Asian History and Indology Asityana- Commemoration Volume of Late Professor C. Mani (Set of 2 Volumes)

Asitayanai Asitayana in honour of Late Prof. C. Mani coC. Mani containing seventy papers encompas encompassed in three volumes and emies and envisioned in five sections canvasesns canvases a vast spectrum of Asian History aan History and Indic Studies besides reminisces reminiscences form some of his close friend close friends, admirers and associates who alates who always held Prof. Mani in high esteem.

The firs The first volume on archaeology dealeology deals with Harappa Culture in Indiare in India and its border lands in north-w in north-west to Iron Age Communities in punities in peninsular India including urbanling urbanization and its ramifications in evictions in early Punjab. The second manifests manifests the pan Indian art and architecnd architectural traditions and their in their interpretations beginning with Pruning with Protohistoric art to the Colonial times reflecting Shaivism, vism, Vaishnavism, Buddhism and Jahism and Jainism themes as well as Islamic hes Islamic heritage. The third volumes discourses epigraphy and paleographypaleography, numismatics, religion, philosoon, philosophy, literature, heritage manage management and tourism, musm, museums and conservation etc.

Prof. C. Mani (b. 1923) bani (b. 1923) began his carrier in the Central Hthe Central Hindi Directorate (New Delhi) but w Delhi) but soon joined as the Assistant Editor fcistant Editor for the prestigious project of Hroject of Hindi Visvakosha in the Nagari Prache Nagari Pracharani Sabha (Varanasi) and thereafte and thereafter he taught English to Tibetan studen Tibetan students for some years at Sarnath/ Varanaarnath/ Varanasi. In 1968-69, Mani joined as Lecturined as Lecturer in the Central Institute of Histitute of Higher Tibetan Studies (Sarnath) whe (Sarnath) where he taught Asian History for many tory for many years even after his superannuation in erannuation in 1985. Prof. Mani has a numbeas a number of publications - monographs, enonographs, edited works and research papers arch papers - on history, Buddhist philosophy an philosophy and art to his credit.

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