Bansi Lal Malla & V.H. Sonawane (Ed.)

Dr. Bansi Lal Malla, an art historian, is associated with the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. His areas of interest include both classical and vernacular traditions. He has been associated with the IGNCA-UNESCO-UNDP project on ?Village India?. Dr. Malla is the author of a number of books including The Sculptures of Kashmir, Vaisnava Art and Iconography of Kashmir, Trees in Indian Art Mythology and Folklore, Conservation of Rock Art (ed.), Cosmology and Cosmic Manifestations: A Study in Shaiva Art and Thought of Kashmir (in press) and of a number of research articles published in professional journals. Dr. Malla has participated in a number of national and international conferences/workshops and has widely travelled in India, France, Italy and Iran in connection with his field studies and conferences. Currently, Dr. Malla is engaged in the survey, documentation and study of Indian rock art and also in Himalayan studies. Prof. V.H. Sonawane retired as Professor of Archaeology from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, where he was also the Director of Field Archaeology. He has 36 years of experience during which he extensively worked on various aspects of prehistoric, protohistoric and historic archaeology besides rock art including the discovery of more than 100 Harappan and Chalcolithic settlements and several rock art sites in Gujarat. Prof. Sonawane was also the coordinator of the UGC-SAP (Phase-I: 2002-07) at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Maharaja Sayajirao University. He has completed a project on the ?Investigation of Rock Art of Western India with Specific Reference to Gujarat? and presently working on ?Symbolism of Rock Art in India?. Prof. Sonawane has presented a number of papers in various national and international seminars and almost 100 of his articles/ research papers have been published in national and international journals.