Puratattva
No. 20 (1989-90)
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Editorial
Articles


Evidence of Social Differentiation and sociopolitical Organization during megalithic Period in South India

Udairavi S. Moorti 1

Moorti interprets Megalithic society by analyzing burial types and classifying the artifacts into three major functional sub-classes as reviewed by Binford.

Deogarh Acheulian Assemblage: A Preliminary Report
Makkhan Lal & Salahuddin 65

Lal and Salahuddin give a preliminary report of the Acheulin Assemblage collected from Deogarh, Distt. Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh 

Dholavira: A New Horizon of the Indus Civilization
R. S. Bisht 71
Bisht discusses the excavated Harappan township of Dholavira.


The Chalcolithic culture of South Bihar as Revealed by the Explorations and Excavations in district Rohatas
Birendra Pratap Singh 83

Singh reviews the post Neolithic and pre NBPW Chalkolithic culture of South Bihar with reference to pottery, bone tools, beads and palaeobotanical remains. 

Archaeology of Wardha and Wain Ganga Divide
Amarendra Nath 93

Nath briefs on recent finds at Adam in Nagpur which sheds light on a five fold cultural sequence  from aceramic Mesolithic deposits to Early Historic period.

The Keshtrapala Shrine at Kandhar
M. K. Dhavalikar & A. P. Jamkhedkar 99

Dhavalikar and Jamkhedkar contemplate on Keshtrapala Shrine and concludes it as an expression of the Vastu-Purusha concept, resembling the body of a fallen Asura.

An Early Temple in Gujarat-Excavations at Goraj (Mahadevapura)
B. M. Pandey & Narayan Vyas 107

Pandey and Vyas report on early remains of the plinth of a brick temple and sculptures of Durga, Vishnu, Shiva and Jain Tirthankara.

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Iron and Gem Stone Industries as Revealed from Kodumanal Excavations
K. Rajan 111

A Rare Image of Avalokiteswar from Eastern India
Shashi Asthana 113

Archaeometallurgical sturies at Kankarjhor and Dhuliapar
S.De and P.K. Chattopadhyaya 115

Archaeometallurgical study of Iron Pillar at Dhar
B. Prakash 118

Book Reviews

Stone Age of India By S.A. Sali
B.B. Lal 123

Encylopaedia of Indian Archaeology. Two Volumes Edited by A. Ghosh
Y.M.Chitalwala 123

The External Trade of Indus Civilization by Dilip K.Chakrabarti
S.P. Gupta 124


One World Archaeology Series From Unwin Hyman, London. General Editor Peter J. Ucko

Makkhan Lal 125




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