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» 1,000-Year-Old Sculpture Found
   From New Inda Press, research team of Kongu Naadu Vellalar Trust has found a 1,000-year-old sculpture at Athanur Amman Temple near Rasipuram, highlighting the importance of trade activities of Tamils.
   http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20031126041305&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&

» 1,100-year-old Chola Stone Inscription Found
   From the Hindu, inscription of the Parantaka Chola period has been discovered at a Siva temple at Ezhuchur, near Padappai, in Sriperumbudur taluk of Kancheepuram District.
   http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/31/stories/2003123107210400.htm

» 1000-year-old, Long Tamil Inscription Found
   From the Hindu, a long inscription in Tamil, running to 28 lines and about 1,000 years old, has been discovered at a temple in Ennayiram village, 18 km from Villupuram town in Tamil Nadu.
   http://www.hindu.com/2003/11/07/stories/2003110701571300.htm

» 997 A.D. Stone Inscriptions Found in Tamil Nadu
   From the Hindu, bilingual inscriptions in Tamil `vatteluttu' and Sanskrit in Grantha letters engraved on an outlet stone of a big lake has been found at Madakkulam village near Srivilliputhur, Virudhunagar district.
   http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/04/stories/2004070403761000.htm

» A Monumental Effort
   From Frontline, after a delay of about 40 years, the master plan to beautify Mamallapuram, a World Heritage Site, becomes a reality.
   http://www.flonnet.com/fl2023/stories/20031121000107000.htm

» A Puzzling Wreck
   From Archaeology, India's first ancient shipwreck, discovered recently in the coastal town of Kadakkarapally, has archaeologists stumped.
   http://www.archaeology.org/0401/newsbriefs/boat.html

» A Unique Memorial to a Learned Lady
   Recent discovery of a stone portrait of a woman scholar of the 10th century.
   http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/women/savinirmadi.htm

» An Extensive Middle Palaeolithic Quarry Landscape in the Kaladgi Basin
   The Kaladgi Basin is a well-known region of southern India as the area has been subject to archaeological surveys from the 1960s to the 1980s. Survey has resulted in the identification of 191 Middle Palaeolithic localities along the margins of the Malapra
   http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/Petraglia/Petraglia.html

» Ancient Indians Made 'Rock Music'
   From the BBC, archaeologists rediscover a huge rock art site in India where inhabitants used the local rocks to make musical sounds.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3520384.stm

» Archaeobotanical and Settlement Survey, South Indian Neolithic
   Fieldwork has involved Reinvestigation of known archaeological sites through test excavations together with Professor Ravi Korisettar of Karnatak University and Dr. P. C. Venkatasubbaiah.
   http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/profiles/fuller/India.html

» Archaeobotany of Early Historic sites in Southern Tamil Nadu
   Sites sampled included two that were under excavation by the Tamil State Government Department of Archaeology and one which Dr. Rajan has had excavations on in the past.
   http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/profiles/fuller/tamil.htm

» Archaeobotany of the Vindhyan Neolithic, Gangetic India, Uttar Pradesh
   This study, in collaboration with Professor J. N. Pal hopes to assess the evidence for early rice cultivation, as well as other crops, from the Mesolithic to Neolithic archaeological sequence provided by the sites of Chopani-Mando, Koldihwa and Mahagara.
   http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/profiles/fuller/Belan.htm

» Archaeologists hit paydirt in Gola Dhora
   A nine-year search ended successfully for MSu archaeologists this winter when their two-month excavation in Rajkot's Bagasra opened gates to a new city.
   http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=120786

» Archaeology in the Third World
   Review by D. P. Agrawal of Dilip K. Chakrabarti's 2003 volume.
   http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/t_rv/t_rv_agraw_third.htm

» Archaic Indian Punch Marked Coins
   An article by Shailendra Bhandare on approaches to the classification of Archaic Indian punch marked coins.
   http://www215.pair.com/sacoins/public_html/shailenspaper.htm

» Artifacts or Geofacts?
   An alternative explanation of alleged artifacts from the Gulf of Cambay, western India.
   http://www.intersurf.com/~chalcedony/geofact.html

» Asoka Statues Unearthed in India
   An article from the BBC reporting the discovery of two statues of King Asoka.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1646907.stm

» Ayodhya Excavations Completed
   From BBC, archaeologists complete excavation work on the religious site in northern India, the subject of dispute between Hindus and Muslims.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3134107.stm

» Banawali Mound
   Banawali Mound lies 14 kms, north-west of Fatehbad on the right bank of the Rangoi Nala. It is spread over an 1kmsq area and is 10 meters high.
   http://haryana-online.com/banawali.htm

» Buddha Site Celebrates U.N. Status
   From the BBC, ancient Indian temple, Buddhism's holiest shrine, is formally dedicated as a World Heritage site.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3503483.stm

» Buddhist Archaeological Sites
   A survey of Buddhist archaeological sites with links to photographs of surviving stupas and museum sculpture collections.
   http://members.tripod.com/~IMAGE_INDIA/buddhist.html

» Champaner's Now on World Heritage Site List
   From Express India, the State got its first world heritage site on Thursday when the medieval ruins of Champaner-Pavagadh town was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO.
   http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=90013

» Concern Over Distortions
   An article in Frontline reporting that participants at the Kolkata session of the Indian History Congress express concern over attempts to distort history in school textbooks and thus subvert secular education.
   http://www.flonnet.com/fl1802/18020840.htm

» Dholavira
   A description of the Harappan site at Dholavira.
   http://www.gujaratplus.com/web/gujarat/old_world/dholavira.htm

» Excavations at Arikamedu, India
   On the southeast coast of India just south of Pondicherry, is the most famous archaeological site in southern India. Discovered in the 1930s and quickly linked with Roman trade, it was excavated three times in the 1940s. The first excavation was an amateu
   http://www.thebeadsite.com/UNI-ARK.html

» Excavations at the Palaeolithic Site of Attirampakkam
   Significant conceptual developments in Indian prehistory and Quaternary studies had their origin in research at this site, which was also characterised as a type-site of the Acheulian handaxe-based 'Madras Industries'.
   http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/pappu/pappu.html

» Excavations to Resolve Temple Row
   From Guardian Unlimited, a court in India ordered archaeologists to excavate the site of the demolished Ayodhya mosque to determine whether a Hindu temple ever existed there.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/mar/06/india.rorymccarthy

» Experts Split on Ayodhya Findings
   From BBC, an archaeological report it was hoped would resolve the row over the north Indian religious site only entrenches opinions.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3183027.stm

» Government to Dig up the Path of the Mythical Saraswati River
   From New India Press, Indian government has decided to take up excavation along the entire stretch of what was once the route of the long dried Saraswati river from Haryana to Gujarat.
   http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEH20030725112452&Page=H&Title=Top+Stories&rLink=0

» Group of Monuments at Hampi
   A brief description and justification for inscription.
   http://whc.unesco.org/sites/241.htm

» Heritage in Ruins
   From Tribune, 20 km from Chandigarh, is the township of Pinjore, which is steeped in history; besides being a retreat for tourists, has remained the centre of attraction for art lovers and archaeologists who come here to see these rare archaeological find
   http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040711/spectrum/main3.htm

» Hindutva and History
   An editorial article in Frontline discussing history as projected by Hindutva ideologues, which is being introduced to children through textbooks and is being imposed upon research institutes.
   http://www.flonnet.com/fl1720/17200150.htm

» Historical Sites in Gujrat Crumbling
   From Daily Times, historical sites in Gujrat are crumbling and the district government has made no arrangements to preserve and protect the rich heritage for future generations.
   http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_9-5-2004_pg7_18

» Hunting for Muziris
   From the Hindu, archaeologist has been in the limelight after he put forward a hypothesis, based on some striking pieces of evidence, that Muziris, the legendary seaport of the ancient world, stood at Pattanam, a small town some 12 km south of the Periyar
   http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/03/28/stories/2004032800050200.htm

» India Uncovers Ancient Buddhist Marvel
   An article from the BBC reporting the excavation in Bihar, of one of the world's tallest Buddhist stupas.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1420733.stm

» India's Salt Lake Cities
   Recent digs in the ancient town that was Dholavira are revealing a civilization vastly ahead of its time.
   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1997/int/970901/asia.archaeology.html

» Iron Age Habitational Site Found at Adichanallur
   From The Hindu, habitational site of the Iron Age people who were buried in big urns at Adichanallur, 24 km from Tirunelveli town in Tamil Nadu.
   http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/03/stories/2005040301931400.htm

» Lost City Found Off Indian Coast
   From the BBC, a city which has been the subject of legend for thousands of years is discovered off the south-east coast of India.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1923794.stm

» Man and Man-Lion: the Philadelphia Narasimha
   Article by Dr. Michael W. Meister discussing a red sandstone attached sculpture of Narasimha (Vishnu as the Man-Lion or Killer of Demons).
   http://www.arth.upenn.edu/narasimha/paper.html

» Megalithic Pochampad: The Skeletal Biology and Archaeological Context of an Iron Age Site in Andhra Pradesh, India
   Asian Perspectives 41(1). Human skeletal remains from a burial site in southern India excavated in the 1960s by the Department of Archaeology and Museums of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, have been analyzed. [subscription required]
   http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.1kennedy.pdf

» Monk Mummy Found in Mountains
   From phayul, a mummy of a Tibetan Buddhist monk, believed to be about 500 years old, has been found in India's northern Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh
   http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=6214

» Mother Goddess Figurines Found in Tamil Nadu
   From the Hindu, terracotta figurines of the Mother Goddess have been found at Andipatti in Tiruvannamalai district and Modur in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu during excavations conducted by the State Archaeology Department.
   http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/22/stories/2005052200121100.htm

» Mystery of Delhi's Iron Pillar Unraveled
   Metallurgists at Kanpur IIT have discovered that a thin layer of misawite, a compound of iron, oxygen and hydrogen, has protected the 1,600-year-old cast iron pillar from rust.
   http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=12824

» Orality to literacy: Transition in Early Tamil Society
   Brahmi script reached Upper South India and the Tamil country at about the same time during the 3rd century B.C.E. in the wake of the southern spread of Jainism and Buddhism.
   http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2007/stories/20030411001208100.htm

» Peopling of India
   An article discussing research into mDNA base sequences, combined with archaeological and linguistic data as applied to the question of the peopling of India.
   http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/cesmg/peopling.html

» Prehistoric Rock Paintings in India
   Examples of cave art dating back over 20,000 years.
   http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/rockpain/betaka.htm

» Ritual and Presentation in Early Buddhist Religious Architecture
   Asian Perspectives 43(1). The physical organization and layout of Buddhist reliquary mounds, stupas, provides a window into the forms of ritual practiced by Buddhists in the first few centuries B.C. through the end of the second century A.D. [subscription
   http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v042/42.1fogelin.pdf

» Roof collapse in Purana Qila
   From IndiaExpress, the roof of a cell on the walls of the Purana Qila collapsed due to heavy rains that lashed the city last week, according to workers at the monument.
   http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=150083

» Sanjan Shards Help Piece Together Parsi History
   From the Times of India, an important find at Sanjan, one of the first Parsi settlements in India , is expected to provide fresh insights into the Zoroastrians' flight from Iran to India 1,400 years ago.
   http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=43207293

» Saraswati Project May be Buried
   From the Times of India, a pet project of the then culture minister Jagmohan, officials now indicate that it would be certainly axed.
   http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/761548.cms

» Search for Lost River Throws Up 300 AD Site in Haryana
   Extensive excavation in the last seven months at Adi Badri site, 40 km north of the Yamunanagar district in Haryana, has yielded a 300 AD Kushan site, and speculation that this may be the spot where the river had originated.
   http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEP20030812135111&Title=States&rLink=0

» Social Life in Medieval Deccan : Status of Women
   Status of Women in 14th Century South India.
   http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/ancient/women.htm

» The Gulf of Khambat Debate
   Discussion with two eminent historians on the underwater discoveries in the Gulf of Khambat, announced in January 2002.
   http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1907/19070940.htm

» The Herders' Monuments
   Information about these ashmounds formed by the accumulation of burned dung in the pastoral settlements of the Neolithic of Southern Deccan.
   http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/gis/mm10018-01.html

» The Origins of Iron-working in India
   Recent excavations in Uttar Pradesh have turned up iron artefacts, furnaces, tuyeres and slag in layers radiocarbon dated between c. BCE 1800 and 1000.
   http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/tewari/tewari.pdf

» The Rock Art of Central India
   Dr Jean Clottes describes the amazing paintings and engravings found at sites throughout central India. Includes an Indian rock art painting and engraving gallery.
   http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/india/

» The Tell-tale Pallava Stamp
   From the Hindu, a newly revealed Tamil inscription confirms the origins of an unearthed Mamallapuram temple.
   http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/29/stories/2005042904652000.htm

» Unprotected, Prehistoric Rock Art Withering Away
   From the Times of India, the 12 prehistoric rock paintings found scattered along state's eastern tribal belt are perhaps the only indicators that man also inhabited Gujarat in the Mesolithic period
   http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=776949

» Urn-burial Site Found at Adichanallur
   From the Hindu, 20 urns, painted pot sherds, black ware and red ware have been unearthed. The burial site is adjacent to a lake on a huge mound on the southern bank of the Tamiraparani.
   http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/14/stories/2004031400151100.htm

» Urns Proof of Ancient Pot Burial
   From the Telegraph, evidence of a prehistoric burial custom of interring dead people in pots has again surfaced in Tamil Nadu with the chance discovery of six “burial urns” in Tirunelveli district.
   http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040621/asp/nation/story_3395697.asp

» Visvarupa
   Treats the beginning of Brahmanical figures in Northern India which are seen as visual images of cosmogonic theory. Their anthropomorphic figures are emanatory, issuing from a central figure and represent, not a group of figures, but a process of cosmic b
   http://www.ignca.nic.in/visvb001.htm