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A gigantic icon with unusual iconographic features, comprising human heads and various animal forms as body components was discovered more than a decade ago from Tala (District Bilaspur). This image is a masterpiece example of uniqueness hitherto unknown.
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Riddle of Indian Iconography (Zetetic on Rare Icon from Tala)
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Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket is rubbed, scuffed and lightly scratched. Some worn patches on jacket back cover. Cover is lightly smudged and sunned around edges. Spine is bumped. Cover is separated from text block along spine, but binding is tight. Previous owner's ink inscription on front endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 2047054
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Riddle of Indian Iconography
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents: Foreword. Prologue. Introduction: 1. Territory of Daksina Kosala.2. Historical introduction. 3. Art of Daksina Kosala. 4. Art heritage of tala. Papers: 1. The image of Siva from tala: issues in identification and interpretation of symbols therein/L.S. Nigam. 2. Thoughts about a remarkable sculpture from tala/Joanna Williams. 3. An enigmatic image of Siva/Kalyan Kumar Dasgupta. 4. Too late to tala/Michael W. Meister. 5. Rupa Yaksa : unique icon/unique identification/Doris Meth Srinivasan. 6. A polycephalus image from tala : analysis and identification/I.K. Sarma. 7. An enigmatic giant from tala/Hans Bakker. 8. An enigmatic statue from tala/R.C. Agrawala. 9. Saivite gana statue from tala/P.K. Agrawala. 10. Identity of unique sculpture from tala/Chandrashekhar Gupta. 11. A mysterious sculpture from tala : a rare form a Varuna/L.S. Rao. 12. Composite Tantric Yogic figure of Mahakala and Mahakali/Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo. 13. Tala icon : a comprehensive attempt of its identification/ Rahul Kumar Singh. 14. A classical icon from tala/G.L. Raikwar. Epilogue. Selected bibliography on tala. From the prologue: "The rare icon, generally known as image of Siva, was discovered from tala, on 17th January 1988. The image attracted the attention of scholars and general inquisitives, due to its gigantic size and peculiar depictions. The renowned art historian Professor Pramod Chandra, who was present during the clearance of the image, then expressed, "The image will be a problem for iconographists for a century at least". Seller Inventory # 617
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Riddle of Indian Iconography (Zetetic on Pare Icon from Tala)
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj. Riddle of Indian Iconography (Zetetic on Pare Icon from Tala). Book. Seller Inventory # I8807