Dr. Kanika Kishore Saxena

Books/Monographs:

  • Saxena, K. K. (2021) Before Kṛṣṇa: Religious Diversity in Ancient Mathura. New Delhi: Oxford University Press (ISBN: 0-19-012790-2).

Papers in Journals (National/International):

  • Publications: Kauṭilya’s Arthaśātra (a treatise on statecraft): With special reference to widow welfare, Journal of Acharya Narayan Dev Institute, Vol.32 (July-Dec 2022) (Co-authored) (ISSN-0976-3287).
  • Kishore, K. 2016. ‘The Āyāgapaṭas of Mathura’ Art of the Orient, 2016, Vol. 5 (ISSN 2299-811X).
  • Kishore, K. 2015. Symbol and Image Worship in Jainism: The Āyāgapaṭas of Mathura’ Indian Historical Review, June 2015, Vol. 42, No.1 (ISSN: 0376-9836).
  • Kishore, K. (2015) ‘Harṣacarita’ published in Indian Horizons (ICCR publication), Vol. 62, No.5; October-December 2015 (Regd No. 14377/57).

Book Reviews in Journal (National/International):

  • Saxena, K. K. (2019) Review of Smita Sahgal’s Niyoga Alternative Mechanism to Lineage Perpetuation in Early India A Socio-Historical Enquiry, 2017 published in Social Scientist, May-June 2019, Vol. 47, No.5-6 (ISSN: 0970-0293).
  • Kishore, K. (2018) Review of Anamika Roy’s Sixty-Four Yoginis Cults, Icons and Goddesses, 2015 published in Indian Historical Review, December 2018, Vol. 45, No.2 (ISSN 0376-9836).

Papers Presented in National/International Conferences:

  • Kishore, K. 2015. ‘The Āyāgapaṭas and Śilāpaṭas of Mathura’ in conference on Ancient India at IIT, Gandhinagar in January 2015.
  • Kishore, K. 2014. ‘The Āyāgapaṭas of Mathura’ at workshop on Mathura at the Asian Art Museum, Berlin in April 2014.
  • Kishore, K. 2012 ‘The Jaina Stūpa: A Stūpa Built by the Gods at Mathura’ in History Seminar organized by Delhi University and ICHR in 2012.
  • Kishore, K. 2011 ‘The Āyāgapaṭas and Śilāpaṭas of Mathura’ in History Seminar organized by Delhi University and ICHR in 2011.
  • Participated in ACCU Invitation Programme for International Educational Exchange of Teachers and Professionals in Japan in 2009.

Deliverance of Talks/Lectures

  • Invited as speaker for Seminar Series of Shiv Nadar University to deliver lecture on “Religious Diversity in Ancient Mathura” (4th April, 2024)
  • Presentation on Silk and Spice Route: Trade Route Connecting the World in Early India in Macquarie University (Australia) Student Exchange Study Tour, November 2023.
  • Presentation on Mathura: A Religious Heritage in a Value-added course Culture, Heritage and Law organized by Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies on 14th April 2022.
  • Presentation on Before Kṛṣṇa: Religious Diversity in Ancient Mathura, organized by Department of History, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, 18th February, 2021.
  • Delivered a special lecture on Elements of Jaina and Buddhist Iconography in the Department of Archaeology, Cottons University, Guwahati on 3rd September 2021.
  • Delivered a talk in the Spring Semester of Ashoka University on the topic Symbol and image worship in Jainism: Stūpas, Images and Āyāgapaṭas of Mathura on 27th January 2021.

Awards/Fellowships/Grants:

  • Awarded JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) by Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR).
  • Foreign Travel Grant, ICHR
  • President of India (Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma) Gold Medal