Puratattva
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Editors Note vii
Articles

Archaeology and the Ramayana or Dating the Ramayana
H. D. Sankalia, Deccan College, Poona 1

Sankalia reviews urbanization in the Ganga valley and North-West India, correlates them with the Ramayana  and  places their chronology  between 1000 and 600 BC.

Inter-relations between Archaeology and Plant Sciences
Vishnu-Mittre, Birbal Sahni, Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow 4

Vishnu Mittre looks into dating mechanism, environmental archaeology, and palaeontology in relation to archaeology and recommends a closer collaboration.


A Further Note on the Direction of Writing in the Harappan Script
B. B. Lal, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi 15

B. B. Lal suggests the direction of writing in the Harappan script from right to left based on the interrelationship of the second and third symbols.

Protohistoric Chronology and Technological and Ecological Factors : A Synthesis
D. P. Agrawal, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay 17

Agrawal strives to integrate technological, archaeological and ecological evidence in the context of the first and second urbanizations. 

The Changing Face of Archaeological Studies
K. V. Soundara Rajan, Archaeological Survey of India, Madras 24

Soundara Rajan highlights the enigmas of prehistoric research in India in relation to habitational, and behavioural patterns and recommends a systematic methodology.  


Burial Practices in the Neolithic Cultures of South India
Purushottam Singh, College of Indology, Banaras Hindu University 31

Singh unveils the characteristic features of Neolithic South India to highlight its interaction with Deccan.   

A New Painted Pottery from Vidarbha
S. B. Deo, Nagpur University 36

Deo brings out the fabric of the painted ware and BRW from  Paunar, which shows the colonization of Vidarbha by Chalcolithic farmers. 

The Use of terms 'Prehistory' and 'Protohistory' in Indian Archaeology
K. K. Sinha, College of Indology, Banaras Hindu University 39

Sinha reviews the prehistoric and protohistoric terminologies in Indian archaeology and proposes modifications in the light of new discoveries. 

A Note on the Chemical composition of Some Glass Beads from Rajghat, Varanasi
H. C. Bhardwaj, College of Indology, Banaras Hindu University 42

Bhardwaj analyses the chemical composition of beads unearthed from Rajghat.


A Relationship between the Chalcolithic Culture of India and the Chust Culture of the Farghana Valley, U.S.S.R.
S. P. Gupta, National Museum, New Delhi 47

Gupta discusses the origin and extra territorial contact of Chalcolithic Malwa and Deccan and makes a comparative study with the Chust culture.

Alamgirpur and the Iron Age in India		 top
O. P. Tandon, College of Indology, Banaras Hindu University 54
Tandon examines issues related with introduction of iron and first urbanization in Ganga valley, in the light of recent archaeological evidence from Alamgirpur.  

Typology in Prehistory
P. C. Pant, college of Indology, Banaras Hindu University 61
Pant stresses the need for typological assessments in prehistory in conjunction with stratigraphy, shape, technique of manufacture, measurements and statistics of tools.  

Patapadu Revisited : A New Painted Pottery Culture of South-East India
I. Karthikeya Sarma, Archaeological Survey of India, Nagpur 68

Sarma argues the existence of a Chalcolithic phase in South India from the evidence of painted pottery sites from Patapadu.

Miscellanea

Sankhu Buddha
Balram Srivastava, College of Indology, Banaras Hindu University 85

Two Early Stone Age Sites on River Son in District Bilaspur, M.P.
Nisar Ahmad, College of Indology, Banaras Hindu University 87

A Clay Tablet in Lucknow Museum : An Artistic and Religious study
Kiran Kumar Thaplyal, University of Lucknow 90

An Episode from Ramayana on a Terracotta Panel
Surendra Kumar Srivastava, Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University 93

A Prehistoric Bronze Anthropomorph in the Patna Museum and its Identification
Prithvi Kumar Agrawala, College of Indology, Banaras Hindu University 96

The Tribal Diety of the Vishanins
Deenbandhu Pandey, College of Indology, Banaras Hindu University 99

A microlithic Site from Shahabad District(Bihar)
Bhupendra Pal Singh, College of Indology, Banaras Hindu University 100

Reviews

Vidya Prakash : Khajuraho- A Study in the Cultural Conditions of Chandella Society  (A. K. Narain)
104

Avasthi : Khajuraho Ki Deva Pratimayen (Hindi) (Vidya Prakash)
105

Rosenfield et al : The Arts of India and Nepal (Vidya Prakash)
106

Gupta : The Iconography of the Buddhist Sculptures (Caves) of Ellora (Vidya Prakash)
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Dani : Indian Palaeography (A. K. Narain)
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Dani : Shaikhan Dheri Excavation (A. K. Narain)
109

Banerjea : Religion in Art and Archaeology (A . K. Narain)
110

Rosenfield : The Dynastic Arts of the Kushans (A. K. Narain)
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