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Journal of Indian Oc...
Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology (Vol.2: 2005)
by: S.P. Gupta , Sunil GuptaThis Journal embodies the results of explorations and excavations conducted by scholars in various countries which witnessed the growth of the personality of the shared culture of the Indian Ocean Rim countries, including the countries of Southwest Asia. It also includes all aspects of cultural, economic and socio-political histories of these countries.
₹900.00
ISBN: 9788124607824
Year Of Publication: 2005
Edition: 1st
Pages : VI, 174
Language : English
Binding : Paperback
Publisher: Centre for Research and Training in History, Archaeology and Palaeo-environment
Size: 28 cm.
Weight: 525
Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology was launched in 2003 by one of Indias leading academic institutions, the Centre for Research & Training in History, Archaeology and Palaeo-environment, New Delhi. The second issue is in the Press. The Journal is an outcome of the realization on the part of the international community of archaeologists and historians that India has no journal devoted exclusively to the archaeology of the Indian Ocean Rim countries, starting from the Red Sea through the South China Sea, although Indian occupies the central position in this vast area, with three-fourths of its land facing the gulfs and bays of the Indian Ocean. It is common knowledge that Egypt, Ethiopis, Kenya, Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain and countries bordering the Persian Gulf, including Iraq and Iran, as well as Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, were closely connected with each other through long-distance sea-borne trade-routes for thousands of years. This particular phenomenon had led to the development of what is now generally called Shared Culture with its distinct personality which is Afro-Asian. It is reflected in the material items dug up every year at a number of sites in India and all other countries along the coasts of the Indian Ocean. This journal embodies the results of explorations and excavations conducted by scholars in various countries which witnessed the growth of the personality of the shared culture of the Indian Ocean Rim countries, including the countries of Southwest Asia. It also includes all aspects of cultural, economic and socio-political histories of these countries. The contributors to this journal are from all over the world. It is a MUST for every scholar and layman interested in the history and arachaeology of the coastal countries of the Indian Ocean, from Africa, and West Asia through China.
Editorial
Should We Launch an International Forum for the Study of Indian Ocean Archaeology — Some Thoughts
— S.P. Gupta
The Ancient Western Indian Ocean World Market
— Felix A. Chami
Andhra-Sri Lanka Sub-System? Probably Another Way of Thinking
— Raj Somadeva
Beads from Anuradhapura and Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka: Trade Contacts in the Early Historic Period
— Anne Sibylle Hannibal-Deraniyagala
The Geomorphological and Archaeological Investigations along the Gulf of Khambat
— Vasant Shinde, S.N. Rajaguru, Shweta Sinha Deshpande and Prabodh Shirvalkar
A Baked Clay Sealing from the Gulf of Khambat
— S. Kathiroli, B. Sasisekaran, S. Badrinarayan and Iravatham Mahadevan
Ancient Pottery & other Ceramic Material from the Submerged Archaeological Sites in the Gulf of Khambat
— Vishwas Gogte
Early Historic Kanara: Was it Really Ptolemys Pirate Coast?
— Sunil Gupta and S.K. Aruni
Preliminary Report of the Third Season of Excavations at Sanjan-2004
— S.P. Gupta, Kurush F. Dalai, Rukshana Nanji, Abhijit Dandekar, Suresh Bomble, Veena Mushriff-Tripathi, Shivendra Kadgaoncar, Gency Chaudhuri, Pranab Sharma and Riza Abbas
A Report on the Glass Vessels from Sanjan, 2002
— Rhea Mitra and Kurush F. Dalai
Excavations at Sanjan Dakhma-2004
— Rukshana Nanji and Abhijit Dandekar
Human skeletal Remains from Sanjan Excavations
— Veena Mushrif and S.R. Walimbe
Coastal Geomorphology of Sanjan
— S.N. Rajaguru and Sushma G. Deo
Aksumite and other Imported Ceramics from Kamrej
— Roberta Tomber
Technical Report: An Analysis of Iron Slags from Kamrej
— R. Balasubramaniam and Tanushree
Navigational Sealings of Early Historic Vanij (Merchants) at Hathab, Gujarat
Shubra Pramanik
The Biggest Stone Anchors from Mithi Virdi
A.S. Gaur, Sundaresh and Bharat Kumar
The Port of Tamralipti in Early Bengal
Shahnaj Husne Jahan
Offshore Investigations at Mahabalipuram-2005
Alok Tripathi
Notes and News
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