Essay name: Scythian Elements in early Indian Art
Author:
Swati Ray
Affiliation: University of Calcutta / Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture
This essay studies Scythian Elements in early Indian Art—a topic that has not garnered extensive scholarly attention. Although much research has focused on various aspects of Saka/Scythian culture, such as politics and numismatics, their contribution to Indian art remains underexplored. This essay delves into archaeological evidence, historical texts, and art forms from Eurasian steppes to decipher the Scythian impact.
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Amita Ray for initiating me to the subject. I am equally beholden to Dr.
Rupendrakumar Chattopadhyay, for his constant encouragement,
support and advice. To anyone who has been of any help whom we
inadvertently omitted to mention here, we extend our apology as well as
sincere thanks.
In course of my research I have used different libraries and
museums. Here, special mention may be made of the National Library,
Kolkata, Indian Museum, Kolkata, Centre for Archaeological Studies and
Training, Kolkata, the library of the Department of Ancient Indian
History and Culture, University of Calcutta, and the library of the
Government Sanskrit College, Kolkata. I have also used the libraries of
the Alliance Française, Kolkata, and Gorky Sadan, Kolkata, etc.
The thesis has been typed by my elder brother, Dr.Kshounish
Sankar Ray. I am specially grateful for his constant support. I am also
grateful to Sri Suman Chowdhury and to my former student, Sri Samir
Chattopadhyay for their help. I am also grateful to Sri Sayan
Bhattacharya and Sri Parthasarathi Sarkar, proprietor of M/s. Desktop
Printers for giving a finishing touch to the get-up of the thesis.
