Mythical Animals In Indian Art

by K. Krishana Murthy

Overview

Mythical Animals In Indian Art
by K. Krishana Murthy

This book, entitled Mythical Animals in Indian Art, is the outcome of a comprehensive study of the kaleidoscopic variety of mythical animals known from the 2nd century BC to the 6th-7th centuries AD. This fascinating study is the first of its kind and offers an authentic account of such animals, ihamrigas, in ancient India.

Mythical creatures categorized under three heads-aerials, terrestrial and aquatic depending on their locomotion and habitat, form and subject matter of this study.

The indigenous traits and foreign impact reflected in the animals are ably visualized. To achieve this end, the sculptures of Barhut, Sanchi, Amaravati, Nagarjunakonda and Mathura, and the murals of Ajanta, supplemented by literary data, have been brought within the compass of the study.

Written in a simple and lucid style, this book about ihamrigas is sure to become a standard indological text. Its fascination lies in the intense cultural interest the subject inevitably generates.

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940012193933
Publisher:	Apps Publisher
Publication date:	02/14/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Dr K. (Konakondal) Krishna Murthy, MA, Ph D, D Litt, FRAS (London), is Professor and Head of the Department of History and Indian Culture and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthinilayam, Andhra Pradesh.

After his early collegiate education at Government Arts College, Anantapur, Prof Krishna Murthy took BA (Honours) and MA degrees from Andhra University and was a Research Fellow at the University of Madras.

He was awarded Ph D in 1970 by Nagpur University for his thesis Life under the Ikshvakus as depicted in the Nagarjunakonda Sculptures.

In 1983, for his treatise The Gandhara Sculptures-A Cultural Survey Nagpur University awarded him the degree Doctor of Letters. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 1972.

Prior to his joining as professor in 1982, Dr Krishna Murthy was Superintending Archaeokogist, Archaeological Survey of India, South Eastern Circle, with headquarters in Hyderabad. He joined the Archaeological Survey of India in 1954 and rose to become Superintending Archaeologist and was associated with the Archaeological Survey for almost three decades. He was actively associated with and was in charge of some of the most important archaeological explorations and the exeavations - the Indus Valley site excavation at Surkotda and Kalibangab and the excavation of Buddhist sites at Salihundam,Kotturu, Nagarjunakonda, Anaravati, Kalingapatnam in  Andhra Pradesh.

Dr Krishna Murthy, a dedicated scholar of eminence and a prolific writer, has so far contributed well over 100 research papers to various journals of international repute.

He has specialised in Indian art and architecture, iconography, art history archaeology and Buddhist studies. His forte is the material culture of ancient India, on which he has brought out a seties of sketches.

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