Readings in History

Delhi: Ancient History

Edited by
Upinder Singh

Social Science Press

New Delhi
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Acknowledgement ix

Introduction xi

PART I: STONE AGE SITES IN THE DELHI AREA

River Migration and the Floods: A Study of a Section of 3
Yamuna River through Remote Sensing
A.K. Grover and P.L Bakliwal
A Preliminary Report on the Stone Age of the Union Territory 6
of Delhi and Haryana
Dilip K. Chakrabarti and Nayanjot Lahiri
Prehistoric Delhi and its Neighbourhood: Physical Features 14
A.K. Sharma

PART II: PROTOHISTORIC SETTLEMENTS: LATE HARAPPAN

REMAINS AT BHORGARH AND MANDOLI
Mandoli: A Late Harappan Settlement in Delhi 29
B.S.R. Babu
Excavations at Bhorgarh 33
B.S.R. Babu
Bhorgarh and Mandoli 36
B.R. Manx
Protohistoric Archaeological Remains of Union Territory of Delhi 41
R.C. Thakran

PART III: ARCHAEOLOGY AND LEGEND

Excavations at the Purana Qila, New Delhi 53
Indian Archaeology: A Review
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The Building of the Assembly Hall
J.A.B, van Buitenen
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Indian Archaeology and the Epic Traditions
B.D. Chattopadhyaya
77
Mahäbhärata: Myth and Reality
S.R Gupta and K.S. Ratnachandran

PART IV: THE EARLY HISTORIC PERIOD: THE ASHOKAN

ROCK EDICT AT SHRINIVASPURI/BAHAPUR
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A Tale of Two Pillars
Upinder Singh
A Newly Discovered Inscription of Asoka at Bahapur, Delhi *23
U.C. Joshi and BM. Pande
New Delhi Inscription of Asoka * 26
D.C. Sircar

PART V: THE MEHRAULI IRON PILLAR INSCRIPTION

The Mehrauli Iron Pillar l^3
M.C. Joshi
Mehrauli Iron Pillar Inscription of Chandra 179
ß. Chhabra and G.S. Gai

PART VI: THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD:

LAL KOT AND ANANGPUR
Excavations at Lal Kot 1991-92 and Further Explorations in Delhi 185
B.R. Manx
Anangpur Fort: The Earliest Tomar Settlement Near Delhi 200
B.R. Mani and I.D. Dwivedi

PART VII: THE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY

OF ANCIENT REMAINS
The Later Histories of the Ashokan and Mehrauli Pillars 207
Upinder Singh
In the Shadow of New Delhi: Understanding the Landscape 212
through Village Eyes
NayanjotLahiriand Upinder Singh

Index 225