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Contents: Contributors An Academic Profile of Dr. Claudine Bautze-Picron. 1. Tekttha, Paschim Raghunathpur : Hitherto Unknown Early Historic Site in Naogaon District of Bangladesh / Bulbul Ahmed. 2. The Buddha, the Temple and the Tree : Observations and Notes on the "Rammala Stele"/ Gerald Kozicz. 3. Geography, Religion and Social Life of Bengal as Reflected in Some Inscriptions / Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq. 4. The Rhinoceros on Terracotta Temples and in Jungles of West Bengal and Bangladesh / Kees Rookmaaker and John Edwards. 5. Rabindranath Tagore's Srimati Painting / Ursula Bickelmann. 6. Writing the Material Life of the People of Early Historic Bengal from Sculptures as Texts (up to c. 4-5th Centuries CE) / Krishnendu Ray. 7. Calcutta, the Duke of Edinburgh, Sawai Ram Singh of Jaipur and T. Murray / Joachim K. Bautze. 8. The Dharmarajika Stele Revisited / Heinrich Poell. 9. A Nepalese Metal Image of the Pancaraksa Goddess Mahamayuri in the Bangladesh National Museum / Gerd J. R. Mevissen. 10. Tracing the Archaeological Notions of Birat Raja's Dhibi in Sirajganj, Bangladesh through Systematic Archaeological Exploration / Md. Rifat-Ur-Rahman. 11. Facets of Saivism in the Kamata-Kuchbehar Region of North Bengal / K. Mavali Rajan and Binay Barman. 12. The Human Sphere: Comparative Analysis of Sponsor Images in the Jaina Caves of Ellora / Rob Linrothe. 13. Representation of Lions in Indian Monumental Architecture / Dhriti Ray. 14. Surya Sculptures in Kamakhya: A Glimpse of Artistic Evolution of Surya Sculpture in Assam / Priyanka Tamta and Sukanya Sharma. 15. Some Early Medieval Vishnu Images from Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal / Rangan Kanti Jana. 16. Architectural Thoughts Within Archaeology: A Case Study of the 19th Century Indian Subcontinent / Swati Ray, Arkaprava Sarkar and Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay. 17. Rethinking the Antiquity of Mahisamardini in Bengal in the Light of a Recent Archaeological Discovery / Gourav Debnath. 18. Starting With "The World's Debt to Buddha" / Janice Leoshko. 19. A Unique Dvitirthi Jaina Image from Ramkrishna Mission Vidyapith Museum, Purulia, West Bengal / Shubha Majumder. 20. Documentation of Motifs on Manipuri Sari of Bangladesh: A Preliminary Study / Ridita Tasmin. 21. A Preliminary Study of Two Mosques of Gobindaganj Upazila, Gaibandha District / Maliha Nargis Ahmed and Azmaree Afrin. 22. Traditional Cuisine of Bengal-The Living Material Culture and Its Changes and Associations through the Ages / Mahua Chakrabarti. 23. Kartikkeya and the Fertility Cult of Bengal / Rohini Kar. 24. The Vehicles of Nine Planetary Deities Depicted on Selected Stone Sculptures in Bengal and Bihar / Shilpi Dutta Maulik. 25. Semi- Precious Stone Beads of Budhigarh, Odisha : An Archaeological Encounter / Baba Mishra, Sakir Hussain and Rajesh Mohanty. 26. Archaeology of Aragarh: An Early Historical Buddhist Site / Sunil Kumar Patnaik and Sarita Nayak. 27. Teresingha Plates of Bhanuraja, Year 3 / Subrata Kumar Acharya and Sasanka Sekhar Panda. 28. Vanguards of Indian Nationalism : Rupam and the Idea of 'Greater India'; Tale of Inter-connections and Making of a Cultural Vision / Debarati Ganguly. 29. Women Donors of Brahmanical Images: A Glimpse from the Image Inscriptions of the Pre-Pala and Pala rulers of Bengal and Bihar / Noor Banu Sattar. 30. Trailokyavijaya: An Unseen Buddhist Goddess of Bihar / Ranjusri Ghosh. 31. Lost Books in People's Hands: Looking for Illustrated Buddhist Manuscripts of Odisha in Stone / Jinah Kim. 32. Simhamukha and Durga: Two Indic Tantric Mother Goddesses / Andria Loseries. 33. The Artist Who Introduced Modern Bengal to the West / Mahboob Alam. 34. Lakulisa in the Art of Bihar: Some Observations / Jalaj Kumar Tiwari. 35. Chola-Ganga-Dynasty Anantavarman Choda Gangadeva (1077-1147 CE.) / Ramadevi Shekhor. 36. Buddhist Metal Images from Tripura / Priyanku Chakraborty and Kumkum Bandyopadhyay. 37. Three Inscribed Early Medieval Images from Bihar: New Evidence on the Identity of Tentadigrama as Tetrawan / Nicolas Revire and Rajat Sanyal. 38. Rajmahal Jami Mosque: An Intermixture of Architectural Style in Mughal Bengal / Abu Bakkar Siddique. 39. Situating the Nauvyavaharajivins and Kaivarttas in the Rural Settlements of Early Medieval Assam / Suchandra Ghosh. 40. Some New Information of Samatata/Dhaka Copperplate Inscription of Vainyagupta, Gupta Era 184 (504 AD) / Rudra Prosad Samaddar. 41. An Unpublished and Newly Found Arya-Ashtamahabhaya-Tara from Varendra Research Museum : The Iconographic Study / Sharmin Rezwana and Chand Sultana Ratna. 42. Benevolent Activities in the Light of the Inscriptions of Sultanate Bengal / Md. Abdur Rob. 43. Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar's Last Two Years in Delhi, Exile in Rangoon and Death: A Tragic History (1857-1862 AD) / S M Saiful Islam. 44. Purnakalasa in the Art of Sarnath: An Attempt at Religio-Aesthetic Analysis / Sreyashi Ray Chowdhuri. 45. Tentatively Listed Two Promising UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Bangladesh: Some Observations and Prospects of the Present Heritage Management Scenario / Mohammad Niamul Huda, Md. Mahmudul Hasan Khan and Md. Sadequzzaman. 46. Silk Banner: An Important Commodity of Buddhist Ritualistic Art / Sudipa Ray Bandyopadhyay. 47. Representation of Kinnara-Kinnari on Terracotta Plaques of Bangladesh (4th to 12th Century AD) / Muhammed Shohrab Uddin and Most. Taslima Akter. 48. Sinless's Piety: A Recently Recovered Inscribed Vajratara Mandala from Pachna Hill, Bihar / Elora Tribedy. 49. Parnasavari Images Discovered in Bangladesh: A Review of Iconographic Features of this Variety of Sculpture / Tahmidun Nabi and Nusrat Jahan Kanan. 50. Impact of Architectural Activities in the Socio-Religious Environment of Early Medieval Buddhist Monasteries of Bengal / Md. Nasir Uddin (Mobin). 51. Early Use of Iron in Bangladesh / AKM Khademul Haque.