ISBN10: 8173053073, ISBN13: 9788173053078, [publisher: Aryan, New Delhi] Hardcover Contents Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Ganesa. 3. Vishnu. 4. Vishnu's incarnatory forms. 5. Siva. 6. Sakti. 7. Surya. 8. Syncretistic images. 9. Miscellaneous icons. 10. Buddhist images. 11. Jaina images. Select bibliography. Index. This book is the outcome of sustained interest occasional surveys and researches in the archaeological and cultural heritage of Haryana by the author during the last four decades. The very strategic location of Haryana on the route connecting India with the western world made it a rendezvous of the east and west and also a state to bear the brunt of all alien incursions from the early historic to medieval times. The medieval iconoclastic hordes demolished all religious edifices and tried to destroy all icons and images that came their way. What survived was very little. When the present state of Haryana was carved out of Punjab as a result of reorganization in November 1966 it was almost terra incognito as far as sculptures are concerned. A short stint as the Deputy Director of the State Department of Archaeology and Museums in the eighties of the last century provided the author an opportunity not only to undertake exploratory tours and discover the things himself but also to have a first hand knowledge of what was discovered by others and existed in different holdings institutional and personal. The present work lists about two hundred sites which ...

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