Analyzing the ways in which ideas of heroic discourse and the socio-religious and political needs of the period moulded iconography, this book explores the evolution of the iconography of the early mediaeval Hindu temples of the Indian peninsula, over the course of the sixth-twelfth centuries C.E. In order to study the socio-religious and political atmosphere in which the early mediaeval temple iconography grew and developed its specific forms, the author makes use of the inscriptions, archaeological and the literary materials ranging from the fourth centuries B.C.E. to the thirteenth century C.E., as these give an idea of the continuities and discontinuities in the ideas of heroic and political discourses which lie at the back of the visual art forms that they created. Of particular interest are the royal charters, issued in Sanskrit and Tamil, the religious narratives from the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas, iconographic canons that form a part of the religious texts known as the Agamas, written in Sanskrit, the court literature of the early mediaeval period and the early historical Sangam Tamil literature, apart from the archaeological material from the Indian peninsula. The author focuses particularly on exploring the ideas of power current in the society that created the narrative iconography of the period and the region studied.

Analyzing the ways in which ideas of heroic discourse and the socio-religious and political needs of the period moulded iconography, this book explores the evolution of the iconography of the early mediaeval Hindu temples of the Indian peninsula, over the course of the sixth-twelfth centuries C.E. In order to study the socio-religious and political atmosphere in which the early mediaeval temple iconography grew and developed its specific forms, the author makes use of the inscriptions, archaeological and the literary materials ranging from the fourth centuries B.C.E. to the thirteenth century C.E., as these give an idea of the continuities and discontinuities in the ideas of heroic and political discourses which lie at the back of the visual art forms that they created. Of particular interest are the royal charters, issued in Sanskrit and Tamil, the religious narratives from the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas, iconographic canons that form a part of the religious texts known as the Agamas, written in Sanskrit, the court literature of the early mediaeval period and the early historical Sangam Tamil literature, apart from the archaeological material from the Indian peninsula. The author focuses particularly on exploring the ideas of power current in the society that created the narrative iconography of the period and the region studied.

Computer Networks is a core subject which explains how a computer connects with other computers. TCP/IP protocol suite is the basis on which computer connectivity can be achieved. The book "Introduction to Computer networks 2nd edition" has been written for MCA 2nd year students of Abdul Kalam Technical University. The book has been written according to the syllabus of the subject Computer Networks and concepts have been explained well through the help of examples and diagrams. The book contains Introduction to Computer Networks, its types and topologies, the Application Layer and its different protocols, the Transport Layer Protocols, flow control and congestion control, the Network Layer, IPv4 and IPv6 with addressing the Data Link Layer and its protocols, the Physical Layer. Also solved numerical problems are included at the end so that students can comprehend the concepts well. The book will be beneficial to students of other universities as well who are studying this subject. This book is the second edition of "Introduction to Computer Networks" book which has appended a broader range of topics to its first edition.

Database Management Systems is a core subject which explains how data is designed to develop computer applications. It mainly covers how data is stored, organized and retrieved for commercial applications such as railway reservation systems and banking applications. The book Database Management Systems 2nd edition has been written for MCA 1st year students of Abdul Kalam Technical University. The book has been written according to the syllabus of the subject Database Systems and concepts have been explained well through the help of examples and diagrams. The book contains Introduction to Databases, Entity Relationship diagrams, Relational Algebra, Structured Query Language and PL/SQL. Also it explains Functional Dependencies and Normalization. It covers Transaction Processing, Concurrency Control Management, Distributed Databases, NoSQL and MongoDB. Solved Examples of ER diagrams, SQL Queries, Queries of Relational Algebra, Functional Dependency Problems, Transaction Problems and MongoDB Queries are provided at the end of the book so that students gain better understanding of the database concepts. The book will be beneficial to students of other universities as well who are studying this subject. This book is the second edition of Database Management Systems book which has appended NoSQL concepts and Introduction to MongoDB with queries.

Analyzing the ways in which ideas of heroic discourse and the socio-religious and political needs of the period moulded iconography, this book explores the evolution of the iconography of the early mediaeval Hindu temples of the Indian peninsula, over the course of the sixth-twelfth centuries C.E. In order to study the socio-religious and political atmosphere in which the early mediaeval temple iconography grew and developed its specific forms, the author makes use of the inscriptions, archaeological and the literary materials ranging from the fourth centuries B.C.E. to the thirteenth century C.E., as these give an idea of the continuities and discontinuities in the ideas of heroic and political discourses which lie at the back of the visual art forms that they created. Of particular interest are the royal charters, issued in Sanskrit and Tamil, the religious narratives from the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas, iconographic canons that form a part of the religious texts known as the Agamas, written in Sanskrit, the court literature of the early mediaeval period and the early historical Sangam Tamil literature, apart from the archaeological material from the Indian peninsula. The author focuses particularly on exploring the ideas of power current in the society that created the narrative iconography of the period and the region studied.

Analyzing the ways in which ideas of heroic discourse and the socio-religious and political needs of the period moulded iconography, this book explores the evolution of the iconography of the early mediaeval Hindu temples of the Indian peninsula, over the course of the sixth-twelfth centuries C.E. In order to study the socio-religious and political atmosphere in which the early mediaeval temple iconography grew and developed its specific forms, the author makes use of the inscriptions, archaeological and the literary materials ranging from the fourth centuries B.C.E. to the thirteenth century C.E., as these give an idea of the continuities and discontinuities in the ideas of heroic and political discourses which lie at the back of the visual art forms that they created. Of particular interest are the royal charters, issued in Sanskrit and Tamil, the religious narratives from the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas, iconographic canons that form a part of the religious texts known as the Agamas, written in Sanskrit, the court literature of the early mediaeval period and the early historical Sangam Tamil literature, apart from the archaeological material from the Indian peninsula. The author focuses particularly on exploring the ideas of power current in the society that created the narrative iconography of the period and the region studied.

Computer Networks is a core subject which explains how a computer connects with other computers. TCP/IP protocol suite is the basis on which computer connectivity can be achieved. The book "Introduction to Computer networks 2nd edition" has been written for MCA 2nd year students of Abdul Kalam Technical University. The book has been written according to the syllabus of the subject Computer Networks and concepts have been explained well through the help of examples and diagrams. The book contains Introduction to Computer Networks, its types and topologies, the Application Layer and its different protocols, the Transport Layer Protocols, flow control and congestion control, the Network Layer, IPv4 and IPv6 with addressing the Data Link Layer and its protocols, the Physical Layer. Also solved numerical problems are included at the end so that students can comprehend the concepts well. The book will be beneficial to students of other universities as well who are studying this subject. This book is the second edition of "Introduction to Computer Networks" book which has appended a broader range of topics to its first edition.

Database Management Systems is a core subject which explains how data is designed to develop computer applications. It mainly covers how data is stored, organized and retrieved for commercial applications such as railway reservation systems and banking applications. The book Database Management Systems 2nd edition has been written for MCA 1st year students of Abdul Kalam Technical University. The book has been written according to the syllabus of the subject Database Systems and concepts have been explained well through the help of examples and diagrams. The book contains Introduction to Databases, Entity Relationship diagrams, Relational Algebra, Structured Query Language and PL/SQL. Also it explains Functional Dependencies and Normalization. It covers Transaction Processing, Concurrency Control Management, Distributed Databases, NoSQL and MongoDB. Solved Examples of ER diagrams, SQL Queries, Queries of Relational Algebra, Functional Dependency Problems, Transaction Problems and MongoDB Queries are provided at the end of the book so that students gain better understanding of the database concepts. The book will be beneficial to students of other universities as well who are studying this subject. This book is the second edition of Database Management Systems book which has appended NoSQL concepts and Introduction to MongoDB with queries.