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August 2000 - present
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- Prof. of World Art
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- Teach Classical, South and S.E.Asian, Modern Art and Architecture, Asian Art, Ancient Indian History and Archaeology
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The Research papers in this volume bring rethinking to many familiar explanations of Indian Culture.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/monsoon-sasa-journal/vol1/iss1/
Nalini Rao, The Hindu Monastery in South India: Social, Religious and Artistic Traditions.Lexington Books. Maryland. 2020
https://www.amazon.com/Hindu-Monastery-South-India-Traditions/dp/179362237X
The book is one of the earliest scholarly investigations on the growth and development of Hindu monasteries, and the historical reasons for the rise of...
Explains how Dr. S.R.Rao discovered the ancient underwater city of Dvaraka in India
There have been numerous researches on Jain ecology and religious beliefs but few on the role of built and natural environment in historical sites. The paper investigates into the role and function of Jain sculpture and architecture in Sravana Belagola (Karnataka) from a socio-religious context. It attempts to redefine the relation of free-standing...
There have been numerous researches on Jain ecology and religious beliefs but few on the role of built and natural environment in historical sites. The paper investigates into the role and function of Jain sculpture and architecture in Sravana Belagola (Karnataka) from a socio-religious context. It attempts to redefine the relation of free-standing...
Sindhu-Sarasvati Civilization: New Perspectives edited by Nalini N. Rao
The aim of the paper is to understand the role of royal charitable gifts or dāna in the background of Hindu religious ideology of dharma, temple urbanism and political power in pre-modern South India. It examines the phenomena of large royal charities between the 14th and 16th centuries ACE under the Vijayanagar kings in the capital city of Vijayan...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1991. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 286-308).
