Puratattva
No. 15 (1984-85)
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Contents

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Editorials vii
Articles

Mesolithic Human Remains from the Gangetic Plan: Sarai Nahar Rai
Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, Christopher B. Burrow and Nancy C. Lovell 1

Kennedy et al conducts morphometric and statistical studies on Mesolithic skeletal remains in the Ganga valley.

Socio-economic Aspects of Megalithic Vidarbha
Ravi Moorti 56

Moorti analysis available data on Vidarbha megaliths and interprets their socio-economic aspects.

Iron and Urbanization: an Examination of the Indian Context
Dilip K. Chakrabarti 68

Chakrabarti argues that introduction of iron did not play a causative role in the second urbanization in India.

From Copper to Iron-A Transition
Vibha Tripathi 75

Tripathi discusses the metallurgical developments during the transitional phase from copper/bronze to iron in India.


When Did Udayana Rule? In the sixth Century B.C. or the Sixteenth Century A.D.? : An Assessment of the Dating of the Palace-complex at Kausambi.
B. B. Lal 80

Lal debates the chronology of the palace complex at Kausambi dated to 600 BC and places it to 16th Century AD. 

The So-called Syenachiti at Kausambi: A Fallen Brick Mass
B. B. Lal 94

Lal states that the so-called Syenachiti at Kausambi is a brick mass fallen from the revetment of the defenses into the adjacent moat.

Glazed Ware in India
K. K. Mohammed 105

Mohammed discusses distribution, cultural association and technology of glazed ware in India.

Salvage Archaeology-Ahmadabad-1984
R.N. Mehta and Rasesh Jamindar 111

Mehta and Jamindar point out the role of salvage archaeology in understanding stratigraphy of Vadodara.

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Excavations at Hatikara: a Chalcolithic site in West Bengal
N.C. Ghosh and A. Nag 116

Excavations at Narhan 1993-85
Purushottam singh, Makkhan Lal and Ashok Kumar Singh 117

A Rare Object from Kosam
Jayantika Kala 120

A Note on "Archaeology of Early Mediaeval Towns in Bengal" 
B.N.Mukherjee 121

Book Reviews


R.C. Gaur: Excavations at Atranjikhera-Early Civilization of the Upper Ganga Basin Delhi, 1983
K.V.Soundara Rajan 123


S.P.Shukla, Sculptures and Terracottas in the Archaeological Museum, Kurukshetra University (Kurukshetra)

P.K.Trivedi 126


V.S. Aggarwal: Varanasi Seals and Sealing, Edited by Dr. P.K.Aggarwal (Varanasi 1984)

P.K.Trivedi 126




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