Puratattva
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Contents

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Obituaries
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Editorial xi
ARTICLES

Archaeological Theory: Let not the 19th Century Paradigms Continue to Haunt Us
B.B.Lal 1

The Joint Italian-Mongol Geoarcheological Project in the Valley of Lakes Gobi Altayn Region
(Bayankhongor aimag, Bogd soumon)
B. Marcolongo and B. Gunchinsuren 20


Distinctive Architectural Traditions of Temples at Mari Indus

Farzand Masih 39

Excavated Chalcolithic Sites in Gujarat: An Appraisal
Rajesh S. V and Ambika Patel 46

Early Village farming Settlements in Eastern India: A New Appraisal
R.K. Chattopadhyay, Rajat Sanyal and Kumkum Bandhopadhyay 68


Flogging a Dead Horse

Michel Danino 94

A Preliminary Study of Rock Art of the Western Himalayas
Laurianne Bruneau 104

Interaction between Western Indian Subcontinent and Iran in the 4th -2nd Millennia BC
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Ozra Rounaghi and V.S. Shinde 112

Further Excavations at Agiabir (2005-06)
Vibha Tripathi and Prabhakar Upadhyay 121


An Archaeological Exploration in Sundarbans, Bangladesh

Bijoy Krishna Banik 130

A Decade of Crumbling Heritage: Ayodhya (1995-2005)
B.R. Mani 139

Archaeological Research at Sisupalgarh 2007: An Early Historical City in Orissa
R.K. Mohanty, M.L. Smith, T. Matney, A. Donkin and G.A. Greene 142

OCP: Its Late Harappan Concept: Reexamined
M.D.N. Sahi 115

The Early Farming Communities of the Northern India: A Fresh Approach
R.S Fonia and Sangita Chakraborty 167

Discovery of Structural Stupa at Bhon, District Buldana, Maharashtra
Bhaskar Deotare, Gurudas Shete, Reshmasawant, Vaishali Kathale and Satish Naik 176

New Evidence on the Maritime Activity at Dabhol on the Maharastra Coast
A.S. Gaur, Sundaresh, Sila Tripati and K.H. Vora 186

Need for a Comprehensive Plan for Conservation of Wall Paintings in India
O.P. Agrawal 193

Notes and News

A Note on the Enigmatic Triangular Terracotta Cakes

J. Manuel 199

Recent Explorations in the Meham Block of District Rohtak (Haryana)

Vivek Dangi 205

Harappan Weights

M N Vahia and Nisha Yadav 213

A Note on Sothi Pottery

Tejas Garge 218

Keshavpur- A Unique OCP Site of Aligarh District

Ramjit and Mohd. Abid 226

A Unique Terracotta Bull Unearthed from Andipatti Excavation- Tamil Nadu

S. Vasanthi 236

Sample Preparation for Archeometric Studies: Analysis of Medieval Glazed Bricks from West Bengal

Somnath Ghosh, Kaushik Gangopadhyay and Varada Khaladkar 239

A Reappraisal of Rare Spoked Wheels from Harappa (Pakistan) and Ganeshwar (India)

L.S.Rao 244

A Rare Siva Linga at Budholi, Sahanspur, Dist. Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

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Madan Singh Chouhan 247

A Study of Painted Motifs on Chalcolithic Malwa Ware

Vinay Kumar 251

Antiquity of Benisagar in the Light of New Evidence
T.J.Baidya,N.K.Sinha and R.Dehuri 262

A Recently Discovered Copper Hoard from the Ancient South Panchal Region
Rakesh Tewari, R.K.Srivastava and N.S.Tyagi 266

Discovery of a New Shell Inscription: A Possible Historical Link of Maitrakas from Vallabhi
Shubhra Pramanik 272

An Upper Palaeolithic Site at Ellora, District Aurangabad, Maharashtra
S.B.Ota, P.PJogelekar, A.A.Kshirsagar and R.S.Thakur 274

Book Reviews 
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Chakrabarti, Dilip K. 2006 The Oxford Companions to Indian Archaeology; The Archaeological foundations of Ancient India
K.N. Dikshit

Tripathi Alok(Ed.) 2007 India and the Eastern Seas
S.S.Biswas

Sharma, D. P. 2007 Harappan Art
Mukta Raut Dey

Bachchan Kumar. 2007 The Buddhist Art: Vietnamese Perspectives
Asha Joshi

Sharma, D.V 2007 Archaeology of Fatehpur Sikri
S.S.Biswas

Ali, Rahman, Ashok Trivedi and Dhirendra Solanki 2004 Chalcolithic Site of Ujjain Region: Mahidpur (Excavation Report)
Vinay Kumar

Ray, Himanshu Prabha 2008 Colonial Archaeology of South Asia — the Legacy of Sir Mortimer Wheeler
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K.N.Dikshit

Tripathi, Alok 2007 The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (AMSR Act, 1958)
S.S.Biswas

Choudhary, D., Kiran Kranth and C. Udayalakshmi. 2006 Ramayana in Indian Art and Epigraphy
Asha Joshi

Sharma, R. K. (Ed.) 2007 History, Archaeology and Culture of Narmada Valley
Mukta Raut Dey

Kanungo Alok K. (Ed.) 2006 Excavating Waves and Winds of (Ex) Change: A study of Maritime Trade in Early Bengal
S.S.Biswas

Basu, Durga 2005. N. B. P. Cultures of Eastern India
R. P. Sharma

Annual Report

Report of the XL Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society held at the Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, from 2nd to 5th December 2006.

291
Office Bearers 294
Board of Management 294
Plates 295


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