01176nam a2200181Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000150005808200180007310000310009124501580012226000430028030000240032349000160034752005330036365000310089665000310092770000360095820260803120540.0250527s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||  a9843113136  223a936.8 SAL  aAlam, Md. Shafiqul, editor 0aFrance-Bangladesh joint venture excavations at Mahasthangarh : bfirst interim report,1993-1999 /cedited by Md. Shafiqul Alam and Jean-François Salles  aDhaka :bDept. of Archaeology ,c2001.  avi, 495 p.;c28 cm.  aB.A. series  aThis 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.  aArchaeology -- Bangladesh.  aExcavations -- Bangladesh.  aSalles, Jean-François, editor