About the author (Shantilal Nagar)

The author, a graduate of the Punjab University, served in the curatorial capacity in the Central Asian Antiques Museum, Nalanda, the Archaeological Section of the Indian Museum, Calcutta for a number of Years. He has to hi credit the scientific documentation of over fifty thousand antiquities the rich cultural heritage of the country and comprising of sculptures bronzes, terracotta’s, beads, seals and sealing, ancient Indian numismatics, wood work, miniatures and paintings textiles and Pearce collection of gems, ranging from the earliest times to the late medieval period. He was awarded, in 1987,a fellowship, for his monograph on the Temples of Himachal Pradesh by the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.

He has been working on the Indian Art, Culture and literature and his more than seventy works have already been published.