Puratattva
No. 6 (1972-73)
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Contents
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Editorial iv
Obituary vii
List of Members ix
Articles


The Role of Theory in the Study of Archaeology in India

S. C. Malik

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Malik emphasizes the importance of theoretical archaeology and its use in interpreting Indian civilization.


The 'Cemetery H' Culture

H. D. Sankalia

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Sankalia perceives that Cemetery H people are culturally not different from the Harappans. 


Gulf of Oman : Original Home of the Indian Megaliths, A Reappraisal

K. S. Ramachandran

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In the absence of fresh evidence, Ramachandran supports S. P. Gupta's view that megaliths in India are entrusted from the west Asia.


Concept of Urban Revolution and the Indian Context

Dilip K. Chakrabarti

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Chakrabarti questions, whether the techno-economic base of 1750-600 BC was fundamental in stimulating India's early urban growth.

Comments


Archaeologists debate on the concept of urbanism and its applicability in the Indian context.

N. R. Banerjee

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Krishna Deva

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A. Ghosh

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B. K. Thapar

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M. C. Joshi

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Genesis of Harappa Culture
D. P. Agrawal 37

Agrawal argues that the Harappan and Pre-Harappan cultures represent an urban-folk continuum.

A Model for Understanding the first Urbanization in India
S. P. Gupta 42

Gupta puts forward an evolutionary model for understanding the Indus-Saraswati civilization. 

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A Note on the Recent Excavations at Piprahwa Distt. Basti (U. P.)
K. M. Srivastava 51

Inscribed Harappan Potsherds from Chandigarh
B. M. Pande 52

Ornithology in Protohistoric Archaeology of India
V. V. Rao 56

A Socio-economic Note on Tribes and Peasants
R. P. Sharma 60

A Note on the Influence of Raw Material on Blank-detaching Techniques
Vidula Jayaswal 64

Some Rare Antiquities from Recent Excavations in Bihar
B. P. Sinha 71

A Stylized Human-faced Mask from a Megalithic Burial
Nirmal Chandra Ghosh 74

A Note on the Stucco figure of Jambhala from Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh
K. Krishnamurthy 79

An Armenian Cemetery of Hyderabad 
Mohd. Abdul Waheed Khan 79


Highlights of the International Symposium on Radiocarbon and Indian Archaeology - 1972
Editors 80

New Evidence of Hinayana Buddhism in Vidarbha
S. B. Deo 84

Sabz-Burz : An Early Mughal Tomb
M. C. Joshi 87

A Terracotta Medallion from Shahabad, District Hardol, U. P. 
Jagdish Gupta 90

Comments

M. C. Joshi

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Book Reviews

O. P. Verma, The Yadavas and their Times
A. B. C. 92

H. D. Sankalia, Some Aspects of Prehistoric Technology in India
S. P. G. 93

B. K. Gururaja Rao, The Megalithic Culture in South India
K. S. Ramachandran 93

S. C. Malik(Ed.), Indian Civilization : The First Phase
A Participant 94

G. N. Pant, Studies in Weapons and Warfare
K. N. Dikshit 95

M. D. Khare, Bagh ki Guphayen
V. P. Dwivedi 96

B. M. Pande and K. S. Ramachandran, Bibliography of the Harappan Culture
Dilip K. Chakrabarti 97


Shashi Kant, The Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela and the Bhabru Edict of Asoka-A Critical Study

Krishna Deva 99

R.  K. Verma, Bharatiya Pragitihasa
S. P. G. 99

T. P. Verma, The Palaeography of Brahmi Script in North India
Brahmadatta 100

B. M. Bose et al (Ed.), A Concise History of Science in India
K. N. Dikshit 101

Omi Manchanda, A Study of the Harappan Pottery
K. N. Dikshit 102

Readings in Indian Archaeology

Trade Mechanisms in India-Mesopotamian Interrelations
C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky 103

Press Cuttings

2.5 Million-year-old Human Skull Found
Richard Leakey 118




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