CONTENTS: Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgement, List of Illustrations, 1. CHISELLING HISTORY: THE EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ROCK-CUT SCULPTURES: l. Background, ll. Basics of Rock-cut Sculpture, Definition, Nomenclatujre, Tyhpes, III. Best Examples: World and India, IV. Rock-cut Sculptures: Developing Stages, V. Objectives of the Book, VI. Methodology of the Research, VII. Rationale olf the Research, 2. RESONANCES OF TIME: UNVEILING THE LAYERS OF HISTORY, GEOLOLGY AND MYTH: l. Introduction, ll. Location, III. Environment Setting, IV. A Centrally Proltected Site of ASI, V. Myth of Different Nomenclatures, VI. An Exploration of the Rock-cut Sculptures and Historical Landscape, VII. Excavation, VIII. Discussion, 3. CHRONICLES OF DISCOVERY: TRAVERSING THROUGH TIME WITH SCHOLARS FROM YUAN CHWANG TO THE PRESENT: l. Introduction, II. Yuan Chwang, III. Francis Buchanan, IV. Markham Kittoe, V. Joseph David Freedone Melik Beglar, VI. Alexander Cunningham, VII. Ernst Theodor Bloch, VIII. Devendra Rajaram Patil, IX. R K Mookerji, X. Description of Silabhadrta: A Bengali Buddhist Scholar, XI. Discussion, 4. ARCHIVAL NARRATIVES: SCULPTURAL AND SPIRITUAL HERITAGE: l. Introduction, II. Archival Recolrds, III. Discussion, 5. ROCK-CUT SCULPTURES: MICRO-DOCUMENTATION: I. Introduction, II. Detailed Description of each Rock-cut Sculpture, II. Discussion, III. Analysis, 6. ETERNAL ECHOES AND RESURRECTING HISTORY: RELICS, ARTISTRY AND ARCHITECTURAL VESTIGES: I. Introduction, II. Architectural Fragments, Decorated Lintel, Decorated Pillars, III. Sculptural Remains, Buddha and Inscription, Sculptural Fragments made of Black Basalt Stone Partly Visible Nandi made of Locally Available Granite Stone IV. Remains of Mounds and Old Structures, V. Hypothesis on the Displacement of Architectural Fragments, VI. Medieval Histgory of Gaya and Jehanabad, VII. Discussion, 7. COLEXISTENCE AND COMPETITION; THE RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE OF KAUWA-DOL HILL AND BEYOND: I. Introduction, II. Religious Landscape: Sites and Monuments, III. Coexistence and Competition in the Religious Landscape, IV. Hydrological Strategies: A Shared Necessity, V. Sculptural Narratives: Expressions of Influenced, VI. Socio-Religious Dyhnamics: Integration and Rivalry, VII. Discussion, 8. CONCLUSION; L. Unique Perspective of the Chapters, II. Identified Gaps and Limitations, III. Directions for Future Research, Appendix 1: Divine Narratives: Mythology and Iconography, Bibliography, Index.