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Proposal to Encode the Sharada Script in ISO/IEC 10646
Full text linkThis is a proposal to encode the Sharada script in the international character encoding standard Unicode. This script was published in Unicode Standard version 6.1 in January 2012. Sharada is an historical script used to write Sanskrit, Kashmiri, and other languages of South Asia. It was the main inscriptional and literary script of Kashmir from 8c until 20c. The script is in limited use today by Kashmiri pandits
Urvashi Sharada at CMFRI on 12th February 2018
No full textUrvashi Sharada at CMFRI on 12th February 201
Bronze image casting in Tanjavur District, Tamil Nadu: Ethnoarchaeological and archaeometallurgical insights
Full text linkThe profusion of metal images made in the Tanjavur region, going back to the early medieval Chola
bronzes of the 9th-13th century ranks amongst the finest of Indian artistic expressions. Clusters of artistic and
artisanal activities have thrived over generations in the Tanjavur district including metalworking workshops for
bronze and bell metal casting of images and ritual objects especially around Swamimalai and Kumbakonam.
Ethnometallurgical and archaeometallurgical insights on the making of icons at Swamimalai are highlighted from
observations made over the past couple of decades, especially in relation to making comparisons with historical
practices of bronze casting going back to Chola times. Since the processes are rapidly undergoing change, to get
a better sense of the trajectory of past practices, this paper particularly aims to highlight unpublished observations
made by the author going back to her first visits in 1990-1, as background to her doctoral work (Srinivasan 1996)
and in relation to observations reported by other scholars going back to the early landmark efforts of Reeves (1962).
These observations were particularly made by the author at the workshop of late master craftsman Devasena
Sthapathy, in his time the most renowned of Swamimalai Sthapathis. His son Radhakrishna Sthapathy has now
inherited this mantle. While Levy et al (2008) give a more recent account of image casting at the workshop of
Radhakrishna Sthapathy, this paper attempts to also contextualise the previous trajectory that has not been covered
much therein. Since their workshop now goes under the name of Sri Jayam Industries, for the sake of convenience
it will be referred here by the same name
Political Ieaders of Independent India (NIAS Lecture No. L3-1999)
Full text linkThis Lecture by Sri H Y Sharada Prasad was given at NIAS on 21st January 199
The art and science of cosmic dance of shiva - the nataraja (Lecture)
Full text linkDr Sharada Srinivasan presented an illustrated lecture, elucidating and exploring the aesthetics and technique of
South Indian bronze casting and perceptions of the cosmos. Her talk tackled three unresolved issues concerning the
Nataraja bronze
Bioassay-guided isolation and biochemical characterisation of vasorelaxant compounds extracted from a Dalbergia species
Full text linkAncient Indian Metallurgy
No full textThis talk (Episode #50) by Prof Sharada Srinivasan is a part of the bimonthly programme series on Traditional Knowledge Systems - Power of Listening by Akashvani. This series attempts to touch upon the rich legacy of science, mathematics and technological practices in ancient and medieval India that serves as a bedrock for shaping our present
Faunal remains from Late Harappan Phase at Mitathal, Bhiwani District, Haryana
No full textThe modern village of Mitathal is located roughly 12 km to the southwest in the tehsil and district of Bhiwani. The ancient site (28° 53’ 31”N and 76° 10’ 8”E), with the same name, is situated approximately 1.5 km southeast of the district headquarters of Bhiwani. The site was earlier reported and subsequently excavated by Suraj Bhan in the 1960’s. Two ancient habitation mounds separated by a narrow gully were present. A vertical excavation, primarily comprising an index trench, was conducted in the centre of the main so-called citadel mound for just one season in April 2007 jointly by the Research Institute for Humanities and Nature, Kyoto, Deccan College, Pune, and, M.D. University, Rohtak. The aim was to reanalyze and revise the layers and the cultural and ceramic sequence of the site with a regional perspective. Only four layers were confi rmed and some interesting features like a furnace were exposed. The index trench yielded a considerable quantity of animal bones and a few molluscan shells. The faunal material (n=674) from this trench was classifi ed, examined, photographed and quantitatively analyzed at the Archaeozoology Laboratory at Deccan College, Pune, following the well-established internationally standardized procedure. The faunal assemblage, it was found, displayed expected diversity akin to other Harappan sites in the region. It consisted of skeletal elements of several vertebrates as well as many invertebrates. Mammals identifi ed at Mitathal included cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig, dog, and a wide spectrum of wild animals such as the wild pig, deer, antelope, porcupine, rodents and hare. The non-mammalian animals included birds, fi shes and molluscs
IPA 15-2 (Sharada): A high yielding, wilt and sterility mosaic disease resistant pigeonpea cultivar for North East Plain Zone
No full textDevelopment of improved cultivars with enhanced resistance/tolerance is an indispensable process to improve the productivity in pigeonpea. Newly released long duration pigeonpea variety IPA 15-2 (Sharada) was developed by crossing diverse parents’ viz., NDA 1 and MAL 13. The generation advancement was monitored through pedigree breeding method. The female parent NDA 1 is compact in growth habit with resistant reaction to sterility mosaic disease (SMD). While, the male parent MAL 13 is spreading and resistant to wilt disease. The variety IPA 15-2 (Sharada) was subjected to three years rigorous testing for yield stability and disease resistance under All India Coordinated Research Project on pigeonpea during 2017–18 to 2019–20. The results revealed that the weighted mean of three years grain yield over six test location was 2266 kg/ha. However, the centre Varanasi recorded highest yield of 2998 kg/ha. The variety IPA 15-2 (Sharada) offers 23.47% higher yield superiority over the national check variety Bahar and 24.38% over zonal check IPA 203 (Prakash). It is resistant to wilt (15.11%) and sterility mosaic disease (15.62%). Keeping this in view the committee on Release of Crop Variety to Central Sub-Committee on Crop Standards Notification and Release of Varieties has recommended IPA 15-2 (Sharada) for cultivation in North East Plain Zone comprising the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal
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