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Balram Srivastava

Prof Balram Srivastava (Born in 1930), a reputed scholar of Indian Art and Culture, was mostly educated in Banaras Hindu University and obtained Ph.D. Degree from the same University in 1964. Till today he has about 14 books & 44 published Research Papers on different Indological Aspects including Arts & Aesthetics.
He started his academic career by joining the Department of Purana in the Sanskrit University, Varanasi and also acted as Founder Curator of Sanskrit University Museum, Varanasi from 1959-1964.
He joined the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Banaras Hindu University in 1964.
Under the UGC grants he explored various regions of Orissa, in search of art-material for his book on the regional idioms of Orissan Arts.
At the invitation of Nepalese Government, he explored the Vagamati Valley of Kathmandu and discovered a number of sculptural treasures higher to unknown and un-studied.
He was invited with a travel grant by the Australian National University Canberra (1969-70) to give a series of lectures on Early Mediaeval Arts and also participated in the 20th International Congress of Orientalists held in 1997.
He was a visiting fellow in the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla HP INDIA for two years where he again worked on the regional idioms of Orissan Art.
He brought out his research in his "Art of Khiching" which is widely appreciated for the reason that in this work he has fixed the chronology of Orissan Art for the first time.
He joined the Department of History of Arts, Banaras Hindu UNiversity in 1979, where in 1985 he bacame Professor of Aesthetics. He contributed in this field of Aesthetics by bringing out a book "Nature of Indian Aesthetics" in which he has attempted to determine the relationship of poetics with visual arts, particularly with reference to sculptural arts.
In 1988-89, he was invited to Wisconsin University USA to deliver a course of lectures on Indian Aesthetics with special reference to Indian Art.
In 1990 he was awarded senior fellowship of ICHR on his project "Historiography of Indian Art".
Presently he is associated with editorial board of Nagari Pracharni Patrika and UP Sanskrit Sansthanam.

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  • Cover of: Trade and commerce in ancient India, from the earliest times to c. A.D. 300

    First published in 1968 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Barhaspatya Sutram

    First published in 1990 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Pallava itihāsa aura usakī ādhāra sāmagrī

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  • Cover of: Dakshiṇa Bhārata: rājanītika aura sāṃskr̥tika itihāsa

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  • Cover of: Dakshiṇa Bhārata ka itihāsa.

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  • Cover of: Nature of Indian Aesthetics

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  • Cover of: The Art of Khiching (Heritage of Ancient India, No 8)

    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Bhartiya Itihas ki Roop Rekha: Outline of Indian History

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  • Cover of: Historiography of Indian Art: Edited

    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Iconography of Śakti: a study based on Śrītattvanidhi

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  • Cover of: Pallava itihāsa aura usakī ādhara sāmagri.

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  • Cover of: Rajendra Chola.

    First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Rupamandana

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  • Cover of: Sangitanjali: Author - Jata Shanker Lal

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  • Cover of: Sikandara Ka Akramana and Paschimottara Bharata: Alexander's invasion & Northwestern India

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  • Cover of: Nature of Indian aesthetics, with special reference to śilpa

    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The art of Khiching

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Subjects

History, Antiquities, Art, Commerce, Economic conditions, Hindu Sculpture, Hindu sculpture, Hindu symbolism, Indic Aesthetics, Indic Art, Kunst, Pallavas, Śakti (Hindu deity)

Places

India, South India, Khiching, Khiching (India)

People

Chola King Rajendra (d. 1044), Pallava dynasty (active 4th-9th centuries)

Time

To 1000

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