Utilizing critically after a thorough assessment of the data gleaned from the Gahadavala inscriptions, substantiated by the contemporary literature and other archaeological sources, the book judiciously deals with the culture of the Middle Ganga Valley during the twelfth century CE. It also incorporates the relevant material available in the researches of modern scholars. The study mainly focuses on landgrants, feudalism, scribes and artisans, historical geography, society, religion, education, art and architecture of the Gahadavala period. This is a valuable addition in the field of epigraphic studies, characterized by the objectively made new observations and fact-based interpretations.

Content - Foreword, Preface, Abbreviations, List of Illustrations, CHAPTER I INSCRIPTIONS AND MERITORIOUS TITHIS, CHAPTER II POLITICAL PROFILE OF THE GAHADAVALAS, CHAPTER III LANDGRANTS: NATURE, SCRIBES AND ARTISANS, CHAPTER IV HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY, CHAPTER V SOCIAL, INTELLECTUAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE, CHAPTER VI EPIGRAPHY AND ART,  BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX