CONTENTS:- Dedication; Preface; List of Plates; Map 1: Places of Historical Importance in Tripura; Map 2: Mapof Unakoti Tirtha showing locations of Image and other Establishments; Introduction; Site and its Environment; Historical Survey and Religious Background; Unakoti Tirtha at a Glance; Iconography of the Sculptures at Unakoti; Loose Sculptures reported from Unakoti Area; Rock Cut Art of Unakoti; Conclusion.
DESCRIPTION
Unakoti in North Tripura has the singluar distinction in possessing colossal rock cut sculptures having extra ordinary Tribal features and thus formed a class by themselves. The artistic activities in that particular place (Unakoti) began in 8th - 9th century A.D. centering around the Unakoti stream, which originates there and venerated by the ancient people of the region as sacred as Ganges and Varanasi (Banares) in North India.
