Chitrakoot- An Archaeo-Religious Study
Book Specification
Item Code: | UAM508 |
Author: | Mahendra Kumar Upadhyay |
Publisher: | Kaveri Books |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2014 |
ISBN: | 9788174791467 |
Pages: | 110 (Throughout B/w Illustrations) |
Cover: | HARDCOVER |
Other Details | 9.00 X 6.00 inch |
Weight | 310 gm |
Book Description
The book is a valuable addition to the existing stock of knowledge and hoped that students and scholars of archaeology, history, geography and tourism will find this work indispensible.
Presently, he is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Culture and Archaeology at J.R.H. University, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh.
The study consists the following chapters:
i. Geographical structure
ii. Historicity and Antiquity
iii. Archaeological Sites
iv. Vaishnavism in Chitrakoot.
V. Temples, Ghats and holy places of Chitrakoot.
vi. Conclusion
In Chapter (1) an attempt has been made to throw light on the geographical structure including location, boundaries, area, tehsils, demography, hills, rivers, soils, agriculture, flora, fauna and minerals of Chitrakoot.
In Chapter (II) focus has been laid on the antiquity and historicity of Chitrakoot in the light of literary, archaeo and foreign accounts.
In Chapter (III) the archaeological characteristics of the sites such as Deokali, Siddhpur, Lalapur and Anchawara have been highlighted. In Chapter (IV) an effort has been made to study the religious features of Vaishnavism.
Book's Contents and Sample Pages