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Dr. S. Srikantha Sastri – A Biographical Sketch v
Acknowledgement ix
Photo Gallery x
Introduction xxiii
Ancient India 1
1.1 Aryans 3
1.2 India, the Original Home of Aryans 31
1.3 Harappa Town-Planning 33
1.4 Proto-Indic Religion 38
1.5 Hydro-Selenic Culture 130
1.6 Proto Indian Ceramics 148
1.7 Oswald Spengler on Indian Culture 161
1.8 Vrsakapi 166
2. Ancient Scripts 183
2.1 Studies in the Indus Scripts 185
2.2 Hieroglyphic “Hattili” and Proto-Indic Scripts 200
2.3 Tantric Hieroglyphics – I 217
2.4 Tantric Hieroglyphics – II 232
2.5 Tantric Hieroglyphics – III 236
2.6 Tantric Hieroglyphics – IV 252
3. Ancient India – General 267
3.1 Taxila – An Ancient Indian University 269
3.2 Kalhana’s Rajatarangini 273
3.3 Fortification in India in Olden Times 275
4. On Salivahana Era 279
4.1 Salivahana Era and Earliest Date 281
4.2 Salivahana Saka 285
4.3 Gautamiputra, Rudradama and Kaniska 287
5. Chronology and Genealogy 293
5.1 A Note on the Date of Samkara 295
5.2 The age of Samkara 298
5.3 Sri Samkara in Cambodia? 308
5.4 Date of the Mudra-raksasa 312
5.5 The Date of Jambudvipa Prajnapti Samgraha 319
5.6 The Date of Srikara Bhasya 323
5.7 The Date of the Consecration of the Image of Gommatesvara 337
5.8 The Date of Sridharacarya 345
6. Epigraphy 351
6.1 Conquests of Siladitya in the South 353
6.2 The Gangas of Talakad (525 to 725 A.D.) 354
6.3 Notes on the Belagutti Records 375
6.4 Arjunavada Inscription of Yadava Kannara: Saka 1182 387
6.5 The Uttara Kasi Pillar Inscription of Guha 395
6.6 Two Grants of Kanthirava Raja of Mysore 397
7. Jainism 413
7.1 The Original Home of Jainism 415
7.2 Jaina Traditions in Rajavali Katha 420
7.3 Bhagavan Neminatha and the Bhagavad-Gita 429
7.4 Identification of Tavanidhi 436
7.5 Some Jaina Gurus in Kannada Inscriptions 439
7.6 Vadibha Simha and Vadi Raja 454
7.7 Gommata Raya 461
7.8 Jaina Epistemology 470
7.9 Correspondence: “Siribhuvalaya” 477
8. Iconography 481
8.1 Iconography of Sri Vidyarnava Tantra 483
Index 532