Some Observations on the Dissection of Cadavers in Ancient India

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Ancient Gold Mining Activities in India - An Overview

Gold was obtained through washing or panning of the river sands during initial periods of civilisation. With the advent of knowledge of metallurgical processing of ores it was recovered through mining of in-situ quartz reefs, and then from auriferous sulphide ores. The metal mining activities are evidenced in the form of large number of ‘ancient metal mines’ or ‘old workings’ and ‘placer mining...

The Lion-Bull Motifs of Persepolis: The Zoogeographic Context.

The lion-bull iconography during the Achaemenian period of ancient Persia has generated different theories of astronomicaland seasonal events besides the suggestions that it could be the symbol of the time cycle of the day, with lion representingthe sun and bull the night. However, the present paper draws the reader’s attention to the hitherto unexplored angle ofzoology to understand physiognom...

Global Recession and Its Impact on Telecommunication Industry: An Empirical Dissection

India is much more integrated with the world economy. Both current and capital accounts are complementing to each other. The economic slowdown that appears to have begun in the USA in September, 2008 has some negative impact on Indian economy. The most immediate and adverse effect of this global financial crisis on India is an out flow of Foreign Institutional Investment (FII) from the capital ...

Faunal Remains from Shikarpur, a Harappan Site in Gujarat, India

This paper deals with the preliminary observations of the analysis conducted on the faunal remains unearthed at thesite of Shikarpur. A single trench ES4 was selected as a research sample from the excavation conducted by theDepartment of Archaeology and Ancient History; M.S. University of Baroda, Gujarat State, India in 2007-08. Atotal of 6250 skeletal fragments were analysed of which only 3219...