Ancient India: History and Archaeology

by D.K. Ganguly

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• The Imperial Mauryas: Some Problems
• The Pala Kings of Bengal and Bihar 
• Side-lights on the Religious Life of Ancient Orissa
• The Satamana Metallic Currency
• Some Disquieting Features of Indian Archaeology
• Different Categories of the Brahmin Donees
• Historical Researches in West Bengal
• Professor Dines Chandra Sigar (1907-1985)
• Appendix: Orissa and Her Heritage
• Select Bibliography
• Index.

About the Author:

Dilip Kumar Ganguly, born in 1939 at Kirtipasha in Barisal district, Bangladesh, took Master degree from Calcutta University, standing first in Class I in order of merit. He joined Visva-Bharati University as a Lecturer in the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology in 1963. He obtained his doctorate from the same University in 1970, and the same year he was awarded the premchand Raychand Scholarship of Calcutta University. He was subsequently awarded the Mouat Medal for his researches on ancient Indian administration.

In 1979 he was appointed a Reader in Visva-Bharati University and is at present Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology. He presided over a section of the VIIth World Sanskrit Conference in Leiden, Holland, in 1987 and visited the universities of Berlin, Heidelberg and Tubingen in West Germany in 1990 as a Visiting Scientist. Among his important publications are The Historical Geography and Dynastic History of Orissa (Calcutta, 1975), Aspects of Ancient Indian Administration (New Delhi, 1979), History and Historians in Ancient India (New Delhi, 1984) and The Imperial Guptas and Their Times (New Delhi, 1987).