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Metrical Analysis of Handaxes from Chirki-on-Pravara

R. V. Joshi and A. R. Marathe

Joshi and Marathe suggest standardization of metrical studies on hand axes for solving issues related with Stone Age industries.

The Acheulian Industry of Rock Shelter III F-23 at Bhimbetka, Central India : a Preliminary Study

V. N. Misra 

Misra highlights scanty nature of material available at the site and emphasizes an analytical procedure and standardized typological framework for meaningful studies.

Use of Caliche as a Chronological and Environmental Tool in the Study of Late Quaternary Formations in Gujarat and Rajasthan

K. T. M. Hegde

Hegde focuses on calcium carbonate concentration found in the late quaternary alluvial and Aeolian stratigraphy.

Settlement Archaeology of Inamgaon

M. K. Dhavalikar

Dhavalikar shows how large scale horizontal excavations helped in understanding the settlement archaeology of Chalcolithic Inamgaon.

Ancient Plant Economy at Inamgaon

Vishnu-Mittre and R. Savithri

Mittre and Savithri analyses subsistence pattern on Chalcolithic Inamgaon during the Malwa and Jorwe cultures which includes wheat, barley and lentils.  

The Later Vedic Phase and the Painted Grey Ware Culture

R. S. Sharma

Sharma presumes that Vedic Society was pastoralist, cultivated only barley, and cannot be equated with the PGW people.

Indian Archaeology and the Epic Tradition

B. D. Chattopadhyaya

Chattopadhyaya perceives that the archaeology of Ramayana and Mahabharata sites in the Ganga basin is the archaeology of its janapadas and nothing more. 

Prehistoric Colonization in India : Archaeological and Literary Evidence

H. D. Sankalia

Sankalia discusses various aspects of migration and settlement during Harappan phase, Chalcolithic Deccan and PGW culture and correlates them with literary evidence.

Puranic Lineages and Archaeological Cultures

Romila Thapar

Thapar focuses on lineage records and examines them in the light of archaeological data.

Archaeology and Indian Tradition: Some Observations

M. C. Joshi

Joshi examines literary aspects of Wheeler's contention as well as Sankalia's observation on Ramayana and cautions mixing of archaeology and traditions.

Harappan and Rigvedic Inter-relations

Malti J. Shendge

Shendge argues that it is possible to verify the literary tradition through archaeological findings, especially in the Harappan context.  

Archaeology and Tamil Literary Tradition

R. Champakalakshmi

Champakalakshmi makes a critical account of the excavations in Kaveri and Palar valleys and attempts an appraisal of the spread of BRW and community movements.   

Technology and Social Change in Early Indian History : a Note Posing a Theoretical Question 

Niharranjan Ray

Ancient Gold Working : Some New C Dates

D. P. Aggaarwal and C. Margabandhu

Comments on Subsustence Pattern of an Early Farming Community of Western India

Inscribed Harappan Material from Kalibangan : Some Remarks on Methodology and Approach

H.D. Sankalia : Prehistoric and Protohistory of India and Pakistan, New Edition (Poona, 1974)

Sashi Asthana : History and archaeology of India's Contacts with other countries from Earliest Times to 300 B.C. (Delhi, 1976)

K. Paddayya : Investigation into the Neolithic Cultures of the Shorapur Doab (Leiden, 1973)

M. Hanumantha Rao and S.Nagaraju : Excavations at Hemmige (Mysore, 1974)