Ethnoarchaeology of Yamuna ValleyDr. Pradeep M. Saklani (b 1962), is presently Reader in the Department of History including Ancient Indian History, Cultural and Archaeology, H. N. B. Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal Uttranachal. Dr. Saklani has been closely associated with extensive explorations and excavations in the central Himalayan region. He has also been associated with a number of research projects on serving traditions, technologies and Ethnoarchaeology in central Himalaya, sponsored by U. G. C. and ministry of Tourism and Cultural, New Delhi. Dr. Saklani contributed more than 20 research papers in, national and international journals, besides supervising 6 doctoral studies. He is co-outhor of the book "Central Himalayn" (Bibliographic References on Archaeology, Culture and History), which^ includes the bibliographic compilation of the important writing on Prehistoric, Proto-historic and historical archaeology besides early and medieval history of the region including temple architecture, iconography, religion, religious festivals, rituals, beliefs and tradition in this region. |
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... Central ) Himalaya , where the Pleistocene and Holocene river terraces are as well developed as found in Sohan , Sirsa and the Beas - Banganga valley in Himachal Pradesh , where the Stone Age industries evolved and developed throughout ...
... Central ) Himalaya , where the Pleistocene and Holocene river terraces are as well developed as found in Sohan , Sirsa and the Beas - Banganga valley in Himachal Pradesh , where the Stone Age industries evolved and developed throughout ...
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... Central ) Himalaya is concerned , no Neolithic site has been reported or discovered so far . However , a chance discovery of two broken polished tools from the terraces of the Kamal river , a tributry of Yamuna in Purola , indirectly ...
... Central ) Himalaya is concerned , no Neolithic site has been reported or discovered so far . However , a chance discovery of two broken polished tools from the terraces of the Kamal river , a tributry of Yamuna in Purola , indirectly ...
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... Himalaya . This category of pottery , therefore , represents the subsitute pottery . The utility and popularity of ... central Himalaya . Based on the some historical documents the Tamotas also claim to have served the local Chandra ...
... Himalaya . This category of pottery , therefore , represents the subsitute pottery . The utility and popularity of ... central Himalaya . Based on the some historical documents the Tamotas also claim to have served the local Chandra ...
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activity Allchin analogy ancient animals archaeological archaeological evidence architecture associated Bhatt Binford burial carving cattle Central Himalaya Chalcolithic Chamoli Chamoli district Chhan construction copper crops cultivation deities Delhi district Uttarkashi Doab early historical economic environment ethnic communities ethnoarchaeological ethnoarchaeological studies ethnographic evolved excavated fishing floor forest Ganga-Yamuna Doab Garhwal Himalaya Garhwal mid-Central Gaur high altitude Himachal Pradesh houses hunting India inhabitants investigation Jaunpur Joshi Kharaks Khasas Kumaun Kunindas Kunindas and Yaudheyas land large number livestock Madua Mahabharata Mahasu material culture Maun Megalithic mid-Central Himalaya mountainous Nagar Nautiyal and Khanduri Neolithic pastoralist period polyandrous pottery prehistoric present study protohistoric Purola Ranihat reference religious Rigveda river roots Saklani sedentary Shri society Srinagar stone strategies structure Sumer Tamotas temple terraces Thapli transhumance tribal tribes types upper Yamuna valley Uttarakhand Uttarkashi various Vedic village gods wild wood wooden worship Yamuna valley Yaudheyas zone दादू