Vol-4 Number-3 July 2019
Chief Editor: Vijay Kumar
Publisher: National Trust for Promotion of Knowledge, Lucknow
Mode of Publication: Online (e-Journal)
This article by Ali Sadraei discusses the new early Paleolithic site in the dry river bed of Atrak Quchan plain. Pleistocene Epoch in northeast of the Iranian plateau can be considered as the least known period, and so far only some limited, though superficial, data have been obtained from the basin of Kashfroud River on Mashhad plain. Given the existence of the Koppeh Dagh mountain ranges, as well as numerous permanent rivers, this issue is questionable, the most important reason for which may be the lack of specialized purposeful studies conducted in this region. The tools obtained from Atrak riverbed may be one of the latest findings of the Paleolithic period in northeast of the Iranian plateau that were identified and sampled on the southern margin of Tabarak Dam and Daroungar riverbed. The mentioned collection consists of scraper-cores, incomplete double-side scraper-cores, side scrapers, and broken simple flakes scattered over an area of about 500 meters. The present study seeks to provide a relative chronology for them based on the morphology of mentioned tools in the first step and finally, to investigate the possible evidence of the early Paleolithic era in the region of Guchan plain by comparative study of these tools with adjacent contemporaneous sites.
This article by Chudamani Rana & Subrata Kumar Acharya gives the details of the pre-historic rock shelters of Odisha discovered by them. The Prehistoric man had not only consciously chosen these shelters for his habitation but also left many artefacts of his day to day use in his immediate surroundings which bear ample testimony to make us understand his life and activities. The recent archaeological explorations by the authors in the Bindhyabasini and Barapahad Hills in the Bargarh district of Odisha in the year of 2017-18 brought to light many such rock shelters. Several rock shelters with cup marks, holes, engravings and drawings on the walls and floors together with faunal remains and microliths discovered from the immediate surroundings of the explored sites widen our knowledge about the Prehistoric age in Western Odisha. They have been reported for the first time in this paper.
This article by P. P. Joglekar and B. R. Mani gives the details of faunal finds belonging Neolithic period. The animal remains belonging to this phase belong to deer, bovid, sheep, goat, cattle and Saras (crane). Deer was the only wild species consumed by the Neolithic Kanispurians. It is not sure whether deer is Cervus unicolor or Cervus elaphus hanglu. It is not sure whether fossilized bovid remains belong to domestic cattle or Yak. The animal remains of Kushan period belong to Bos/ Bubalus. Goat, sheep, spotted deer and deer. Charring was seen in many bones indicating human modification. Some bones were chewed by dogs. This fact points to the use of dogs by inhabitants of this place belonging to Kushan period. It is interesting to know that Chital was found in Kashmir during Kushan period although it is not found at present.
This article by Sudam Deep gives the details about the behavior of pre-historic man as revealed through tools by them. These Artifacts are very crucial to know the activities of the prehistoric men. It is also essential to classify the artifacts. The artifacts studied here are a fraction of the explored lithic specimens from the Ranj Valley. The cultural assemblage analyzed here belongs to Tentelpali site. This paper focuses on the technology and typology of lithic artefacts to address the behavior and cognitive capabilities of the Microlith using communities of the study area.
This article by Amit Jain provides the list of copper hoard antiquities kept in Shahjad Rai Research Institute, Baraut district Baghpat U.P. India. Here is the detail of antiquities found from district Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan in the west to district Kaushambi, U.P. Kaushambi in the eastern have been given. It also gives the details of ornaments made of copper, found from O.C.P sites. There is an iron sword found from Erich in this collection. In shape it appears to be just like the copper swords made by the OCP people
In this article by Abd El Rahman Mohamed, et al. the three authors have described the conservation and scientific examination process of the stone vessels used for preserving the Visra of the mummified body. These vessels were called canopic jars & were made of limestone, alabaster and pottery. It was carved with hieroglyphic inscriptions. After the Visra was entered into the jar, the mouth was plugged with lime stone mortar. The jar was first photographed. Then its 3D scanning was done. Then, it was X rayed to get the information about content of the cavity without breaking it open. Acril ME was used to fill up the crack and Paraloid B72 2% concentrate in acetone was used for strengthening the decaying outer layer of jar and mortar
This article by Vijay Kumar documents the antiquities housed in Aman Singh Palace, Kalinjar district Banda U.P. India. These antiquities were brought from different places of the fort at different times. The statistical analyses of the material gives clear cut idea about the religious importance of different spots of the fort. Using this data we can recreate the history of the construction of temples during different periods. This analysis also gives the idea about popularity of different deities during different periods in Kalinjar. In short, it gives the changing religious landscape of Kalinjar which was a strategic military fort as well as very important religious center.
This article by Prof. M. K. Pundhir gives architecture details of Tomb of Sultan Parvez at Agra U.P. India. It is situated on the eastern bank of Yamuna opposite Red fort & the city of Agra. The tomb was located at the center of Charabagh garden near tomb of Etmad-ud-daula. The surrounding garden runs on east-west axis and might have been divided into four quarters with water channel and flanking walkways. The tomb was built on square plan and was a double storey structure. Lower storey serves as raised terrace for the upper storey. The lower storey was built on Hast-Bahist plan. This storey was built with brick masonry and lime mortar. All the chambers have domical roof. All the phases of transition are found and squinches have been used which were built in the form of arched alcoves. Four centered arches have been used in the structure. Corbelled bricks have been used in the second phase of transition. The ceiling & walls were decorated with floral designs made in stucco. The second storey was conceived as a cubical domed structure placed in the center of the roof of the lower storey. The structure is surmounted with prominent dome with crowing elements. Dome is based on raised circular drum. Stages of phase of transition has been achieved with the help of squinches
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