SUA Faculty Scholarship: Rao, Nalini

Rao, Nalini. “Devotionalism in the Cultural and Social Spheres of India: Popular and Monastic Aspects of Hinduism in History.” In Handbook of Indian History, 323–36. Edited by Lavanya Vemsani. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2024
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Rao, Nalini. Guru in Institutions, Icons and Relics. New Delhi: Aryan Books, 2024.
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Rao, Nalini. "Hindu Arts and Aesthetics" in Bloomsbury Religion in North America, 1-20. Edited by Jeffrey Long. 2024.
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Rao, Nalini. Vijayanagara: A Portrait of the City. Kalyan Mitra Felicitation, 2023.
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Facets of Indian Culture: Papers Presented in the International Conference The Growth and Development of Indian Culture. Edited by Nalini Rao. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, 2022.

Rao, Nalini. The Hindu Monastery in South India. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020.

Rao, Nalini. Lothal: A Glorious Civilization. Navbharat publications. Ahmedabad. 2018 (in Gujarati language). Reprint 2023.
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Rao, Nalini. "Archaeology and Community Identity: The Case of Siddhapur in Western India" In KALYANA MITRA: Glimpses of Indian History, Culture and Archaeology. Prof. P. Chenna Reddy Felicitation Volume 2021.
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Rao, Nalini. "Jain Memorials in South India: Transformations in Form and Imagery" In Nagabharana: Recent Trends in Jainism -- Felicitation Volume to Professor. Hampa. Nagarajaiah (Hampana) 2021.
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Rao, Nalini. "An Analysis of Jain Sculpture and Built Environment: Recent Excavations in Karnataka in South Asian Studies." In Bridging Cultures, 127-145. Edited by Deepak Shimkhada. Claremont, CA: South Asian Studies Association, 2020.
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Rao, Nalini. "Relics, Icons, and Portraits in Hindu Institutions: An Examination of the Worship of the Teacher" In Across the South of Asia. A Volume in Honor of Professor Robert L. Brown, 121-132. Edited by Robert D. Caroli and Paul A. Lavy. New Delhi: DKPrintworld, 2020.
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Rao, Nalini. Lothal Bhavya Sanskrutinna Avshesho (લોથલ ભવ્ય સંસ્કૃતિનના અવશેષો) [Lothal: A Glorious Civilization]. Ahmedabad: Navbharat Publications, 2018.

Rao, Nalini. "Contribution of Excavations at Lothal and Dvaraka to Indian Archaeology." Indraprastha Revisited. Edited by Neera Misra and Rajesh Lal. New Delhi, India: B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2018.
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Rao, Nalini. "Indus Valley Civilization." In Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Edited by Jeffery D. Long, Rita D. Sherma, Pankaj Jain, and Madhu Khanna. Switzerland: Springer, 2018.
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Rao, Nalini. “Contribution of Lothal and Dvārakā to Indian Archaeology.” In Felicitating an Archaeologist: Prof B. B. Lal, 217-226. Edited by B. R. Mani, Rajesh Lal, Neera Misra and Vinay Kumar. Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2018.
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Rao, Nalini. "Multi-Zonal Integration and Network Relations at Vijayanagara." In Nationalism and Imperialism in South and Southeast Asia, 65-82. Edited by Arnold P. Kaminsky and Roger D. Long. New Delhi, India: Routledge, 2017.
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Rao, Nalini. “Relation between Art and Archaeology: Its Possibilities in Maritime Studies in India.” In Searches on Indus Civilization and Maritime Archaeology in India, 111-116. Edited by A. S. Gaur and Sundaresh. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2015.
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Sindhu-Sarasvatī Civilization: New Perspectives. Edited by Nalini Rao. Los Angeles: Nalanda International, 2014.

Rao, Nalini. "An Analysis of the Concept of Sacredness in Indus Valley Art: Retracing the Roots of the Goddess." In Perspectives on the Origin of Indian Civilization, 288-304.Edited by Angela Marcantonio and Girish Nath Jha. New Delhi: D.K. Print World, 2013.
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Rao, Nalini. "Power and Religious Patronage in the Making of Indo-Greek Art in Northwest India." In The Visual and Performing Arts: An International Anthology, volume 1, 269-280. Edited by Stephen Andrew Arbury. Greece: Atiner, 2012.
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Rao, Nalini. “Art, Modern.” In India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic Volume 1: A-K, 45-54. Edited by Arnold P. Kaminsky and Roger D. Long. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011.

Rao, Nalini. Royal Imagery and Networks of Power at Vijayanagara: A Study of Kingship in South India. Delhi: Originals, 2010.

Sangama: A Confluence of Art and Culture during the Vijayanagara Period. Edited by Nalini Rao. Delhi: Originals, 2006.

Contours of Modernity: An Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art. Edited by Nalini Rao and Debashish Banerji. Bangalore: G.K. Publishers, 2005.

Rao, Nalini. "A Dynamic Religious Leader in Rural India: Dharmadhikari Veerendra Heggade of Dharmasthala." In Charisma and Commitment in South Asian History: Essays Presented to Stanley Wolpert, 367-378. Edited by Roger D. Long. New Delhi, India: Orient Longman, 2004.
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Rao, Nalini. Boundaries & Transformations: Masterworks of Indian and South East Asian Sculptures from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price. Amarillo, TX: Amarillo Museum of Art, 1997

Rao, Nalini. "The Heroic Tradition in South Indian Art." In Ananya: A Portrait of India, 523-544. Edited by S. N. Sridhar and Mattoo. New York: The Association of Indians in America, 1997.
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Rao, Nalini. "Royal Portraits at Vijayanagara: Identification and Meaning." In New Trends in Indian Art and Archaeology: S. R. Rao's 70th birthday Felicitation volume, 349-366. Edited by B. U. Nayak, N. C. Ghosh. New Delhi, India: Aditya Prakashan, 1992.
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Rao, Nalini. "The Buddha and Bodhisattva as Rescuers of Seamen." In Recent Advances in Marine Archaeology: Proceedings of the Second Indian Conference on Marine Archaeology of Indian Ocean Countries, January, 1990, 185-187. Goa, India: Society for Marine Archaeology, National Institute of Oceanography, 1991.
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Rao, Nalini. "Sculpture Under the Chalukyas of Badami." In Rangavalli, Recent Researches in Indology: Sri S. R. Rao Felicitation volume, 215-224. Edited by S. R. Rao, A. V. Narasimha Murthy, and Bairathnahalli Krishnamurthy Gururaja Rao. Delhi, India: Sundeep, 1983.
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Rao, Nalini. Sravanabelagola. Bangalore: Art Publishers of India, 1980.
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Rao, Nalini. Belur. Bangalore: Art Publishers of India, 1979.
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