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January-March 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 1.
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chosen for this massive exercise in which
documents dating back as old as 2000 years are
being digitalised. There are over 60,000 multilingual
inscriptions preserved various museums
and libraries in the country out of which 25,000
are in the custody of Tamil Nadu's Department
of Archeology.
News Track India (Dec. 3, 2009)
http://newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/136579
Archaeology A group of naturalists from
Amravati districts has discovered a set of 17
unique cave paintings in the nature-rich Satpura
range of Madhya Pradesh – which opens up
newavenues of research as this art form are
believed to be of Paleolithic period. The first
cave with a rock painting was spotted in January
2007. “It is really unique and must be
preserved,” says scientist Dr V T Ingole
speaking over phone from Amravati.
Sakaal Times (Dec. 4, 2009)
http://sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimesBeta/20091204/4746261
122615229204.htm
Archaeology The ongoing archaeological
excavations in Pattanam region near Kochi in
Kerala have now made another significant
recovery; shreds of an amphorae (wine jar) of
Spanish origin belonging to the period between
1 st century BC and 2 nd century AD. Remnants of
a Spanish jar used to contain fish sauce too have
been recovered from here. Experts have said that
such remnants from the Catalan region of Spain
of the period were being recovered for the first
time in India.
India Today (Dec. 7, 2009)
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/73920/India/First+ce
ntury+Spanish+pottery+found+in+Pattanam.html
Archaeology Archaeological Department has
unearthed a Hindu deity's idol Kurukshetra,
which statue is made of white sandstone and
depicts Goddess Parvati and her two sons
Ganesh and Karthikeya. "A few centuries ago, a
pilgrimage might have been situated here on the
banks of holy river Saraswati. We were
excavating this ancient pilgrimage's pond and
found this idol buried deep inside. This idol is
made of sandstone and Uma Maheshwari's
(Goddess Parvati) depiction is engraved on the
statue along with her two sons, Ganesh and
Karthikeya," said Rajendra Rana, Archaeological
Department, Sri Krishna Museum. "This idol is
1x1 big and is made of white sandstone. This
could be almost 1000-year-old statue belonging
to 10 th or the 11 th century," he added.
News Track India (Dec. 12, 2009)
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/138265
Archaeology The radiocarbon dates of
archaeological sites from New Phor, Movolomi
and Khüsomi were recently received from the
Beta Analytic in Miami, United States. The dates
further ‘pushed back’ the antiquity of Naga
ancestral sites as early as 50 BC, according to Dr.
Anungla Aier and Dr. Tiatoshi Jamir of
Anthropological Society of Nagaland. The Beta
Analytic Inc., an internationally renowned
institute of physical and chemical sciences has
been providing efficient technical assistance to
the research since the early part of this year, a
note from the two researchers said.
The Morung Express (Dec. 26, 2009)
http://www.morungexpress.com/frontpage/40361.html
Archaeology A 7 th century Buddha statue has
been discovered in Kargil — the tallest Buddha
statue ever found in the state. The sculpture was
discovered during a survey by the officials of the
state Archives, Archaeology and Museums
Department from Sankoo, a village on Kargil-
Suru valley road. “This is a 7 th century
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