Chitrakoot- An Archaeo-Religious Study

About the Book This work is a deep study of Chitrakoot form archaeo-religious aspects and highlights the personality and historicity of the region. It consists six chapters discussing with the various aspects of geographical, historical, archaeo-religious history in a new perspective. Topics like location, boundaries, demography, hills, rivers, soils, agriculture, flora, fauna, minerals, historicity, and archaeological characteristics of the sites, Vaishnavism, temples, ghats and holy spots of Chitrakoot etc. have been compressed in this book.

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.

About the Author Dr. Mahendra Kumar Upadhyay obtained his M.A. (Ancient History) and D.Phil. (2001) from Allahabad University. His field of interest is Religion and Philosophy. He has several research papers to his credit. He has attended several Seminars and Conferences at the State and national level. His other works are 'Prachin Bhartiya Rajya aur Dharam' and 'Bhartiya Kala aur Sthapatya'.

Presently, he is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Culture and Archaeology at J.R.H. University, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh.

Preface "Chitrakoot An Archaeo-Religious Study" is a deep study of Chitrakoot from archaeo-religious aspects. By this research project, I have made my best effort to highlight the personality and historicity of Chitrakoot.

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.

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