Archaeology
of Orissa/edited by Kishor K. Basa and Pradeep Mohanty.
Delhi, 2000, 2 Volumes, 700 p., figs, maps, plates, $105.
ISBN 81-7702-011-0.
Archaeology
of Orissa/edited by Kishor K. Basa and Pradeep Mohanty.
Delhi, 2000, 2 Volumes, 700 p., figs, maps, plates, $105.
ISBN 81-7702-011-0.
Contents: Vol. I: Foreword. Preface. 1. Geomorphology of Orissa/N.K. Mahalik. 2. History of archaeology in Orissa/Kishor K. Basa. 3. Search for the novelty in new archaeology: keeping Orissa in view/Asok K. Ghosh & Subhra Bhattacharya. 4. Recent advances in prehistory of Mayurbhanj/Subrata Chakrabarti. 5. Stone age cultures of Central Orissa/Pratap Kumar Singh. 6. Mesolithic culture and ethnography of Keonjhar district, Orissa/Pradeep Mohanty. 7. The upper palaeolithic and mesolithic cultures of the Indravati Valley, South Orissa: an ethnoarchaeological study/Siba Charan Nanda. 8. Prehistory of Darpankhas (District Jajpur), coastal Orissa/Daitari Sahoo. 9. The neolithic culture of Orissa: a typo-technological analysis/R.N. Dash. 10. Neolithic culture complex of Bonaigarh, Orissa/Pradeep K. Behera. 11. Neolithic culture of Pallahara, Central Orissa/Kishor K. Basa, Tapan K. Das & Basanta K. Mohanta. 12. Sankarjang a metals period burial site in the Dhenkanal Uplands of Orissa/Paul Yule & B.K. Rath. 13. Golabai : a protohistoric site on the coast of Orissa/B.K. Sinha. 14. Chalcolithic cultural remains from a site near Kanjipani, Orissa/Ranjana Ray, Asok K. Kundu & Nandini Bhattacharya. 15. Gopalpur: a neolithic--chalcolithic site in coastal Orissa/Sushanta K. Kar. 16. Archaeology of Boudh, Central Orissa/Balaram Tripathy. 17. Archaeology of Kalahandi and Nuapada districts, Orissa/Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo.
Vol. II: 18. Authority and patronage in early Orissa/Bhairabi Prasad Sahu. 19. Excavated remains at Lalitagiri, a Buddhist site in Orissa/G.C. Chauley. 20. Ceramics of Lalitagiri: a study/J. Patnaik. 21. Manikapatana: an ancient and medieval port on the coast of Orissa/Debaraj Pradhan, Pradeep Mohanty & Jitu Misra. 22. Notes on the excavations of Udayagiri and Khalkattapatna/J.S. Nigam. 23. Radhanagar: early historic Buddhism, urban structure and trade/Jitu Mishra. 24. Early trade and trade routes in Orissa: a reassessment of numismatic and archaeological evidence/Shishir Kumar Panda. 25. Maritime archaeology of Orissa/Kishor K. Basa & Karuna Sagar Behera. 26. Ports of ancient Orissa/Amiya Kumar Pattanaik. 27. An ethnographic study of fishermen and their boats: its importance in the maritime archaeology of ancient Orissa/Umakanta Mishra. 28. Rock art of Orissa/Sadasiba Pradhan. 29. Dantapura, the capital of ancient Kalinga: a reappraisal/Harish Prusty, Pradeep Mohanty & Jitu Mishra. 30. Excavation at Barabati Fort, Cuttack/Kommoju Veera Bhadra Rao. 31. Scientific study of ancient pottery from Orissa: a note on preliminary results/Vishwas D. Gogte. Index.
From the Foreword by Prof. Hermann Kulke, Chair of Asian History, University of Kiel: "The present volume is a pioneering move in the direction of a co-operative effort to understand the archaeology of an important historical region. It provides a most helpful 'state of the arts' report in respect to various archaeological phases as well as micro-level studies focusing on individual archaeological sites. Moreover it relates archaeology with historical problems, such as trade, trade routes, maritime cultural heritage and patronage in early historic Orissa. The book "Archaeology of Orissa" will therefore be most welcomed by the scholarly world. It has to be taken as an encouraging beginning, hopefully to be followed by similar efforts to cover more areas as well as new dimensions in Orissa archaeology."