and the History o
Study of Historical Consciousness of t
Malabar
P.P. A bdul Razak, A M- 14256, Kerala 875
83. The Muslim Elite of Bihar and their Responses to th

Modern Education (From the Mid of the 19,h Century t
the beginning of the 20Ul Century)
Syed Raza, AM- 18201, Chapra & Subodh Kumar,
LM-01 166, Muzaffarpur 884
xvii
84. Rabindranath Tagore's Perception of the Sikhs in History

Ranjit Sen, LM - 566, Kolkata 892
85. Historical Writings on North-East India and the
Baptist Missionaries
Munin Saikia, AM- ¡9344, Barpeta 906
86. Indigenous Education in Panjab: An Analysis of G.W
Leitner's Report
Sarabjeet Kaur, New Delhi 913
87. State Patronage to the Secular Groups in
Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century)
Meer a Nagpal, AM-22980, Chandigarh 925
88. Communal Violence in Princely States During Partition
1947
Kanw al jit Kaur, AM-24096 , Patiala 93 1
89. Religion and Politics in Bengal: The Noakhali Carnage
1946-47
Biswaroop Ghosh, LM-01315, Kolkata 936
90. Violence and Migration: A Study of Killing in the Trains
during the Partition of Punjab in 1947
Navdip Kaur, AM-23312, Ludhiana 947
91. Railways and Cultural History: A Study of Poetic
Representations
Aruna Awasthi, LM-00035, Vadodara 955
92. A Nose Lost and Honour Regained: The Indian Met

of Rhinoplasty Revisited
Nayana Sharma Mukherjee, AM-23121 & Susmita Ba
Majumdar, AM- 16747 968
93. Disease and Medicine in Colonial Assam: British Health
Policies, Objectives and Social Impact
Kishor Goswami, AM-23666 978
94. The Spread of Influenza Epidemic in the
1919)
Ruby Bala, AM-23711, Amritsar 986
95 . The Patna School of Painting: A Brief History ( 1 760-
Neel Rekha, LM-01650 997
96. Punjabi Painters in Nineteenth Ce
concerns and Practices
Jagtej Kaur Grew al, AM-23736, Chandigarh 1 008
PART II
SECTION-IV
(COUNTRIES OTHER THAN INDIA)
The Discourse on Asia and Asianism in Early Twentieth

Century China
Madhavi Thampi 1017
xviii
97. Religion in Pre-Islamic Indonesia

Kar abi Mitra, Howr ah 1029
98. King Thibaw and Upper Burma: A Re
Amitava Mukherjee, AM-20552, Birbhum 1037
99. Origin and Development of Madheshi Movement in Nepal
Chandra Prakash Singh, AM- 17663, Saharsa 1 047
1 00. The Farakka Barrage: A Review from the Indo-Bangladesh
Perspective After 36 Years
Jenia Mukherjee, AM-22981, Kolkata 1054
101. Challenges of State Building in Pakistan during Earlier
Years: Executive-Judiciary Nexus
Om Prakash , LM-1589, Jodhpur 1064
102. Challenges and Prospects for Women's Movements in
Pakistan: A Case Study of Women Action Forum
Sana Khan, AM-22491, Aligarh 1 074
(Dr Nasreen Ahmad Memorial Prize)
103. Calicut - A Centri Petal Force in the Chinese and Arab
Trade (1200-1500 AD)
Subairath C.T., Calicut 1082
104. Israel's Borders and Other States' S
Shamir Hasan, Aligarh 1090
105. Indians in Post- War Uganda, 1948-62
Mukesh Kumar, LM-1305 1 096
106. Migrant Women: From Village to Col

1911
Madhwi, AM-22977, Delhi 1 1 07
107. From Nationalism to Interatioanlism: Pan

Khankhoje (1886-1967) The Apostle of Ind
Friendship
Abhindha Dhumatkar, LM-1925, Mumbai 1 1 23
SECTION-V
(ARCHAEOLOGY)
Medieval Archaeology: A Fresh Perspective

M.S. Mate 1141
108. Post Urban H

Anujot Singh Soni, AM- 14808, Dhilwan (Bar naia) 1 1 62
109. Ghorapincha, A Microlithic Site from Lower Subarnarekha
Valley Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal
Banani Bhattacharyya, AM- 1 7296 1167
1 1 0. Forth-Hole Cists of Kerala: Comparable Parallels in Othe
Places
V.P. Devadas, AM- 16878, Manjeri 1 172
xix
111. Locating the 'Neolithic' A Comparative Study of

Ceramics from North-East India and South-East Asia
Ritika Sahu, AM-23805 1 1 79
112. An Introduction to the Stone Beads of Mandirtala Coastal
West Bengal
Shreyasi Bhattacharya, AM- 2 0905 1 1 89
113. Ambari: A Special Note on the Decorated Wares
P ree tee Sharma , AM- 2 3 788 1 1 99
114. Regional Water Management: A Case Study of S

Wells of Jalore Region
S.P Vyas, AM- 18175, Jodhpur 1208
115. Waterworks at Bayana Fort: A Study in Hydraulic
Archaeology
Vi nod Kumar Singh, Aligar h 1217
1 1 6. Rajgir an Epicenter of Jaina Art Tradition in Eastern
An Observation
Shubha Majumdar, AM-23486 & Pampa Biswas,
AM-23487, Kolkata 1229
(Professor Sudhir Ranjan Das Memo
117. Thodikalam Mural Paintings:
Techniques
Manjula Poy il, AM- 16867, Kannur 1239
118. Horse Sculpture in India
Nazer Aziz Anjum, AM-20208, Aligarh 1247
119. Surface Decoration on Jahangiri Monuments at Agra: A
Case Study of Wall Paintings
Nee ma Ahmad, Aligarh 1254
120. The Present Status of Sati Memorials of
Bhajan Singh, AM-2297 4, Chandigarh 1263
121. Naihati Copper Plate of Vallalasena - An Archaeological
Perspective
Bijan Mondai, AM-23485, Kolkata 1273
122. Study of Preservation Status and Dietary Reconstruction
in the Human Remains Recovered from Roopkund Lake
through Chemical Analysis of Faunai Remains
Yogambar Si ngh Far swan, LM- 1349, Uttarakhand 1279
SECTION-VI
(CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF INDIA)
The Changing Role of the News Media in Contemporary

India
N. Ram 1289
123. Colonial Mo
Anirudh De s pande, Delhi, LM- 1322 1311
XX
124. Historical Perspectives of the Electoral Reforms in India

R. Rames h, Tiruchir appalli 1325
125. A Critical Appraisal of Diary of Anokh Singh
Partition of India 1947
KS. Bajwa, LM-01900, Pattala 1337
126. Post-Partition Refugees from NWFP in Delhi: A
and Underplayed History of Dalit Refugees
Akanksha Kumar, AM-24038, New Delhi 1 344
127. Resolving Ethnic Conflict in Northern India
Nityananda Kalita, AM-20482 1354
128. Dalit Movement and Republican Party of India:
Study of Political Emancipation of Dalits in Uttar Pr
Pradeep Kumar Yadav, AM-23478, Aligarh 1 368
129. Festivals as a Source for Reconstructing Tribal
Ethnohistory: The Nilambur Paattu
Fukar Ali C.A., AM-20850, Palakkad 1377
130. Customary Laws and Practices of Chakmas of Mizor
Status of Women
M. Parwez, Aligarh 1387
131. Kuirmaar: Custom and State in C
Harneet Kaur, AM-23891, Chandigarh 1393
132. Engendering Communal Violence: An Investigation into
the Godhra Communal Riots
Anisha Srivastava, AM-2093 7, New Delhi 1 400
133. History, Culture and Identity: Locating the Question of
Conversion Through the Study of Indigenous Church
Movements in Contemporary Eastern Uttar Pradesh
A. Gangatharan, AM-18154 1405
134. Muslim Artisans in a New Hindu Village: Life of
Adjustment and Survival of a Minority Community in
Contemporary India
Prasant Kumar Pradhan, Cuttack 1419
135. Gender Disparity in Wages among Agricultural L

of Uttar Pradesh: 1953-2006
Priya Salomi Lartius, AM-22501, Aligarh 1430
136. Women and their Travails - A Critique on Women Status
in Tamil Nadu (1975-1985)
B. Pramila, LM-1172, Chennai 1444
137. The Changing Portrayal of Wives in Hindi C

Study of Three Hindi Films
Sifwat Moi ni, AM-234 72, Aligarh 1453
138. The Development of Education in Patiala District ( 1 948-
2001 A.D.): A Gendered Analysis
Roopam Jas meet Kaur, AM- 2 3647 & Mohammad Idris,
AM- 17882, Patiala 1460
xxi
139. The Genesis and the Working of the Sahitya Akademi:

Linguistic Pluralism in the Times of Nationalism
Iliyas Hitsain, AM- 181 lì, New Delhi 1471
140. Redefining Music's Sacrality: A Snapshot of the
Harballabh Music Festiva!, 1997-2002
Radha Kapuria, New Delhi 1480
141. Nationalization of the Indian Army: Men,
Mentality, 1947-1950
Vipul Dut ta, New Delhi 1491
(Professor Papiya Ghosh Memorial Prize)
SUMMARIES
SECTION-I
(ANCIENT INDIA)
Tamil Sangam People and their Coexistence with Nature

Sures h M, Mumbai 1499
Origin of the Videhas

Bishwambhar Jha, LM-943, Darbhanga 1499
Temple Managerial Groups in Early Keralam
Anna Varghese, AM-23187 1500
Connectivity and Beyond: Maritime Activities
Orissa as Gleaned from the Foreign Accounts
Benudhar Patra, AM- 16637, Chandigarh 1500
Kalyanasundaramurti: An Abstract Representation of
Hierarchi Brahmanical Relations
Ne ha Singh, AM-23908, Delhi 1501
Contribution of Tosali to Buddhism: An Evaluation
Sas m ita Sarangi 1501
Buddhist Deities and Mantras in the Hindu Tantras
(Thetantra Sarasmgraha and the Isanasivagurudeva
Paddhati)
Sanchita Ghosh, AM- 18480, Kanpur 1502
Evolution of Political and Economic Ideas in Ancient
Delhi (C. 600 B.C. - C. A.D. 300)
A.K. Tyagi, LM-01125, Delhi 1503
Dana, Gender and Purana: Notions and Perspectiv
Shatarupa Bhattacharya, AM-20480, Delhi 1 504
SUMMARIES
SECTION-II
(MEDIEVAL INDIA)
Sikh Terminology on Caste
Seema Rani, AM-22402 1 507
Mongol-Khokhar Alliance and the Sult
Rachna Grover, AM-23032, New Delhi 1507
xxii
The Veraval Inscription (1264 A.D.) of Chaalukya-

Vaghela King Arjundeva A. Unique Disposition of the
Religious Harmony and Tolerance
D.K. Chauhan 1508
Var Raja Amar Singh

(1765-1781) of Patiala
Kavita, Patiala 1 508
Mapping Tiwa (Lalung) Settlements in Pre-Colonial

Assam and Situating them in History
Bandana Baruah, LM-01485, Cuwahati 1509
Management Strategies of Rajaraja I, Chola in the

Medieval Tamilnadu
T. Lakshmana Moorthy, AM- 17 105, Thanjavur 1509
Some Aspects of History and Culture of the Early
Wodeyars of Mysore (1578 - 1799).
Sreekanta, A M-2 1 620, Mysore 1510
Role of Amom Women for the Great Ahom Kingdom With
a Special Reference to Mula Gabharu, Jaymati Kunwar
and Bar Raja Phuleswari Kunwari
Debo Prasad Gogoi, A M-2 1037 & Pras anta Bora, AM
SUMMARIES
SECTION-III
(MODERN INDIA)
History of Telecommunication in Madras Presidency -

During the Period in 1854 to 1947 A Study
M.Anbukarasi, Tir uchir appalli 1513
The Tirhut State Railways: Lifeline of Communication
North Bihar (1875-1900)
Pushpa Kumar i , LM-01629, Muzaffarpur 1513
Cooperative Credit in Colonial Punjab
Poonam Devas her, Chandigarh 1514
Evolution of Kaval System in Travancore
A. Kumar asw amy , AM-22360, Tut ic or in 1515
Emergence of Socialism in Early 20th Century and its
Echoes in Colonial India: An Analysis by Ganesh Shankar
Vidyarthi
Chandni Saxena, LM-01894, Kanpur 1515
Tragedy of the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow in
Calcutta (1856-1878)
Subrata Roy, AM-22453+ Nadia 1516
Life in the Mangrove Swamps: Literature and Reli
of the Sundarbans
Sut apa Chatterjee Sarkar, West Bengal 1516
xxiii
Tribal Communities of Chotanagpur and the First War of

Indian Independence 1857
Ravi Shankar Sahay, LM-01671 , Ranchi 1517
SUMMARIES
SECTION-IV
A Historical Study on the Reports of United Nations

Framework Convention on Climate Change
S. A nbalagan, A M-2345 7, Tir uchir appalli 1519
Causes and Effects of Acid Rain and its Mitigation: A
Global View
S. Azhagampe rumai, AM-22698, Madras 1519
Mass Mobilization in Politics : A Brief Study of East
Pakistan & Bangladesh (1948-1975)
Madhuparna Dutta, AM-23871, Kolkata 1520
Barthòlomaeus Ziegenbalg Biographical Study
G.Raj, AM-23461, Thiruchirappalli 1521
Emergence of Russian Hegemony in a Multilingual Union
Language Policy in the Soviet Union
Shiv Kumar, AM-23909 1521
SUMMARIES
SECTION-V
(ARCHAEOLOGY)
Miracle and Mystery of Art
(An Ethno Archaeological Approach for the Deity of Tala)
Vis hi Upadhyay, AM-23053 1 523
Western Chalukya Temple Architecture
- The Kalyani Chalukyan Style
Piyush Bhargava , AM-20029, Luc know 1523
Study of the Images of Jaina Sasanadevi Ambika Found
from Od i s ha
Prafulla Kumar Mohanty, LM-00382 , Baripada 1524
Female Figures in the Temple Art Of 3hubaneswar
Bhagabat Tripathy, A M- 18464 1 525
Badmal Asurgarh: An Iron Age-Early Historic Stone Be
Manufacturing Center in the Middle Mahanadi Valle
Orissa
Pradeep K. Behera, AM-18343, Burla 1526
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SUMMARIES
SECTION-VI
Evolution of Caste Based Politics in Bihar
Binda Kumar i, AM-20349, Samas tipur 1527
Land-Grab, Resistance and Displacement in
Contemporary India
A. Paslithil, AM-21397 , Thiruvananthapuram 1527
Communalism in Action: The Contemporary Kerala
Experience
Aneesudheen P.K., AM-21446, Palakkad 1528
Ethno-Cultural Movement in Post Colonial India: A Case
Study of the Utjas (Uttarbanga Tapasili Jati O Adivasi
Sangathan) of Northern Part of West Bengal
Madhab Chandra Adhi kary, LM-0Ì935, Malda 1529
Aspects of Social Mobility of a Dalit Caste: The Pods of
Bengal
Soumen Biswas, LM-01880, Kolkata 1530
Women Empowerment in Modern India: A Historica
Analysis
Vikash Kumar, LM-00988, Hazaribag 1531
Emergence of the Deras in Punjab: Its Continuity and
Change
Babusha Maingi, AM-1 9564, A mritsar 1532
List of Other Papers Presented 1 533

Appendix I: Minutes of the Meeting of the
Executive Committee 1557
Appendix II: Minutes of the Annuai Business Meeting 1560

Appendix III: Report of the Secretary 1565
Appendix IV: Report of the Treasurer 1567
Appendix V: Report of the Joint Secretary 1574
Appendix VI: Report of the Comprehensive History
of India Society 1576
Appendix VII: Resolution 1578
Appendix VIII: List of Life Members 1579
Appendix IX: List of Ordinary Members 1613
Obituries 1637
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CONTENTS
Executive Committee (2012) iii

Resolutions ix
Preface x
Historical Geography of Ancient and Medieval India: A

Comparative Study of Nadu and Vishaya
V. Subbarayalu, LM-00674, Coimbature 1
SECTION-I
(ANCIENT INDIA)
Irrigation and Agriculture in Ancient India

Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Kolkata 18
0 1 . Obscure Mauryan Kings Fresli Perspectives (From the His
of Buddhism in India) by Taranath
SC. Mishra, Delhi 35
02. Varma's Incursion and

Mahavihara (Varendri): An E
in Early - Medieval Bengal
Bedasruti Bhattacharrya, AM-24572, Berhampore 46
03. Pushyamitra Sunga and the Buddhists
Ram Kumar Mishra, LM-01204, Darbhanga 50
04. Two Craft Guilds of Early Medieval Karnataka
Hanuma Nayaka, LM-0I272, Mangalore 58
05. Royal Titles, Land Grants, Visti and the Issue of the Feudato
Status of the Early Maitrakas of Valabhi
Pankaj Sharma, AM-22996, Pune 65
06. Distribution of Rural Settlements and their forms of
Organization in Northern Konkan Region: (c. AD 600 to AD
1000)
Shyam Nar ay an Lal , LM-009I4, Jammu 77
07. Puskarinis in Bengal Inscriptions
Sayantani Pal , AM-20878. Kolkata 88
08. Ancient Indian Attitude Towards Money Lending in
Brahnianical Literature
Shailini Dixit, LM-0J279, Patna 95
09. Traders in Early Andhra: An Epigraphical

Sabami Pramanik Nayak, AM22093, Kolkata 104
10. Trader and Economic Institutions in Ancient Jammu and
Kashmir
Jagmeet Kour Khajuria, AM-23002 . Jammu 1 1 1
xii
1 1 . Social Geography of Kashmir as Reflected in the Nilamata

Purana
Suman Jamwal, LM-00889, Jammu 1 1 8
12. The Notion of Objectifying Women: As Represented

Jatakas
Tamy a Roy, AM-23890, Kolka ta 126
13. Proprietary Rights of Women in Ancient India (60
100 A.D.)
Priya Darshini, LM-01280, Patna 132
14. Of Concubines and Devadasis: Prostitution in Early M
Karnataka
Malini Adiga, LM-01215, Koteshwar 144
15. Evolution of Buddhism in Rajasthan
Neekee Chaturvedi, LM-01934, Dausa, Rajasthan 155
16. Representation of Birth of Buddha in Buddhist Art of
Andhradesa
Sabita Kumari, AM-24459, Hyderabad 163
17. Imprints of Hellenism in the Northwest of India: Case Studie
of Barikot and Charsada
Suchandra Ghosh, AM-17832, Kolkata 169
18. Aggalyya-An 1 1th Century Jaina Surgeon

Susmita Basu Majumdar, AM-16747, Kolkata 175
19. The Meaning and Significance of Anji
Sarita Khettry, AM- 1 2390, Santiniketan 180
SECTION-II
(MEDIEVAL INDIA)
Akbar and Kashmir

Ashraf Wani, Kashmir 184
20. Hindu Commanders in the Army of
Case Study of Vijaypal of Bayana
G.S.L. Devra, AM-11318 and Shashi Arora, AM-J0245, Jaipur 205
21. Indian Elephant Corps under the Ghaznavids
S. Jabir Raza, AM-14253, Aligarh 212
22. Mirza Aziz Koka (Khan-i-Azam) In the Court of Jahan
Reyaz Ahmad Khan, AM- 16341, Aligarh 223
23. Rebellion of Prince Shahjahan and his Career at Rajmahal
Yogendra P. Roy, AM-14365, Dumka 231
24. Public Face of the Mughal Empire: The Proceedings of Diwan
i-Khas o Aam
Arshia Shafqat, AM-20206, Aligarh 241
25. The 16th Century Koch Kingdom: Evolving Patterns of
Sanskritization
Amiruzzaman Sheikh, LM-0U92, Assam 249
26. The Hajira: A Symbol of Emerging Mughal Power in Guj

Vibhuti Parikh, LM-02007, Vadodara 255
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27. Mughal Impact on the Revenue System of Assam - A Study of

the Mughal and Early Colonial Records
Anupama Ghosh , AM-23010, Delhi 261
28. Canals, State and Society in the Pre-British Punjab
Tripla Wahi, LM-2062, New Delhi 212
29. The Grantees of Dharmarth Grants under Sikh Rule ( 1 75
1850 A.D.)
Balwinderjit Kaur Bhatti, AM-19172, Patiala 283
30. Corporate Life of the Village in Medieval Maharashtra: With
Special Reterence to Land Grants (1000-1400 A.D.)
Anuradha K. Ranade, LM01152, Mumbai 290
31. Horse Trade in Medieval South India
Nazer Aziz Anjum, AM-20208, Aligarh 295
32. Setti Merchants on the Malabar Coast - A Study Based on the
Inscriptions of the Vijayanagar Empire
Khalid Ponmulathodi, AM-23967, Aligarh 304
33. Portuguese Private Traders on the Coromandel Coast (16th
and 17th Centuries)
Ruby Maloni, LM-01339, Mumbai 3 1 1
34. The Dutch Trade on the Pearl Fishery Coast
S. Ravichandran, AM-21054, Tiruchirapalli 318
35. The Armenians and the English East India Company
Ruquia Hussain, AM- 11863, Aligarh 327
36. Charity Objectives and Mechanisms in Mughal India (16th and
17lh Centuries)
Shireen Moosvi, AM-13193, Aligarh 335
37. Treatment of Low Caste in Sikh Literature
Seema Rani , AM-22402 , Ludhiana 347
38. The Exponential Role of the Women Protagonist

Formative Years of Babur - Linkages Revisited
Sunita Sharma, LM-01649, Magadh 358
39. Imaging Courtesans: Early Medieval Karnataka (9,h-1
Century AD)
Smita P. Surebankar, LM-01462, Belgaum 367
40. State, Religion and Women: Changing Pattern of Patriarchy
in Pre-Colonial Assam
Jahnabi Gogoi, LM-01528 , Dibrugarh 372
4 1 . Dowries and the Dona: Women in Portuguese Settlements in
the Provincia do Norte (1534-1739)
Fleur D' Souza, LM-2069, Thane 383
42. Education and Learning of Mughal Women
Angbin Yasmin, AM-23471, Aligarh 391
43. Rajput Architecture of the Mewar From 13,h to 18th Centuries
Md. Salim Zaweed, AM-21752A, Aligarh 400
44. Builders of the Taj: The Evidence of Stone-Cutter's Marks
Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi, AM- 14322, Aligarh 408
45. Composite Art: With Special Reference to the Miniature
Paintings in Salar Jung Museum
Balagouni Krishna Goud & M.KS. Sarma, Hyderabad 416
xiv
46 An Eighteenth Century Survey of Jaipur Chhapakhana based

on Jaipur Karkhanajat Records
Sumit, A M -2 3037, New Delhi 421
47 Historical and Iconographical Study of the

Images in Sri Sattanathaswamy Temple at Sirka
5. Anuradha AM-22725 Nagai 431
48 The Cult uf Garuda* and Lenkas the Altruistic Suicide of the
Hoysal Warriors
Prcikash K.. Mandy a 438
49 Historicising the Actors and Dancers; A
Temple Theatres in Kerala
Renjitha V.R., AM-24115, Calicut 442
50. Divided Identities: The Jain Sects in Medieval India
Sha! m Jain. LM- 1858, Delhi 450
(Professor J.S. Grewal Prize)
5 1 Akbar and His Cheetahs
Enayatullah Khan , AM-235I8 Aligarh 461
52. Piety and Patronage: Exploring the Topography of Shaivism
in Early Medieval Bihar (600-1200 A.D.)
Diwakar Kumar Singh, AM -2 093 5, Delhi 470
53. Circumstances that Led to the Synod of Diamper
Ancy M.A., AM-23762, Calicut All
54. Somanathapura Temples and their oil Requirements in
Epigraphs
HS Usharani, LM-00487. Mysore 486
55 The Political and Economic Geography of Braj Bhum
Mughal Official Records
lrfan Habib, AM- 1 1757 and Faiz Habib, AM-H756ģ Aligarh 490
56. Commerce and Faith; Shantidas, Merchant of 17,h Century
Ahmadabad
Jaw aid Akhtar, AM-I0106, Ahgarh 505
SECTION-III
(MODERN INDIA)
Colonial Encounter and Christian Missions in North east India

David R. Syiemlieh, LM-0I095 , Shillong 509
57. Expansion of Colonial Authority in the City of Delhi, A.D.
1803 - A.D. 1856: A Study of Grants, Endowments and Urban
Space
Nida Arshi, AM-230/9, Delhi 528
58. Role of Press in the Creation of Separate

(1912)
Sumita Singh, LM-1803, Patna 538
59. Rethinking the Line System in Assam and the Politic
Akunthita Borthakur, AM-21846, Guwahati 545
60. Colonial Reshaping of Criminal Law Before the Code of 1860

Sk. Ehtesham Uddin Ahmad, AM- 1 7657, Aligarh 553
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61. Rohilla Resistance Against British Colonial Pressure under

Nawab Faizullah Khan (1774-1794)
Alok Prasad , AM-24036, Allahabad 563
62. The Uprising of 1857 in Bhopal as Gleaned throug

and Urdu Documents
Ashfaque Alt, AM- J 7809, Delhi 573
Ó3. The Nation and the Community: Hindus and Muslim
Novels of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Ranjan Das, AM-2I537, Delhi 578
64. Jallianwala Bagh in Proscribed Literature
Hassan Imam, AM- J 1 88 1, Aligarh 588
65. Mahatma Gandhi's Constructive Programme: Some Reflection
Bindu Mathew, AM-18006 and Alok Bajpai, AM-J6741 597
66. Reform and Identity: Purdah in Muslim Women's Education
in Aligarh in the Early Twentieth Century
Shadab Bano, AM-17094, Aligarh 607
67. Wadla Salt Satyagraha 1930
Ankush L. Belvatkar, AM-22251, Sangli &
S.P Shinde, AM-22101. Satara 615
68. Salt Satyagraha (1930) in Kaimur District

Jawahar Lai Ver ma, LM-7I5. Patna 619
69. The United Socialist Front - The Congress Sociali

and the Communist Party of India
Vineet Kaitan D'mello. AM-24691, Mumbai 624
70. Social Tension as Political Strategy: Methods of Communa

Mobilization in United Provinces, 1937-39
Saurabh Bajpai, AM-20277, New Delhi 635
71. Quit India Movement in the Mewar State
V.K. Vashishtha, AM-16I73, Jaipur 642
72. Fighting your Master's War: British War Propaganda Strat
Mobilization and Recruitment in Malabar (1939-45)
Priya P, AM-19057, Kalpetta 647
73. Marwaris in Cotton Trade of Mumbai: Collaboration and
Conflicts (C. 1850-1950 A.D.)
Archana Calangutear, AM-20907, Mumbai 658
74. Witnessing Partition through Literature: Probing into Bhisham
Sahni's Tamas
Sudha Tiwari, AM-24512 668
75. Maulana Azad: A Journalistic Crusade
Nishat Qaiyoom, AM-24828, Aligarh 678
76. Responses of Kanara Christians to the Indian National
Movement in the Early 20,h Century
Denis Fernandes, AM- 16546, Mangalore 686
77. Hinduising the Hindus and Politicizing the 'Consciousness': A
Focus on the Bharat Sevashram Sangha in late Colonial Bengal
Koushiki Dasgupta, AM-23424, Malda 697
78. Begum Samru of Sardhana: Socio-Political Interventions and
Continuing Legacy
Farha Khan, AM-23039, Delhi 707
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79. Historical Studies on the Nizam's Rule in Karnataka

Y.H. Nayahvadi, AM-19137; Mysore 719
80. Presentation of Royalty: Photographic Portraiture in Princ
Punjab
Jagtej Kaur Grew al, AM-23 736, Chandigarh 729
81 . Colonial Remodeling of Land Rghts after the Uprising of 1857:
Conferment and Resumptions in Baiswara Region
Priyanka Chanana, AM-21887, Noida 737
82. Encroachment on the rights of the Adivasis: Colonial Fores
Policy in 19th Century Chota Nagpur and Santal Parganas
Ata Mallick , AM-24378. Kolkata 747
83 Making of a New Slavery: The Case of Anjarak

C.H. Jayasree, LM-00245, Calicut 756
84. Peasant Unrest in Colonial Cachar
Su parna Roy, LM-01637, Silchar 764
85. Peasant Movement in Coastal Odisha (1936-39): Mobil
and Participation
S.C. Padhy, LM-00415, Berhampur 774
86. Landlords, Peasants and the Dogra Rule in Kashmir
Show kat Ahmad Na ik, AM-22505, Aligar h 782
87. Peasant Unrest and Repression: A Massacre in Neemuchana,
Alwar, May 1925
Rajesh Kumar, AM-20545, Delhi 794
88. Agriculture in Gujarat During the Colonial Period C
Tobacco and Sugar Experiments
Ashish Kumar Mishra, AM-20947, Bar oda 799
89. Commercialisation of Forests, Timber Extraction and
Deforestation of Malabar, Early Nineteenth Century
Louiza Rodrigues, LM-02017, Mumbai 809
(Professor P.S. Gupta ^Memorial Prize & J.C. Jha Prize)
90. Preservation and Supply of Timber in the United Provinces of
Agra and Awadh: 1860-1900
Nikhat Perween, AM-22492, Al i gar h 820
9 1 . Chos/Khads and the Gujjar Settlements in the Himachal Pradesh
During the Colonial Period
Bindu Sahni, AM-23080, New Delhi 826
92. Peasant Historiography and the Moral Economy

Sanjay Ghildiyal, AM-18243, Nainital 836
93. Changing Agrarian Landscape of Kashmir: A Case Study of
Lawrence Settlement
AB Rash id Shiekh, AM-23477, Al i gar h 844
94. Implementation of Tenancy Tenures in the Central Provinces
in 1860's
S. Johari, LM-1530, Nagpur 853
95. Begar (Forced Labour) in Kashmir During the
(1846-1947 A.D.)
Suhail-ul-Rehman Lone, AM-23965, Aligarh 861
(Professor B.B. Chaudhuri Prize)
xvii
96. Recruiting Labour: Experience of BB&CI Railway (1852-1869)

Madhumita Bandyopadhyay, LM-0Ì872, Thane 872
97. Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company and its Contractors
(1853-1871)
Rita P. B h ambi , AM-24500, Mumbai 880
98. Colonial Policy and the Culture of Immigration: Citin

Social History of Varanasi in Nineteenth Century
Vi nod Kumar, AM-23280 , and Shiv Narayan, AM-232
99. Upendrakishore Roychaudhuri's Sande sh: An Explor
Essay on Children's Literature and the Shaping of Juven
Mind in Early 20th Century Bengal
Gautam Chando Roy, LM-01832, Medinipur 898
100. Development of Modern and Western Education among.
Muslims in Bengal from 1835 to 1947: A Comparative Study
Md. Sham im Firdous, AM' 1 9558, Kol kata 906
101. Kavali Venkata Boraiah, First English Writer and Epigraphist
of India
B.S. Puttaswamyr LM-02009, Bangalore 919
102. Demographic Characteristic of Women in Bombay City (Period
1876-1951)
Patii Somanath Dinkar ; AM-24848, Kolhapur 923
103. Condition of Women Coal Mine Workers in Bihar Till 1947
Md. Shakeeb A that, AM-21751, Aligarh 932
(Dr Nasreen Ahmad Memorial Prize)
104. Revisiting the Traditional Mind: Bhudev Mukhopadhyaya
(1827-1894) on Womsn
Sreyanjana Mukherjee, AM-24558, Kalkata 941
105. Where East Meets West: Two Bengali Travelogues on Colonial
Bombay
Saubhik Bandyopadhyay, AM-24119, Durgapur 946
106. British Response to the "Dalit" question in Kumaon: 1925-
1947
Anil K Joshi, AM- 12086, Nainital 955
107. The Past in Vrindavanlal Verma's Present Writing Hist
Fiction in Colonial India
Akash Bhattacharya, AM-24554, Delhi 961
108. Saratkumari and Sudakshina's World: Freedom From,
Confinement?
Nandini Jana, AM-24901, Durgapur 967
109. Inquiry, Reform and Reorganization: the Politics of Madness
at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
Shilpi Rajpal , AM-22904> Delhi 975
110. From Criminalization to Confinement: The Leprosy Suffer
of Colonial Bihar and Chotanagpur 1870s- 1940s
Manmohan Krishna, Delhi 982
111. Theocratic Hegemony of the Roman Catho
response of the 'Faithful' the Case of the M
Vishanz Pinto, AM-20683, Man gal ote 997
xviii
112. Socio-Religious Reform in Twentieth Century Kerala:

Vagbhadananda and the Atma Vidya Sangham, 1900-40
Divya Kantian, AM-24322. New Delhi 1006
1 13. Evolution of Syed Ahmad Khan's Religious Thought
Shamim Akhtar, Aligarh 1012
114. Church aiļd Community Formation among the S
of Kerala
Susan Thomas, LM-01455 , Ernakuiam 1016
SECTION-IV
Imperialist Historiography: The Twenty-First Century Twist

Sneh Mahajan, LM-Q0327, Delhi 1 025
115. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration (UNRRA) and lhe Question of Food Aid
during the Bengal Famine of 1943
Manish Sinha, AM-18252, MU Bodh Gaya 1042
1 16. A Quest for Identity /Equality: Indians in Fiji, 1879-1970
Mukesh Kumar, LM-1305, Garhwa 1053
117. Constructing the Idea of Tibet: Missionary Explorat

17-1 8th Centuries
Jose Kalapura, LM-1682 , Patna 1065
118. Trends in Agrarian Movements in Pakistan During its E
Years
Om Prakash, LM-1589, Jodhpur 1078
119. Women Under Veil: The Holy Women in Pakistan
Sana Khan, AM-22491 . Aligarh 1089
120. Revisiting the World of 'Chernobyl' after the Nuclear
Disaster: An Analysis of the Testimonials "The Voices fro
Chernobyl - A Chronicle of Future" by Alexievich S.
Sonu Saini, AM-23910, New Delhi 1092
121. Image of the Enemy: The German and the British
Propaganda in Second World War: (1939-1945)
Urvashi Gautam, AM-24326, New Delhi 1099
122. Paying the Piper: Discourses on Paid Art Exhibition in
France around 1800
Arpita Mitra, AM-24605, New Delhi 1 107
(Professor P.S. Gupta Memorial Prize .& J.C. Jha Prize)
123. Norway and World War II: Invasion, Occupation, Liberation
Preeta Nilesh , LM-01255, Mumbai 1117
124. Swedes in the Indian Ocean - Their Maritime Initiatives
during the Eighteenth Century
Anfind Sinha, AM- J 5096, New Delhi 1 125
125. Israel and Syria a Half-forgotten Chapter in the Middle
Eastern Crisis
Shamir Hassan, AM-11819, Aligarh 1132
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126. The Reform Bill (1832) and the Abolition of Slavery

(1833): A Caribbean Link
Archana Tewari , LM-01864 . Lucknow 1140
SECTION-V
(ARCHAEOLOGY)
Emerging Trends in the Archaeobotany of the Middle Ganga

Plain
K.S. Saraswati , Lucknow 1148
127. The Ochre Coloured Pottery: Reconsid
Problems
Deepak K Nair, AM-24466, New Delhi 1161
(Professor Sudhir Ranjan Das Memorial Prize)
128. Megalithic Monuments and Early Rock Cut Architecture of
Vidarbha (M.S.) - A Critical Study
GM. Mane, LM-1400, Amravati 1172
129. Form» Fabric and Function: A Study of Neolithic Po
Panr
Prerana Srimaal, AM-24448 1 1 79
130. Black and Red Ware in Odisha: A Study in It
Pattern and Cultural Context
Laxmi Kanta Mishra , LM-1805A, Cuttack 1187
131. The Early Medieval Archaeological Sites and Assemblages of
the District of Dakshin /South Dinajpur; West Bengal
Bij an Mondai, AM-23485 , Kolkata 1203
132. Waterworks at Kalinjar Fort: An Archaeological Survey
Vinod Kumar Singh, AM-! 5592, Aligarh 1212
133. A Study of Cultural Heritage of Western Odisha with particular
Reference to Art and Architecture of Kosaleswara Temple
Jayanli Dora, LM-01503, Bhubaneshwar 1219
134. Moti Masjid: A Real Pearl in Agra Fort
Salim Ansari , AM-23479 . Aligarh 1229
135. Temple of Pali
Swat i Mandai Adhikari, LM-01586, Kolkata 1242
136. Newly Discovered Jaina Antiquities from Cheliyama, District
Purulia, West Bengal: An Archaeological Perspective
Shubha Majumdar, AM-23486, Kolkata 1250
137. Places, Memory and Nostalgia: The Abode of the Royal Ahoms
of Assam
Ritika Sahu, AM-23805 , New Delhi 1261
138. Waterworks in Mughal Gardens
Sadaf Fatima , AM-22167, Aligarh 1268
(Dr I.G Khan Memorial Prize)
XX
SECTION-VI
(œNTEMPORARY HISTORY OF INDIA)
Democracy and Violence: In India and Beyond

Ramachandra Guha, Bangalore 1279
139. Jawaharlal Nehru's Model of Development
Brij Kishore Sharma, AM- 1 4771, Kota 1292
140. Naxalism, Private Caste Based-Militias Rural Violence in
Central Bihar
Rajesh Kumar Nayak, AM-22943 1303
141. Politics of Environment in a Colony and After: Th
Case
Vinodan Navath, AM-21282, Madappally 1313
142. Tin Bigha - Where the People Live their Daily Life is
Complicated
Subhashis Sen , LM-01941, Malda 1321
143. The State Versus Indigenous People: A Study on

Struggle
Suresh M, AM-23832, Mumbai 1329
144. The Socio-Cultural Dynamics of Jharkhand
Seema Jha, AM-24557, Thane (East) 1336
145. Historiographical Survey of Marathi Literature Based on
Babasaheb Ambedkar's Religious Conversion
Namrata A. H owal , AM-2446J 1341
146. Post Colonial Forest Policy of India and Tribal

of Jharkhand
Ravi Shankar Sahay, LM-0J671, Ranchi 1350
147. Dislocated by Development: Discourse on Development and
People's Movement in Post-Colonial Odisha
Chandi Prasad Nanda , LM-020I2, Cuttack 1357
148. Women on the Margin: Customary Laws and Practices of Ao
Tribe
M. Parwez, LM-0I175 , Aligarh 1366
149. Gender and Nation in Shishu Mandir School's Textbooks
Mridula Chauhan, AM-22498, Aligarh 1376
150. Gender and the Class Politics in West Bengal
Nabanita Dutta, LM-1751, Purulia 1386
151. A Nation Partioned or Home Divided: The Severed

between the State, Community and Abducted Wome
Post Partition Period
Rachna Mehra, AM-22460, New Delhi 1391
152. Child Welfare in Madras - 1946-65
G.J. Sudhakar, LM-00177, Chennai 1398
153. TB Control Programme in Tamilnadu - A Historical
Perspective from 2000-2010
M . Shanmuga Sundaram, AM-23683, Chennai 1404
xxi
154. The Possibilities and Discourse for Dakshina Pradesh, A Union

State of Madras and Travancore-Cochin
Joy Balan, AM-24047, Thiruvananthapuram 1412
SUMMARIES
SECTÍON-I
(ANCIENT INDIA)
Emergence of Plough Agriculture and its Consequences in
Early Historic Deccan
Ramadasa Prabhu, AM-19399, Karnataka 1424
Dasapura Sresthin in Odisha
Ashish Kumar, AM-22386, Delhi 1424
Mapping Histories Through Geographical Conte
Overview of the Written Records
Khwairakpam Re nuka Devi, AM-23898, New Delhi 1425
The Pilgrimage of Ashoka to Lumbini in Two Inscriptions
Reconsidered
Kai lash Chandra Dash, LM-00133, Bhubaneswar 1425
Young Buddha as Analysed: Exploring the Possibility of a

Psychoanalytical Study on the Early Life of Buddha
Abey Thomas, AM-244Ö6, New Delhi 1426
Temple Ritual Groups in Keralam
Anna Varghese, AM-23187, Delhi 1426
The Impact of Sanskritisation on the Industrial
Development in Early Assam
Anamika Neog, AM-24310, Tinsukia 1427
Study of the Flora and Fauna in Ancient Odisha
Prafulla Kumar Möhanty, LM-00382, Mayurbhanj 1428
SUMMARIES
SECTION-II
(MEDIEVAL INDU)
Trade and Commerce (Vijayanagar Period)
G. Devaraj, LM-0I637, Vellore 1429
The Working of the Hundi Network in Mughal India
Kal indi Kum ar i, AM- 18687, Ranchi 1429
Evolution, Structure and Governance of the Village Society:
A Study on the Tutsa Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh
Narayan Singh Rao, AM- 19094, Bikaner 1430
Nayak's Relations with Christians With Special Reference
to Tirumalai Nayak
A. Kumarajswdmy, AM~22360, Tuticorin 1430
Progress of Learning During the Reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(1351-1388 A.D.)
Nazneen Farooqi, Bhadohi 1431
Prachi Valley: An Incredible Place of Cultural H
Eastern India
Ratnakar Mohapatra, LM-01806, Burla 1432
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The Beginning of the Jesuit Mission, their Perceptions of Akbar and the
Mughal Court (1580-1605)
Onenkala . AM-24355 1432
SUMMARIES
SECTION-III
(MODERN INDIA)
Some Aspects of Revenue Administration in Jungle Mahals
During the Early Period of British Intervention upto 1 793
Asmita Khalkho, AM-24367, Delhi 1434
Fort St. George and Siege of Madras by the French

India Company in 1746
S. Chinnappan, LM-01701 , Cuddalore 1434
The Zamindars of Bihar: Their Resistance to Colonial
Rule between 1765-1781
Paramita Maharatna, AM-21422, Kolka ta 1435
The Attitude of British Government Towards Mahad
Chavdar Tank Satyagraha
Suvarna Tnkaram Shirke, AM- 1 8526, Thane 1435
Faizpur or Sholapur: Venue Politics and the Indian
National Congress
Manjiri N. Kam at, LM-01473, Mumbai 1436
Women, Sexuality and Agency: Writing a Gendered
History of Keralam
Sheeba K.M., AM-24661, Kerala 1437
Medicinal Plants Documentation and Shared Herit
A Case Study of Hortus Malabaricus
K.K.N. Kump, AM-J2710, Calicut 1437
Modern Education and the Anglican Missionaries among
the Darrang (Assam) in the 19th Century
Satyendra Kr. Sarmah, LM-01668, Udalguri 1438
From Akhaia to Vyayammandir: A Maratta Sports Journal
Debates the Decline and Revival of Sports in Western
India (1915-1950)
Naturata R. Ganneri, LM-02008, Mumbai 1438
Babu Dharnidhar of Darbhanga and National Movement
Ashutosh Kumar, AM-24385 1439
SUMMARIES
SECTION-IV
Prambanan: A Group of Hindu Temples in Central Java

Piyush Bhargava,AM-20029, Luc know 1440
The Position of Indentured Indian Women in Colonial
Guyana
Vijay Kumar Yadav, LM-01656 and Nivedita Kumari, Gaya 1441
xxiii
SUMMARIES
SECTION-V
(ARCHAEOLOGY)
Megalithic Site of Chokahatu
Mathura Ram Ustad, AM-16803, Ranchi 1442
Vajrayana Buddhism in West Bengal: An Archaeological
Approach
Pampa Biswas, AM-23487, Kolkata 1442
Myth and Reality: The Submerged Stone Structure at Fort
Vijaydurg
Sachin Vidyadhar Joshi, AM-24353, Pune 1443
SUMMARIES
SECTION-VI
Growth of Ulhasnagar into Modern Township and as an Industrial
Centre
Hema Ravi P inj ani, AM-24560, Ulasnagar 1444
Cultural Impact by the Migrants on Karnataka with Special
Reference to Uttara Kannada District
Baiakrishna Hegde, AM-22655, Shimoga 1444
KHAP Culture above Legislature?
Juhi Gupta, AM-23976, Aligarh 1445
Work pf Brahmo Samaj in the field of Women Education in
Bihar (1900-1970)
Renu Kumari , LM-02061, Vaishali 1445
KANAVU - A School with a Difference
Swarna Kumari E.K., AM- 17089 and Preman, Calicut 1446
Composite Realities, Wider Canvases Sampling the Alternate
and the Interactional in Amitav Ghosh's Select Noń-Fiction
Jaspreet Mander, AM-24788, Patiala 1447
Gandhi's Philosophy of Basic Education - A Social Alternative
Maiabika Pande, LM-01949, Varanasi 1448
List of Other Papers Presented 1449

Appendix 1: Minutes of the Meeting of the
Appendix II: Minutes of the Annual Busin

Appendix III: Report of the Secretary 1480
Appendix V: Comprehensive History of India Society 1491
Appendix VI: List of Life Members 1492
Appendix VII: List of Ordinary Members 1526
Appendix VIII: List of Institutional Members 1552
Obituries 1553
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CONTENTS
Executive Committee (2013) iii

Rules for Award of Prizes for Best Papers iv
Select Abbreviations vi
Resolutions viii
Preface x
Region, Locality And Community: A Professional Journey

Indu Banga, LM-009I0, Chandigarh 1
SECTION-I
(ANCIENT INDIA)
Transitions in Early Tamil Society: A Hypothesis on

the Formation of Tamil Region
K.N. Ganesh, AM-11478, Calicut 23
0 1 . Real Import of the Word 'Pura' and the Ar

Systems in the Rig Veda
Kamalika Mazumder, AM-22137 48
02. Ports and Port Towns of Early Odisha: Text
Archaeology and Identification
Benudhar Patra, AM- 16637, Chandigarh 54
03. The Early Puranas: Representing the Supernatural
Social Groups
Kundan Kumar Raj, LM-2105 64
04. Ownership of the Womb: A Study of the Ja
Taniya Roy, AM-22890, New Delhi 72
(Dr. Nasreen Ahmad Memorial Prize)
05. Reflection of Plant Life in the Buddhist Sculptural
Art of Amaravati
Sreyashi Ray Chowdhuri, AM-22949 78
06. Dynamics of Patronage in the Gupta Period: A
Biographical Study of the Ancient Shrines of
Udayagiri and Eran (Madhya Pradesh, India) A.D.
4th - A.D. 6th centuries
Aparajita Bhatttacharya, AM-25 1 68 83
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07. Politico-Religious Affiliations and Administrative

Afflictions of the Maitrakas of Valabhi - A
Critique of Guhasena's Status as the First
Independent Monarch
Pankaj Sharma, Pune, AM-22996 91
08. Imaging the Rural Landscape of the Konkan
through the Land Charters of the Silaharas (c. A.D.
8th to 1 1th Century)
Shyam Narayan Lai , LM-00914, Jammu 98
09. Buddhist Deities and Mantras in the Hindu Tantras
(Tantrasarasdamgraha and Isanasiva Gurudeva
Paddhati)
Sanchita Ghosh, AM-18480, Kanpur 1 10
1 0. Bridal Mysticism and Gender: The Woman's Voice
in Virasaiva Vacanas
Malini Adiga, LM-01215 1 1 5
11. Movements and Migration of Brahmana
Andhra from Epigraphy 7th- 1 0th century CE)
Sabami Pramanik Nayak, AM-22093, Kolkata 125
12. Ugachchan or Kottigal - The Temple Drummers
from Keralam
Anna Varghese, AM-23187, New Delhi 133
(Professor B.B. Chaudhari Prize)
13. Changing Contours of Social Geography in
Kashmir: From Nilamala Purana to Rajatarangini
Suman Jamwal, LM-00889A, Jammu 140
14. Locating South Eastern Bengal in the Buddhist

Network of Bay of Bengal (c. 7th Century CE -
13th Century CE)
Suchandra Ghosh, AM- 1 7832 1 48
15. Some Reflections on the Loss of Learning and
Retrieval in the Wake of Twelve Years Drought
S C. Mishra, LM-00370, Delhi 154
16. Irrigation System in Tumkur District - A
- Inscriptiosn as Source
Sridhar, AM-25246and Venkatesha T.S., AM-
Ramanagara 162
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17. Jaina Culture in Karimnagar District - A Study

Raju Balgoori, AM-24318, Warangal 167
SECTION-II
(MEDIEVAL INDIA)
Scctional President's Address
Indian Ocean in the Shaping of Late Medieval India

Pius Malekandathil, 1 7 8
1 8. Mukran and the Ghaznavids
S. Jabir Raza, Aligarh 196
19. The Historical Significance of the
Kalingattuparani, A 12th Century Tamil Text
R. Mahalakshmi, AM-17863, New Delhi 205
20. Women Donors of Karnataka (9-13 Century AD)

- Issues of Gender and Faith
Smita S urebankar, LM-1462, Belgaum, Karnataka 212
21. Water Bodies and the State - A Study in the
Context of Ancient and Early Medieval Odisha
Prafulla Kumar Mohanty 2 1 9
22. James Tod's Portrayal of the Life and Dee
Rana Pratap: A Critical Examination
Renu Bahuguna, AM-22847, New Delhi 229
23. Naqib Khan: Secretary to Emperors Akbar and Jahangir
Revaz Ahmad Khan 240
23 A. Encounter with Christianit

on the issues of Trinity and Bib
Guljishan Khan, Aligarh 240A

24. Piety and Princess Jahanara's Role in the
Shadab Bano, Aligarh 245
25. Imperial Control our Provinces during
Aurangzeb's Reign: The Case of Gujarat
Arshia Shafqat, Aligarh 251
26. Dayas or Anagas of Imperial Mughal C
Balkrishan Shivram, AM- 1 9442, Shi m la 258
27. Armenian Merchants in India Trade: From French Sources
Ruquia Hussain 269
28. Horses in Mughal India
Nazer Aziz Anjum 211
(Prof. J.S. Grewal Prize)
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29. Shah Nahr: Its History, Technology and Socio-

political Implications
Tripla Wahi, LM-2062, New Delhi 285
(Dr. I.G. Khan Memorial Prize)
30. Gardens in Mughal India in the Light of Inscriptions
Sadaf Fatma, Aligarh 297
(Dr. Gyaneshwari Jaisal Memorial Prize)
3 1 . Visitations of Plague in Mughal India
Enayatullah Khan , AM-23518, Aligarh 305
32. Folk Tradition of Sanskrit Theatre: A Study of
Kutiyattam in Medieval Kerala
Renjitha V.R., AM-24115, Calicut 313
33. Economic Contours of Hero's Den: Untalked
Dynamics of Gogamedi Shrine in Medieval
Rajasthan
Sarita Sarsar, AM-24584, Delhi 323
34. Women's Labour in Medieval Asham: Slaver

Production System
M. Parwez, LM-01175, Aligarh 328
35. Agrarian Society in Medieval Kumaon and Garhwa
A jay Kumar Ghosh and Suman Rani 335
36. Bhadli Purana: A Popular and Historical Source
of Omens in Medieval Rajasthan
Raj es h G aut am 346
37. Religion and State in Eighteenth Century
Rajasthan: Sawai Jai Singh and 'Reformed'
Vaishnavism
Rameshwar Prasad Bahuguna, AM-10324 , New Delhi 353
38. Technology of Construction and Reverberation of
Sound in Medieval Structures of Deccan
Sanjay Subodh, LM-00792, Hyderabad 363
39. Dharampur Mosque, Naogaon, Bangladesh and its
Inscriptions
Khoundkar Alamgir, Ghazipur 374
40. The Sikh Sacred Space in the Eighteenth Century
Karamjit K. Malhotra, LM-1752, Patiala 380
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SECTION-III
(MODERN INDIA)
Recapturing the Moments of Dalit History and

Politics: A Journey from the Colonial to the Post
Colonial
Rajsekhar Basu, Kolkata 388
41. British Colonial Exploitation of India an
Kundan Kumar Thakur, AM-14955, Ranchi 405
42. The Birth of the 'New' Bombay Mint c. 1 790- 1 830

- Matthew Boulton's Pioneering Contribution to
Modernization of Indian Coinage
MaheshA. Kalra, Mumbai 416
43. Agricultural Initiatives of Serampor

(1800-1840)
Amrita Mondai , AM-24306, New Delhi 426
44. Changing Contours of Colonial Cities Impact of

BB&CI Railway in Nineteenth Century
Madhumita Bandyopadhyay ; LM-01872, Thane 433
45. Popular Perception of Famine: A Reflection of
Literature in 19th Century Odisha
Shantanu Kumar, LM-01824, New Delhi 441
46. Colonial Intervention in Awadh: Indigenous
Political Structures and Indirect Rule in
Eighteenth Century
Sabina Kazmi, Delhi 447
47. Caste Ties, Allodial Rights and Colonial

Administration in Oudh During Summary
Settlement and After 1858: The Taluqdar
Association and the British Policies upto 1870's
Priyanka Chanana, Delhi 458
(Professors P.S. Gupta & Prof. J.C. Jha Memorial Prize)
48. Agricultural Bondage in 19th Century UP
Akanksha Narayan Singh, AM-24778, Delhi 470
49. Interrogating Disciplinary Boundaries: Feminist
Alternatives and Writing Women's Histories
Sheeba KM., LM-02101, Kalady 482
50. Industrial Development in Punjab 1924-37
Harish Kumar, LM-01266 490
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51. From Steam Drive to Electric Drive: Cotton

Textile Industry of Bombay
N. Benjamin, AM-18011, Pune 498
52. Colonial Land Revenue System and its Impact
Economy: A Study of Cachar District of Assam
Suparna Roy, LM-01687, Silchar 506
53. Peasant Mobilization in the Nineteenth Century
India - A Historiographie Analysis
Sanjay Ghildiyal, AM- 18243, Nainital 5 1 4
54. Popular Unrest and State Response in Kashmir
(1846-1947)
Tariq Ahmad Sheikh, Aligarh 522
55. Indian Independence Committee: Some Aspects
on Different Schemes and Group Rivalries
Saumya Sengupta, AM-23401, Azamgarh 532
56. Tarakeswar Satyagraha: A Historical Event Revisited
Saumen Mandai, AM-25050, Cuttack 539
(Professor O.P. Jaisal Prize)

57. The Colonial State and Gandhian Strategy
P Laina, AM-18123 547
58. Mazharul Haque: An Icon

Syed Raza, AM-18201 , Chapra 555
59. Gandhi's Harijan Padyatra in Orissa in 1934:
Claims Over a Contested Social Space
Suryakant Nath, AM-25 147, Pune 564
60. Mahatma Gandhi in Popular Imagination: A Study
of Literature of the National Movement
Hassan Imam, AM- 11 881, Aligarh 57 1
61. Aspects of Socio-Political Thoughts of Madan
Mohan Malaviya, A Liberal Hindu Nationalist
Hitendra K. Patel, LM- 1 71 6 58 1
62. Viewing Advertisements Doing History:

Advertisements in Aj, 1935-1938
Shubhneet Kaushik, AM-25 09 3, New Delhi 587
63. Externing Subversion: Some Reflections on the
Administrative Strategies of the Late Colonial
State in British India, 1939-42
Is han Mukherjee, AM-25 2 02, Kolkata 594
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64. Popular Distress and the Second World War:

Malabar (1939-45)
Priya P., AM-19057, Wayanad 602
(Professors P.S. Gupta & Prof. J.C. Jha Memoria
65. Socialism in the Making - Kisan Sabha and CSP
before 1942
Uma Shanker Singh, AM-22030, Delhi 611
66. Dawn's Engagement with Azad; Politics through
the eyes of Cartoons
Nassif Muhammed Ali, AM-25092, New Delhi 619
67. Gandhi -Jinnah Equation
Zahoor Siddiqi, LM-0950 629
68. Marginal Communities in Peasant Moveme
Sharecroppers' Struggle of North Bengal (1
47)
Susnata Das, LM-1551, Kolkata 640
69. Indian National Congress and Nationalist
Consciousness in Colonial Rayalaseema 1 885-
1947
G. Samba Siva Reddy, LM-1499 and
A. Ramanjul Reddy, Kadapa 652
70. Prabartak Sangha and Matilal Roy: In the Lig
of Political Activities
Sachin Chakraborty, AM-23395, Murshidabad 660
71. Political Climate of Manipur During the
Transitionary Period, 1946-52: Some Reflections
Priyadarshni M. Gangte, LM-I924, Manipur 667
72. The Role of Tamil Cinema in National Movement
and Social Reform
S. Anljalagan, AM-23457, Tiruchirappalli 675
SECTION-IV
India in the World Economy 1900 to 1935: The Inter-

War Depression And Britain's Demise as World
Capitalist Leader
Utsa Patnaik, 682
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73. The Portuguese in Archipelago Southeast Asia

(151 1-1666 A.D.)
Smarika Nawani, Delhi 703
74. Brahmanical Divinities in Early

Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay, East Medinipur 709
75. Historiography on Tibetan Science of Buddhist
Medicine (c. 600 A.D. - c. 1200 A.D.)
A run Kumar J ha, AM- 1 8522, Bhagalpur 1 1 5
76. Women and State Laws and Policies in Pakistan:
The Karly Phase, 1947-77
Sana Khan, Ali gar h 726
77. The Rise of Capitalism in England
the Brenner Thesis lrfan Habib, Aligarh 734
78. Malaria and Mortality Among Indentured Indians:
A Study of Housing, Sanitation, and Health in
British Guiana ( 1 900- 1^39)
Mukesh Kumar, LM-1305 746
79. Imperial Embers and the Invocation

Colombo Conference 1950
Rakesh Batabyal, AM-l 7694, Delhi 758
SECTION-V
(ARCHAEOLOGY)
Some Important Aspects of Technology and Craft

Production in the Indus Civilization
Kuldeep Kumar Bhan 773
80. A Preliminary Survey of Fossilwood
Saidra Valley, Tripura
Biswaji Deb Barma, AM-25 125, New Delhi 795
81. Locational Analysis of 'OCP' Settlements in
Jhajjar Lowland, Haryana
Yashpal and R. P. Singh, AM-l 8893, Delhi 805
82. Appropriation of the Megalithic Burials as Cult
Spots and Temples: A Study on the Megaliths in
the Tamil Nadu Kerala Border regions
K. Rajan, AM-2 1320 815
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83. Socio-Economic Condition During the Megalithic

Period in Vidarbha
G.K. Mane, LM-1400 826
84. A Historiographical Study

Orissa During the Colonial Peri
Manas Kumar Das, AM-24574, Bhubaneswar 834
85. Traces of Development of Urban Traits in Coastal

West Bengal (An Introductory Analytical Study
on the basis of Archaeological and Literary
Evidences till Early Historic Period)
Shreyasi Bhattacharya, AM-20905 and
Kaushik Saha, AM-19718 845
86. Sirpur - A Unique Township of E

India (Fresh Evidence from Excavati
Atula Kumar Pradhan, AM-22233,
Shambhoonath Yadav , AM-22424 854
87. Wood and Brick Architecture in Kashmir (133
1 585 A.D.): Stylistic, Idiomatic and Axiomorphi
Changes
Syed Guzanfar Farooq, Aligarh 865
88. Arcuate Techniques in Palatial Structures of
Western Rajasthan
Salim Zaweed, Aligarh 875
89. A Comparative Study of Burial Traditio
Himalaya with Special Reference to Ma
Findings and their Importance
Kavita Bist, AM-24982, Nagendra Singh
885
SECTION-VI
Capitalism, Liberalism And The Claims Of Historical Necessity

A he e I Bilgrami 892
90. Dimensions and Dynamics o
Partition of India
Chandni Saxena, LM-0J894, Kan pur 909
91. The Role of the Communists in the Anti Bengal
- Bihar Merger Agitaion
Shamita Sar kar, LM - 1 84 7, Midnapur 92 1
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92. Agrarian Tension in Tamilnadu A Case Study

A . Aruljothi, Pondicherry 925
93. Agrarian Tensions - Post Zamindari Abolit
North Bihar 1950s -1960s
Rajesh Kumar, LM-00303, Delhi 932
94. Poetics of Pyaasa and the Narratives of National
Disillusionment
Gaurav Gadgil, AM-24663 & Sudha Tiwari,
AM-245 12 938
95. Dynamics of Re
Party and Mass M
Deborati Tarafder, AM-24458, Kolkata 945
96. Religious Movement and Human Rights of
Weaker Sections in India - A Study of Satya
Shodhak Samaj and Neo-Buddhism
Nagaraju Vadapalli, LM-02103, Warartgal 952
97. Quest for Equality and Identity: The 'Pasmanda'
Muslim Discourse in Post-Indepenence Bihar
Rajesh Kumar Nayak, AM-22943, Chapra 961
98. A Household Survey in West Bengal and its
Impact on the Muslims - 200 1 -20 1 2
Bibhas Biswas , AM-23491 , Kolkata 972
99. Health Status of Women in Tamil Nadu
S. Krishnammal, AM-24409, Virudhunagar and
S. Brinda Uma, AM- 1 9698, Sattur 975
100. From Early Reformism to Post-Reform Reaction:
Gender and Marriage among the Nambutiris
Manmathan M.R., AM- 1 7965, Calicut 979
101. Socialization in Patriarchal Regime: An Analysis
of Saraswati Shishu Mandir School Text Books
Mridula Chauhan, Aligarh 988
102. Educational Status of Muslim Girl Child in
Contemporary India: A Case Study of U.P.
Sahiya Amin, AM-23472, Aligarh 993
103. Child Marriage: Scenario in India
B. Pramila, LM-01171, Chennai 998
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104. Constitutional Provisions for Minority Institutions

and the Case of Aligarh Muslim University: The
Legal Search for a Solution Since 1965
Shamim Akhtar, Aligarh 1 009
105. The Forest Rights Act and the Hope for a B
Tomorrow: A Study of its Implementation
Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh
D. Srinivas, AM-20544 , Sathupally 1015
106. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and
National Planning, 1947-1958
Sunayana Maiti, LM-02025 1019
107. Two Decades of Public Records Act (1993): A
Critical Re-Appraisal
Alok Prasad, AM-24036, Allahabad 1025
1 08. Concerning the Human Condition: Social Content
in Indian Painting (CA. 1950-2000)
Jagt ej Kaur Grewal, A M-23 736, Chandigarh 1
SUMMARIES
SECTION-I
(ANCIENT INDIA)
Social Formation In Pre-Mauryan Mithila
Raw Kumar Mis hra, 1 042
Veerbanaju - The Corporate Culture an
During Shilahara!
Chougule Chadrakant N. 1 042
A Critical Study of the Stucco Images on the Viman
of the Kampaharesvara Temple at Tribhuvanam
R. Subramanian 1043
SUMMARIES
SECTION-II
(MEDIEVAL INDIA)
Changing Meanings Of Luso- Vijayanagara Relations, 1510-1 565
Khushboo Kumar i 1 044
Lusitanian City of Diu in 16th an
Sohinee Basak 1 044
Urbanisation and Food Pr
During Adii Shahi Sultana
Kir an Sampatrao Jadhav 1 045
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The Mughal Rulers and Jharkhand: A Historical

Perspective (1526-1707)
Abha Xalxo 1046
SUMMARIES
SECTION-III
(MODERN INDIA)
Career with Swords: French Commanders in Sindhia's Army
Brijesh Kumar Shukla 1048
Peasant's Struggle in Bihar and the Lef
Prabhat Kumar Choudhary 1048
Position of Raiyats in 19th Century Mithila
Mohan Mishra 1049
Development of Railwa
(1853-1936)
Ganeswar Nayak 1 049
Labour Crisis in 19th Century Mit
Narendra Kumar Choudhary 1 05 1
SUMMARIES
SECTION-IV
The Problem of Nation Building in East Pakistan, 1947-58
Om Prakash 1052
A Study of Socio-Cult
Manmath Padhy 1052
Dutch Occupation and Commerc
Lanka in 17th and 18th Centuries
Anuzsiya S. 1053
President Johnson and the Politics of American Food
Aid to India During the Food Crisis of 1965- 66
Manish Sinha 1053
SUMMARIES
SECTION-V
(ARCHAEOLOGY)
Cultural Heritage of Western Odisha - A Study on
Sacred Monuments of Boudh District
J ay anti Dora 1055
Lakshmi-Narayana Temple at
on Art and Architecture
Ratnakar Mohapatra 1056
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Adoring The Landscape: A Study of the Pukhuris

of Assam ( 1 3t*1 - 19^ Centuries) A.D.
Ritika Sahu 1056
Chalcolithic Sites o
Golabai and Hariraj
Änam B eher a 1056
SUMMARIES
SECTION-VI
History of Merger of Tripura With the Indian Union
Ruma Bhattacharya 1058
Contribution of Anandaram Dhekiyal
the Reinstatement of the Assamese La
Critical Study
Manas Jyoti Kakat i 1058
Bhoodan Movement in Odisha (1952
Pras ant Kumar Pradhan 1059
Industrial Development, Displaceme
Rehabilitation of Tribais in Odisha - Problems
and Prospects
Brajabandhu Bhatta 1059
Sardar Patel's Insight in Sino-Indian R
its Historical Significance
Sanjay Swarnkar 1 060
List of Other Papers Presented 1062
Appendix I: Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive
Committee 1081
Appendix II: Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting 1083
Appendix IILReport of the Secretary 1087
Appendix V: Comprehensive History of India Society 1098
Appendix VII: List of Ordinary Members 1 134
Obituries
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Advisory Board and Editorial Committee iii

Executive Committee (20 1 4) i v
Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Interrogating 'Unity in Diversity': Voices from India's

Ancient Texts
Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya 1
SECTION-I
ANCIENT INDIA

Exploring Early Indian Buddhism with Special Reference to
Andhra - Some Issues and Concerns
Myneni Krishnakumari 25
01 . From the Lekhaka to the Kayastha
Court and Society (200 BCE-200 CE)
Meera Visvanathan , AM-25681, New Delhi, 34
(Professor Vijya Kumar Thakur Memorial Prize)
02. Social Background of Buddhism in Gandhara (c.2nd Centur
to the Middle of the 4th Century CE)
Sarita Khettry, AM- 12390 4 1
03. The Early Post-Canonical developments i
Nettippakarana
Sangeeta Wadhwa AM-25539, Delhi , 49
04. Ecological Consciousness in Jainism: Exploring Re
Constraints and Traditions
Anand Singh, AM-20879 56
xii
05. Plants, Trees and Animals - An Ecological Background of Ancient

Odisha
Prafulla Kumar Mohanty, LM-00382, Odisha 62
06. Rajgir - A Place of Composite Culture
Rajeev Ranjan , LM-01378, Raj as than 71
07. Donation Pattern of Early Historic Rock Cut Caves in P
Gleanings from Epigraphs.
Smita Haider, AM-23240 76
08. Gender Relations and Class Consciousness in the Pancatantra
Dany Poulose, AM-24498 87
09. Characteristics of Kai varta Rebellion Delineated from
the Ramacarita
Ryosuke Furiti , AM- 192 15 93
10. Women's World: Artistes, Courtesans and
Aditi Singh, AM-24510 , New Delhi 99
1 1 . Feminism a Historical Interface between Literature
during Gupta Period
Priya Darshini, LM-01280, Bihar 107
12. Incorporating the Others with Gender Disparity: T
Matangas and Matangis in Early Literature
Jae Eun Shin, AM - 26226 1 16
13. Spatial Characteristics, Typology and

Settlements in the Tapi-Purna valley re
(c. AD 300 to c. AD 1000)
Shy am Narayan Lai, LM-00914 123
14. Shalri Rock Inscription of Chandesvarahastin Re
Laxman S Thakur , Shimla, 133
15. Brahmahatya (Brahmaņa-murder), La

in the Smrtis (law texts), Nibandhas (Re
Land-grant Inscriptions pertaining to V
in North-Central India: 5th- 12th Centurie
Radha Madhav Baradwaj, Delhi, LM-00839 137
16. Economic Life in Western India: Perspective from the Charter
Vishnushena, Samvat 649
Renu Thakur, AM- 15909 1 49
1 7. Engraved Histories: A Study of Legen

Legitimacy in the Kamarupa Region
Sneha Dos, AM-25959 1 53
xiii
18. Social Constructs of Madness in Medical Science of Ancient India

Saudamini Zutshi, New Delhi, 160
1 9. The Socio Economic Setting of the Na

Kumbakonam in Tamilnadu-A Critical Stu
K.M. Subramaniam , 166
20. The Ardhanarisvara Murt

Neha Singh , AM-23908 1 73
21. The Political Structure of Kalkkarai Na
Reídla. E, AM- 18221, New Delhi 1 78
22. The Other Women - Heavenly and Earthly:

and Vesyas
Oly Roy, AM-24416, Kolkata 1 85
23. Ritual and Women in Early Kashmir: A Cas
Purana
Suman Jamwal, LM-00889A, Jammu 1 94
24. The Woman about Town: Images of Courtesans in

Kannada Literature and Late Medieval Tulu Paddana
Malini Adiga, LM-01215 1 99
SECTION-II
MEDIEVAL INDIA

Mughal Architecture
Syed Ali N adeem Rezavi, AM- 14 322 206
25. Coinage and Metallurgy under the Ghaznavid Sultan M
S. Jabir Raza, AM-14253 224
26. Religious Ideology and Rural Ec

Karnataka
Hanuma Nayaka, LM-01272 232
27. The Artisan Community and Crafts Produ
Later Pandyas
K. Thangapandian, AM-25188 239
28. Temple, Trade and Religious Communities
Medieval Rajasthan
Ravina Meena, 246
29. Patronage to Brah

Odisha: An Inscription
Sujata Rakshit, AM-26055 253
xiv
30. Mysticism and Women in Muslim India (1206 - 1526): A Note

Rukhsana Iftikhar, AM-25657 259
3 1 . From Royal Display to Economic Motive: A
the Carpet Making in the Mughal India
ParwegAalum, AM-24816 262
32. Building the Empire: Military Infrastru

Muhammad Qasim Khan fn Mughal Nort
Pratyay Nath, AM-25992 270
(Professor J.S. Grewal Prize)
33. From Mediterranean to Indian Ocean: E

Mercantile Diasporas
Sweta Singh, LM- 00670 275
34. Sex and the Sakhi: Femininity in Biha

Sonia Wigh, AM-24376 282
35. Emperor Akbar's Views on Women as

Abu'l Fazl
Afshan Majid, AM-22496 289
36. 'Middle Class1 Women in Mughal India
Angbin Yasmin , AM-23471 295
(Professor B. B. Chaudhuri Prize)
37. Portuguese and the Maritime Economy of Diu in
Century
Sohinee Basak, AM-24985 307
38. Diseases and Superstition: Indigenous
Sixteenth Century Malabar as Gleaned f
Khalid Ponmulathodi, AM-23967 314
39. Keigwin's Bombay (1683-84) and the Maratha-

Conflict
Amarendra Kumar, AM-25646 320
40. The Social World of a North Indian Merchant i
Times
Kalpana Malik, LM-2192 325
41 . Routes and Towns in the Deccan 1 5th to 1 7
Radhika Seshan, LM-1182 33 1
42. Gujarat's Trade with South East Asia (16t
Centuries).
Ruby Maloni, LM-01339 336
XV
43. The Dutch Company and Coromandel Merchants during the First
Half of the Seventeenth Century
Ishrat Alam, AM- 101 16 341
44. Cult, Ideology and Conflict: The

Social Conflict in 18th Century Assa
Dambarudhar Nath, LM-1529 351
45. Dynamics of Transmission and Support

Dharma in Pre-Modern Assam: The Guru Carita Katha.
Radha Das, AM-25771 358
46. Hayagriva Madhava Temple

Hajo
Sama Lavoni, AM-25763 364
47. Rival Parties in Eighteenth Cen

Competing Claims to Ecology and
Abhimanyu Singh Arha, AM-23893 371
48. Gender, State and Society in Medieval Rajasthan: A
Based on Archival Sources of the Hada State of Kota and
Bundi
Narayan Singh Rao, 377
49. Inheritance, Marriage and Ad
Community in 1 8th Century Nor
Divya Sethi, AM-24523 387
50. Women in Different Characters a
Northern Ballads of Medieval Kerala
Sheena Krishnan, LM-01992 393
52. Irrigation and Labour in Pre-Coloni

Tripta Wahi, LM-2062 400
53. The Eighteenth Century Sikh Soc
Differentiation
Karamjit K. Malhotra, LM-1752 409
54. Earthquakes in Mughal India
Enayatullah Khan, AM-2351 8 415
55. Muslim Inscriptions of Odisha
Hemanta Kumar Parida, AM-20415 41 8
xvi
56. Rajmahal as a City of Medieval Jharkhand: A Historical Review

(1595-1765)
Indra Kumar Choudhary, 42 1
57. Sailing across the Bay of Bengal in the 17
of the Troubled Voyage of an Indian Ship
Zakir Husain , 426
SECTION-III
MODERN INDIA
Sectional Presidents Address

'Divide and Rule'? Race, Military Recruitment and Society in Late
Nineteenth Century Colonial India
Amar Farooqui 428
58. Dutch Relations with S
Coromdandel Coast
S. Ravichandran, AM - 21054 441
59. Unpublished Documents of East India Com

Destruction of
Abhang C. J. AM- 16414 , Maharashtra 448
60. Mapping the Dismemberment of Awadh 1 775- 1 80 1
Irfan Habib & Faiz Habib 455
61. Andrew Fraser' s Resolution No. 658 (of
Repercussion
Dhananjoy Bhattacharjee, AM - 1 7351 , Kolkata 461
62. Growth of Local Self-Governance in the Central Provinces 1 86 1 - 1 883
Shubha Johari, LM- 1530 470
63. Children Employed in the Tea Plantat
Srijita Chakavarty, AM- 25853 478
64. Peasant Revolt of Mysore in 1 830-3 1 : A case study o
Sira Talook
R. Venugopal, AM - 22878 , Delhi 484
65. Colonialism and odu' (Shifting) Cultivation: Studying
from Andhra Agency in Madras Presidency
Vulli Dhanaraju, AM- 21 725 , Assam 490
66. Administering Justice: The Choultry Court in the French
Settlement of Pondicherry
Joy Varkey, AM- 12132, Kerala 505
xvii
67. Modernisation of Law of Evidence during Colonial India

Sk Ehtesham Uddin Ahmad ' AM - 1 7657 , Aligarh 5 1 1
68. The Making of Gurkhas as a "martial race9 in Colonial India:
Theory and Practice
Tejimala Gurung, LM- 01 359 520
69. An Introspection of Early Colonial Sensibil
and Leisure Habits on the Indian Subcontinent
Kasturi Kar, AM - 2028 530
70. Punjab Politics, 1922-1934

Simmi Kapoor Mehta, LM - 02189 536
7 1 . Redefining the ' Partition Refugee'
Pallovi Chakarvarty Ghosal, AM-21884 546
72. People's Resistance Movement in Kashmir: From Locali
Pan-Indian (1931-1939 AD.)
Suhail-ul-Rehman Lone , AM- 23965, Aligarh 559
73. The Role of George Joseph in Vaikom Satyagraha
Alphorn George, AM-22324 569
74. Women in the Anti-Imperialist Movemen
Burdwan District, 1930-47
Md. Inamur Rahaman, AM-20267 575
75. Students' participation in the freedom move

during 1905-11
SuparrtaRoy, 581
76. Role of Muslim Comm
Disobedience Movement,
Sanjay ar 587
77. Aspects of Soci
A Liberal Hindu Nationalist
Hitendra K Patel, LM - 592
78. Story of a Village of Delhi, 18

Aditi Govil 597
79. Development
Region of Kumao
Dr. SharadBhatt, AM - 22149, Uttarakhand 603
80. Rahul Sankrityayan and the Peasant Question: Some Refl

Sreyanjana Mukherjee, AM - 24558, Kolkata 6 1 5
xviii
8 1 . The Formation of Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha

and the role of Communist Party
Goutam Kumar Dey , 623
82. Malabar Famine of 1943: A Crit
Malabar (1939-45)
Priya. P, AM- 19057 , Kerala 628
83. Delhi between Two Empires: Urban Trans
Through Bengali Travel Accounts, 1856-1905
Saubhik Bandyopadhyay, AM - 24119, West Bengal 639
84. Architecture in the Urban Space: Life of the Elite in Colonial
Calicut
Jidhu M,U, AM- 23747, Calicut 647
85. Fuels for Railway Locomotives in Coloni

N. Benjamin, AM- 18011, Pune 653
86. Technological Experiments in Bridge Making in
Railway
Madhumita Bandyopadhyay, LM- 01872 , Delhi 659
87. Southern Railway; A Journey through the valley of
Death to Paradise
Saritha.S.R. AM- 26218 668
88. Commercialising Date Palm:

Western India
Ashish Kumar Mis hra, AM- 20947, Gujarat 672
89. Planned Markets, Ordered Spaces: The 'By-Law- GicaF Imagination
of the Urban Environment
Satakshi Sinha, AM- 25976, Delhi 678
90. Trade Networks of a Pargana and Their Transition

India: The Case of Indapur Pargana in Pune Distric
Michihiro Ogawa, AM- 23400, LM- 2199, Japan 684
9 1 . Maritime Trade and Growth of Urban Infrastructure in Port
Cities of Colonial Andhra: A Study of Masulipatnam
N. Kanakarathnam, LM- 1679, Chittoor 690
92. Revival of Silk Industry in Kashmir during Dogra period
Showkat Ahmad Naik, AM - 22505, Aligarh 697
(Professor P.S. Gupta Memorial Prize & J.C. Jha Prize)
93. Infant Feeding: Child Marriage and 'Immature Maternity' in
Colonial Bengal, 1890s-1920s
Ranjana Saha, AM- 25706, Delhi 708
(Professors P.S. Gupta & J.C. Jha Memorial Prize)
xix
94. Saving 'Wronged' Bodies: Caste, Indentured Women and Hindi

Print-Public Sphere in Colonial India
Charu Gupta , LM- 2152, Delhi 716
95. Chronicles of Love, Betrayal and Prostitution
Bengal
Aparna Bandy opadhy ay, AM - 20564, Kolkata 723
96. Radical Writings on Women: The Work of Dr. Rashid Jahan
Madhulika Singh, AM- 19132 , Jammu 729
97. Articulating a Landscape for Art: the Works of Roop Kr
Jagtej Kaur Grewal, AM- 23736, Chandigarh 736
98. Rabindranath and the Urban Visual Art of Woodcut Prints
Basupurna Mukherjee, LM- 01578, West Bengal 742
99. Literature and Social Mobilisation: Reading Kerala Renaissance
Aneesh. K. AM - 23760, Calicut 748
1 00. Hindu Identity in the Char Bagh-i-Panjab

Sheena Pali, LM- 1568, Chandigarh 757
101 . Exploring Little Tradition of Folk Islam in Bengal: A S
narefati Folk Songs
Soumitra Kumar Sinha, LM- 01070, Kalyani 764
1 02. The Hindu Mahasabha in Bombay ( 1 923- 1 947)
Namrata R. Ganneri, LM- 2059, Mumbai 771
(Professor O.P. Jaiswal Prize)
1 03. Tracing the Process of Brahmanisation of a Folk Cult d
19th and 20th Century in Rajasthan: A Case study of Goga
Rajshree Dhali, AM-25936, Delhi 783
1 04. From Noble to Nivedita: Sister Nivedita and her

through India, 1895-1911
Somak Biswas, AM- 25682, Delhi 790
105. Wealth and Social Assertion: A Study on the Sel

Movements of Syrian Christians, 1 900- 1 950
Seena Devassy, AM-25069 798
1 06. Evangelism in Assam: Schools and Prin
Anupama Ghosh, Delhi, 808
107. Role of Henry Wesley Voysey in th

Colonial India
Suj aya Sarkar ; LM- 21 09, West Bengal 819
XX
1 08. Indianization of the Indian Medical Service, c. 1 890s- 1 930s

Saurav Kumar Rai, AM - 25094 , Haryana 826
109. Routine, Labour and Madness: Work-ethics and the Econom
Colonial North asylums
Shilpi Rajpal, Delhi , 833
1 10. Work as Therapy in the Lunati
1858-1910
Pranjali Srivastava, AM - 25988 , Delhi 841
(Dr. Gyaneshwari Devi Memorial Prize)
111. Institutionalisation of Health Care System in Colonial M
Mamatha K, AM - 22279 , Mangalore 848
1 12. Low Born -Hybrid Castes and Their Origin and Develop
C.L. Sonkar, 860
SECTION-IV
COUNTRIES OTHER THAN INDIA
Sectional Presidents Address
Issues of Empire: Eighteenth Century Discourse in Pre-Revolutionary

France on Overseas Colonies before the French Revolution
ArvindSinha 865
113. Remaking Labo

China, 1994-2008
Ree ja Nair, AM-25934, Delhi 876
1 1 4. The NLF and the Liberation of South Vietnam
Sudhir Kumar Singh, LM-01051, Arunachal Pradesh 888
115. Coups, Constitutions and the Struggle for Power: The Contours of
Racial Politics in Fiji
Amba Pande, AM-25919 893
1 16. The Mardijkers of Batavia: Constru
(1619- 1650)
Manilata Choudhury, AM-25674, Delhi 901
117. Indian Labour Emigration to Burma (c. 1 880- 1 940): Rethinking
Indian Migratory Patterns
Ritesh Kumar Jaiswal, AM-25776, Delhi 91 1
118. Women in Bhutan: Exploring their Socio Cultural Status in th
20th Century
Verma Priyadarshini, AM-25130 920
xxi
1 19. Mountbatten and Balochistan: An Appraisal

Muhammad Iqbal Chawla, Pakistan , 928
120. The Federal Cabinet of Pakistan: A Study of Balanci
towards USA and China, 1947-1965
N aumana Kiran, Pakistan 958
121 . The Zionist Project and the British

Shamir Husan , AM-11819, Aligarh 967
122. Sati al-Husri's Contribution on Arab Nationalism
Tsupokyemla, AM-25995, Delhi 975
123. Pirates, Shallows, and Ship-Wrecks-on the Peril
Indian Ocean World in the Middle Ages
Vijayalekshmy. M, AM-1 6500, Kerala 982
1 24. Indentured Labourers and the Native Women in Mauritius: The
Colonial Perspectives (1834-1884)
Debasmita Dey, AM-239J 7, West Bengal 989
125. Question of Quarantine or Politicising the ' Plague ' Indians in
Nineteenth Century Natal
Mukesh Kumar, LM-1305 , Delhi 996
126. Journeys, Spaces and Culture: The Europeans

16th and 17th centuries
Smarika N aw ani, AM-25 1 76, Delhi 1 006
127. Belgian Neutrality and the First World War: Some In

P ree ta Niles h, LM- 1 255, Mumbai 1012
1 28. Pedagogical Nazi Propaganda ( 1 939- 1 945)

Urvashi Gautam, AM-24326, Delhi 1018
1 29. 'Carnations, Captains and Communism':

Introspecting the Democratic Revolution of Port
Poulami Aich Mukherjee, AM-22532, Kerala 1027
130. Historical Studies in Argentina since the Return to Democracy in

1983: the New Intellectual History
Silvina Cormick, Delhi 1040
SECTION - V
ARCHAEOLOGY
Evolution of Animals and its Implications for Understanding

Human History in India
G.L. Badam 1046
xxii
131. Jas Burgess and the Indian Antiquary ( 1 872- 1 884): Crafting
India's Past
Aniruddha Das 1 057
132. Archaeology of the

Records
Naresh Kumar, Delhi 1062
133. Talking Figures: Space and Per

the Alchi Monastery
Utsavi Singh, AM-25807 1 069
134. Education System during Sunga Perio
Perspective
Jagdish Parshad and Deepak humar 1 075
135. Zafar Mahal: Exploring the History of Late Mughal Archite
A mi ta Paliwal 1 08 1
1 36. The Organistation of Sp

Salim Zaweed, AM-21 752 1 090
1 37. Surface Decorations in the Architectur
(1339-1535 A.D.)
Syed Guzanfar Farooq 1 096
138. Elephant Imagery in Mahabalipuram Re
Authority
Preeti Sharma, Rajasthan 1101
1 39. Canvassing the Rock: Preliminary Studies
Shelters of Ahmedpur and Kathotia, Central
Shreyanjana Bhattacherjee, 1108
140. Pottery Decorations in the Brahmaputra Valley (c
Centuries CE): A Comparative Study
Preetee Sharma, AM-2 37 88, New Delhi 1116
141. Morphological Analysis of the Ceramics of Early Historic W
Odisha
Karpurika Devi, AM - 25053, New Delhi 1 125
142. Wine Production and Consumption: Archaeological Evidences from
Sanghol
Ardhendu Ray, AM-25603 1 135
(Dr. I.G. Khan Memorial Prize)
xxiii
143. Archaeological Survey of Jonk Valley (With special Reference

to Chhattishgarh)
Dr. Shivakant Bajpai & Atula Kumar Pradhan, AM - 22233 1141
144. Revisiting Susunia: A Geomorphological Perspectives
Avick Biswas , AM-24785 1 1 50
145. Sacred Landscapes and Archaeologic

Masagram Region of Burdwan District,
Connections
Shubha Majumder, AM-23486, Calcutta 1 156
146. Bones of Contention: A Re-evaluation of the Sexing of Skelet
at the Site of Lothal
Joeeta Pal - AM-24450, Delhi 1 1 67
SECTION -VI
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF INDIA
Higher Education A Site for Contestation of Resources

Shantha Sinha 1 1 73
1 47. Development - induc

Bikram Keshori Jena, , AM - 25085 , Ravenshaw 1183
148. Green Revolution: A Case Study of Punjab

Jashandeep Singh Sandhuf AM - 20653 1 1 92
149. Understanding the Post Colonial Agrarian History of West Ben
A case Study of the working of Operation Barga in the Naxalba
since 1977
Udai Kumar Shaw , AM- 25740, Darjeeling 1200
150. A Socio-Economic Perspective on the Occupations of
Narikkuravars in Tamil Nadu
S. Vijay, AM- 22 3 33 , Tamil Nadu 1208
151. Social Measures in Tamil Nadu ( 1 947- 1 967) With Spe
Reference to Reservation
V. Raju , AM- 22928 , Annamalai Nagar 1205
152. Gender Mainstreaming and Human Resource Development
K. Vijaya, LM - 01145, Chennai 1224
153. A Critical Analysis of the Socio-Economic Sta
Women in Tamil Nadu
B. Pramila, LM- 01171, Tamil Nadu 1232
xxiv
154. Human Trafficking in Santal Parganas Division of Jharkhand

Dinesh Narayan Verma, AM - 16125, West Bengal 1241
1 55. The Birth Pangs of a Divided Nation: Articulating the Experiences

of Women and Children in the Post Partition Period.
Rachna Mehra, AM-22460, Delhi 1247
(Dr. Nasreen Ahmad Memorial Prize)
156. On Religion and its implications on Women dur
Chandni Saxena, LM- 01894, Kanpur 1253
157. Dalit in India: Retrospect and Prospect
Anil Kumar Dhawan, AM - 24323, Bihar 1 272
1 58. The Use of Technology by the Maoists in the Conflict

against the State in India
Om Prakash, LM - 1589, Rajasthan 1277
159. Culinary Imperialism and the Resistance: A Case Stud
McDonaldization and Micro-Resistance in Delhi, India
Vishal Chauhan, AM - 25955 1285
160. Deportation Movement, Creation of 'D' Vo

NRC Updation in Assam
Shahiuz Zaman Ahmed, AM- 19595 1293
161. Assam - Nagaland Border Dispute vis a vis Stabilit

Politics (A Micor-Analysis from Historical Perspectiv
Rupam Saikia & Anjan Saikia, AM - 25801
1 62. Sino-Indian Border Dispute
Subhashis Sen, LM-01941, Malda 1 307
163. Quality of Education in Tribal Areas- A Casje Study o
District of Andhra Pradesh
R. Hima bindu, AM-25 75 7, Hyderabad 1317
164. Muslim Women's Education: A Case Study of Aligarh Muslim
University from 1980 to 2010
Sahiya Amin, AM-23472 1 324
1 65 . Script Movement among the Bodo of Assam
Satyendra Kumar Sarmah, LM- 01668, Assam 1 335
166. Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and Hindu Muslim Unity
Zahida Suleman, Pakistan 1 34 1
XXV
167. Emergence of Hindu Revivalism from Sanskritisation with

reference to Tamil Nadu
S. Xavier , LM- 01919, Tamil Nadu 1348
168. Kusheshwarasthan Bird Sanctuary: Miscarriag

Dr. Avanindra Kumar Jha, LM-121 7 1 356
169 'Reading' 84 Through the Lens of Oral History

Anshu Saluja, AM- 25852 , Delhi 1362
170. The Tarachand Committee on Archival Legislat
Impact on Archival Policy in India
Alok Prasad, AM-23045 1 370
171. History Paintings in Sikh Museu

Kanika Singh , AM-23035, Delhi 1377
SUMMARIES
SECTION-I
ANCIENT INDIA
A Comparative Study of the Dalavayapuram Copper Plates and the

Velvikkudi Copper Plates
B. Rajalakshmi 1383
Monks, Money and Monast
from Early Medieval Easte
Diwakar Kumar Singh 1 383
Patriarchy and Its Representation in B
Shailini Dixit 1 3 84
Migration and Settlemen
Brahmins in Kerala
NithyaK 1385
Images of an Ideal
ShikhaPanwa 1386
Nature and Pattern of
Gujarat under the Mai
Pankaj Sharma 1 386
Farm Labour under Gangas
H. S. Usharani 1387
Fiscal Terms in Wester
Surabhi Srivastava 1387
xxvi
SUMMARIES
SECTION- II
MEDIEVAL INDIA
Gour-Lakhnauti: A Glorious City in Sultanate Bengal

Md Ashif Zamal Lasker 1 388
European Education in Indian Environm
Educational Institutions in India (17th A
Nishat Marnar 1 389
The Brahmanas and th
J ay anti Thokchom 1389
Khatris in Medieval Bihar
Shubhra Sinha 1 390
Life of Widow in Medieval India
Bhajan Singh 1 390
Partis Français and the M
of the 1 8th Century
Uma Shanker Pandey 1391
SUMMARIES
SECTION III: MODERN INDIA
Gorkha System of Justice in Uttarkahand

Meharban Singh Gusain 1 392
Exploitation by the Jagirdars and Zaminda
in India
Lalit Kumar 1392
Folk Literature and t
Century Bengal
Sudarshana Bhaumik 1 393
Gond Society in Transition: Cen
Nandita Banerjee 1394
Cinema, Censorship and Politica
Haridasan K. P 1394
Infant Health Condition
Bengal
Amrita Mondai 1 394
Versatile Serpent-Worship P
Seema Thakur 1395
Christian Migration and S
Mannarkkad
Shiny Joseph Sati 1 395
Evangelicals, Baptist Missionaries and
Meenakshi Jain 1 396
xxvii
SUMMARIES
SECTION IV: COUNTIRES OTHER THAN INDIA
Monasticism: Development, Theory, and Practice in Christianity

Anita Goswami 1396
The Lao Heritage in In
Karabi Mitra 1397
Tamosho Ma Jyotir
Memoirs of Two Fe
War, 1971
Bratati Hore 1398
Historical Treaties o
Rajeev Kumar 1 399
SUMMARIES
SECTION V: ARCHAEOLOGY
Three Recently Discovered Vishnu Images from Murshidabad District of

West Bengal: Searching its Archaeological Contexts
Bijan Mondai 1 399
Extension of Burial Cultur
Rajes h Sehgal 1 400
Thirumalai - A Historical Per
Mrs. T.Sudha 1 400
Charting a New Praxi
and the Middle Gang
Prerana Srimaal 1 40 1
SUMMARIES
SECTION VI: CONTEMPORARY INDIA
Women in Nehruvian Model of Planning

Amrit V. Gandhi 1401
Socio- Economic Transfor
A Case Study of the Rajb
Madhab Chandra Adhikary 1 402
Forest War/Struggle (Jungle Katai) Movemen
A Discourse on Political and Ecological Persp
Ravi Shankar Sahay 1402
History and Films: Contemporary
Priyanka Joshi 1403
xxviii
List of other Papers Presented 1 404

Appendix I: Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee 1425
Appendix II: Minutes of the Business Meeting 1428
Appendix III: Report of the Secretary 1 430
Appendix IV: Treasurer's Report 1432
Appendix V : Comprehensive History of India Society 1 439
Appendix VII: List of Ordinary Members 1 483
Appendix VIII: List of Institutional Members 1493
Obituaries 1494
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Proceedings of the
Indian History
Congress
Seventy Sixth Session

University of Gour Banga, Malda
2015

Aligarh,2016
ii
Published by
Ishrat Alam
Secretary
A.M.U.,Aligarh
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CONTENTS
Advisory Board and Editiorial Committee iii

Executive Committee (20 15) iv
Select Abbrevaitions vii
Preface ix
Aknowledgements x
GENERAL PRESIDENTS ADDRESS

"The Past is a Foreign Country," But not in India
Crisis of Spirit Once Again?
K. Paddayya 1
SECTION - I
ANCIENT INDIA
A History of Intolerance: Representation of the

Buddhists in the Bengal Puranas
Kunal Chakrabarti 26
01. Representation of Wate

Ganga Inscriptions of Kalin
Saptarsi Chakraborty, AM-26485 44
02. The Sapta-Ratnas and its use in Archaeological

objccls from North- Western India
Sania Khettry, AM-12390 50
03. Urbanisation and Urban Centres in Early

Coastal Odisha: Archaeology and Identificatio
Benadhar Patra, LM-2 198 57
xii
04. When the Bhūpati Sought the Gopaď s wealth:

Locating the Mahābhārata Economy
Kanad Sitiha, AM-24419 66
(Professor V.K. Thakur (Memorial P
05. Principles of Gautama Buddha and

Values
Shailini Dixit, LM-01279 74
06. Soul in Jain Philosophy and Devel

Indian Society In the Sixth Century BC
Samarendra Narayan Arya, LM-0925 81
07. lore arri Infidelity in Hâla'aSattaaaî

Oly Roy, AM-24416 86
(Dr. Nasreen Ahmad Memorial Priz
08. Punya, Vrata and Dána : Examining

of the Religious Institution of Vratas
of Gifts and issuance of Land Grants
Central India: 4th- 12th Centuries a.d
Radha Madhav Bharadwaj, LM-00
09. Changing Social Cbntours of the A

Dev Kumar Jhanjh, AM-26486 101
1 0. Growth of Urban Society in Early Odi sha

Prafulla Kumar Mohanty, LM-00382 110
11. A Semantic History of Apat: Exploring the Vedic

Texts, the Rãmãyana and the Arthaoastra
Tanni Moitra, AM-23842 118
12. Recostructing Gender Assumption

Gupta Period
Priya Darshini, AM-25130 127
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13. Political status of Assam in the Gupta age

Satyabrat Dutta, AM-26257 137
14. Some Selected Buddhist Monastries as Centres
of Learning of the Pala Period

Monalisa Laha, AM- 141
15. BanditiyasaPnlitical Qpressim

the Jâtakaa and the Arthaúâetra
Sagnik Saha, AM-26414 150
16. Revisiting the Naneghat Inscriptions

Smita Haider, AM-23240 156
(Dr. G. Devi Memorial Prized Paper)
17. Water Bodies, Riverine Ports and Com

Making of the Trans-Meghna Sub-Region
Personality in Early Medieval Bengal
Srabani Chakraborty, AM-26409 166
18. Weights and Measurements in Central Western

Epigraphs of Early Medieval Period
Surabhi Srivastava, LM-2168 174
SECTION-II
MEDIEVALINDIA
20. Knowledge, Technology and Building Construction

in Medieval India
Sanjay Subodh. LM-00792 180
21. Arab Invasions and Decline of Western M

Confederacy
G.S.L.Devra, AM-11318 195
xiv
22. Medieval Kerala through the Hoysala Inscriptions

Dhiraj.M.S, AM-24105 199
23. Rethinking die Mongol-Sultanate 'Fr

(1241-1327)
Dipanjan Maxumder, AM-25367 207
24. Luso-Muzaffarid Encounters: A Study of the Diploma

Strategies of Malik Gopi
Shounak Ghosh, AM-25622 214
25. Suyürghal Grants to Qazis under Babu

newly Discovered Documents
Zakir Husain, 221
26. Jehangir's views on

of his own Conversatio
Nahid Jamal, AM-25902 233
27. Changing Urban Contours of Med

Sohinee Basak, AM-24985 240
27. Money as Metaphor of Sovereign P

North-East Indian Context
Debajit Dutta, AM-23430 246
28. T ribal identity & Socio-Cultural Chang

17th Century in the Rarh region of Bengal
Sudarshana Bhaumik, AM-25109 252
29. Study of Datura during the Portuguese and t

Dutch Presence in India
Manilata Choudhury, AM-25674 259
30. Elephants in Medieval Assam

Imdad Ali Ahmed, LM-2178 264
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31. Imperial Power in fhe Periphery: The Mughals as

Reflected in Medieval Bengali Literatur
Md. Shah Noorur Rahman, AM-13926 271
32. Women's Voices from within: A Study of " Pati-Ninda "

and "Jâmai-ninda" from Bengali Mangaikabyaa
Shriya Bandyopadhyay, AM-25615 279
(Professor J.S. Grewal Prized Paper)
33. Emergence of the Golden Temple as the Premier Sikh

Institution during the Eighteenth Century
Karamjit K. Malhotra, LM-1752 287
34. Forms of Remarriage in the Marginal Societies of Ru

Rajasthan ( 1 700- 1 800 C)
Shashi Arora Devra, AM-10245 294
35. Market in Medieval Manipur

W Jyotirmoy Singh, AM-1 7562 300
SECTION-Ill
MODERN INDIA
36. Disciplining a "Pathological" Province? Epidemic

Disease and Health Interventions in Colonial Orissa
Chandi Prasad Nanda 305
37. Institution ofPatwary: A link

& Ryots
Avanindra Kumar Jha, LM-1217 318
38. Land Reforms in Kashmir ( 1948- 1 953): An Analy

Suhail-ul-Rehman Lone, AM-23965 332
(Professor B.B. Chaudhury Prized Paper)
xvi
39. Coolie Lines: A Bentham Panopticon Schema and Beyond

Mukesh Kumar, LM-1305 344
40. Indian Cotton Mills and the British Economic
Policy, 1854-1894".
Rajib Lochan Sahoo, LM-2126 356
41. De-Sanskritization and Social Mobilization: An Alternative
Socio-Religious Movement of ' Ma tua ' -N amasudras

of Bengal
Manosanta Biswas, AM- 26349 368
42. Crime and Dacoity among the Bagdi Com

Colonial Bengal
Milan Roy, AM-265Ì6 376
43. Water Transport in Colonial Orissa

Ganeswar Nayak, AM- 17371 383
44. Asia in the Eyes of 20th Century Travellers:

from Popular Vernacular Journals of Bengal
Sarvani Gooptu, AM-21168 397
45. Mirzapur: Did the Railways Change its Com

Narrative?
Neha Lai, AM-26353 408
46. Role of British Political Age

Yasir Bashir, AM-26492 426
47. Imperial Scandal: Political Prisoners

Penal Colony
Suparna Sengupta, AM-26465 437
(Professor P.S. Gupta Memorial &
Professor J.C. J ha Prized Paper)
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48. The Resurgence of a Marginalized Society: 1 857 Rebellion

and the Santal Psychology
Ata Mallick, LM-2162 444
49. The Question of Nationalism and

from the History of Communist Mov
Priya. P, AM-19057 455
50. 'Whither Hindu Unity?'-Unravel

Mahasabha relationship: Perspective
Namrata R Ganneri, LM-2059 4SI
51. The Dilemma of Jagat Narain Lai, Congress

Mahasabha: Some Excerpts from Unpublished Lett
Narain Lai to Dr. Moonje from Hazaribagh Central J
Manish Sinha, AM-18252 481
52. Revisiting the History and Nature of th

Movement(1826-1861)
Girish Chandra Pandey, LM-I472 488
53. Role of Nawab Abdul Latif in the Development of

Modern Education in Colonial Bengal
Shamim Firdous, AM- 195 58 500
54. Muslim Businessmen and Partition: A History

Fragment or a Fragmented History?
Koushiki Dasgupta, AM-23424 511
55. Women's Education in Hyderabad State - Public

and Private Institutions
E. Sudha Rani, AM-26023 521
56. Pedagogy for Religion: Missionaiy Edu

Evangelization and the Conversion of the
19th Century Colonial India
Arpita Sen,AM-26363 532
xviii
57. Women's Concern for Women's Health in Colonial India

Sharmita Ray, AM-25771A 539
(Professor P.S. Gupta Memorial &
Professor J.C. Jha Prized Paper)
58. Healing the Body: Colonial Medical practic

Corporeal Context
Srilata Chatteijee, AM-01 723 546
59. Traditional Healing practices among the Santal

their relevance : An ethnomedicine study.
Subash Chandra Karua, LM-01397 555
60. Ecology, N utrition and Burdwan Fever

Binata Sarkar, AM-25645 565
61 . Environmental Problems and Environmentalism in

Arunachal Pradesh
Rajesh Verma, AM- 17810 572
62. The Imperial Diet of the British Raj : Food as

Rituparna Ray Chowdhury, AM-22531 581
63. Football and Communal ism in Colonial Bengal:

Mohemmedan Sporting Club and Bengali Muslim
Society, 1891-1947
Shri Amrita Haldar, AM-26377 588
64. Angelo de Gubernatis ( 1 840- 1913): An It

Aniruddha Das, LM-01938 593
65. A Historical view on the "Greatness" of Akbar and Rana

Pratap in Colonial and Post-Colonial India
Hitendra K Patel, LM-1 71 6 597
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SECTION-IV
COUNTRIES OTHER THAN INDIA
66. India-Thailand Relations in the Era of Colonial Encroachment

Lipi Ghosh 609
67. Colonialisms, Nationa

for Freedom
Sudhir Kumar Singh, LM-1051 620
68. Evolution of the Arakan 4 Problem' in Burma

Mihir Shekhar Bhonsale, AM-26519 631
69. Indo-Burmese Relations during the Late Colonial Pe

Role of Mahatma Gandhi
Karabi Mitrą , LM-01361 637
70. The Altered State of Affairs: Hindu Re

and Muslim returnees in East Pakistan ( 1 94
Anindita Ghoshal, LM-02024 & Aparajita 648
71 . Political Ecology of the Making and Operating of

Farakka Barrage: An Appraisal
Abdus Samad, AM-26493 657
(Dr. L G. Khan Memorial Prized Paper)
72. Maha Kavi Subramania Bharathi as an Internationalist
N. Mariammal Alias Karpagan, LM-0197Ì 669
73. Buddhism and Society in Bhutan: Portrayal of Women

as Moringmo, Kcrab Gu and Nangi Aum
Verma Priyadarshini , AM-25130 678
74. The Madesi Citizenship and the New Constitution:

Emerging Questions
Sarbari Deysarkar ; AM-25088 686
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75. Racing a pattern - Quebec and Pondichery the French

Colonics in Sixteenth Century
Mini Thomas , LM-22SI 693
76. Israeli Occupation and Aggression ag

Shamir Hasan, AM-11819 702
77. Women in the Medical Profession: in USA

Susmita Mukherjee , AM- 71 1
SECTION-V
ARCHAEOLOGY
78. The Spatial Distributional Pattern of Archaeological

sites in Varendra : A Regional Study from 3rd c. BC to
1200 ad
Arun Kumar Nag 12 1
79. Golabai, Harirajpur and Jagati Ha

Chalcolithic Sites in Coastal Odisha
Änam Behera , LM-2275 734
80. Abhayagiri in Anuradhapura, Buddhis

Triangle of Odisha and Java: Art and Epig
Evidence of Triadic Linkage of Esoteric Bu
Maritime Asia
Umakanta Mishra, AM-24147 741
81. Medieval Monuments of Mehrauli: Reality

Salim Zaweed, AM-21752 748
82. Identification and Analysis of Ancien

Systems and Associated Hydraulic Struc
Study of Narnaul
Akshat Kumar Kaushik, AM-22978 Gari
& Gyanendra Nath Srivastava 159
xxi
83. Deeg Fort: An Archaeological Survey

Vitìod Kumar Singh, AM- 1 5592 7(9
84. The Archaeological Survey and Museums in

Colonial India
Kanika Singh, AM-23035 778

(Professor S.R. Das Memorial Prized Paper)
85 The Archaeological, Historical and Veget

Treasures of Tulabhita Mound of Jagjivanpur
Malda District
Gopal Laha, LM-01967 786
SECTION-VI
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF INDIA
86. Legacy of the Freedom Struggle: Nehru's Scientific

and Cultural Vision
S.Irfan Habib 794
87. The Partition of India: C

and Culmination
Chandni Saxena, LM-01894 806
88. Refugee Influx, Their Health and Hy
Problems and its Impact: A Case of Disp
in Calcutta and its Neighbourhood (1947
Avirup Sinhat AM-26390 822
89. Depressed Class Movement in Odisha

A Study in Gandhian Impact
Subash Chandra Batik, AM-18206 830
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90. Bhoodan Movement of India and its Impact

Bimal Kumar Mandai AM-22677 837
91. A Critique on Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

B. P ramila, LM-01171 844
92. Assembling on Road : An Unfor

days and 3 nights ( 1 9th to 22nd Apr
Swati Maitra, LM-2251 85 1
93. The Workers' Movement in Durga

and 1960s
Kakali Mukherjee, AM-20821 858
94. The Indian Emergency in Economic Context

David Lockwood. LM-02014 865
95. Dynamics of Relationship between V

Group and the State Power: Jehanabad E
Debarati Tar afer, AM-24458 875
96. Refugee Rehabilitation and the Land Regime in W

Bengal: Impediments to Redistribution and Integrat
Development
Aditi Mukherjee , AM-24555 885
(Professor Papiya Ghosh Memorial Prized Paper
97. "Study on Condition of Scheduled Caste Women

After Independence Special Reference to Bihar: An
Ghanshyam Roy, LM-02096 894
98. Funding Pattern in the Naxal Movement in Con

Om Prakash, LM-1589 900
99. Survival of the Endangered Sub

Totos in Contemporary India
Sherene Daw. AM-26356 908
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1 00. 'Matriarchy' and Contemporary Khasi Society

Roopleena Banerjee, AM-26312 918
101. Buffalo Sacrifice: The Peculiar Belief System of the

Kandhs of Odisha
Bhagabana Sahu, LM-2111 931
1 02. Development and Displacement: The Enigma

University in Contemporary Odisha
Prasant Kumar Pradhan, LM-01833 935
103. Deplorable Condition of Muslim Women at Higher

Educational Level in U.P: A Comparable Study Among
Major Religious Groups In India
SahiyaAmin. AM-23472 943
104. Naxal Movement and Issues of Tribal De

Odisha (1960-2010)
Priyadarshi Kar, LM-02015 953
105. Demographical Status of Tribal Population in

Contemporary India: A study of Tribal Population
Jharkhand with Special Reference to Census Rep
(1991,2001,2011)
Dinesh Narayan Verma, AM- 161 25 962
106. Decoding the Political Narratives of Bihar in Terms of

Caste Identity as Seen the Election of 201 5
Jayant Kumar, LM-2087 & Kala Bakhala,AM-25357 969
107. At Economic Crossroads: Gender Dynamics in

Karbianglong, Assam
Mahua Bhattacharjee, AM-26561 976
108. List of other Papers Presented 981
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109. Appendix I: Minutes of the Meeting of the

1 10. Appendix 11: Minutes of the Business Meeting 1012
111. Annexur: Resolution 1014
1 1 2. Appendix 111: Report of the Secretary 1015
113. Appendix IV: Treasurer's Report 1017
1 14. Appendix V: Join Secretary Report 1019
115. Appendix VI: Comprehensive History of India Socie
116. Appendix VII: List of Life Members 1029
117. Appendix VHI: List of Ordinary Members 1061
1 17. Appendix IX: List of Institutioanl Memebrs 1075

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An Approach to the Study of Morphology of Selected

The Pull Towards the Coast: Politics and Polity in India

3. Forest Dwellers in the Early Puranas : A Study of the

5. Gupta over lordship of the Western Coast of Indi

9. Corporate Institutions During the Classical Age

13. New Found Imitation Kushana Coin Hoard From Ayatan

18. 'Portable' images (Buddhist) from Gandhara

20. Religious Life under the Chandellas

Artisans In Medieval Inida: Through Nagari Inscriptions

24. Nadu as the State Agent in Early Medieval Karnataka

31. Concubinage in the Royal Rajput Household of Marwar

40. Urban Houses and Building Use in Mughal India

42. Gardens in Mughal Gujarat

44. Equality and Caste among Eighteenth-Century Sik

Nationalism, Social Change and Regional Identity in

60. Discipline and Punishment in the Madras Army under

61 . Occupational Caste Groups and Madras Army

69. Trial and Martyrdom of Dhingra: Reaction of Press

79. Gender and Education in Arya Samaj

83. The Muslim Elite of Bihar and their Responses to th

84. Rabindranath Tagore's Perception of the Sikhs in History

92. A Nose Lost and Honour Regained: The Indian Met

The Discourse on Asia and Asianism in Early Twentieth

97. Religion in Pre-Islamic Indonesia

106. Migrant Women: From Village to Col

107. From Nationalism to Interatioanlism: Pan

Medieval Archaeology: A Fresh Perspective

108. Post Urban H

V.P. Devadas, AM- 16878, Manjeri 1 172

111. Locating the 'Neolithic' A Comparative Study of

114. Regional Water Management: A Case Study of S

The Changing Role of the News Media in Contemporary

124. Historical Perspectives of the Electoral Reforms in India

135. Gender Disparity in Wages among Agricultural L

137. The Changing Portrayal of Wives in Hindi C

139. The Genesis and the Working of the Sahitya Akademi:

Tamil Sangam People and their Coexistence with Nature

Origin of the Videhas

The Veraval Inscription (1264 A.D.) of Chaalukya-

Var Raja Amar Singh

Mapping Tiwa (Lalung) Settlements in Pre-Colonial

Management Strategies of Rajaraja I, Chola in the

History of Telecommunication in Madras Presidency -

Tribal Communities of Chotanagpur and the First War of

A Historical Study on the Reports of United Nations

List of Other Papers Presented 1 533

Appendix II: Minutes of the Annuai Business Meeting 1560

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Historical Geography of Ancient and Medieval India: A

Irrigation and Agriculture in Ancient India