Eclectic Arcana

Rock Art Indian Society of India

Purakala is the journal of the Rock Art Indian Society of India (RASI).

I have posted the Table of Contents of all the volumes (right from vol. 1 onwards) of Purakala.

Links to Related Websites have also been included.

RASI
Table of Contents

Year Volume
2002 13
2000 & 2001 11 & 12
1999 10
1998 09
1997 08
1996 07
1995 06
1994 05
1993 04
1992 03
1991 02
1990 01

The RASI-2004 International Rock Art Congress, Agra

The RASI-2004 International Congress is the world’s premier academic event in the discipline of palaeoart and cognitive archaeology. Congress participation as well as membership with RASI is open to all.

Location: Agra, U.P., India
Dates: 28 Nov. to 2 Dec., 2004
Contact: The President, RASI

Additional Details about the Conference.







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International Federation of Rock Art Organizations

Early Indian Petroglyphs (EIP) Project
Rock Art Dating
A global perspective of Indian palaeoart
Earliest Evidence of Rock Art
Cupules site at Daraki-Chattan
Taphonomy of palaeoart



Note: Some of these articles and papers are in pdf format. You need to
download the Acrobat reader to read these, if you do not already have it installed.

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Rock Art Society of India

The Rock Art Society of India was founded in 1990. Right from its inception it has been a member of International Federation of Rock Art Organisa-tions (IFRAO) and provides an international forum for the dissemination of research findings.

In the introduction in its first volume (1990), it says that "purakala (paleo-art) includes petroglyphs, rock paintings, engravings, figurines, ornamental objects and other such things reflecting the creativity and process of humanisation of early man." Later it goes on to say that "One of the most important objectives of this journal is to help developing new theories and advanced methodology for the study, appreciation, documentation, conservation and preservation of Purakala ... so that it may emerge as a new scientific discipline of knowledge."

Purakala (ISSN: 0971-2143), the journal of RASI, was also established in 1990. It is the only Indian journal completely devoted to the promotion of scientific research and popularisation of rock art heritage. It is one of the major journals of the IFRAO family.

RASI membership is open to all.

Address of the RASI

The President
Rock Art Society of India
Faculty of Arts
Dayalbagh Educational Institute
Dayalbagh
Agra, U.P. 282 005
India

Sources for information about the society:

  1. Introduction given in Purakala, Volume 1, No. 1, 1990.
  2. RASI-2004 Conference Announcement.

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