Vol-2 Number-4 October 2017
Chief Editor: Vijay Kumar
Publisher: National Trust for Promotion of Knowledge, Lucknow
Mode of Publication: Online (e-Journal)
This article by Mohana. R on the rock art sites of the Malaprabha river basin, Karnataka have been studied since 1970s from different aspects. This paper presents important findings and perspectives around Karadigudda S.N. village near Badami part of the author’s doctoral research in the Malaprabha river basin. Those rock art can be roughly assigned to late Stone Age to Medieval period. This paper reviews seven localities from three sites which are located in and around the village. Rock art comprises petroglyphs and pictographs in the form of geometrical designs, human figures, deity and many other motifs.
This article by Himanshu Shekhar and P. P. Joglekar gives details of 75 megalithic sites in Murhu block of district Khunti, Jharkhand. Survey by the two authors revealed five types of megaliths namely (1) Capstones and dolmens, (2) Menhirs, (3) Menhirs with associated slabs, (4) Alignments and (5) Surface markers. This area is inhabited by Mundas, Oraons, Birhors, Bhumij and Ho tribes. The two authors have also given the ethno-archaeological study of the living tradition of megalithism among different Munda tribals.
This article by Pradeep K. Behera and Sakir Hussain present investigation at Subulia, district Subarnapur, Odisha brings to light Late Chalcolithic-Iron Age habitation site in the Middle Mahanadi Valley. The site was surveyed with several objectives i.e. to ascertain the stratigraphic context of the white-painted Black-and-Red Ware and associated materials and to understand the extension of Chalcolithic settlements represented in the Middle Mahanadi Valley. However, the site needs to be studied from multidisciplinary perspective to understand foraging/agro-pastoral subsistence system in the region.
This article by Vijay Kumar presents the results of village to village archaeological survey of the two districts namely Aligarh and Hathras, which earlier used to be a single district named after the first one. This survey for the first time gives the data about the change of demographic pattern of a district as revealed by the number of human settlements from proto-historic period to the late medieval period. It also gives the extant of OCP, the proto-historic culture of North and West India and its relation to the other contemporary proto-historic cultures on its western and eastern side of the core OCP area. OCP area extends from Sriganganagar (Rajasthan) –Rupnagar (Punjab)axis to Bahraich-Faizabad-Sultanpur (All in Uttar Pradesh) axis. On northern side, it is bordered by Himalayas. On southern side, it is confined by mid Rajasthan and river Yamuna.
This article by Mohan Lal Chadhargives the review of researches done at the site of Eran district Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. It gives the details of the remains of the great Varaha, standing image of Vishnu, and Garuna Stambha, all of Gupta period. He also describes other minor antiquities scattered all over the surrounding areas. The pratihar temple in front of the Gupta-Vishnu image reveals that the original Gupta temple was rebuilt many times after it was first commissioned.
This article by Prashant Srivastava and Pundarik Kumar is the catalogue of 92 punch marked coins from Sravasti, Uttar Pradesh. All these coins are of Kośala Māhājanapada. All these coins of Kārşāpa7a variety. These have irregular shapes.Almost all the three categories of obverse symbols (main type symbols) namely geometric symbols, nature type symbols and manmade type symbols and almost all the three categories of reverse symbols (bankers marks) namely geometric marks, nature marks and man-made marks are found depicted on the coins of the collection.
This paper by Abdul Rashid Loneexamines the archaeological and literary sources for the identification of the historical places of Kashmir. The early historic site of Harwan is identified by scholars with Sadarhadvana, a place mentioned in the Kalhana’s Rajatarangini. Its archaeology has revealed the settlement patterning of the early historic Kashmir and the kind of art and architecture of the contemporary Kashmir. An attempt has been made to look at these different art forms. Terracotta tiles and figurines were popular mediums of artistic expressions throughout Kashmir. In addition to Harwan many archaeological settlements have revealed such kind of artistic flavors in the length and breadth of the Kashmir Valley
This article by Shamoon Ahmad gives the details of coins from Koch Bihar palace museum, Koch Bihar district Koch Bihar, West Bengal. For this particular study, thirteen coins have been taken up. All of these coins are medieval Nārāyanī coins. The kingdom of Koch Bihar was founded in 16th century A.D. by Bishwasimha. Nara-Nārāyana of this dynasty, first struck the coins.
This article by S.K. Acharya, G.S. Khwaja and M.V. R. Vermagives the details of a trilingual inscription discovered from the village of Narasinghpatna in the Brahmagri Block of Puri district of Odisha. The inscriptions are written on two separate stone slabs fixed to the eastern wall of a dilapidated maṭh or dharmaśālā of the 18th century CE. They are in written in Persian, Oriya and Telugu languages The contents of all the three inscriptions are almost same. They in fact record the construction of an inn for the pilgrims coming from the southern regions for worship of the Lord Jagannath at Puri. The dates of the inscriptions are mentioned in the Fasliyear 1197 and Śaka1710 which can safely be placed in the year 1788-89 CE.
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