Memorials of Madhya Pradesh

by K. L. Kamat
First Online: October 16,2000
Page Last Updated: September 07,2008

Introduction

The author  traveled extensively in the state of Madhya Pradesh in Central India in the year 1976-1977 to observe, discover, study, and photograph the memorials scattered throughout the state. This study is mainly based on field observations and discussions with the local people, rather than on the published information. - Ed.

Table Of Contents

• Distribution of the Living Dead

• Installation of the Memorials

• Non-illustrated Memorials of Madhya Pradesh

• Illustrated Memorials

• Sculpted  & Painted Memorials

• Religious Memorials

• Wooden Memorials

• Origins and Development

• Study Guide and References

Article

List of Pictures

• Sati stone belonging to the Bhil tribe, Chindawada
• Abstract Memorials for the Dead
• Carved Wooden Pillar in the Village of Gidam
• Depiction of a Hero -- Rock Shelter Painting
• An Earthen Memorial of Bastar District
• A group of grantite pillars, Pachmaddi
• A Group of Memorials at Barsur in Bastar
• A heap of wooden memorials at Pachmadi in Central India
• The Hero and his Wife
• A hero in the forest
• Hero of a Stone Memorial in Barsur Village
• The Hero of a Memorial, Pachmadi
• Hero with Shield
• A Memorial of Madhya Pradesh
• A Memorial Gata of the Bhil Tribe
• A Painted Slab Memorial, Madhya Pradesh
• Pillar Memorial of Tamiya
• Wooden memorials of the Korku tribe, Pachmadi
• Wooden Memorial, Meghnath

See Also:

• Kamat PictureSearch Results for memorials, monuments, hero-stones

• The Hero-stones

• Memorials are Illustrated History

• Hero-stone Memorials of India