Jain Pilgrimage

Author(s): Hastinapur Jain Shwetambar Tirth Committee
Publisher: Hastinapur Jain Shwetambar Tirth Committee

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EXCAVATION OF HASTINAPUR :
A SYNOPTIC REVIEW
BY
B. K. Thapar In Indian history there is a vast gap between the Indus Valley Civilisation of the 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. and the cultures of early historical period of the 4th-3rd Century B.C. It has been and in fact is still a standing challenge 'to Indian research. There is a great paucity of material evidence on this period which is archaeological christened as the Dark Age. The story of Aryan migration and their consequent settlement in India falls within this very period. To produce coherent and significant results the Excavation Branch of the Indian Department of Archaeology has been conducting excavations at some selected sites. During the winter months of 1950-51 Hastinapura, traditionally the