Puratattva
No. 9 (1977-78)
IAS CENTRE MUSEUM IHCS HH

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Editorial 1
Articles


Handaxe and Chopper-Chopping tool tradition : the ideas of two culture theory of Early Palaeolithic in Asia

A. P. Khatri

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Khatri argues that the two culture theory of handaxe and chopper-chopping tools have no distinct identity.


Jamalpur : A Typological variant within the middle Palaeolithic Culture- Complex of India

P. C. Pant & Vidula Jayaswal

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Pant and Jayaswal emphasize the techno-typological uniqueness of the Jamalpur industry.


Recent Advances in the Study of the Indus script

Iravatham Mahadevan

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Mahadevan focuses on the direction of writing and word division of the Indus script.


Culture & Process

Gregory L. Possehl

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Possehl discusses the concept in interpreting human past and examines the approach to archaeology by American anthropologists.


The Grey Ware Culture of Northern Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab

T. N. Khazanchi and K. N. Dikshit

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Khazanchi and Dikshit list the Gray Ware and PGW cultures in northern Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab with emphasis on the problem of late Harappan cultures.


The Economic Pattern of India during the Early Iron Age (1000 B.C.-100 A.D.) Gujarat 

R. N. Mehta

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Mehta outlines the economic pattern in India during the early Iron Age on the basis of archaeological evidence with special reference to Gujrat.  


The Timurid Mosque at Balkh in Afghanistan and Development of Mughal Domes in India 

R. Sengupta

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Sengupta discusses Islamic art and architecture under the patronage of Timur in Afghanistan and India.

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Did the Painted Grey Ware continue upto the Mauryan times?

B. B. Lal

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Lal examines whether the PGW culture began before 800 BC and continued upto the Mauryan period.

Comments

K. N. Dikshit

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Notes and News

The Early Harappan Cultural Phase : A Reply
Rafique Mughal 84

Locating the Graves at Kalibangan
A. K.Sharma 89

Depiction of Cattle Motifs on Amri Pottery
Poonam Chitkara 92

Copper Hoards from West Bengal
A. K. Nag and Dilip Chakrabarti 97

An Early Warehouse on the Western Coast
M. K. Dhavalikar 100

Romano-Indian Rouletted Pottery in Indonesia
Michael J. Walker and S. Santoso 104

Ancient Indian Pottery-Kilns
K. T. M. Hegde 109

Book Reviews


S. P. Gupta :Archaeology of Soviet Central Asian and the Indian Borderlands (Delhi, 1978)
H. D. Sankalia 112




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