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1 International Seminar on Archaeology and Language and Joint Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society (48 th ) Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies (42 nd ) Indian History and Culture Society (38 th ) 6 th -9 th October 2014 ACADEMIC PROGRAMME Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed to be University) Pune

2 Day 1: 6 th October th Convocation of the University (11.30 am to 1.30 pm) Inaugural Function (3.00 pm to 4.15 pm): Chairperson: Dr. G.B. Deglurkar Lighting of Lamp Saraswati Vandana Welcome address by Prof. V.S. Shinde Remarks of Chairperson of IAS Remarks of Vice-Chairperson of ISPQS Remarks of General Secretary of IHCS Release of Journals Puratattva, Man and Environment, and History Today Inaugural address by Prof. B.B. Lal Remarks by Director General, Archaeological Survey of India Chairperson s remarks Vote of thanks by Prof. Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi Pasyadana Inauguration of Exhibition organized on the occasion of completion of 75 years First Academic Session (4.30 pm to 7.30 pm) Presidential Address of the Indian Archaeological Society Prof. M.L.K. Murty Presidential Address of the Indian History and Culture Society Dr. G.B. Deglurkar Prof. H.D. Sankalia Memorial Lecture Dr. A.P. Jamkhedkar B.P. Sinha Memorial Lecture Prof. M.K. Dhavalikar A.P. Khatri Memorial Lecture Dr. Shanti Pappu Rai Bahadur Dr. Hiralal Memorial Lecture Prof. S.K. Tewari 2

3 Sessions at a glance AL: HGT: AD: EH: Archaeology and Language Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture in India Archaeology of the Deccan Events that changed the course of History of India Hall No. 1 Hall No. 2 Hall No. 3 Hall No. 4 Prof. S,M. Katre Hall Prof. H.D. Sankalia Hall Prof. S.B. Deo Hall Prof. A.M. Ghatage Hall Day 2: 7 th October 2014 Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Hall am to 1.15 pm AL1 HGT1 AD1 EH to 6.00 pm AL2 HGT2 AD2 EH2 Day 3: 8 th October 2014 Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Hall am to 1.15 pm AL3 HGT3 AD3 Open Session A 2.30 to 6.00 pm Open Session B am to 1.15 pm Open Session F Open Session C Day 4: 9 th October 2014 Open Session D Open Session E Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Hall 4 Open Open Open Session Session Session G H J Valedictory Function 3

4 Chairperson: Prof. V.S. Shinde Rapporteur: Dr. Shrikant Ganvir Day 2: 7 th October 2014 Archaeology and Language Session AL1: am to 1.15 pm 1 Hans Henrich Hock KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Archaeology and Language 2 Masatoshi Konishi Writing Materials used before the Introduction of Paper in South Asia since Harappan Time 3 Nirmala R. Kulkarni On Some Exclusive Words of the Maitrayani Samhita 4 V. Selvakumar Language and Archaeology in Early Historic Tamil Nadu to pm 5 Nisha Yadav and The Uniformity and Grammar of Indus Script M.N. Vahia 6 K. Paddayya Archaeology and Language: Some Observations with Reference to Early Food-Producing Cultures of Peninsular India 7 V.P. Bhatta Theory of Reductio Ad Absurdum (Tarkaḥ) 8 Sonal Kulkarni- Joshi A Reappraisal of Linguistic Proposals for the Pre-History of Marathi Using the Archaeological Record of the Deccan 9 Jayashree Sathe Literary Evidences of Ancient Varieties of Grains 1.15 to 2.30 pm Day 2: 7 th October 2014 Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture in India Session HGT1: am to 1.15 pm Chairperson: Dr. Rakesh Tewari Rapporteur: Dr. Shahida Ansari 1 M.L.K. Murty KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2 V.S. Shinde Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture in Mewar: A Case Study of Gilund and Bagor 3 Patience Philips Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture from Vindhya Region to Saryupar Plain (In Context of Settlement Pattern and Subsistence Economy) 4 A.K. Prasad Transition from the Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture in India with special reference to the Rock Art of Southern Bihar and adjoining Jharkhand to pm 4

5 5 R.K. Ganjoo and S.B. Ota Holocene Human Occupations in High Himalaya, Ladakh (J & K State), India: Climate and Landscape Archaeology 6 Shanker Sharma and Sachin Kumar Tiwary Growth of the Early Farming Communities in the Middle Gangetic Plain and its Route Migration and Communication: In the Light of New Evidence 7 Prachi Virag Sontakke Ecology vis-à-vis Human Settlements: Adaptive Mechanisms at Paisra and Hunsagi 8 S.B. Ota, P.P. Joglekar and R.K. Ganjoo Evidence of Early Pastoralism in Ladakh, North-West Himalayas, India 9 Narender Parmar From Pastoral Villages to Urban Metropolis: the Process of the Harappan Urbanization in the Upper Saraswati Basin 1.15 to 2.30 pm Chairperson: Prof. Sheila Mishra Rapporteur: Dr. Prabodh Shirwalkar Day 2: 7 th October 2014 Archaeology of the Deccan Session AD1: pm to 1.15 pm 1 Shreyas Jagtap and Sushama G. Deo Recent Geoarchaeological Investigations in Ghod River Basin, Maharashtra 2 Jayendra Joglekar and Sushama G. Deo Recent Geoarchaeological Investigations in the Upper Krishna Basin 3 Soumi Sengupta, Sushama G. Deo and Geoarchaeology of the Middle Tawa River Basin, Madhya Pradesh Arati Deshpande- Mukherjee 4 G.L. Badam An Update on the Pleistocene Faunal Researches in Parts of 5 P.D. Sabale, P.B. Kamble, K.G. Sarwade, J.D Deshmukh, S.D. Kshirsagar, D.M. Pokharkar and Nagaraja Rao 6 S.B. Ota, S.G. Deo and Debashish Mishra Maharashtra Quaternary Environmental Investigations in Upper Reaches of Sina River Basin: A case Study of Math Pimpri Understanding Surface Scatter of Artefacts: A Case Study at Dangdongri Acheulian Locality-2, District Raisen, Madhya Pradesh to pm 5

6 7 Virag. G. Sontakke, Tosabanta Padhan and Garima Khansili 8 Vrushab Mahesh and Rohitha Eswer 9 Kantikumar A. Pawar, Gurudas Shete and Reshma Sawant 10 Gurudas Shete, Kantikumar A. Pawar and Reshma Sawant 11 Jyotiram Deshmukh and Preliminary Observations on the Microlithic Culture of Malli and its Adjoining Area, Gondia District, Maharashtra Contemporary Lithic Using Burial Traditions in South Karnataka Excavation at Khopadi : New Light on Early Iron Age Culture of Vidarbha Pre-Iron Age Pottery of Khopdi, Dist. Nagpur, Maharashtra Landscape Studies of Upper Girna Basin: A Case Study from Nasik District of Maharashtra P.D. Sabale 12 A. Sundara New Light on a Chalcolithic-Megalithic Burial Rite in the Lower Deccan and Literary References 1.15 to 2.30 pm Chairperson: Asha Joshi Rapporteur: Dr. Abhijit Dandekar Day 2: 7 th October 2014 Events that changed the course of History of India Session EH1: am to 1.15 pm 1 Ajit Kumar, S.V. Rajesh, G.S Abhyan, Raja R. Haseen and V. Vinod International Maritime Trade: Emerging Archaeological Evidences from Kollam, Kerala 2 Rakesh Kumar Bansal The Postal Organisation in the Mughal Rule in India ( AD) 3 Sashikant Bhatt The Power of a Pinch of Salt and Might of Gandhism 4 pksys oj punzkdj **x<+** ljgj dk iqjkrro oshko 5 Keshav Mishra Study of Articulations and Activities of Socialists of United Province: Special reference to Elements of Indianess 6 G. Gopi Krishnan Growth of Bhakti Movements and Evolution of Kerala Culture to pm 7 Shalini Pathak Responsible Government: India s Progression or Britain s Calculation 6

7 8 Shreya Pathak The Equation of Warren Hastings and his Councillors: Repercussions on Benares Zamindary 9 Pramila Dasture, Ajit Archaeo-philately: New Dimensions Vartak, Rajanish Karnik and Kaustubh Mudgal 10 Vandana Kaushik Babur s Role in the Indian History: Some Observations 11 Pankaj Sharma Reassessing the Nature of Land Relations and Donations Under the Maitrakas of Valabhi in the Light of the Virdi Copper Plates of King Kharagraha I 12 ; kour flag jkt; laxzgky;] y[kuå ds eqæk laxzg esa xkgmoky jktoa'k dh Lo.kZ eqæk,a&,d v/;;u 1.15 to 2.30 pm Chairperson: Prof. J.D. Sathe Rapporteur: Rahul Mhaiskar Day 2: 7 th October 2014 Archaeology and Language Session AL2: 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm 10 Madhavi Kolhatkar Archaeology and Language: A Possible Explanation of the Vedic Vāmana Myths on the basis of Archaeological Evidence 11 Onkar Shamsundar Joshi Some Linguistic Peculiarities of the Kāṇva Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (With Special Reference to First Kāṇḍa) 12 Lalita Deodhar Stages of Expression of Language 13 Rahul Mhaiskar Devanagari and Romanagari: A Reformative Study 14 Shailendra Mohan Nihali: A Language Isolate? 15 Suhnu Ram Sharma Historicity of Trans-Himalayan Languages: Some Linguistic Puzzles for Archaeology 4.00 to 4.15 pm 16 Vinaya Kshirsagar Ancient Architecture and Archaeology 17 Shilpa Sumant Paippalāda Ritual Texts and Prominence of Nṛsiṃha 18 Rajashree V. A Detailed Approach towards the Prākṛta words in BHS Kshirsagar 19 Madhavi Godbole Vaiṣṇava Upaniṣads: An Attempt to Date the Texts 20 Pradnya S. Deshpande Vāstu in Ancient Indian Architecture with Special Reference to Śālā 21 K.N. Hota Arhaśāstra on Weights and Measures 7

8 Day 2: 7 th October 2014 Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture in India Session HGT 2: 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm Chairperson: Dr. K.N. Dikshit Rapporteur: Dr. Veena Mushrif-Tripathy 10 Sanju Shukla and J.N. Pandey Literary References on Transition from Hunting Foraging to Incipient Agriculture in South Asia 11 J.N. Pal First Colonizers of the Gangetic Plain: Burial Practices of the Mesolithic People 12 M.L.K. Murty and Kurnool Caves: Archaeology of Mesolithic Cultures Prakash Sinha 13 V.N. Prabhakar A Reconnaissance of Decorated Rock Shelters of Central India with Special Reference to the Recent Discoveries 14 G.L. Badam Recent Advances in Rock Art of Chhattisgarh, Central India 15 Vijay Sathe and M.L.K. Murty Quaternary Vertebrate Fauna from Kurnool Caves, Betamcharla, Dist. Kurnool (A.P.) 4.00 to 4.15 pm 16 Virag G. Sontakke Ecological Adaptations of Early Iron Age Communities of Upper Wainganga Valley 17 Prabash Sahu Foraging To Sedentary As Gleaned From the Rock Art of Gawilgarh Hills 18 Premendra Priyadarshi Environmental Basis for Change in the Mode of Subsistence during the Early and Mid-Holocene 19 V.N. Misra Mesolithic Culture in India: an Overview 20 K. Paddayya Some General Observations about the Early Agropastoral Cultures of the Indian Subcontinent 21 K.S. Saraswat Economy of Early Agricultural Communities in Ganga Plain and Vindhyan Regions Chairperson: Prof. M.D. Kajale Rapporteur: Kantikumar Pawar Day 2: 7 th October 2014 Archaeology of the Deccan Session AD2: 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm 13 Nilesh P. Jadhav Exploration in Titur River Basin in Jalgaon District of Maharashtra 8

9 14 Amol Kulkarni and Nilesh Jadhav Newly Discovered Sites of Early Historic Period in Tuljapur Tehsil, Osmanabad District, Maharashtra 15 Shantanu Vaidya, Late S.B. Deo, G.B. Deglurkar, R.K. Radiocarbon Dates and Ceramic Seriation to Understand Cultural Development in Vidarbha: A Case Study of Bhagimohari Mohanty and Gouri Lad 16 P.S. Joshi and Kanchana B. Bhaisare The Hidden Beginning of Research in Early Iron Age Megalith-Builders of Vidarbha 17 D.M. Pokharkar and P.D. Sabale Site catchment Analysis of Math-Pimpri Site: A Perspective from Floral Analysis 18 Pramod Dandwate Excavation at Loni-Bhapkar, District Pune 4.00 to 4.15 pm 19 Arati Deshpande- Mukherjee Not Just an Ornament: Early Historic Shell Bangle Production and Use in the Western Deccan 20 Nilam Subhash Dhapare Development of Terracotta Art in Maharashtra during Satavahana Period 21 P.D. Sabale, K.G. Sarwade and P.B. Kamble Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Technique in Palaeoflood Investigations: A Case Study of Middle Reaches of Bhima River Basin 22 H. Chandrashekar Anthropomorphic Granitic Statues of Kudigi Taluk and the Present Anthropological Practices of Burials in Kodagur, Karnataka A Reconnaissance of Decorated Rock Shelters of Central India with Special Reference to the Recent Discoveries 23 Nandini Bhattacharya Sahu 24 Tanushree Pandit Understanding Oldowan and Acheulian Knappers: A Theoretical Approach Day 2: 7 th October 2014 Events that changed the course of History of India Session EH2: 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm Chairperson: Dr. Vandana Kaushik Rapporteur: Gopal Joge 13 Vithakan Events and Changes during 14 th and 15 th Centuries in Tamil Nadu 14 Rita P. Bhambi Foundation of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company 15 Asha Joshi तक रण म र क स म जक परवतन म य गद न 16 Rajkumari Barbina Arambai: A Weapon used by the Meitei Warriors 9

10 17 Jyoti Marwah The Impact of the Advent of British on the Indigenous Perfumery Industry of Kannauj by a Study of Missionary Activity 18 Neeta Yadav Events that Facilitated Mughal Intervention in India 4.00 to 4.15 pm 19 Shyam Borkar and Gupta Terracottas from Nagari, Rajasthan- A Stylistic Study Sitaram Toraskar 20 Pramod V. Pathak Indus Mother Goddesses Statues and Matriarchy: Did these Really Exist? 21 BhuvanVikram, Daljeet Singh and Elora Tribedy 22 Shrikant Pradhan Ayudhpurusha: Shaiva and Buddhist 23 Suken Shah, Abhijit Dandekar and Pankaj Goyal An Investigation on the Intra-site Dynamics of Ahichhatra, District Bareilly, U.P. Polity and Economy: A Study of the Coinage of the Western Kshatrapas 24 Shreekant S. Jadhav Recently Discovered Nāgarāja Image at Ghatotkacha 25 S. Nagaraju, Vijay Sarde and Anjay Dhanawade Unique Hindu Rock-Cut Temple at Wade- Padel, South Konkan, Maharashtra Chairperson: Dr. A.P. Jamkhedkar Rapporteur: Dr. Satish Naik Day 3: 8 th October 2014 Archaeology and Language Session AL3: am to 1.15 pm 22 P.C. Sahoo The Brāhmanas in the Brāhmanas 23 Pradnya Kulkarni Vedic Samana: Distinguished Social Gathering 24 Shushmita Sen The Corporate Guilds of Ancient India: A Unique Body Pramanik 25 Abhijit Dandekar Polity and Identity: A Case of the Kshatrapa and Satavahana Inscriptions from Karle and Nasik Caves 26 Ishwar Sharan Vishwakarma Vedic Language and Literature on the Transitional Phases from Nomadic Life to Settled Life 27 V.L. Dharurkar and Sanjay Paikrao Language and Archaeology: A New Light on Ellora Caves 28 Shreenand L. Bapat Peculiarities of Inscriptional Dates up to 12 th Century CE: A Study to pm 10

11 Day 3: 8 th October 2014 Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture in India Session HGT3: am to 1.15 pm Chairperson: Prof. S.R. Walimbe Rapporteur: Dr. Amrita Sarkar 22 Vinod Nautiyal, R.C. Bhatt, Pradeep. M. Saklani, Veena Mushrif -Tripathy, Hari Chauhan, Bhagat Pawar, Nagendra S. Rawat, Kavita Bist, Satish Choudhary, Rajesh Sehgal, Rakhi Burfal and Amita Gupta 23 Veena Mushrif Tripathy, V. Nautiyal, R. Bhatt, P. Saklani and H. Chauhan Archaeological Investigations in Kinnaur Trans- Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh - Preliminary Findings Lippa-Kanam: Trans-Himalayan Cist-Burial Culture and Osteobiographical Studies in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India 24 R.C. Bhatt, P.M. Saklani, Vinod Nautiyal, Kavita Bisht, B.S. Panwar and Satish Chaudhary 25 Pradeep M. Saklani, Vinod Nautiyal, R.C. Bhatt, Veena Mushrif-Tripathy, Pankaj Singh and Hari Chauhan 26 R.K. Mohanty, Shantanu Vaidya and Kishore K. Basa Hoard of Burial pottery from Ropa in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh-New Finds Surviving Tradition of Crucible Making for Metallurgical Practices at Lippa-Asrang: Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh Recent Investigations on the Neolithic-Chalcolithic Settlements of Coastal Odisha 27 Subrata Chakrabarti Mesolithic-Neolithic Interface in Eastern India: Archaeological Inconclusive Clues to pm 28 Arati Deshpande-Mukherjee and Late L.S. Rao Early Faunal Exploitation in the Ghaggar Region Evidence from the Harappan Site of Bhirrana 29 D.N. Paliwal Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture and Beyond up to Nineteenth Century A.D. in the Mahoba Region Bundelkhand 30 Rajani Singh Beginning of Urbanization in Sarayupar Region 31 V.L. Dharurkar and Sanjay Paikrao Daimabad: Beginning of Agricultural Life in the Godavari Valley 1.15 to 2.30 pm 11

12 Chairperson: Prof. R.K. Mohanty Rapporteur: Nisha Sawant-Kulkarni Day 3: 8 th October 2014 Archaeology of the Deccan Session AD3: am to 1.15 pm 25 Jose Tom Rapheal, S.B. Understanding Cleavers in Indian Acheulian Ota, Sushama Deo and Sheila Mishra 26 Shaik Abdul Munaf Kambalakunta and Indluru: Two Palaeolithic sites on the Cheyyeru River bank in Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh 27 V. Selvakumar Microlithic Sites and Contexts in Central and Southern Parts of Tamil Nadu 28 Tosabanta Padhan Recent Perspectives in the Microlithic Culture of Odisha 29 Satish Naik, B.C. Deotare and Deodatta Pokharkar Palaeoethnobotanical Investigations at Kaundinyapura, Maharashtra 30 Vijay Sarde and Abhijit Dandekar Archaeological Signatures of the Nath Cult: Study of the Brahmanath Temple and Surroundings at Parunde, Pune District to pm 31 Pankaj Goyal, Y.S. Rawat and P.P. Further Observations on Faunal Remains Recovered from Vadnagar, Gujarat Joglekar 32 Avradeep Munshi A Case Study of Champaner Pavagadh Fortified Complex 33 Arunima Pati Role of Games in Ancient Deccan as Revealed from Archaeological Excavations 34 Tejas Garge and Amol Kulkarni Development of Firearm Technology in Deccan: Evidence from Aurangabad City 35 Sachin Vidyadhar Joshi Understanding Artillery: Documentation and Metallurgical Study of the Cannons on the Forts of Western Maharashtra 36 Kurush F. Dalal, Sunil Gupta and Andre Baptista The 17 th Century Portuguese Remains at and around the Site of Sanjan, Taluka Umargam, District Valsad, Gujarat 37 Sushama G. Deo and S.N. Rajaguru Re-assessing Prehistoric Sites on the Konkan Coast to Understand Late Pleistocene Cultural Landscapes 1.15 to 2.30 pm 12

13 Chairperson: Dr. S. Nagaraju Rapporteur: Kanchana Bhaisare Day 3: 8 th October 2014 Open Session A: am to 1.15 pm 1 Shahnaj Husne Jahan Cultural and Commercial Connection between Early Historic India and Thailand 2 Tejal N. Ruikar, Prabodh Shirvalkar and Y.S. Rawat Perspectives on the Lithics of Harappan Site of Kotada Bhadli, Kachchh, Gujarat 3 Mala Malla Tilaurakot Excavation Abhilasha Jha Emergence of Mother Goddess Cult and Religious Practices from Pre-Harappa to Chalcolithic Phase 5 S.R. Walimbe and Recent Archaeological Expedition in Thailand Worrawit Boonthai 6 Sita Ram Dubey Rare Clay Sealing Recovered from Mahidpur Ujjain (M.P.) to am 7 Y.S. Alone Interrogating the Early Phase of Karla Caves 8 Kush Dhebar Elements of Wrestling (Kushti) in the Depiction of Kansa Chanur Panel at Belavadi 9 Rohitha Eswer and Kausalya Chandra Understanding Hoysala Sculptures: A Multi Dimensional Approach 10 Balaji Gajul and Pramod Dandwate Conservation of Stone Sculptures at Village Kumthe (Nagachi), District Satara 11 Srikant P. Ganvir Protecting the Shakya Infants: The Yaksha Shakyavardhana in the Textual and Visual Traditions of Buddhism 12 Gopal S. Joge Cultic Geography of Mahalaksmi: An Iconographic Overview of Maharashtra 1.15 to 2.30 pm Chairperson: Prof. J.N. Pal Rapporteur: Astha Dibyopama Day 3: 8 th October 2014 Open Session B: 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm 13 G.K. Lama Nalanda: The cradle of Indian Iconography (Based on Archaeological Exploration: ) 14 Vikram V. Kulkarni Shrine Paintings of Wadār Community with Special Reference to District Pune, Maharashtra 13

14 15 P.K. Nayak Advent of Kharavela in Odissan (Kalingan) Kingdom 16 Harihar Panda Glory of Odisha: The Bhauma-Kara Queens and their Times (From 8 th to 10 th Century A.D.) 17 Sikhasree Ray Pendant/Amulet and Spacers found from the Excavated Early Historic Sites in Odisha 18 Saroj Rani Hkkjrh; bzjkuh ijeijk esa {kfkz ¼{k=½ 'kcn dk vfkz,oa fodkl,d fo'ys"k.kkred v/;;u to am 19 Alok Kumar Kanungo Mapping Indo-Pacific Beads vis-à-vis Papanaidupet 20 Manabu Koiso, Tiatoshi Jamir, Ditamulü Vasa, Kazuyuki Murayama, Trade and Values of Carnelian Ornaments in South Asia- Study on Social System Supporting Tradition, Part 1: Nagaland Hitoshi Endo, Mitsuko Watanabe, Ayumu Konasukawa and Chihiro Koiso 21 Navjot Kour Social Ignorance/ Indifference of the Archaeology of Jammu Hills 22 Mihir Mishra Applications of Shape Memory Alloys in the Restoration of Indian Heritage Monuments 23 Neda HosseinTehrani Anthropogenic Processes in Caves and Rock Shelters in Izeh Region: An Ethnoarchaeological Study among Bakhtiari Nomads of Iran 24 Nidhi Pandey Copper and It's Alloys Chairperson: Prof. A.K. Dubey Rapporteur: Nilesh Jadhav Day 3: 8 th October 2014 Open Session C: 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm 25 M.S. Chouhan, Shanker Sharma, Sunil Kumar Jha, Prakash Kumar and Sachin Recent Exploration and Excavation at Raja Bali Ka Garh (Balirajgarh) situated under the Kosi Plain in low laying area of Himalaya Kumar Tiwary 26 ;ke izdk k lamhyk rglhy dk iqjkrkfÿod losz{k.k 27 Prabodh Shirvalkar, Y.S. Rawat and Esha Prasad Medieval Settlements around Kotada Bhadli, Kachchh, Gujarat 28 Ashok Kumar Singh Recent Excavations at Dwarkapur Jeevan Singh Kharakwal Excavations at Chandravati 30 R.K. Mohanty, Monica Smith, P.P. Joglekar and Sikhasree Ray Excavations at Talapada: An Early Historic Fortified Town 14

15 4.00 to 4.15 pm 31 Kurush F. Dalal Excavations at Chandore: 700 Years of Continuity in Spatial Stratification 32 D.P. Tewari Excavations at Biland Khera, District Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh 33 Shahida Ansari and V.N. Prabhakar Ethnoarchaeological Study at the Harappan Site of Karanpura, Hanumangarh District, Rajasthan 34 P. Binodini Devi An Ethno-medicinal Account of the Liangmai tribe of Manipur 35 G.S. Abhayan, Ajit Kumar and S.V. Rajesh Faunal Remains from Vizhinjam, Kerala Chairperson: Prof. V.G. Sathe Rapporteur: Dr. Gurudas Shete Day 3: 8 th October 2014 Open Session D: 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm 36 P. Ajithprasad, James Palaeolithic Cultural Remains and Kachchh Blinkhorn and Avinandan Mukherjee 37 Kumar Akhilesh and Shanti Pappu Bifaces of Attirampakkam: Archaeological and Experimental Studies 38 Kavita Bist and M.S. Lama Burial Practices in Mustang Valley (Nepal): A Brief Report of Conducted Excavations and Findings 39 E. Sai Krishna Why the Images or Sculptures of Indus Valley Civilization are smaller in Size? 40 Himanshu Shekhar, Kantikumar Pawar and Living Megalithic Tradition amongst the Munda Community of Jharkhand Kim Yong Jun 4.00 to 4.15 pm 41 Gargi Chatterjee Acheulian Environmental Adaptation at Chotanagpur and Thar Region: a Case Study 42 Charusmita Gadekar Towards a New Direction in Lithic Studies 43 Namrata Biswas Study of the Cores from Bhimbetka: Lower and Middle Palaeolithic levels 44 Vidwan Singh Soni and Anujot Singh Soni Implications of the Existence of Soanian and other Tooltypes along with Ceramics in the Late Mid-Holocene Context in NW Himalayas 15

16 Day 3: 8 th October 2014 Open Session E: 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm Chairperson: Dr. Ajit Kumar Rapporteur: Prateek Chakraborty 45 Sheila Mishra Identifying Assemblages Post Dating the LFA and Pre Dating Microblades in the Indian Subcontinent 46 Vijay Sathe, Prateek Chakraborty, Parth Chauhan, O.P. Mishra and Saleem Shaikh Stegodont and Associated Fossil Vertebrate Remains from Amonda (Narsinghpur District, Madhya Pradesh) 47 P. Rajendran Cupules of the Prehistoric Petroglyphs from Kerala, South India 48 Bishnupriya Basak Late Pleistocene Microlithic sites of Ayodhya hills, Purulia, West Bengal: New Light on Chronology and Context 49 Garima Khansili Importance of Microblade Technology in the Indian Subcontinent 50 Pankaj Singh, S. Sharma and Momi Das 51 Chanchala Srivastava, Anil Kumar Pokharia and Bhuvan Vikram 4.00 to 4.15 pm Handmade Pottery Tradition of Hira Potters of Assam On the Botanical Findings from Excavations at Ahichhatra: A Multicultural Site in Upper Ganga Plain, Uttar Pradesh 52 Sita Ram Dubey and Pakkākot: a Major Trade Centre of the Mid-Ganga Plain Santosh Kumar Singh 53 A.K. Pokharia An Overview of Harappan Plant Economy and the Role of Millets in Kachchh, Gujarat 54 Raghubir Singh Thakur and M.L. Meena Rocking Rock Art Discovery in Delhi-The Cup marks: A Report Chairperson: Jitendra Nath Rapporteur: Amit Pendam Day 4: 9 th October 2014 Open Session F: am to 1.15 pm 55 S. Udayakumar, V.S. Evidence of Iron Smelting from Iswal, Southeast Rajasthan: Shinde and Lalit Pandey An Archaeological and Ethnographic Study 16

17 56 M.N. Vahia, Nisha Yadav and Pavan Mahathe 57 Vinay Kumar and Vishi Upadhyay Simulation of movement of people in the Indian Subcontinent Exploration at Village Khodari, Anuppur District, Madhya Pradesh (An ethno-archaeological Approach towards the known to unknown facts) 58 Sujata Gautam An Archaeological Investigation at Panchsheel Daha in Mirzapur District 59 Nitin Hadap From Jama-Nima to Suit: A Voyage of Costume 4.00 to 4.15 pm 60 Durga Kale From Consternation to Veneration: A Preliminary Study of the Deities of Diseases in Coastal Maharashtra 61 Sneha Kapote Heritage Interpretation of the Rani Ki Vav 62 Nagendra Singh Rawat and Vinod Nautiyal 3D Visualization of Medieval Defense Structure: A Case Study of Chandpur Garh (Fort) in Garhwal Himalaya 63 Pankaj Kumar Buddhist and Brahmanic Images of Nalanda Museum: A Comparative Study 64 M.N. Vahia, Saurabh Singh and B V Subbarayappa Ancient Records of Eclipses in India and the Motion of the Moon 1.15 to 2.30 pm Chairperson: Prof. A. Sundara Rapporteur: Sachin Joshi Day 4: 9 th October 2014 Open Session G: am to 1.15 pm 65 Shilpa Hadap Goddess Kātrā: A Distinctive Deity from Konkan 66 Surendra Kumar Yadav okjk.klh ftys ds uovuosf"kr iqjklfky lsgckj ls izkir ojkg lacaf/kr izfrek,a%,d uohu voyksdu 67 Mohamad Ajmal Shah Silk Route Manifestations in Early Kashmir Art 68 Madhulika Samanta Markets and Cities and Markets in Cities: A Study of Ancient Indian Urbanization with Special Reference to Bharuch, India to am 69 Nia Naelul Hasanah Ridwan Maritime Heritage of Indonesia: From Ancient Indonesia - India Maritime Seafaring to World War II Period Evidence 70 Ritivik G. Balvally A Petrographic Study of West Asian Transport Vessels in India 71 D. Bhengra The Rock Painting of Village Sirum, District Khunti, Jharkhand 17

18 72 P. Rajendran Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Kerala on the South- West Coast of India 73 R.N. Kumaran, Bipin Chandra and Madhulika Formation of Archaeological Deposits in Ancient Bharuch with Special Reference to Batuknath Vyamshala Samanta 74 Sakir Hussain, Pradeep K. Behera and G.L. Badam Taraporegarh- An Iron Age-Early Historic Circular Fort in the Middle Mahanadi Valley, Odisha 1.15 to 2.30 pm Valedictory Function 2.30 to 3.30 pm Chairperson: Prof. P. Ajithprasad Rapporteur: Dr. Shreekant Jadhav Day 4: 9 th October 2014 Open Session H: am to 1.25 pm 75 Aparna Kulkarni Ancient Fashion Accessories: Beads, a Case Study from Kuntasi, Gujarat 76 Shaunak S. Kulkarni Settlement Studies of Gonds of Maharashtra: An Ethnographic View 77 Tilok Thakuria, Tiatoshi Jamir and Milan Kumar Relocating the Stone Jars of NC Hills, Assam: A Report on its Recent Archaeological Survey 78 Sukanya Sharma The Cherrapunjee Megaliths 79 Kishor Gaikwad and Vrushali Ajaykumar Shivdas to am Mystery of Caskets at Sopara Stupa 80 jk/kosunz izrki flag tsu,oa cks) fhk{kq.kh la?k dh lkekftd ewy;oùkk 81 Siddhi S. Deshpande The Narrative Panels of Rāmāyaṇa, From the Yadava temples of western Maharashtra 82 S.V. Rajesh, Saleem Shaikh, Brad Chase, Y.S. Rawat, Ambika B. Patel, G.S Abhayan., Ajit Kumar, Charusmita Gadekar, Akinori Uesugi, Haseen Raja R., P. Ajithprasad, Prabhin Sukumaran and M.N.Renjinimol A Glance into the Archaeological Field Investigations of Harappan Settlement at Navinal ( ) in Kachchh District, Gujarat, Western India 83 Jyotiram Deshmukh Discovery of Rock- art at Nanduri from Nasik District of Maharashtra 18

19 84 Santosh Shivaji Hampe and Shivaji Dadaso Kshirsagar 85 Siva Kumar Challa and V. Ramabrahmam Archaeological Exploration of Bhogavati River in Solapur District, Maharashtra Palem an Unique Megalithic Anthropomorphic Statue Site in Chittoor District: Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh 1.15 to 2.30 pm Valedictory Function 2.30 to 3.30 pm Chairperson: P. Rajendran Rapporteur: V.C. Kamble Day 4: 9 th October 2014 Open Session J: am to 1.25 pm 86 Kishor K. Basa, R.K. Mohanty, Sunil K Pattanaik, D. Sahoo and Shantanu Vaidya Recent Excavation at the Neolithic-Chalcolithic site of Bang near Harirajpur, District Puri, Odisha 87 Srikumar M. Menon South Indian Megaliths: Monuments of the Iron Age or Do They Go Further Back in Time? 88 Mihir Mishra Conservation of Monuments at Hampi, the Metropolis Vijayanagara: A Case Study 89 Shivaji Dadaso Kshirsagar Geoarchaeological Exploration of Bori River in Solapur District, Maharashtra 90 Dhananjay Survase Conservation and Preservation of Library Material 91 S.K. Aruni Recent Archaeological Investigation in the Nandi Hills Region, Bangalore 1.15 to 2.30 pm Valedictory Function 2.30 to 3.30 pm 19

20 POSTERS Anagha Bhat Concept of Past, Heritage and Children: A Case Study of School Children near World Heritage Site of Ellora Manjiri Bhalerao and Ambarish Khare Vadgaon Shinde A Cultural Study Pramila Dasture, Ajit Vartak, Rajanish Karnik and Kaustubh Mudgal Unique Archaeological and Historical Series of Stamps Issued in India Kishor Gaikwad and Vrushali Ajaykumar Shivdas Sopara of Ancient Times Jong Ha Hong, Chang Seok Oh, Vasant Shinde, Yongjun Kim, Dong Hoon Shin Ancient DNA Analysis on the Animal Bones from Rhakighari Site of Harappan Civilization P.P. Joglekar, Sachin Joshi, Abhijit Dandekar and Girish Mandke Exploration at Ghanagad Fort and Surrounding Area, District Pune ( ) Vrushab Mahesh: Elements of Spirit Worship in Coastal Karnataka A Study of the Bronze Icons Girish Mandke Sanskrit Inscription dated 1742 AD from Nirgud, Taluka Junnar, District Pune R. Mohana Bhimanagundu: A Unique Cupule Site in Karnataka, South India Trupti More University libraries in Ancient and Medieval India Mohan S. Pardhi Symbolic Animal Deity Worship in Gondia District of Maharashtra Maya Patil (Shahapurkar) and Santosh Babre Inscribed Sati stones - Rare Discovery in Solapur District, Maharashtra Aeshwarya Phanse Exploration of Medieval Fort Alang District, Nashik Rajesh Poojari and Anurag Shinde Early Medieval Remains from Mahim, Mumbai C.V. Sharada and P.P Joglekar Understanding Carnivore Bone Modification Signatures through Actualistic Studies Himanshu Shekhar, Kantikumar Pawar and Kim Yong Jun Rock Art of Banpur, North Karnapura Valley, Jharkhand 20