Puratattva
No. 29 (1998-99)
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Contents

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Obituaries

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Articles


A New Acheulian Site at Kolihal : Hunsgi Valley, Karnataka

K. Paddayya and Richa Jhaldiyal

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Paddayya and Jhaldiyal report discovery of a primary Acheulian site.


Holocene Cultures and Their Technological Innovations in Kerala, South India

P. Rajendran

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Rajendran briefs on explored Mesolithic, Neolithic and Megalithic sites.


Dholavira and Banawali : Two different paradigms of the Harappan Urbis forma

R. S. Bisht

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Bisht distinguishes through Dholavira and Banawali two distinct paradigms of Harappan urbanization.


Sacred Bull : The Royal Emblem on the Indus Seals and AV v.16 and vi. 86

Dr. P. V.  Pathak

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Pathak  argues that the Harappan bull symbol with manger-on-stand represent the sacred bull and sacred filter symbolising Indra and Soma. 


Further Excavations at Rakhigarhi

Amarendra Nath

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Nath summarises excavations at Harappan site of Rakhigarhi during 1998-99. 


Chalcolithic Social Organisation in Central India : A case study of Balathal

Shweta Sinha Deshpande

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Deshpande interprets Central Indian Chalkolithic society from archaeological finds.


Cord-Marked Pottery Making Tradition in Manipur

O. K. Singh

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Singh surveys pottery making tradition among Oinam, a Mao Naga social group in the Snapati distt. of Manipur. 


Excavation of Burial Complexes in Ramganga Valley, Kumaon Himalaya

B. M. Khanduri, K. P. Nautiyal, Vinod Nautiyal, R. C. Bhatt, Pradeep Saklani and Y. S. Farswan

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Khanduri et al highlight excavation of Megalithic sites at Sanana and Baseri.


The Ratna-Chankrama Chaitya (The Shrine of Jewel-Walk), Bodhgaya : A Reappraisal

Arvind Mahajan

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Mahajan argues that the Ratna-Chankrama chaitya was a site of Vasu worship representing rituals for earth which is a surviving  tradition in Gaya. 


Archaeology of Calcutta : Evidence from Bethune College

Uttara Chakraborty and Swati Biswas

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Chakraborty and Biswas discuss literary and archaeological records to argue that Lower Bangal was well inhabited due to its access to Ganga and the sea.


Traditional Practice and Knowledge of Wild Plants among the Ethic communities of Garhwal Himalaya

Pradeep Mohan Saklani

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Saklani attempts a comprehensive study on the traditional practice and knowledge of wild plants in Uttarkashi, Tehri and Dehradun distt. of Uttaranchal.


Identification of Archaeological Sites From Space

P. V. Sathe and A. S. Gaur

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Sathe and Gaur inform on new trends in remote sensing with the possible indications for archaeological explorations.   


Conservation and Sustainable Development for the Historic Town of "Amber" (Jaipur, Rajasthan)

D. P. Kambo

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Kambo briefs on the present status landscape and socioeconomic potential of Amber and provides guidelines for its conservation and sustainable development.

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A Preliminary Study of Marine Molluscan shell Remains from Bagasra : A Harappan Site in Gujarat

Arti Deshpande 111

A Note on the Faunal Remains from Kudatini-an Ashmound Site in Karnataka
R.P.Jogelakar 114

Agiabir-1999 : A Preliminary Report
Purushottam Singh and Ashok Kumar Singh 117


Early Historic Investigations in Kalahandi District,Orissa: A Preliminary Report

Pradeep Mohanty 120

Unique Carved bone piece from Chandraketugarh, West Bengal
Santanu Maiti and S.B. Ota 132

Excavations at Bijamandal Mound in Khajuraho District Chhatarpur (M.P.)
P.K. Mishra 134

Book Reviews


L.K. Srinivasan and S. Nagaraju (Eds.) Sri Nagabhinandanam, (M.S. Nagarajarao Felicitation volume, in two parts)

S.P. Gupta

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A.K. Seshadri, Conservation of Monuments in India
Hari Shankar B.S. 138

Choodamani Nandagopal And Vatsala Iyenger. Temple Treasures (2 Vols.)
Hari Shankar B.s. Helen Vallianatos, Prelude to Paleodiet: 138


A Histological and Elementry Study of Diagenesis among Early Holocene Skeletons from North India

Hari Shankar B.S. 139

Vandana Khanna, Krishna Themes In the Visual Arts of Rajasthan
P.K. Trivedi 139


U.P. Arora, A.K.Sinha, and A.K. Singh (eds.) Currents in Indian History, art and Archaeology

S.P.Gupta 139

U.P. Arora, Greeks on India (Skylax to Aristoteles)
S.P.Gupta 140

K.K. Basa and Pradeep Mohanty (Eds.), Archaeology of Orissa (two volumes)
S.P.Gupta 140


P.C. Kashyap, Living Pre-Regvedic and Early Rigvedic Traditions of Himalayas

S.P.Gupta 140

Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Colonial Indology
S.P.Gupta 141

Anupama Srivastava, The Development of Imperial Gupta Brahmi Script
Ravindra K. Vasishtha 141

Annual Report


Report of the XXXX Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society held at Allahabad from 14th through the 16th November, 1998.


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