Journal of Bengal Art: Volume 8, The International Centre for Study of Bengal Art

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Journal of Bengal Art: Volume 8

Enamul Haque (Editor)

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A.K.M Yaqub Ali & Ruhul Kuddus Md. Salah.1. A Few Epigraphs of the Suburb of Gaur: A Study of their Content and Calligraphic Art/Claudine Bautze Picron.2. Some Observations on the Cosmological Buddhapadas at Pagan/Nazimuddin Ahmed.3. Late Buddhist Monuments of Bangladesh/S.C. Mukherji.4. Some Glimpses of Independent States in Bengal in the Gupta Period and After/Gouriswar Bhattacharya.5. An Inscribed Stone Image of the Buddhist Deity Aparajita/R. Nagaswamy.6. Vangala Desa and Ganga Nadu from Tamil Sources/Asok Datta.7. Rouletted Ware in Bengal, Its Origin, Chronology and Distribution: An Overview/Baba Mishra & Dasarathi Acharya.8. Terasingha Copper Plate of Bhanudeva Alias Dakariswara Deva of Orissa/M. C. Joshi.9. Some Aspects of the Islamic Architecture of Bengal/A.J. Gail.10. Halahala-Lokesvara A Buddhist Imitation of Hindu Uma-Mahesvara/Abul Hashem Miah.11. Archaeological Excavations at Jagaddala Mahavihara/Abu Musa.12. A Few Rare Coins of Sultans of Bengal/Jahar Acharjee.13. The Art of the Tripura Coins in Late Medieval Period/S. K. Bose.14. Numismatic Portrayal of Women in Tripura/Abul Kalam Azad.15. Bibi Chini Mosque (Betagi) Barguna: Reflection on its Architectural Features/Mandira Bhattacharya:.16. Some Images of Ganga and Yamuna from Northern Part of West Bengal/B.N. Mukherjee.17. A Survey of the Samatata and Harikela Coinages/Khoundkar Alamgir.18. An Account of the Inscriptions Found at Lal Bagh/Gourisankar De.19. Vedic Motifs and Symbols in Candraketugarh Art/Shamsul Hossain.20. Buddhist and Hindu Monuments of Chittagong/P. K. Bhattacharyya & Bedasruti Bhattacharyya.21. Exotic Buddhist Image from Early Bengal: Their Sociological Significance/Pranab K. Chattopadhyay.22. Origin of Iron Technology in Eastern India and Bangladesh/Shahnaj Husne Jahan.23. Examining Possible Existence of a Maritime Port at Kotalipada/Abdul Qadir.24. Categorisation of Mosques in Bengal into Mosques for Jumah Prayer (Al-Masjid Al-Jami) and Mosques for Panch Waqt Namaz (Masjid Lisalat Al-Khams) and Others/Anusua Sengupta Das.25. Iconographical Peculiarities of Some Buddhist Pala Images in the Indian Museum, Kolkata/Zulekha Haque.26. Early Jewellary of Bengal.

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Enamul Haque

Professor Enamul Haque had his M.A. in History (Archaeology Group) from Dhaka (1960), Diploma in Museology from London (1964) and Doctorate in South Asian Art from Oxford (1973). For three decades since 1962 he served the Dhaka Museum and rose to be the Founder Director General of the Bangladesh National Museum, developing it to be the largest Museum in the Third World. He was for a year (1990) Secretary-in-charge of the Ministry of Culture of Bangladesh. He also taught Art History, Museology and National Heritage in the universities of Dhaka and Jahangirnagar, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, and the Independent University at Dhaka. An organizer of exceptional ability, he is the Founder Chairman (since 1995) and Academic Director of The International Centre for Study of Bengal Art (ICSBA) at Dhaka, convened four International Congresses on Bengal Art (1976, 1997, 1999 and 2001) and edits the Journal of Bengal Art. He was honoured by the Asiatic Society of Calcutta with the award of the Rama Prasad Chanda Birth Centenary Medal (1993) for his "conspicuous contribution in art and archaeology of Bengal". Earlier, the Asia Society of New York honoured him by electing as their Honorary International Councilor (1986-92). He served as the President of the International Council of Museum (ICOM) Asia Pacific Organization (1983-86). Among his publications, notables are Islamic Art Heritage of Bangladesh (1983) and Bengal Sculptures: Hindu Iconography (1992), the latter being a quantitative assessment of nearly two thousand sculptures now preserved in different parts of the world.

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