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Joshi briefs on attempts by Sarvastivada school to project the importance of Buddha's Rupakaya to incorporate the ideals of bhakti in Ashokavadana.   

Sengupta elucidates on role of computer on various aspects of research in archaeology.

Dikshit discusses the legacy of Indus Civilization from symbols and motifs on Punch marked coins and representations of Shiva and Mother Goddess. 

Sharma reports on excavations at the Megalithic sites in Karkabhat, Distt. Durg, Madhya Pradesh. 

Pande suggests that copper tablets were guild tokens or might have belonged to affluent families, who exercised control over vast areas.  

Beginning of Iron Age in Garhwal, mid-central Himalaya: An Ecological overview

Nautiyal et al argue that iron technology in the mid central Himalaya was not linked with the Ganga-Yamuna doab, but had an independent identity.

Sharma attempts to put forth ceramic evidence from 3rd century BC to 17th century AD with emphasis on maritime routes in South East Asia.

Identification of Setavya, the Ancient City of Kosala with Siswania and its Terracotta Art 

Mani summarizes pottery and terracotta objects unearthed from Siswania in Basti dist. of Uttar Pradesh.

Role of the Individual's Perception and Important Explanatory Modes in Archaeology

Mohan reviews recent publications in the context of the role of explanation in archaeology on a global scale.

Pathak refutes the argument of the centaral deity in the Pashupati seal being a female through comparison with rituals and internal parallels from other Indus seals.

Defence System in Ancient India based on Literary and Archaeological Evidence

Gopal Narayan Bahura and Chandramani Singh Catalogue of Historical Documents in Kapad-Dwara, Jaipur, Part II

V.R. Mani. Sons of Siva A Study in the Religious cults of Ganesa and Karthikeya

Urmila Sant. Neolithic Settlement Pattern of North-Eastern and Nothern India

Prakash Sinha, Model for Land-use in Late Acheulian Tradition (Satna District, M.P.)