NAGARAJA RAO M.S.

Mirle Srinivasa Nagaraja Rao is a well known archaeologist of Karnataka. He has done yeoman work related to prehistoric Karnataka as also the Vijayanagara Empire and the Chalukyas of Badami. After obtaining a master’s degree from the University of Mysore he joined the Archaeological Survey of India. He served there for a long duration before retiring as the Director General of A.S.I. His pioneering work at the archaeological sites such as ‘piklihALu’, ‘tekkalakOTe’, ‘haLLUr and Vijayanagara have yilded a wealth of material. ‘Sri Nagabhinandanam’ is the felicitation volume presented to M.S.Nagaraja Rao.

Works:

1. ‘Vijayanagara: the Architectural Inventory of the Urban Core’, (with George Mitchell), Vijayanagara Research Center Series, 1990, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore.

2. ‘Vijayanagara, Progress of Research’, 1979-1983, Vijayanagara Research Center Series 1, 1983, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore.

3. ‘Vijayanagara, Progress of Research’, 1983-198, centenary Publications 1, 1985, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore.

4. ‘The stone age hill dwellers of Tekkalakota’, 1965, Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute, Poona.

5. ‘Nagachandika’, 1996, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore

6. Progress of archaeology in Karnataka, 1956-72, 1978, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Govt. of Karnataka.

7. ‘Kiratarjuneeyam in Indian Art’, (with particular reference to Karnataka) 1979, Agam, Delhi.

8. ‘Proto historic cultures of the Tungabhadra Valley’, (A report on Hallur excavations) 1971, Dharwar.

9. ‘Where Kings and Gods Meet The Royal Centre of Vijayanagara, India’-(with John M. Fritz and George Mitchell), 1985, University of Arizona, U.S.A.

10. “The Chalukyas of Badami’ (Seminar Papers) (Edited Work), 1978, Mythic Society, Bangalore.

11. ‘Madhu: recent researches in Indian archaeology and art history’, Sri M.N.Deshapanade Festschrift, (Edited Work), 1981, Agam Kala Prakashan.

Further Readings and Links:

1. ‘Sri Nagabhinandanam’, Festschript for M.S. Nagaraja Rao, Essays on art, culture, history, archaeology, epigraphy and conservation of cultural property of India and neighbouring countries, Volume 1, Edited by L.K.Srinivasan, S.Nagaraju and others, 1995, Published by Munshi Ram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi.

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