Puratattva : Bulletin of the Indian Archaeological Society, Vol. 34. 2003-2004
Contents: I. Articles: 1. Human baby skull fossil within the middle Pleistocene ferricrete/P. Rajendran, M.P. Chougaonkar and C.S.P. Iyer. 2. The Neolithic cultures of Northern India: an ethno-archaeological study/Manoj Kumar. 3. The Rigvedic flora and Fauna: what light do these throw on the \'Aryan Invasion\' debate?/B. Lal. 4. Unearthing Harappan settlement at Bhirrana (2003-04)/L.S. Rao, N.P. Sahu, Prabash Sahu, U.A. Shastry and Samir Diwan. 5. Dispersal of settlements in Haryana from early Harappan to late Harappan periods/Man Mohan Kumar. 6. Tarkhanewala Dera and Chak 86 (2003-2004)/P.K. Trivedi and J.K. Patnaik. 7. Sanauli: a late Harappan Burial Site in the Yamuna-Hindon Doab/D.V. Sharma, K.C. Nauriyal, V.N. Prabhakar and Vishnukant. 8. Excavation at Juni Kuran 2003-04: a preliminary report/Shubhra Pramanik. 9. Important discoveries of prehistoric rock paintings, ancient inscriptions and stone age tools in Southern Bihar and adjoining Jharkhand/A.K. Prasad. 10. Iron objects from Hathab/R.N. Kumaran, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi and Vilas D. Jadhav. 11. Tank Irrigation system of the Megalithic builders in South India - a reassessment/K.N. Dikshit. 12. Excavation at Siswania (District Basti, U.P.): 1995-1997/B.R. Mani. 13. Excavation Kopia: a preliminary report/A.K. Kanungo and V.N. Misra. 14. A preliminary report on the early historic site at Shirwal in Satara District, Maharashtra/P.P. Joglekar, Sushama G. Deo, S.N. Rajaguru, Riza Abbas and Savita N. Ghate. 15. Traditional knowledge systems and architecture of Uttaranchal/D.P. Agrawal, Pankaj Goyal and Neer Prabha Negi. 16. Wood based rural domestic architecture of Himachal Pradesh/O.C. Handa. 17. Typology of wooden temples of Uttaranchal/Madhu Jain. 18. The archaeology of Banasur Fort, Lohaghat/J.S. Kharakwal, D.P. Agrawal and Diwa Bhatt. II. Notes and news: 1. Madarpur discoveries: resolution of some problems in protohistory/J. Manual. 2. Unique terracotta figurines from Megalithic Urn burials at Malampuzha, District Palaghat/Ajit Kumar. 3. Centrally knobbed vessels in pottery and metals of India: a reappraisal/Ashok K. Singh and Pranab K. Chattopadhyay. 4. Secondary jar Burial practice in Manipur/O.K. Singh. 5. Recent archaeological excavations in the Narmada Valley (special reference to Sardar Sarovar and Indira Sagar Projects)/O.P. Mishra and Shail Pradhan. III. Book reviews: 1. D.P. Agrawal and J.S. Kharakwal, Bronze and iron ages in South Asia/Sandeep Kumar Rai. 2. Gautam Sengupta and Sheena Panja (ed.), Archaeology of Eastern India: new perspectives/K.N. Dikshit. 3. Purushottam Singh and Ashok Kumar Singh, the archaeology of middle Ganga plain: new perspectives (excavations at Agiabir)/Sandeep Kumar Rai. 4. Yoshinori Yasuda and Vasant Shinde, Monsoon and civilization, International Research Centre/K.N. Dikshit. 5. Vidula Jaiswal Royal temples of Gupta period - excavation at Bhitari/T. Arun Raj. 6. Sadasiba Pradhan, rock art in Orissa/T. Arun Raj. 7. Manmohan Kumar, Numismatic studies/S.P. Gupta. 8. Bimal Bandhopadhyay, Buddhist Centres of Orissa/S.P. Gupta. 9. Devendra Handa, Buddhist remains from Haryana/S.P. Gupta. 10. Tanzim Raza Qureshi, a history of events : Muslim and Christian chronologies/S.P. Gupta. IV. Annual report: Report of the XXXVII Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society held at Department of Anthropology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, from 19 - 22 December 2003. Balance sheet. Office bearers. Board of management.
