This is a history of memorial monuments which systematically traces the origin and phased development of the concept. The book Memorial Monuments in Ancint and Medieval India deals exhaustively with the various influences which have brouht out substantial changes in the concept and also in its executive. About Author : Ratan Lal Mishra was born on 25th November, 1925 at Mandawa, a small town in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. Contents : DedicationPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroductionThe Barrows and cairns of the AboriginalsThe tumulus of the Indus PeopleThe megaliths of the Megalithic PeopleThe vedic mound of the AryansThe Buddhist StupasTeh centopah of the RajputsThe Mausoleum of the MohammadansBibliographyIndex