This volume in honour of Dr. R.C. Agrawal collages twenty-six original research papers arranged under two sections: eight on early historical archaeology and eighteen on Buddhist art and architecture. The first section, Early Historical Archaeology, includes fascinating results from the recent excavations at Gottiprolu, Sarnath and Talagunda; discussion on the significance of terracotta tablets from Ghoghamba; early historical urban centres in Karnataka; early settlement pattern in Gujarat; pan-Indian maritime trade and its ramifications in artistic delineations and; archaeology and history of trade centres in India and its borderlands.