Exploring teh forest and mapping its archaeology: Bandhavgarh National Park and Tiger Reserve, India

Lahiri, Nayanjot and Rajani, MB and Sanyal, Debdutta and Banerjee, Samayita (2022) Exploring teh forest and mapping its archaeology: Bandhavgarh National Park and Tiger Reserve, India. Current Science, 123 (6). pp. 772-780. ISSN 0011-3891

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Abstract: The archaeology of historical India has usually been perceived through the lens of cities and states, leaving forest tracts to a large extent unexamined. This article considers the historical signature in a segment of the Bandhavgarh National Park and Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India, in order to understand how histories of occupation in jungles and wilderness where no settlements presently exist can be studied. Our survey involved a combination of ground-level investigations using GPS devices along with an analysis of satellite images to explore whether such images can be used for locating structures and sites. The earliest archaeological markers in Bandhavgarh are cave shelters of the 2nd century CE, which form the subject of this article.
Item Type: Journal Paper
Keywords: Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, caves, forests, Indian archaeology, satellite imagery
Subjects: School of Humanities > Archaeology
Programmes > Heritage Science and Society Programme
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2022 09:56
Last Modified: 27 Sep 2022 09:57
Official URL: https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/123/06/07...
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    DOI: 10.18520/cs/v123/i6/772-780
    URI: http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/2394

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