France-Bangladesh joint venture excavations at Mahasthangarh : first interim report,1993-1999 /

Alam, Md. Shafiqul, editor

France-Bangladesh joint venture excavations at Mahasthangarh : first interim report,1993-1999 / edited by Md. Shafiqul Alam and Jean-François Salles - Dhaka : Dept. of Archaeology , 2001. - vi, 495 p.; 28 cm. - B.A. series .

This volume presents the first interim report (covering the years 1993–1999) of the joint French–Bangladeshi archaeological excavations at Mahasthangarh (ancient Pundranagara), one of the earliest urban centres in Bengal. It includes excavation reports on the Eastern Rampart Area, analyses of architecture, ceramics, terracotta objects, beads, inscriptions, environmental evidence, chronology, and the historical significance of the site, providing an important contribution to the archaeology of early historic Bangladesh.

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Archaeology -- Bangladesh.
Excavations -- Bangladesh.

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