Bibliographical Notes

Summary

The bibliographical notes section offers a catalogue of new books and reports on Indian history, art, language and religion published over the past year. It begins with G. Yazdani’s Ajanta Part III (Oxford University Press, 1947), which presents text and plates of the celebrated cave murals. Earnest Mackay’s second edition of “Early Indus Civilisation” summarises excavations at Mohenjo‑daro and Harappa. Bisheswaranath Reu’s “Coins of Malar” catalogues Mauryan numismatics, while G. Yazdani’s “Bidar—Its History and Monuments” describes the architecture of the Bahmani capital. Reports on prehistoric excavations at Jungad by Khwaja Muhammad Ahmad and on rock‑cut monuments of Kurnool provide new archaeological data. A lexicon of Travancore inscriptions and a catalogue of the Anup Sanskrit Library compiled by C. K. Raja and K. Madhava Sarma aid epigraphists and researchers. Works on Gupta art (V. S. Agrawal), Vastusastriya architecture (T. Bhattacharya) and the history of Sanskrit lexicography are also noted. The list continues with studies on dance and music, such as A. Coomaraswamy’s “Dance of Śiva,” O. C. Gangoly’s “Rāgas and Rāginīs” and Vasudeo Upadhyaya’s book on musical metres. It mentions translations and editions of Sanskrit classics, including Louis Renou’s “La Grammaire de Pāṇini” and C. Kunhan Raja’s “Candrālakṣaṇa,” as well as a draft constitution of India written in Sanskrit verse by the same scholar. Dictionaries of scientific and administrative terminology by R. Gopa and N. G. Karve, as well as by R. C. Gujrat, provide linguistic resources. Books on ancient Indian education (Radha Kumud Mookerji), Indian mathematics and Vedic ritual, and socio‑legal works such as Bhudeva Mukherji’s study of the Gupta empire are cited. The notes also mention works on yoga and philosophy, including M. Eliade’s “Technique of Yoga,” and translations of Buddhist texts by Vidushkaushar Bhattacharya. A French encyclopaedic work on Dharmaśāstra, books on Hindu psychology and Indo‑Chinese studies and a Pali edition of the Avadānaśataka are listed. By compiling these diverse publications, the notes help scholars keep track of recent literature across disciplines. The breadth of topics—from archaeology and art history to musicology and philology—reflects the vibrancy of mid‑20th‑century Indological research and provides a valuable bibliographical resource for researchers and students.