These commemorative volumes in honour of Prof. Ajay MitraShastri reveals his
invaluable contribution to the various branches of Indologycovering more than 40
years. Hisanalytical and critical studies of Varahamihira's Brhatsamhita
andDamodaragupta's Kuttanimatam are classics. His discoveries and
interpretations of a number of Sanskrit texts;Satavahana, Magha, Audumbara,
Yaudheya, Yadava, Vakataka and other coins;coin-forgeries; inscriptions of the
Vakatakas, Sarabhapuriyas, Panduvamsins,Somavamsins and others have shed very
welcome light on many a knotty problem ofthe history of various dynasties and
added new dimensions to their studies.
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