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ABOUT THE BOOK : The approach of most writers to the problems relating to Indian religions is based on literary sources; but in respect of the majority of topics discussed in the volume with the exception of the first few chapters, Prof. Sircar depends primarily on inscriptions and supplements epigraphic evidence by the testimony of literary and numismatic records wherever necessary. A few of the studies incorporated in the volume exhibit the author’s search for truth spread over a number of years.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Prof. Dines Chandra Sircar was formerly Government Epigraphist for India in the Archeological Survey of India. He was recipient of the Sir William Jones Memorial Medal of the Asiatic Society Calcutta, and was Honorary fellow of the Numismatic Society of Indai and its Akbar Medalist and a fellow of many institutions in India and abroad. Prof. Sircar has written on most aspects of early Indian history. Besides editing a large number of volumes of different types, he has published almost twenty books and monographs and more than a thousand papers, note and reviews appearing in various periodicals in India and abroad.