Synopsis Puraratna: Emerging Trends in Archaeology, Art, Anthropology, Conservation and History (In Honour of Shri Jagat Pati Joshi), Former Director Genral, Archeolgical Survey of India. The contributors have in his honour tried to deal into as much as possible in the arenas rainging over historical, conservation, Anthroplogy, Archaeology, Art, History and thought Literature and Historigraphy with the hope that it will leave an imprint on the minds of its readers and adds to their knowledge in a systematic and Archaeological order so as to avoid confusion and reveals the maximum to them.