CONTENTS: Foreword-G B Deglurkar, Editorial Note, List of Illustrations, List of Participants in the Seminar, Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar (1837–1925): A Brief Life-Sketch-K Paddayya, I. General Estimates, 1. Introduction-K Paddayya, 2. The Orientalism Debate and Responses from the Orient: Contributions of Sir R G Bhandarkar-Madhav M. Deshpande, 3. Sir RGB: An Indologist or an Orientalist?- K M Shrimali, 4. Professor Sir R.G. Bhandarkar KCIE: Career and Contributions-Uma Vaidya, 5. Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar’s Framework of Social Reform-Avanish Patil, 6. Dr. R.G. Bhandarkar and Prarthana Samaj-Dilip S. Joag, II. Sanskrit and Philological Studies: 7. Vedic Foundations of Nātyaśātra and Ancient Indian Theatre-Radhavallabh Tripathi 8. On the Usage of Compounds in Sanskrit: Paṇini and His Commentators in Mahimabhaṭṭa’s Perception-C Rajendran, 9. The Sulabha-Janaka Dialogue in the Mahābhārata: A Forgotten Chapter in the History of Indian Eristics-N K Sundareswaran, 10. A Few Interesting Sanskrit Numerograms (Bhūtasamkhyā): Searching for the Roots-Debarchana Sarkar, 11. On R.G. Bhandarkar’s Article “A Review of Martin Haug’s-Aitareya-Brahmana” -Jayashree Sathe, 12. Sir Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar: A Sanskrit Grammarian of the Nineteenth Century -Prasad Joshi and Shilpa Sumant, 13. On R.G. Bhandarkar’s Contributions to the Comparative and Historical Study of Indo-Aryan Languages: The Case of His Wilson Philological Lectures-Panchanan Mohanty,, 14.The V-CP RAH Progressive Aspect Construction in Dialects of Marathi: Sociolinguistic and Historical Analysis of an Isogloss-Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi and Praffulla Meshram, III. Historical, Socio-Religious and Archaeological Studies: 15. Bhandarkar’s Approach to Ancient Indian History and Subsequent Theoretical Perspectives-R Mahalakshmi, 16. Early History of the Deccan: R. G. Bhandarkar and Beyond -Aloka Parasher Sen, 17. A Three-fold Tyranny: Bhandarkar’s Vision of Society and Social Histor- Kumkum Roy, 18. Apropos Vaiṣṇavism, Śaivism and Minor Religious Systems by Professor R.G. Bhandarkar-A P Jamkhedkar, 19.The Vedic Rudra: From Bhandarkar’s Study on Śaivism to Recent Publications-Kristoffer af Edholm, 20. An Appraisal of Structural Stupas in Maharashtra-Reshma Sawant and Gurudas Shete, 21. Buddhist Structural Remains in Andhradesa: A Review-E. Sivanagi Reddy and P. Srinath Reddy, 22. Contributions of R.G. Bhandarkar to Epigraphic Studies-Abhijit Dandekar, 23. R.G. Bhandarkar and Creation of a Vital Research Resource: Manuscript Collection, Study and Curation-Shreenand Bapat and Amruta Natu 24. R.G. Bhandarkar as a Pioneer-Exponent of Holistic and Scientific Methodology, and an Advocate of Educational Idealism, Universal Humanism and Higher Spiritualism-K Paddayya, Index.