Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology

The Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology is situated within the Mahatma Jyotiba Fuley Education Society Campus and comprises of a Departmental building and a Museum. At present the subject offers a Post Graduate Degree (MA) Course in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology. The duration of the course is Two Years (Four Semesters). The Third and Fourth Semesters provide an option between Group A- Archaeology and Group B- Culture. The intake capacity of students/ semester is 15

Courses offered

2 Years (Four Semester) P.G. Degree M.A. Course in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology (In Third and Fourth Semester has two groups as Archaeology & Culture)

Eligibility for Admission

=> Graduate in any discipline from the RTM Nagpur University or any other university recognized as equivalent thereto.
=> Graduates from other Universities seeking admission to the M. A. course in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, are required to obtain an Eligibility Certificate from RTM Nagpur University and submit original documents along with Migration Certificate.

Procedure for Admissions:
=> Application forms for admission may be obtained on payment of Rs. 45/- each from the office of the PGTD Humanities, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Amaravati Road, Nagpur.
=> Duly filled forms must be submitted to the Department along with true copies of the mark sheets of UG examinations.
=> The admission list will be prepared merit-wise and category-wise and displayed on the Notice Board of the Department.
=> The shortlisted candidates shall be interviewed by an Expert appointed by the University.
=> Upon selection, the candidates will be required to submit their original college leaving certificate and deposit the admission fee in the Account Section on or before the last date of admission declared by the University.

Research

List of Ph.D. Completed by Faculty and Research Scholars since the Establishment of the Department:-

Sr. No	Name of the Scholar	Topic	Year of Award
1	Shastri, A. M.	Studies in the Brihatsamhita of Varahamihira	1962
2	Varma, O. P.	The Yadavas anand Their Times	1967
3	Reddy, Y. G.	The Kakatyas and Their Age	1967
4	Nema, S. R.	The Political History of the Somavamsi kings of South-Kosala and Orissa	1969
5	Krishnamurthy, K	Life under the Ikshvakus as depicted in the Nagarjunkonda Sculptures	1970
6	Arunkumar	Post-Harappan Chalcolithic Cultures of Western India and the Deccan	1972
7	Mahajan Malati	Development of Material Culture in India from about the 6th century BC to 320 AD	1972
8	Rao, V. V.	Prehistoric and Proto-Historic Flora and Fauna in India	1973
9	Margabandhu, C.	Material Culture of Central and Western India and the Deccan	1973
10	Patankar, Bhanjibhai	Kailasa : A Cultural Study	1973
11	Sahasrabudhe, Nandini	Life in ancient India as Depicted in the Kushana Art of  Mathura	1974
12	Singh, H. N	Black & Red Ware Pottery : A Cultural Study	1974
13	Risaldar, Y.K.	The Varangacarita of Jatasimhanandin : A Cultural Study	1974
14	Gupta, C. S.	Cultural History of Vidarbha (600 BC to 600 AD)	1976
15	Sen, Manju1976	Socio-Economic Conditions of Maharashtra
16	Gupta, L. N.	Mahabharat : A Social Study	1977
17	Jawaharlal, G.	Jainism in Andhra (As Depicted in Inscriptions)	1978
18	Prasad, P.R.K.	The Cultural Content of the Sunga-Satavahana Art	1979
19	Kakde, V.T.	The Female Figure in the Art of Ajanta, Ellora & Elephanta Caves	1979
20	Deshpande, Madura	Iconography of Siva in Maharashtra (from 3rd c.A.D. to 13th c. A.D.)	1981
21	I. Kellellu	Karnataka Temples : Their Role in Socio-Economic Life	1981
22	Meshram, P.S.	Material Cultures as Depicted in Early Caves of Maharashtra State	1983
23	Rao, G. Satyanarayan	The Telugu Cholas of Kanduri : A Study of History & Arts	1983
24	Rao, K. Pulla	Megalithic Culture in Andhra Pradesh & Maharashtra	1984
25	Katkar Narmada	Cultural History of Ancient Maharashtra	1985
26	Mane, Ganpat K	Megalithic Cultures in the Deccan	1986
27	Lanjewar Vijay M	Cave Paintings of Pachmarhi	1986
28	Dayalan	Early Medieval Temples of Tamilnadu : Their Role in Socio-Economic Life	1990
29	Sinha Tapti	A Study of Guilds of North Western and Central India Based on Numismatics and Epigraphy	1991
30	Sathi, S. M	Temples of Kerala : Socio-Economic Analysis (800 c. A.D. to  1200 c. AD)	1992
31	Gupta, S.S.	Date of Rock Shelter Paintings of Central India	1992
32	Trivedi Preety	Classification of Architectural & Sculptural styles of North India	1993
33	Vasudevan, S.	Temple of Andhra Pradesh : A Socio-Economic Analysis (400  AD – 1300 AD)	1995
34	Girhe Khusal M.	,Architectural & Planning under the Bhosles of Nagpur	1995
35	Deshpande, Brahmanand S.	Studies in the Rashtrakuta Inscriptions	1996
36	Phadke, P.N.	Iron Age & Migration in India (up to 300 A.D.)	1997
37	Shende, G.T.	Ancient Indian Ornaments: A Cultural Study (600 B.C.- 300 A.D.)	1999
38	Khobragade, P. M.	Archaeology of  Wardha District	2001
39	Deulgaonkar, Reeta	Hingalajgadh (Distt. Mandsaur) Ke Parmar Shilpa Ka Adhyayan	2004
40	Borkar, R.R.	Archaeology of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli	2004
41	C.N.Choppawar	Vishawkarma Samaj : Ek Sanskritik Adhayan	2005
42	Murai, Poornima D	Jainisam in Vidarbha	2005
	Naranje, Manohar V	Archaeology of Bhandara and Gondia District	2005
43	Sonone, Prashant P	Vidarbha Ka Sanskritika Itihas	2008
44	Gajbhiye, Manikchand	Shudra Purvi Koun Hote? Dr. Ambedkar Likhit Granthache Punarmulyankan	2008
45	Dhawde Mahendra	Bhartiya Tailik Samaj: Ek Adhayan	2009
46	Sahu, Prabash	A Study of Faunal Representations on Chalcolithic Pottery in India	2010
47	Gedam, Vijay	Household Articles in Ancient Deccan	2010
48	Swarnakar, Vasant	Amarkosh ka Sanskritik Adhyayan
49	Ganvir, Shrikant	Depiction of Yaksha and Nagas in Buddhist Art- A Study	2011
50	Sharma, Varsha	Studies in Silver Punch Marked Coins of India	2012
51	Wankhede, Omkar	Madhya Ganga Ghati Kshetra me Buddha Dhrama ka Puratattvik Anushilan (600 BC to 300 AD)	2012
52	Sarvesh Jagannath Nandrekar	Mother Goddess Cult at Paithan in the Early Historic Period	2012
53	Wankhede, W. A.	Buddhist Terracottas in Middle Ganga Valley-A Study	2012
54	Upadhyay, Vishi	Study of Coinage of Dakshina Kosala : (From Punch-Marked to Kalchuri Period)	2013
55	Ambekar, Abhijit S	An assessment of role of Artillery : A Case Study of  Portuguese Rule in India	2013
56	Upasani, Arvind  H	Travel & Tourism in Ancient India:     (c. 6th Century B.C. To c. 10th Century A.D.)	2013
57	Hatekar, Shraddha D	Ayurveda- An Archaeological Study	2014
58	Rangari, Shilpa S	Vaishnav Dharm me Buddha	2014
59	Verma, S. P.	Prachin Bharat aur Nepal ke Rajnitik Sambandh- Lichhavi Kal Tak	2014

Facilities

=> Computer Lab
=> Library with maps, 4000 books and 2000 thousand journals
=> LCD & OHP Projectors for use as teaching aids
=> Departmental Museum with display of antiquities retrieved from excavations
=> Equipment for Excavations, Explorations and related work like Photography, Surveying and Drawing etc

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