Puratattva
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Contents

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Obituaries
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Editorial xi
ARTICLES

Did Some Vedie People Emigrate Westward, Out of India?
B.B.Lal 1

Cultural Transformation in Indian Prehistory: Some Anthropological Considerations
D.K. Bhattacharya 6


Mesolithic Cultural Adaptations in Northeastern Andhra Pradesh

P. Vijaya Prakash 15

The Relevance of Processual vs. Postprocessual Archaeology: A Debate for Theoretical Archaeology in India
Ajay Pratap 27

Investigating Changing Settlement Dynamics on the Plains: The 2009 Survey and Excavations at Masudpur (Hissar District, Haryana)
C.A. Petrie, Ravindra N Singh and A.K. Singh 38


Excavations at Agiabir (2006-07)

Vibha Tripathi and Prabhakar Upadhyay 50

Chalcolithic Antiquities from Sohanpura and nearby Region in North-East Rajasthan
Murari Lal Sharma, Madan Lal Meena, Krishna Gopal Sharma and Vineet Godhal 58

Excavations at Champaner: A First World Heritage Site of Gujarat
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V.H. Sonawane 68

Archaeological Sequence of a Region: Bishnupur/ Vishnupur Sub-Division, District Bankura, West Bengal(2005-06)
Rupendra K. Chattopadhyay, Paromita Base and Dipshikha Acharya 80


Hill Fort of Anarta: Discovery of a Unique Early Historical Fort with Cave - dwellings,Buddhist Idols and Remains at Taranga in North Gujarat

Y.S.Rawat 96

Jaina Bronze Images from Ujjain
Arvind Kumar Singh and Navneet Kumar Jain 107

Historical Archaeology and Plea for Contextual Excavations: Problem of Perspective in the Case of Bhitari Excavation
Raghavendra Vajpeyi 116

Amroha Copper-Plate Inscription of Vidyadhardeva, V.S. 1069 (1011 A.D.)
B.R.Mani and T.S.Ravishankar 125

Mir Chakar Khan Rind and His Mausoleum at Satgarha: An Obscure Chapter in the History of the Baloch in Pakistan
Muhammad Hameed 131

Antiquity of Varanasi as Revealed by Excavation at Aktha (2008-9)
Vidula Jayaswal 141

Excavation at Kanmer: A Harappan Site in Kachchh, Gujarat
J.S. Kharakwal, Y.S. Rawat and Toshiki Osada 147

Excavations at Harappan Site of Badali (2008)
R.C.Thakran, Amar Singh, Yashpal, Vikas andAnju 165

People's Archaeology and Archaeology for the People: Y.D.Sharma Memorial Lecture
Krishna Mohan Shrimali 172

Notes and News

Newly Discovered Sites in Tehsil Gohana, District Sonepat (Haryana)

Vinay Kumar Dangi 195

A Note on the Excavation at Nathara-Ki-Pal, Tehsil -Sarada, Udaipur District

Lalit Pandey 201

Further Excavations at Benisagar in Jharkhand

T.J. Baidya, N.K. Sinha and R. Dehuri 205

Excavation at Khukhragarh: A New Beginning in Jharkhand Archaeology

Harendra Prasad Sinha 211

Excavation at Vyahad in District Nagpur, Maharashtra

Pradip S.Meshram and Ismail Kellellu 215

A Survey of Archaeological Sites of Bansganw Plain in Saryu Valley

Ajay Kumar Pandey and Anubhav Srivastava 220

A Note on Megalithic Investigation at Lillar

S.S. Yadav 225

Discovery of a Vishnu Pillar at Saton

Surendra Kumar Yadav 228

Archaeological Exploration in Bandirwada in Sattari Taluka, Goa

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Abhijit Ambekar 231

Rock Painting and Wall Painting: A Case Study from Jharkhand

Mukta Raut Dey 233

Recent Copper Hoard from Samarathpura, District Ajmer, Rajasthan
Ambika Dhaka 238

Early Use of Iron in South Asia with Special Reference to Gangetic- Doab
Vinay Kumar 241

The Geomorphological History and the Legendary Beliefs about the Origin of Kerala
P. Rajendran and A. Sajna 249

A Note on Interaction between India and South East Asia as Revealed in the Inscriptions
Chhanda Mukherjee 255

Fresh Light on Excavations at Ahichchatra
D.N. Dimri 257


ACTIVITIES OF THE INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
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Report of the XLII Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society held at Orissa State Museum, Bhubneshwar from 29th - 31st December, 2008.

Society's Activities
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Book Reviews 

Piotr Andreevich Eltsov. 2008. From Harappa to Hastinapura – A Study of the Earliest South Asian City and Civilization.
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Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti

Chakrabarti Dilip K. 2008. Battle for Ancient India
K.N.Dikshit

Jamkhedkar, Arvind P. 2009. Ajanta.
S. S.Biswas

Chakrabarti, Dilip K. and Sukhdev Saini. 2009. The Problem of the Saraswati River and Notes on the Archaeological Geography of Haryana and Indian Panjab.
O.P.Tandon

Shukla, Jaya Kumar. 2009. Kannauj (Kanya Kubja): Sanskriti Evam Puratattva (Hindi).
Vinay Kumar

Karashima, Noboru. 2009.South Indian Society in Transition: Ancient to Medieval.
Manisha Pande

Mevissen, Gerd J.R. and Arundhati Banerji (Ed.). 2009. Prajnadhara: Essays on Asian Art Histiry, Epigraphy and Culture in Honour of Gouriswar Bhattacharya.
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Gautami Bhattacharya

Sharma, D.D. 2009. Cultural History of Uttarakhand.
K.P.Nautiyal

Tripati, Sila. 2009. Maritime Archaeology for Beginners.
Mukta Raut Dey

Jayaswal, Vidula. 2009. Ancient Varanasi: An Archaeological Perspective.
Vinay Kumar

Trivedi, Pramod Kumar.2009. Excavations at Tarkhanwala Dera and Chak 86 (2003-04)
K.N. Dikshit

Lal, B.B. 2009. How Deep are the Roots of Indian Civilization? Archaeology Answers
K.N. Dikshit

BALANCE SHEET 286
OFFICE-BEARERS 289
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT 290
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