Puratattva (Vol. 22: 1991-92)

ISBN: 9788124602973
Year Of Publication: 2005
Edition: 1st
Pages : viii, 158
Bibliographic Details : 33 B/w photos
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Size: 29 cm.
Weight: 800

Puratattva is the annual bulletin of one of the world’s most prestigious academic organization, the Indian Archaeological Society which was founded as early as 1967. From the very beginning, the Society has aimed at publishing the results of the latest archaeological discoveries made in India. Those who have contributed to the journal over the years include not only the eminent archaeologists excavating major sites, like Professors H.D. Sankalia, B.B. Lal, B.P. Sinha, Krishna Deva, A.K. Narain, G.R. Sharma, M.N. Deshpande, B.K. Thapar, S.R. Rao, B.M. Pande, J.P. Joshi, M.C. Joshi, M.S. Nagaraja Rao, A. Sundara, K.N. Dikshit, V.N. Misra, Vibha Tripathi, Rakesh Tiwari, V.S. Wakankar, Giriraj Kishore, K.V. Raman, N.C. Ghosh, K.M. Srivastava, M.A. Dhaky, V.D. Mishra, M.K. Dhavalikar, R.S. Bisht, B.R. Mani, R.C. Agarwal, S.P. Gupta, R.K. Verma, J.N. Pal, U.V. Shinde, Rakesh Tiwari, Alok Tripathi, Amarendra Nath, D.N. Tripathi, Ajith Prasad, K.S. Ramchandran, D.V. Sharma, but also young and budding scholars brimming with new ideas and equipped with new scientific techniques, exploring practically every part of the country and preparing their research works for their Doctoral and post-Doctoral degrees. Scholars from universities and research institutions like the Banaras Hindu University, Madras University, Nagarjuna University, Utkal University, Allahabad University, Patna University, Calcutta University, Mysore University, Baroda University, Kurukshetra University, Rohtak University, Lucknow University, Gorakhpur University, Deccan College, Indian Archaeological Society and the Archaeological Survey of India, the largest body of archeologists in India, to name a few, have been engaged in extensive and intensive field-work in the country. They have been regularly contributing their research-papers to this journal. The subjects covered by these scholars include Stone Age cultures, including Neolithic Culture and the Rock Art, Bronze Age Culture and the Rock Art, Bronze Age Culture of the Harappans found in the Indus and Saraswati basins, Chalcolithinc cultures found in the Deccan, Malwa, Maharashtra, Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and Early Iron Age cultures, including the Megalithic Culture, throughout India. They also include topics like Underwater Archaeology, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Art, Architecture, Conservation of Monuments, Antiquarian Laws and International Conventions. Puratattva also contains Notes and News, Book Reviews and dialogues between scholars on various issues. So far as many as 34 volumes have been published which provide a mine of information, without referring to which no worthwhile research-work on Indian history and archaeology is at all possible. The articles include even those presented in the Annual Conferences of the Society. This is precisely the reason the Puratattva is consulted throughout the world to gather details on the progress of Indian archaeology and insights on Indian history and culture. It is indeed of permanent value for all scholars and all libraries in India and abroad.

Archaeology of South Asia : A Perspective in Interrelationship
— B.K. Thapar
Interpretation of Function of Microlithic Tool (Lunate) Through Microwear Examination
— Gayatri Chaturvedi
Rock Pictures in Orissa
— Neumayer Erwin
The Harappans in Saurashtra : New Chronological Considerations
— Gregory L. Possehl
Iron Age and Peninsular India
— K.N. Dikshit
Megalithic Culture in North Arcot Region
— K. Rajan
Settlement Archaeology of Kaothe : A Chalcolithic Site in the Tapi Basin
— Vasant Shinde
Agricultural Remains from Madhya Pradesh (India) from Chalcolithic Period to Mauryan Period
— R.A. Sharma
The Indus Culture Seal of Three Forms and Seven Figures as Pictorial Representation of A.V. Hymn IV.37
— P.V. Pathak
Development of sculptural and Terracotta Art in India from the Beginning to the Mauryan Age
— R.C. Sharma
Arambha : A Vakataka Site in Vidarbha
— Amarendra Nath
Excavations at Lal Kot 1991-92 and Further Explorations in Delhi
— B.R. Mani
Excavation at Vadagokugiri (Meghalaya) 1992
— A.K. Sharma
Place Names, Traditions and Archaeology
— A. Sundara
Jain Vestiges at Penukonda Fort
— A. Gurumurthi
Restoration of Angkor Vat, Cambodia : Indian Crusade
— B. Narasimhaiah
The Harappan and Vedic Civilizations : An Analysis of Legacy
— K.D. Bajpai
Kamauli Copper Plate Inscription of Govindachandra (Vikrama Year 1197)
— A.K. Singh
Excavations At Imlidih Khurd
— P. Singh, Ashok Kumar Singh, Indrajeet Singh
Excavations At Kotra 1988-89
— C.B. Trivedi
Sulabhdihi : A Neolithic Celt Manufacturing Centre in Orissa
— Pradeep K. Behera
Art and its Creative outlook
— Anupa Pande
A Unique Art-Relief from Ajanta
— S.K. Mittra
A Unique Inscribed Metal Sculpture of Padmapani from Western Himalayas
— A.K. Singh, Ravindra N. Singh, Manjula Chaturvedi
Saving a Great Asian Empire — From ASIA WEEK, Hong Kong
Book Reviews