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This volume in honour of Dr. R.C. Agrawal collages twenty-six original research papers arranged under two sections: eight on early historical archaeology and eighteen on Buddhist art and architecture.

The first section, Early Historical Archaeology, includes fascinating results from the recent excavations at Gottiprolu, Sarnath and Talagunda; discussion on the significance of terracotta tablets from Ghoghamba; early historical urban centres in Karnataka; early settlement pattern in Gujarat; pan-Indian maritime trade and its ramifications in artistic delineations and; archaeology and history of trade centres in India and its borderlands.

The second section, Buddhist art and architecture, comprises of diverse themes like the assessment of sculptural traditions of Pitalkhora caves; cupid motif in Gandhara art; Buddha’s nativity visuals in Sannati; interesting relics from Rajaghatta; visual depiction of Jataka stories from Aihole; art and architectural manifestations – stupas, viharas and monastic complexes and diverse images in stone and metal, in Odisha, Northeast, Jharkhand besides its glimpses in Tamil Nadu; new-fangled interpretation of metal image of Sirpur as Mahamayuri Vidyarajni; Buddhist vestiges on the trade routes; pilgrim routes in early eastern India; syncretic Buddhist images from eastern India; Sadaksari Lokesvara and his art forms in Bihar; Tara Bhagavati and her cult in Karnataka; spiritual meaning of Buddhist symbols, Francis Buchanan and his Buddhist encounters and Indian influence in Chinese esthetics etc.