Indian History Congress. Sixteenth Session. List of Papers and Summaries

(a) Literary Da4a.—Hiuen Tsang's mention of Tantric pratices performed by the people of Udyana;—his frequent mention of the Pasupatas and their practices showing the wide prevalence of the sect ;—his reference to* the shrine of Bhima and that of her consort Iswaradeva (Siva) nearly in the heart of Gandhara (one of the earliest tangible evidence about the Sakti-pitha with its.Bhairava). [...] TFrE EARLY PARISAD SRI RAM SHARAN SHARMA The article seeks to throw light on the nature of the early parisad to which there are numerous references not only in the narrative portions of the Mahabharata and the Puranas but also in the original parts of the Rigveda in the Atharvaveda Brahmanas Upanisads and the Grihyasutras. [...] It is also suggested here that the Gupta era was initialed by Chandragupta II on the occasion of his accession but was reckoned from the date of the rise of the family in the time of Chandragupta I. THE DATE OF KANISHKA SRI PARMESHWARI LAL GUPTA On the basis of the nuthismatic material found at places in Eastern U. P. Behar and Orissa and in the excavations at Sisupalgarh Pataliputra and Sahet [...] Susa is described as the capital of Varuna the Indian God of the waters the sea and the cardinal point West in the Matsya the Vayu the Vishnu and other Puranas. [...] The system owes its origin to Varna the well known four orders the first clear-cut conception of which is to he found in the Twelfth Ric of the 90th hymn of the Tenth Mandala of the Rig Veda the authorship of the Sukta being ascribed to the ancient sage Narayana of the holy Badarikasrama.