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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to express their gratefulness to Dr. S. C. Mukherji, M. A., Ph. D., Superintendent of Archaeology, West Bengal, for his various suggestions during the preparation of this paper. They are also indebted to Sri N. C. Bhattacharyya, Conservation Assistant, and Sri A. K. Karmakar, Archaeological Chemist, of the Directorate of Archaeology, West Bengal, for valuable information on the site of Pakbirra, and to Sri R. Sen, Artist Photographer, Directorate of Archaeology, West Bengal, for providing excellent photographs used in this article.
All the photographs, except plate numbers 9 and 34, are published through the courtesy of the Directorate of Archaeology, Government of West Bengal.
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