Vol-4 Number-1 January 2019
Chief Editor: Vijay Kumar
Publisher: National Trust for Promotion of Knowledge, Lucknow
Mode of Publication: Online (e-Journal)
The sporadic discoveries of the prehistoric sites in the Manjira river valley of the Telangana inspired the author to work on the exploration of Prehistoric sites in this region. The recent explorations resulted in a discovery of the prehistoric sites. An extensive archaeological survey has been carried out in the districts of Sangareddy, Medak and Nizamabad. The collected Flakes, Blades, Blade cores, Microliths and lithic debitage will help in the understanding of the Prehistoric cultures of the study region as well as to reconstruction the past life and Prehistoric climate.
This detailed report on Ceramic Assemblages of Ganeshwar, Sikar, Rajasthan by Ravindra N. Singh, A. K. Pandey, D. P. Singh & Aftab Alam describes the different shapes in the ceramic assemblages of this site. It was identifies as OCP site but except two-three shapes, the complete repertory was not available in any of the reports. The shapes presented in this article establish beyond doubt that this site is truly an OCP site. The shapes and the incised designs conclusively prove that Ganeshwar culture is the same as OCP culture.
This article by Vijay Kumar gives the detailed catalogue of antiquities kept at the two museums namely Government Museum Ayodhya and Kaushal Museum Ayodhya. The antiquities are terracotta pieces, stone sculptures and architectural fragments. The terracotta pieces belong to the period 2nd century B.C. - 5th century A.D. The sculpture pieces belong to the period starting from 4th century A.D. to 13th-14th century A.D. Most of the sculptural and terracotta pieces were recovered from different sites in and around Ayodhya city. Some of the pieces were brought from places outside the district. Some ceramic pieces of historical period have also been kept in the museum.
The article by Professor M.N.P. Tiwari deals with the Study of Kardameśvara Temple, Varanasi. It gives in details the description of sculptures and architecture of the temple which was made during Gahadwal period, dating 12th-13th century A.D. The temple is located on the western margin of Kardameshwar pond. It appears that there was a Shiva temple at this site during Gupta period also. The remains of other temples datable to period 9th century A.D. to 15th century A.D. are also found around this temple. A causeway made by Rani Bhawani of Bengal is located to the south of the temple.
This article about the history of Kashmir by Prashant Srivastava and Pratichi Srivastava reconstructs the events which took place in Kashmir during the long reign of 50 years of the Queen Didda with the help of literary and numismatic sources. The joint issue of coins by Didda and her husband Kshemgupta and succession of her nephew to the throne of Kashmir indicates that she was appointed joint ruler with her husband because her brother had given help to the king of Kashmir against his enemies.
This article by Chandrasen Gautam describes the terracotta antiquities kept in the Buddha museum Gorakhpur. Some miniature votive stone figures have also been included in this catalogue. These pieces are lying in the reserve collection. The terracotta images kept here belong to the period starting from 2nd century B.C. to 6th century A.D. There are some t.c. disks, a sealing and a few miniature pots of early medieval period. The terracotta pieces are mostly heads belonging to different deities and toys. There is also one t.c. pestle of Kushan period and broken birds shaped toy and the animals belonging to different periods.
This article by Vinod Kumar Singh describes the hydraulic technology of waterworks at Jaigarh fort, Jaipur Rajasthan. It describes in details the indigenous technology through which the people in Rajasthan preserved and used water for irrigation and domestic purposes. It also studies the pre-modern technology involved in collection, storage and circulation of water in Rajasthan, India.
This article is by Subodh Mendaly. The state of Odisha has many tribal groups. They speak different languages, but most of them belong to Austro-Asiatic group. Besides, due to diverse eco zone their cultural and traditional beliefs are unique and different from groups to groups. Present work is based on the recent field investigations and findings of megalithic sites in Bonaigarh subdivision of Sundergarh district. In this paper the author has focused on the living megalithic sites of this region, their types and characteristic features, associate beliefs and rituals of ancestor worship. Although the work is preliminary in nature but it does give some ideas about the megalithic tradition of Munda community and adds another chapter on megalithic researches in the state of Odisha.
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