The Elephant in Early Indian Art- From Indus Valley Civilization to A.D. 650 (An Old and Rare Book) Only 1 Quantity Available

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In the following pages an attempt has been made to investigate in detail the various aspects of 'The Elephant in Early Indian Art' meticulously selecting examples from the period Indus Valley civilization down to A D. 650; the study involves a search to identify elephants roles in social-religious life as well as its unique position in visual art of ancient India, Some major works, 'Animals in Indian Sculpture' by Shri Bharatha, K. Iyer, 'Birds and animals in Indian Sculp-ture' by Dr. C. Sivaramamurti, 'Animal motifs in Ancient Indian Art', by Dr. Asis Sen, 'The elephant and the lotus' by Sri V.S. Naravane, and the latest work 'Elephant in Indian Art and Mythology' by Dr. S.K. Gupta throw the light on the elephant in Art and Literature upto some extent, and some articles also favour the role of elephant in Indian Art, But the present scholar observed that scholars adopted the step-mother attitude to the elephant. That is why in the course of his investigations, the present scholar utilised relevant literary and archaeological data as far as practicable. It is believed that every aspect of elephant in early Indian art has been analysed in detail. To conclude a notion the help of a number of illustrations have been sought that supported certain views. It may be added here that in certain places the present scholar maintained different views completely from established authorities on some points. Ever since certain new materials came up for reconsiderations, I have been able to throw new light on a number of occasions that deserved more attention that it has received earlier.

I take the opportunity to express my profound respect to my early supervisor Dr. Neel Ratan Banerjee, Ex-Director, National Museum, New Delhi, who was kind enough to guide me in my investigations. The magnitude of my indebtedness to him is beyond words. My sincere thanks are also due to my supervisor Prof. Lallanji Gopal, Head of Department, Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi for his unfailing guidance throu-ghout the period of my study. I am particularly indebted to Dr. T.K. Biswas, Joint Director, Bharat Kala Bhawan, Banaras Hindu University and Dr. S.K. Srivastava, Reader-cum-Deputy Director, Bharat Kala Bhawan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi for their valuable suggestions and for taking special interests for choosing this particular topic supplying certain pertinent information during the period of my research work.

I would like to record my deep sense of gratitude to Sri O.P. Tandon, Officer on Special Duty, Bharat Kala Bhawan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, according all facilities to work in Bharat Kala Bhawan, B.H.U., Varanasi for my work.

I acknowledge with thanks the help rendered to me from time to time by Prof. V.C. Srivastava and Prof. Κ.Κ. Sinha, Department of A.I.H.C. and Archaeology, B.H.U., Varanasi.