Jignasa Journal Of History Of Ideas And Culture Part 01

Author(s): Vibha Upadhyaya and Others
Publisher: University of Rajasthan

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(vi) The team has observed that in early NBP period the river Tons used to flow nearby the site. It is proved by the layers of sand deposit during early NBP period noticed in trench nos. 9 and 14 of the Mound-1. In this way we may conclude that the site of Pakkakot lies between Chhoti Saryu and Budhi river which is a unique geographical feature of the site.
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Acknowledgements:
We are thankful to Dr. P.P. Joglekar, Prof. in Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune who has deeply studied the faunal remains recovered from the site and prepared a report on the findings. We would also like to express our thanks to Dr. R.N. Singh, Assoicate Professor of our department and Ms. Anubha Pathak, working as Research Assistant in UKERI Project of the Department, who have analysed the archaeo-botanical samples recovered from the site. Our thanks are also due to the technical staff of the department, Mr. Ram Badan Ram (Surveyor), Mr. Shiv Shankar Prajapati (Surveyor) who had helped us in preparing the illustrations contained in the article. We would like to thank Mr. Dhirendra Pratap singh, Technical Assistant of our Department, who had cleaned the metal objects recovered from the site. Mr. Om Prakash Patel was engaged in typing this article. We extend our good wishes to him.