Current studies on the Indus civilization

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Current studies on the Indus civilization

edited by Toshiki Osada, Akinori Uesugi

（地球研ライブラリー, no. 9-11, 15, 17-19 . RIHN-Manohar Indus Project series）

Manohar, 2010-2012

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  • v. 2
  • v. 3
  • v. 4
  • v. 5
  • v. 6
  • v. 7
  • v. 9

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Occasional paper : linguistics, archaeology and the human past

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Rev. ed. of: 3-5, 7-10, 12. Occasional paper : linguistics, archaeology and the human past, published by Indus Project, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, 2008-2011

v. 5 [by] Vivek Dangi

v. 9 edited by Toshiki Osada, Hitoshi Endo

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9788173048609

Description

Current Studies on the Indus Civilization, is a new publishing project between the Indus Project at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature and Manohar Publishers. This volume contains four papers; (ie: Dorian Fuller discusses cotton cultivation from a archaeological and linguistic point of view). Qasid Mallah writes on archaeology in Sindh. Roger Blench gives us an overview of the languages in South Asia. Shinde et al. present a report on Ghaggar exploration and the excavation at Mitathal, Girwad and Farmana.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • The spread of textile production and textile crops in India beyond the Harappan zone: An aspect of the emergence of craft specialization and systematic trade by Dorian Q Fuller
  • Recent archaeological discoveries in Sindh, Pakistan by Qasid H. Mallah
  • Exploration in the Ghaggar Basin and excavations at Girawad, Farmana (Rhotak District) and Mitathal (Bhiwani District), Haryana, India by Vasant Shinde, Toshiki Osada, M.M Sharma, Akinori Uesugi, Takao Uno, Hideaki Maemoku, Prabodh Shirvalkar, Shweta Sinha Deshpande, Amol Kulkarni, Amrita Sarkar, Anjana Reddy, Vinay Rao and Vivek Dangi
  • Re-evaluating the linguistic prehistory of South Asia by Roger Blench.
Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9788173048616

Description

This is the second volume in RIHN-MANOHAR Indus Project Series. It contains four papers; i.e. Qasid Mallah describes the new Hrappan sites in Sindh P Ajithprasad writes a report on the Harappan site at Jaidak (Pithad), Gujarat. Farzand Masih describes the Islamic architecture of the Tomb of Shaikh Sadan Shaheed. Roger Blench discusses the fruits of South-east Asia from a linguistic point of view.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Research report on surface and subsurface analysis of archeological sites around the lakes of the Dubi Mirwah Desert in Sindh, Pakistan by Qasid H. Mallah
  • Jaidak (Pithad): a Sorath Harappan site in Jamnagar district, Gujarat and its architectural features by P. Ajithprasad
  • Tomb of Shaikh Sadan Shaheed: A fabulous illustration of congenital architectural and decorative traditions by Farzand Masih
  • A history of fruits on the Southeast Asian mainland by Roger Blench.
Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9788173048623

Description

This is the third volume in Current Studies on the Indus Civilization. It contains four papers. Jeewan Singh Kharakwal and others have presented the second seasons report of excavation at Kanmer, Kachchh, Gujarat in the season of 2006-2007. In addition to this main report, P.P. Joglekar and Pankaj Goel have reported on the fauna analysis at Kanmer and Professors Rajaguru and G Deo have contributed a preliminary report on the geological issues in the environment of Kachchh area. Moreover, GIS archaeology is applied to the Kanmer site by Teramura and others. Professor Underhill has given us a paper on DNA analysis of human genetics.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Preliminary observations on Holocene fluvial sediments around Kanmer, Gujarat, India by S.N. Rajaguru and Sushama G. Deo
  • Preliminary observations on the excavation at Kanmer, Kachchh, India 2006-2007 by J.S. Kharakwal, Y.S. Rawat and Toshiki Osada
  • Report on the faunal remains recovered from Kanmer, Gujarat, during the second field season (2006-07) by Pankaj Goyal and P.P. Joglekar
  • Archaeology with GIS in the Indus Project by H. Teramura, Y. Kondo, T. Uno, A. Kanto, T. Kishida, and H. Sakai
  • Interpreting patterns of Y chromosome diversity: Pitfalls and promise: A case study from Southwest Asia by Peter A. Underhill.
Volume

v. 4 ISBN 9788173049101

Description

This is the fourth volume of Current Studies on the Indus Civilization. This book contains two papers and focuses on archaeological sites in Haryana. The first paper by Manmohan Kumar presents a list of Early Harappan (241 sites), Mature Harappan (145 sites) and Late Harappan (840 sites) sites in Haryana including newly discovered sites. The second paper is a report on the excavation at Medina, Rohtak, Haryana conducted by Manmohan Kumar and his team in 2007-8. Both the papers are very important for understanding ancient Haryana.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Harappan Settlements in the Ghaggar-Yamuna Divide by Manmohan Kumar
  • Excavations at Madina, District Rohtak, Haryana 2007-08: A Report by Manmohan Kumar, Vasant Shinde, Akinori Uesugi, Vivek Dangi, Sajjan Kumar and Vijay Kumar.
Volume

v. 5 ISBN 9788173049118

Description

This is the fifth volume of Current Studies on the Indus Civilization. This is a special volume consisting only of Vivek Dangis work titled Archaeology of the Ghaggar Basin: Settlement Archaeology of Meham Block, Rohtak, Haryana, India. This monograph contains seven chapters, i.e. Nomenclature and Geographical Features; Explorations; Settlement Pattern; Study of Pottery; Study of Miscellaneous Objects; Study of Coins and Inscriptions; and History of the Region.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • I. Nomenclature and Geographical Features
  • II. Exploration
  • III. Settlement Pattern
  • IV. Study of Pottery
  • V. Study of Miscellaneous Objects
  • VI. Study of Coins and Inscriptions
  • VII. Conclusion: History of the Region
  • References.
Volume

v. 6 ISBN 9788173049125

Description

This is the sixth volume of Current Studies on the Indus Civilization. The book contains three papers. In the first paper, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, one of the most eminent scholars specializing in Harappan archaeology, writes on the terracotta model carts and wheeled vehicles of the Indus civilization. This is followed by a paper by P. Eltsov, which investigates the history of an ancient South Asian city through the analysis of ancient texts and archaeological data. The last paper written by Vivek Dangi, is a preliminary report on his archaeological explorations in the Chautang basin of Haryana.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Carts & Wheeled Vehicles of the Indus Civilization: New evidence from Hrappa, Pakistan by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
  • Power circumscribed by space: Attempting a new model of the ancient South Asian city by P Etsov
  • Recent exploration in the Chautang Basin (Jind District, Haryana) by Vivek Dangi.
Volume

v. 7 ISBN 9788173049293

Description

This book contains seven papers. In the first two papers, Professors Kuldeep Bhan and Ajithprasad both belonging to the MS University of Baroda, write papers on their own special topics. The remaining five papers are dealt with the outcome of excavations at Kanmer as followed: a general report by Dr Kharakwal of Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Dr Rawat of Archaeology Department, Gujarat State Government and Dr. Osada of RIHN; a report on faunal remains by Drs Goyal and Joglekar of Deccan College; anthracological analysis by Drs Lancelotti and Madella of Institucio Mila i Fontanals, Spain; ethnoarchaeological study by Dr Ansari of Deccan College; a report on memorial stones at Kanmer by Mr Thakuria of Deccan college and several authors.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • I. Pastoralism in Late Harappan Gujarat, western India: an ethonoarchaeological approach by Kuldeep K. Bhan
  • II. Archaeological explorations in the Saurashtra coast of Junagandh District, Gujarat by P. Ajithprasad, SV Rajesh and Bhanu Sharma
  • III. Annual report of excavation at Kanmer 2007-08 and 2008-09 by J.S. Kharakwal, Y.S. Rawat and Toshiki Osada
  • IV. Report on the faunal remains recovered from Kanmer, Gujarat, during the third field season (2007-08) by Pankaj Goyal and P.P Joglekar
  • V. Preliminary anthracological analysis from Harappan Kanmer: Human-environmanet interactions as seen through fuel resources exploitation and use by Carla Lancelotti and Marco Madella
  • VI. Ethnoarchaeological study at the Harappan site of Kanmer, Kachchh, Gujarat (Field Seasons 2006-2009) by Shahida Ansari
  • VII. Memorial stones at Kanmer, Gujarat, India by Tilok Thakuria, J.S. Kharakwal, Toshiki Osada and Y.S. Rawat.
Volume

v. 9 ISBN 9788173049484

Description

This book contains papers concerning several animals (ie: crocodile, ass and unicorn) written by the Finnish eminent scholar on Indus script, Professor Asko Parpola and his colleague in Helsinki University, Professor Juha Janhunen who has specialised on the Mongolic, Tugusic and Turkic languages widely spoken in Eurasia. These animals motifs are found not only in the Indus seals but also in the several mythological literatures from Eurasia, including India. Another contributor is Professor Ajithprasad of Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, Gujarat. His paper deals with issues related to the early Chalcolithic regional tradition of north Gujarat in western India.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Crocodile in the Indus Civilization & later South Asian traditions
  • On the Asiatic wild asses & their vernacular names
  • The Harappan unicorn in Eurasian & South Asian perspectives
  • Unicorn, Mammoth, Whale: Mythological & etymological connections of zoonyms in North & East Asia
  • The Harappa Culture in North Gujarat: a Regional Paradigm.

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