Synopsis The present book unusually runs into five volumes comprising nearly 175 papers dealing with the recent findings and interpretation relating to Literature; Archaeology: Prehistory and protohistory, Rock Art, Early and Historical Cultures, Marine Archaeology, Science & Conservation; Architecture & Sculpture; Epigraphy & Numismatics; History; Religion & Philosophy. This book will attract the scholars, students and laymen alike.

The papers are by a host of eminent scholars such as the Professors and Archaeologists, Dr. A.K. Sharma, Dr. A.K. Shastry, Dr. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, Dr. Ambika Patel, Dr. Alok Tripathi, Anant N. Joshi, Dr. Anup Mishra, Dr. Arundhati Banerji, Dr. B. Narasimhaiah, Dr. B.B. Lal, Dr. B.R. Mani, Dr. Brahmanand Deshpande, Dr. C. Margabandhu, Mr. C.B. Patil, Dr. C.P. Uniyal, Dr. C.S. Vasudevan, Dr. Chandrashekhar Gupta, Dr. Chithra Madhavan, Dr. Choodamani Nanda Gopal, Dr. D. Dayalan, Dr. D.P. Agarwal, Dr. D.P. Dubey, Dr. D.P. Tewari, Dr. Devendra Handa, Dr. G.L. Badam, Dr. G. Kamalakar, Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah, Dr. Haripriya Rangarajan, Dr., I.K. Bhatnagar, Dr. I.K. Sarma, (Late) Dr. J. Varaprasada Rao, Dr. J.N. Pal, (Late) Shri J.P. Joshi, Dr. K Kusuma Bai Reddy, Dr. K. Paddayya, Dr. K. Rajan, Dr. K. Rama, Dr. K.K. Muhammed, Dr. K.M. Bhadri, Dr. K.M. Suresh, Shri K.N. Dikshit, Dr. K.P. Rao, Dr. K.S. Shukla, Dr. K.V. Raman, Dr. Kamala Hampana, Shri Keladi Venkatesh Jois, (Late) Shri L.S. Rao, (Late) Dr. M. Ilyas Quddusi, Dr. M. Nambirajan, Mr. (Late) M.C. Joshi, Dr. M.D. Sampath, Dr. M.D.N. Sahi, Dr. M.G.S. Narayanan, Dr. M.K. Dhavalikar, Mr. M.M. Upadhyaya, (Late) Shri M.N. Deshpande, Dr. M.S. Krishna Murthy, Mr. M.V. Visweswara, Dr. Michel Danino, Dr. Nupur Desgupta, Dr. P. Chenna Reddy, Dr. P. Rajendran, Dr. P.N. Narasimhamurthy, Dr. P.P. Joglekar, Dr. P.S. Joshi, Dr. P.V. Parabarhma Sastry, Dr. Phanikant Mishra, Prof. Purushottam Singh, Dr. R. Nagaswamy, Dr. R.C. Agarwala, Dr. R.C. Misro, Dr. R.K. Mohanty, Dr. R.K. Sharma, (Late) Dr.l R.V. Joshi, Dr. Rajaram Hegde, Dr. Ratan Parimoo, Mr. Robert G. Bednarik, Dr. S. Nagaraju, Dr. S. Rama Krishna Pisipaty, Dr. S. Srinath, Dr. S.B. Ota, Dr. S.G. Samak, Dr. S.N. Rajguru, (Late) Dr. S.P. Gupta, Dr. S.V.P. Halakatti, Dr. S.V. Venkateshaiah, Dr. Sadasiba Pradhan, Dr. Shankar Goyal, Dr. Shereen Ratnagar, Dr. Sila Tripati, Dr. Srinivas V. Padigar, Ms. Sunanda Srivastava, Dr. V.D. Misra, Dr. V.N. Misra, Dr. Vasant Shinde, Dr. Vibha Tripathi, Dr. Vidula Jayaswal, and many more.