This felicitation volume has 40 articles contributed by Scholars engaged in the profession of academics, i.e., teaching or research in colleges, universities and institutions of India and abroad. The volume is divided into three broad sections (more for our convenience than any justifiable convictions), i.e., Archaeology, H i s t o r y a n d C u l t u r e . T h e geographical spread and the historical canvas of the articles, are simply astounding and provide us with a Pan-Indian approach to the themes undertaken by the scholars. History, of late, has become a fastc h a n g i n g s u b j e c t a n d i t s interpretation is undergoing a continuous process of evolution. Facts do not explain how they became facts or why we care about some facts more than other factsonly stories do that.