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100			_aAlam, Md. Shafiqul, editor
245		0	_aFrance-Bangladesh joint venture excavations at Mahasthangarh : _bfirst interim report,1993-1999 / _cedited by Md. Shafiqul Alam and Jean-François Salles
260			_aDhaka : _bDept. of Archaeology , _c2001.
300			_avi, 495 p.; _c28 cm.
490			_aB.A. series
520			_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.
650			_aArchaeology -- Bangladesh.
650			_aExcavations -- Bangladesh.
700			_aSalles, Jean-François, editor
942			_cRBK
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