An Encyclopaedia of Indian ArchaeologyAmalananda Ghosh "An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology" is a significant reference work on archaeology in India. It is an authoritative work of permanent value in which the knowledge and expertise of Indian archaeologists from the Archaeological Survey of India, universities and other institutes have been pooled together under the editorship of the late A. Ghosh, former Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India. The "Encyclopaedia" has been planned in an ambitious manner; it is not merely an alphabetical listing of entries with sketchy information on topics. Volume 1, which deals with certain broad subjects relating to Indian Archaeology, is divided into twenty chapters, alphabetically arranged. Each chapter is further divided into sections and subsections containing independent and self-contained essays. For example, in the chapter on "Cultures," detailed information can be found on various cultures in India; the chapter on "Basis of dating" contains articles on archaeological dating, archaeomagnetic dating, 14C radio-carbon dating, numismatic dating, palaeographic and epigraphic dating, thermoluminescent dating, etc. For those interested in getting further information on the subjects and in looking into the original sources and references, each entry also carries an exhaustive bibliography. Volume II is the Gazetteer. It contains basic data and information on all the explored and excavated sites in India along with reference to published reports and/or notices on each. |
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14C dates 2nd century B.C. 3rd century Acheulian Agrawal AHICCHATRĀ animal archaeological ARIKAMEDU ATRANJIKHERA axes bangles basin beads black-and-red ware blades bone bowl BRAHMAGIRI brick burials celts ceramic Chalcolithic CHIRAND cist clay coins copper Deccan decorated Delhi deposits early historical period entries in vol evidence excavated fabric figurines flakes Ghosh grey ware Gujarat Gupta Harappa Harappa culture HASTINĀPURA incised India Indus civilization industry iron Jorwe Jour KALIBANGAN Kayatha large number late Harappa levels lithic LOTHAL Malwa material Megalithic Mesolithic microlithic Middle Palaeolithic millennium B.C. Mohenjo-daro NAGARJUNAKONDA NAVDATOLI NBPW Neolithic NEVASA objects occur painted phase pits Pleistocene Poona pots pottery Pradesh pre-Harappa Prehistoric Rajasthan red ware region respective entries river ROPAR Sankalia scrapers seals settlements shapes sherds sites see respective SONPUR specimens steatite stone stratigraphic surface SURKOTADA Taxila terraces terracotta thick tion types UJJAIN Uttar Pradesh vase vessels yielded