Editor, Author at The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design

Vasukalpa: a Court-poet of Kamboja-dynasty King of Dandabhukti-mandala (c. 960 A.D.)

Posted by Editor | Mar 19, 2015 | Volume 4 |

Pratap De, Retired Teacher and Independent Researcher PDF Version Introduction In an article in JBORS, Vol XXI (1935), at p.42, no.178 Rahul Sankrityayan reported about a Sanskrit anthology in palm-leaf codex at Ngor monastery...

Relocating the Past of Ancient Dandabhukti in Dantan

Posted by Editor | Mar 19, 2015 | Volume 4 |

Tarun Tapas Mukherjee Introduction With the discovery of a gigantic monastery (60Mx60M) by Prof. Asok Datta and his team from the Department of Archaeology, Calcutta University following the excavations undertaken in six phases...

Glimpses of Contemporary Dandabhukti

Posted by Editor | Mar 19, 2015 | Volume 4 |

Pijushkanti Sarkar, State Govt. Employee Dandabhukti was a prominent territorial sub-division of Ancient Bengal during the period of 6th Century A.D. to 12th Century AD that drew attraction of the historians like Acharya J. N....

Discovery of a Buddhist Monastery at Moghalmari, Paschim Medinipur

Posted by Editor | Mar 19, 2015 | Volume 4 |

Sreecheta Mukherjee Moghalmari, a non-descript village on the south-west border of West Medinipur and West Bengal, has been recently brought to light as a vast archaeological site of early medieval Buddhist settlement having a...

Editorial Introduction

Posted by Editor | Mar 19, 2015 | Volume 4 |

Chitrolekha was conceived as an online platform dedicated especially to documenting cultural heritage of Bengal. In the year 2011 we published a Special Issue on the Arts and Crafts of Bankura and in the year 2012 we published...