TY - BOOK AU - Alam, Md. Shafiqul, editor AU - Salles, Jean-François, editor TI - France-Bangladesh joint venture excavations at Mahasthangarh : : first interim report,1993-1999 T2 - B.A. series SN - 9843113136 U1 - 936.8 SAL 23 PY - 2001/// CY - Dhaka PB - Dept. of Archaeology KW - Archaeology -- Bangladesh KW - Excavations -- Bangladesh N2 - 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 ER -