Annual Report 2009-10 1

ANNUAL REPORT (2009-2010)

Edited by V.P. Bhatta V.S. Shinde Mrs. J.D. Sathe Mrs. Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi M. D. Kajale

Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute (Declared as Deemed-to-be-University under Section 3 of U.G.C. Act 1956) -411 006 2 Annual Report 2009-10

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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6 AUTHORITIES OF THE INSTITUTE 8 GENERAL 10 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY I. Staff 19 II. Teaching 21 III. M.A. and P.G. Diploma Examination Results 25 IV. Ph.D.s Awarded 26 V. Ph.D. Thesis 29 VI. Special Lectures Delivered in Other Institutions 38 VII. Activities of the Centre of Advanced Studies 41 VIII. Research 44 IX. Publications 80 X. Participation in Conferences, Seminars, Symposia and Workshops 88 XI. Other Academic Activities and professional and Administrative Services Rendered 93 XII. Nomination on Committees and Honours and Awards received 99 XIII. Discussion Group Activities 100 XIV. Museum of Archaeology 102 MARATHA HISTORY MUSEUM I. Staff 105 II. Research Activities 105 III. Publication 105 IV. Other Academic Activities 105 V. Seminars/Workshops attended 105 VI. Archival Activities 106 VII. Museum Activities 107 4 Annual Report 2009-10

DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS I. Staff 108 II. Teaching 109 III. M.A. Examination Results 110 IV. Ph.D. Awarded 111 V. Ph.D. Thesis in Progress 111 VI. Research 112 VII. Research Guidance 113 VIII. Publications 114 IX. Conferences and Seminars Attended 115 X. Other Academic Activities and professional and Administrative Services Rendered 118 XI. Special Lectures Held 118 XII. Activities of the Linguistics Discussion Group 119 DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT AND LEXICOGRAPHY I. Permission from the University Grants Commission to start the Department of Sanskrit and Lexicography 120 II. Staff 120 III. Preparation of the Syllabus 122 IV. Ph.D. Course 126 V. Departmental Research Activities 127 VI. Ongoing Research Projects of the Faculties 131 VII. Research Publications of the Staff 135 VIII. Participation in Conferences, Seminars, Symposia and Workshops 139 IX. Other Activities of the Department 142 X. Other Academic Activities of the Staff 143 XI. Scanning and Digitization Programme 146 Annual Report 2009-10 5

LIBRARY I. Library Working Hours 147 II. Additional Facilities Provided to the Staff and Students 147 III. Library Staff Activities and Staff Position 147 IV. Library Staff as on 31-3-2010 148 V. Visitors to the Library 149 VI. Statement Showing Source-wise Additions 149 VII. Statement Showing Source-wise Loose Periodicals Additions 149 VIII. Library Budget Provision and Expenditure 150 IX. Department wise Budget Allocation and Utilization 150 X. Furniture and Equipments 150 XI. Preservation and Conservation 151 XII. Donations Received 151 XIII. Library Committee 151 APPENDIX “A” 152 APPENDIX “B” 153 APPENDIX ‘C’ 154 APPENDIX ‘D’ 155 APPENDIX ‘E’ 156 Strength of Individual Collections 157 INSTITUTE’S STAFF 158 6 Annual Report 2009-10

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to acknowledge our appreciation for the cooperation received from the colleagues of our University in bringing out the Annual Report for 2009-10. The faculty, research, library, administrative and museum staff have provided detailed information about their respective academic and extension education activities.

We would like to place on record our appreciation for the following persons who have provided us the information about their respective departments/sections:

1. Prof. M.D. Kajale, Head of the Department of Archaeology 2. Prof. K.S. Nagaraja, Head of the Department of Linguistics (Up to 31st October 2009) 3. Dr. (Mrs.) Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi, Head of the Department of Linguistics (From 1st November 2009) 4. Prof. (Mrs.) J.D. Sathe, Head, Department of Sanskrit and Lexicography 5. Shri N.S. Gaware, Registrar, Deccan College 6. Shri C.V. Joshi, Deputy Registrar, Deccan College and Secretary (Acting) Sanskrit Dictionary Project 7. Mrs. Trupti More, Librarian 8. Dr. P.P. Dandwate, Curator of the Museum of Archaeology 9. Shri Girish Mandke, Curator of the Maratha History Museum

Shri G.V. Pahade has collected the information from the Heads of Departments. Shri R.R. Ghanekar, In-Charge, Publication Section, has looked after the printing of the Report. Shri Sunil Jadhav has helped in procuring photographs pertaining to various functions and events at the University.

The Deccan College is fully funded by the Government of . We are truly grateful to the Government of Maharashtra for providing salary and annual maintenance grant and other support. We are also grateful to the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan for providing salary and annual maintenance grant to Sanskrit Dictionary Project. We would also like to acknowledge the support given by the University Grants Commission by sanctioning a substantial development grant during the XI Plan.

We also express our gratitude to Dr. G.B. Deglurkar, Hon’ble President, Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pune and Chairman of the Deccan College Poona Annual Report 2009-10 7

Trust (up to 15/6/2009) and Dr. R.K. Shevgaonkar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pune and Chairman of the Deccan College Poona Trust (from 25/3/2010), for their valuable guidance and support in all academic and administrative activities of the University during the year.

August 2010 V.P. Bhatta V.S. Shinde Mrs. J.D. Sathe Mrs. Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi M. D. Kajale

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AUTHORITIES OF THE INSTITUTE

Management Council

1. Prof. V.P. Bhatta (Chairman) 2. Prof. V.S. Shinde (Member) 3. Dr. N.M. Kadu (nominee of the Director of Higher Education, Government of Maharashtra) 4. Dr. Upamanyu Basu (Nominee of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of ) 5. Prof. K.P. Sonawane (Nominee of the U.G.C.) 6. Prof. Raosaheb Kasabe (Nominee of the Deccan College Poona Trust) 7. Prof. M.D. Kajale (Seniormost Professor) 8. Vacant (Seniormost Reader) 9. Dr. (Smt.) Shahida Ansari (Seniormost Lecturer) 10. Dr. P.G. Lalye (Nominee of the President, Deccan College) 11. Dr. Kale (Nominee of the President, Deccan College) 12. Dr. A.P. Jamkhedkar (Nominee of the President, Deccan College) 13. Smt. Seema Dhamdhere (Jt. Secretary, Nominee of Higher & Technical Education Department, Mantralaya, ) 14. N. S. Gaware, Secretory

Board of Trustees, Deccan College Poona Trust

1. Dr. Narendra Jadhav Ex-officio Chairman Vice-Chancellor, University of Pune (up to 15/6/2009) 2. Dr. R.K. Shevgaonkar Ex-officio Chairman Vice-Chancellor, University of Pune (from 25/3/2010) 2. Dr. R.V. Kirdak Member (Director of Higher Education, Government of Maharashtra) 3. Dr. (Smt.) Shireen Jejeebhoy Member

4. Prof. Raosaheb Kasabe Member

5. Smt. Mangala Chavan Member Annual Report 2009-10 9

Officers of the Institute 1. Dr. G.B. Deglurkar President 2. Prof. V.P. Bhatta Director 3. Prof. V.S. Shinde Joint Director 4. Prof. M.D. Kajale Head, Department of Archaeology 7. Prof. K.S. Nagaraja Head, Department of Linguistics (up to 31/10/2009) 8. Dr. (Mrs.) Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi Head, Department of Linguistics (from 1/11/2009) 8. Prof. (Mrs.) J.D. Sathe Head, Department of Sanskrit and Lexicography 7. Shri N.S. Gaware Registrar (Acting) 8. Vacant Internal Auditor 9. Shri C.V. Joshi Asstt. Registrar 10. Smt. Trupti More Librarian 11. Shri P.C. Khedekar Estate Manager 10 Annual Report 2009-10

GENERAL

We would like to record the following major developments which took place at the University during the year 2009-10.

1. Student Enrollment Student enrollment for various courses was excellent. There was a total enrollment of 130 students. This included 58 students for M.A. courses in Archaeology and Linguistics, 03 for P.G. Diploma Course inArchaeology, 54 students for Ph.D. course in Archaeology and 15 students for Ph.D. course in Linguistics. A total of 32 students from other countries comprising of Korea, Iran, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Yemen enrolled for various courses.

2. Foundation Day Celebreations The authorities of the University have decided that 6th October 1821 was the actual Foundation Day, as on that day, the then Hindoo College was established; and hence 6th October of every year be celebrated as Foundation Day henceforth. Also they decided that August 17th be celebrated every year as Revival Day, as the College was revived on that day due to the efforts of old boys. As per the decision of the authorities, the staff and students celebrated the Foundation Day of the Deccan College Post- Graduate and Research Institute on 6th October 2009. Dr. V.M. Bachal, Former Vice-Chancellor, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, was the Chief Guest on this occasion. He delivered Foundation Day Lecture on “Secularism”. Following two publications were released on this occasion:

(a) Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, Joint Volume 68-69 (2008-2009) at the hands of Dr. V.M. Bachal;

(b) Part I of Volume IX of ‘An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical Principles’ edited by Prof. V.P. Bhatta and his colleagues at the hands of Dr. G.B. Deglurkar

3. Permission from the University Grants Commission and Govt. of Maharashtra to start the Department of Sanskrit and Lexicography As recommended by the Academic Council and approved by the Management Council of the University, the authorities of the University had submitted a proposal to the UGC for starting the Department of Sanskrit and Lexicography in the University. The UGC was kind enough to grant the permission vide its letter No F.30-6/2009(CPP-I) dated 29 April Annual Report 2009-10 11

2009 to start the Department of Sanskrit and Lexicography and conduct M.A. and Ph.D. courses in Sanskrit and Lexicography in the Deemed University. Thereafter, the proposal for starting the Department of Sanskrit and Lexicography was submitted to the Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra and the state government was kind enough to give permission to start the Department and conduct the courses vide its GR No. Sankirna - 2009/(219/09)/ Vishi - 4 dated 17th March 2010. The courses are expected to start from the academic year 2010-11.

4. Scanning and Digitization Programme The long standing Sanskrit Dictionary Project of the University started the cherished Scanning and Digitization Programme from the Special Development Grant received from the UGC. The world renowned Sanskrit Dictionary Project has collected the data references/slips numbering over 10 million (one crore) from 1456 Sanskrit texts representing 62 branches of the Sanskrit literature. Over 30 Sanskrit scholars, both traditional and modern, had worked for 25 years from 1948 to 1976 and extracted data references consisting of (a) lemmatta, (b) grammatical category, (c) possible meanings, (d) citation and (e) the name of the book and exact references. Since the data references stored in the Scriptorium has become dilapidated and brittle, the preservation of the same is of paramount importance. The Scanning and Digitization programme aims firstly to preserve all the data references in digitized/electronic form and secondly aims to help to expedite and facilitate the editorial work of the Project. The Programme is expected to be completed in two years. Dr. G.B. Deglurkar, Hon’ble President presided over the Inaugural function of the programme and gave his best wishes for smooth operation of the Project. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. Vijay Bhatkar, former Director, C- DAC on 29/12/2009 and he stressed the importance of digitization of the slips and hoped that the computerization of the Sanskrit Dictionary will help the early completion of the Project.

5. Developmental activities We are also glad to record that several developmental activities have been started during the current year in the University from the developmental grants received from the Ministry of HRD (Rs. 5.00 crores), UGC (Rs. 4.50 crores) and the State Government (Rs. 3.52 crores). The major developmental activities are as under:

Construction of Archaeology Museum Building; construction of staff quarters; installation of water management system; laying down drainage for the entire campus; repairing campus roads; furnishing the Gents and Ladies hostels and Guest House; purchase of computers and software; construction of compound wall of the northern 12 Annual Report 2009-10

side of the campus; installation of street lights; installation of solar water heaters; waterproofing of buildings etc. 6. Visit of U.G.C. Expert Committee As directed by the Ministry of HRD, a UGC Expert Committee constituted by the Chairman, UGC, visited this Deemed University on 15-16 February 2010. The Expert Committee was headed by Prof. V.H. Sonawane, four Subject Experts in the fields of Archaeology, Linguistics and Sanskrit and also a Member-Secretary deputed by the UGC. The Expert Committee visited all the Departments/Sections, Library, Hostels, Gymkhana Hall etc. and examined teaching and research programmes and also reviewed over all functioning of the Deemed University. The Committee also held wide-ranging discussions with the Hon’ble President, present office-bearers, former Directors, faculty members, Non-teaching staff and students of the University.

We are extremely glad to report that the UGC Expert Committee was very much satisfied with the functioning of this Deemed University and the Committee appreciated the excellent teaching and research programmes being undertaken by the University. The Committee also made some recommendations and the authorities of the University are taking actions on the same. 7. Appoinment of Prof. K. Paddaya as Emeritus Professor In recognition of Prof. K. Paddayaa’s valuable contributions to archaeology and of his long-standing services to Deccan College, he has been appointed by the Management Council as Emeritus Professor w.e.f. 4th October 2008. We deeply regret that by oversight this was not mentioned in Annual Report for 2008-2009. 8. Filling up of the teaching posts We are also glad to report that after obtaining permission from the Government of Maharashtra, 11 teaching and 1 Non-teaching posts were filled in all the three Departments of the University. 9. Retirement of Staff Members Following teaching as well as Non-teaching staff retired from the services of the University during the year : a) Prof. K. Paddayya Retired as Director of the Deccan College on 3rd October 2008. b) Dr. S.R. Walimbe, Reader in Anthropology, took voluntary retirement from 1st April 2009 Annual Report 2009-10 13

c) Shri S.B. Kute, Senior Library Assistant on 30th April 2009 d) Shri Gajanan Adagale, Laboratory Attendant (Phonetics) on 30th September 2009 e) Prof. K. S. Nagaraja retired from the Dept. of Linguistics on 31-10-2009. 10. Passing away of Staff Members Following former staff members passed away during the current year a) Dr. H.G. Ranade, former Editor and Co-ordinator of the Sanskrit Dictionary Project on 22/10/2009. b) Shri M.M. Gune, former In-charge of the Publication Section on 9th November 2009 c) Shri Mahendra Kamble, Class IV employee on 3rd May 2009. 14 Annual Report 2009-10

Dr. G. B. Deglurkar, Hon’ble President addressing the UGC Expert Committee

Dr. G. B. Deglurkar, Hon’ble President felicitating Prof. V. H. Sonawane, Chairman of the UGC Expert Committee Annual Report 2009-10 15

Dr. G. B. Deglurkar, Hon’ble President felicitating Dr. N. A. Kazmi, Member-Secretary of the UGC Expert Committee

Dr. G. B. Deglurkar, Hon’ble President felicitating Prof. Satyavrat Shastri, Subject Expert in the UGC Expert Committee 16 Annual Report 2009-10

Prof. V. P. Bhatta, Director of the Institute welcoming the Expert Committee

Visit of the Expert Committee to the Library and introduction by Mrs. Trupti More, Librarian of the University Annual Report 2009-10 17

Visit of the Expert Committee to the Department of Sanskrit and Lexicography and introduction by Prof.(Mrs.) J. D. Sathe, Head of the Department

Visit of the Expert Committee to the Department of Linguistics and introduction by Prof.(Mrs.) Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi, Head of the Department 18 Annual Report 2009-10

Visit of the Expert Committee to the Museum of Archaeology and introduction by Prof.V. S. Shinde, Joint Director and Prof. M. D. Kajale, Head of the Department of Archaeology Annual Report 2009-10 19

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY

I. STAFF

Head of the Department: Prof. M.D. Kajale (up to 31st May 2010), Prof. B.C. Deotare (1st June 2010)

Teaching staff

1. Prof. M.D. Kajale Professor in Palynology (Retired on 31st May 2010) 2. Prof. V.S. Shinde Professor in Asian Archaeology 3. Vacant Professor in Prehistory 4. Vacant Professor in Proto Indian and Ancient Indian History 5. Vacant Professor in Protohistoric and Early Historic Archaeology 6. Vacant Professor in Geoarchaeology 7. Dr. A.R. Marathe Reader in European Prehistory (Retired on 31st May 2010) 8. Dr. B.C. Deotare Reader in Palaeobotany 9. Dr. S. Mishra Reader in Geomorphology 10. Dr. R.K. Mohanty Reader in Ancient Indian Art 11. Dr. P.P. Joglekar Reader in Bioarchaeology (Promoted to Reader) 12. Dr. S.G. Deo Reader in Computer Archaeology (Promoted to Reader) 13. Dr. Vijay Sathe Reader in Archaeological Chemistry (Joined on 21st Aug 2009) 14. Dr. P.D. Sable Reader in Environmental Archaeology (Joined on 28th Aug 2009) 15. Vacant Reader in Palaeontology 20 Annual Report 2009-10

16. Vacant Reader in Epigraphy & Numismatics 17. Vacant Reader in Field Archaeology 18. Shri Shrikant P. Ganvir Lecturer in Ancient Indian History 19. Dr. Arati Deshpande-Mukherjee Lecturer in Archaezoology (Joined on 21st Aug 2009) 20. Dr. Shahida Ansari Lecturer cum Keeper in Museology 21. Miss Nisha B. Sawant Lecturer in Ethnoarchaeology (Joined on 21st Aug 2009) 22. Shri Gopal Joge Lecturer in Indian Art (Joined on 18 Sep 2009) 23. Shri Kanti Kumar A. Pawar Lecturer in Behavioural Archaeology (Joined on 1st Oct 2009) 24. Vacant Lecturer in Archaeometry 25. Dr. Abhijit Dandekar Research Associate in Epigraphy and Numismatics 26. Dr. Prabodh S. Shirvalkar Computer Programmer (Joined on 21st Aug 2009) 27. Dr. Shweta Sinha-Deshpande Lecturer- Cum-Teaching Associate (Joined on 4th Nov 2009) (Temporary in XI Five year plan) 28. Varda Khaladkar Lecturer- Cum-Teaching Associate (Joined on 1st Dec 2009) (Temporary in XI Five year plan) Prof. K.Paddayya Emeritus Professor. (From 4th October 2008)

Research Staff

1. Dr. Shreekant Jadhav Superintendent of Excavations (Joined on 17th Dec 2009) 2. Dr. Vijay Sathe Scientific Assistant (Up to 20th Aug 2009) 3. Dr. Arati Deshpande-Mukherjee Scientific Assistant (Up to 20th Aug 2009) 4. Shri V.C. Kamble Scientific Assistant 5. Dr. Shreekant Jadhav Research Assistant (Up to 16th Dec 2009) Annual Report 2009-10 21

6. Shri Satish Naik Research Assistant 7. Shri S.V. Joshi Chemical Assistant 8. Vacant Research Assistant 9. Vacant Programming Assistant 10. Dr. P.P. Dandawate Museum Curator

Technical and Administrative Staff 1. Shri B.B. Dighe Draughtsman 2. Shri D.D. Phule Draughtsman 3. Shri S.A. Pradhan Draughtsman 4. Shri S.D. Rokade Draughtsman 5. Shri B.S. Waghmode Surveyor 6. Vacant Draughtsman 7. Vacant Draughtsman 8. Shri S.S. Jadhav Photographer cum Surveyor 9. Shri G.V. Pahade Stenographer (Holding additional charge as P.A. to Director) 10. Shri S.I. Amin Steno Typist 11. Vacant Photo Printer 12. Shri B.S. Gajul Museum Assistant 13. Shri Vijay Omble Driver cum Mechanic 14. Shri K.R. Malap Peon-cum-sweeper 15. Vacant Darkroom Attendant 16. Shri C.S. Shendge Laboratory Attendant 17. Shri M.V. Kamble Laboratory Attendant (Up to 2nd May 2009) 18. Shri H.S. Bhandare Peon cum sweeper 19. Smt.S.M. Kamble Peon cum sweeper (Joined on 19th Sept 2009) 20. Shri K.B. Gaikwad Gardener

II. TEACHING

M.A. Semester I Arc 101: Political History of India A. Dandekar, V.S. Shinde, S. Ganvir, S. Ansari, P.P. Joglekar 22 Annual Report 2009-10

Arc 102: Social and Economic History of India S. Ganvir, R.K. Mohanty, A. Dandekar

Arc 103: Introduction to Archaeology V.S. Shinde, B.C. Deotare, P.P. Joglekar, R.K. Mohanty, S.G. Deo, V.G.Sathe, M.D.Kajale

Arc 104: Prehistory of South Asia S. Mishra, A. R. Marathe, S.G. Deo, S. Ansari, M.D. Kajale

M.A. Semester III Group A

Arc 301: Art and Architecture of India- I (300 BC to 600 AD) R.K. Mohanty, S. Ganvir, S.S. Jadhav, P.P. Dandwate

Arc 302: Ancient Indian Iconography R.K. Mohanty, S. Ganvir, P.P. Joglekar, A. Dandekar, P.P. Dandwate, S. Jadhav.

Arc 303: Ancient Indian Palaeography and Epigraphy A. Dandekar, R.K. Mohanty, S. Ganvir

M.A. Semester III Group B

Arc 305: An Outline of World Prehistory S. Mishra, A.R.Marathe, S.G. Deo, S.Ansari, M.D.Kajale

Arc 306: Bioarchaeology B.C. Deotare, M.D.Kajale, P.P. Joglekar, V. Sathe, A. Deshpande-Mukeherjee

Arc 307: Biological Anthropology P.P. Joglekar, A. Deshpande-Mukeherjee

Arc 308: Advanced Archaeological Theory and Research Methodology V.S. Shinde, P.P. Joglekar, S. Ansari Annual Report 2009-10 23

Optional Course

Arc 310: Harappan Civilization V.S. Shinde, M.D.Kajale

Arc 311: Museology: Basic Principles and Practice P.P. Dandwate, S. Ansari, S.S. Jadhav

Arc 312: Cultural Heritage Management S. Ansari, S. Ganvir, V.S. Shinde, S.S. Jadhav, P.P. Dandwate

P.G. Diploma Semester I

Arc 501: Principles of Archaeology V.S. Shinde, B.C. Deotare, R.K. Mohanty, S. Ansari, V.G.Sathe, P.P.Joglekar, M.D.Kajale

Arc 502: Social and Religious Institutions of India S. Ganvir, R.K. Mohanty, A. Dandekar,

Arc 503: South Asian Prehistory S. Mishra, A.R. Marathe, S.G. Deo, S. Ansari, M.D.Kajale

Arc 504: Epigraphical Records of Ancient India A. Dandekar, S. Ganvir

Arc 505: Introduction to Cultural Heritage Management S. Ansari, V.S. Shinde, P.P.Dandwate, S. Ganvir, S.S. Jadhav,

P.G. Diploma Semester II

Arc 506: Research Methodology V.S. Shinde, S.G. Deo, P.P. Joglekar, N. Sawant, Shweta Sinha-Deshpande,

Semester II (Compulsory)

Arc 507: Field Archaeology V.S. Shinde, B.C. Deotare, R.K. Mohanty, S.G. Deo, S. Ansari, K.A. Pawar, P.S. Shirvalkar 24 Annual Report 2009-10

Arc 508: Archaeological Science B.C. Deotare, M.D.Kajale, P.P. Joglekar, S.G. Deo, S. Mishra, V. Sathe, P.D. Sable, A. Deshpande-Mukeherjee.

Optional

Arc 509: South Asian Protohistory V.S. Shinde, R.K. Mohanty, S. Ansari, K.A. Pawar, P.S. Shirvalkar, V. Khaladkar, Shweta Sinha-Deshpande

Arc 510: Introduction to Ethnoarchaeology S. Ansari, A. Deshpande-Mukeherjee, N. Sawant

Arc 511: Earth Science in Archaeology S. Mishra, S.G. Deo, A.R.Marathe, P.D. Sable, M.D.Kajale

M.A. Semester II

Arc 201: Religious History of India R.K. Mohanty, A. Dandekar, S. Ganvir, G. Joge, V. Khaladkar

Arc 202: Methods in Archaeology V.S. Shinde, B.C. Deotare, S.G. Deo, R.K. Mohanty, V. Sathe, P.S. Shirvalkar, M.D.Kajale

Arc 203: Protohistory of South Asia V.S. Shinde, P.P. Joglekar, R.K. Mohanty, A. Deshpande-Mukeherjee, S. Ansari, P.S. Shirvalkar, K.A. Pawar, V. Khaladkar, Shweta Sinha-Deshpande,

Arc 204: Science in Archaeology B.C. Deotare, M.D.Kajale, S. Mishra, P.P. Joglekar, S.G. Deo, V. Sathe, A. Deshpande-Mukeherjee, P.D. Sable,

M.A. Semester IV Group A

Arc 401: Art & Architecture of India II (upto 1200 AD) R.K. Mohanty, S.P.Ganvir, S.S. Jadhav, G. Joge, P.P. Dandawate Annual Report 2009-10 25

Arc 402: Ancient Indian Numismatics A. Dandekar, P.P. Joglekar, V. Khaladkar, K.A. Pawar

Arc 404: Early Iron Age of India R.K. Mohanty, V.S. Shinde, V. Khaladkar, K.A. Pawar

Arc 406: Ancient Technology and Archaeological Chemistry V. Sathe, V.S. Shinde, B.C. Deotare, R.K. Mohanty,

M.A. Semester IV Group B

Arc 403: Ethnoarchaeology S. Ansari, N. Sawant, A. Deshpande-Mukeherjee

Arc 405 Historical Archaeology of India R.K. Mohanty, V.S. Shinde, B.C. Deotare, A. Dandekar, K.A. Pawar, V. Khaladkar, S. Ansari, G. Joge

Arc 407: Quantitative Methods and Information Science S.G. Deo, P.P. Joglekar, P.S. Shirvalkar

Arc 408: Enviornmental Archaeology (Geoarchaeology) S. Mishra, S.G. Deo, A. R. Marathe, P.D. Sable, M.D.Kajale

Arc 409: Museology-II S. Ansari, P.P. Dandwate, K.A. Pawar, G. Joge, S.S. Jadhav

III. M.A. / P.G. DIPLOMA EXAMINATION RESULTS

The results of M.A. and P.G. Diploma examinations in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology held in May 2009 are as follows:

M.A. Examination

Name Class 1. Alireza Shalviri Fail 2. Bhatawadekar Shraddha Hemant Distinction 26 Annual Report 2009-10

3. DhapareNilamSubhash First Class 4. Juwan Wadu AmalkaWijesuriya First Class 5. Kasture Chaitali Sadanand First Class 6. Kulkarni Amruta Mukund Joti First Class 7. Nina Barati Fail 8. Patil Rupali Subhashrao First Class 9. Ronak Babazanganeh Second Class 10. Shaikh Zeeshan Alli Ahmed Distinction 11. Shinde Trupti Second Class 12. Soolmaz Majide Pass Class 13. Tahir Mansoor Mir First Class 14. Thakare Mayur Babulal First Class 15. Zeynab Javanshah Pass Class

P.G. Diploma Examination 1. Nihildas N. First Class 2. Konasukawa Ayumu First Class 3. Mane Pranita Ashok Sunanda First Class 4. Mohamad Ajmal Shah First Class 5. Nandy Vinay Deviprasad First Class 6. Oishi Roy First Class 7. Pathak Manish Sanjiv First Class 8. Rajhuns Ajay Keshav Prasad Fail 9. Salave Madhukar Dadu Fail

IV. Ph.D.s AWARDED Name of Student: Rukshna Jal Nanji Name of Guide: Dr. V.D. Gogte Topic: The Study of Early Medieval Ceramics in India with reference to Sanjan, Gujarat Date of Award: 08.04.2009

Name of Student: Sivakumar N. Name of Guide: Dr. V.S. Shinde Topic: Tiruchirapalli during the - Nayaka Period (1371-1739) Date of Award: 17.04.2009 Annual Report 2009-10 27

Name of Student: Ms. R. Chumbeno Ngullie

Name of Guide: Prof. V.S. Shinde Topic: Neolithic Pottery Tradiions of North east India: An Enthnoarchaeological Perspective Date of Award: 05.03.2009

Name of Student: Ms. Roychoudhury Suchira

Name of Guide: Prof. K. Paddayya Topic: Protohistoric and Historical Archaeology of Ajay River Valley, West Bengal Date of Award 16.06.2009

Name of Student: Kulkarni Amol Narendra

Name of Guide: Dr. P.P. Joglekar Topic: A Study of Early Historic to Medieval Sites in Central Part of , Maharashtra (in Marathi) Date of Award 18.06.2009

Name of Student: Dave Hemant Vijayshankar

Name of Guide: Prof. K. Paddayya Topic: Scientific Methods in Archaeology: An Indian Epostemological Perspective Date of Award 29.06.2009

Name of Student: Ms. Kathale Vaishali Suresh

Name of Guide: Dr. B.C. Deotare Topic: Formation Processes of Historical Sites from Purna Basin, Vidarbha, Maharashtra Date of Award 29.06.2009

Name of Student: Manjiri Thuse Name of Guide: Dr. Sheila Mishra 28 Annual Report 2009-10

Topic: “Buddhist Caves at Nashik: An Analytical Study” Date of Award 29.07.2009

Name of Student: Deepra Dandekar Name of Guide: Dr. S.R. Walimbe Topic: The Satvai and Maulya:Deities of Childbirth in Western Maharashtra Date of Award 22.03.2010 Annual Report 2009-10 29

V. Ph.D. THESIS

V. S. Shinde

Ph.D.s Produced:

1. 2009. Siva Kumar: Tiruchirapalli during the Vijay Nagara Nayaka Period- 1371- 1739 AD.

2. 2009. R. Chumbono Ngullie: Neolithic Pottery Tradition in Northeastern India: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective.

Ph. D. Guidance:

1. Tejas Garge: Settlement Pattern of the Harappan Culture in Chautang Basin.

2. Sanjay Gaikwad: A Comparative Study of Medieval Temple Complexes at Kudal Sangam and the Neighbouring Districts.

3. Ditamula Vasa: Traditional Ceramic Amongst the Nagas: An Ethno- archaeological Approach.

4. Anjana Reddy: Urbanization of the Arabian Gulf (Oman Peninsula and Bahrain) from the 4th to 3rd millennium BC with Special Reference to Settlement Pattern Studies and Trade.

5. Chaung Suk Yun: The Avalokitesvara and Tara in the Buddhist Caves of Maharashtra: An Archaeological Perspective.

6. Amrita Sarkar: A Study of Chalcolithic Cultural Process from Early to Mature Phase in Mewar.

7. Ozra Rounaghy: Cultural and Artistic Interaction between Central India and Iran in the 3rd-2nd Millennia BC (An In-depth Study of Ceramic Art and Othe Artefacts Excavated at Navdatoli and Other Chalcolithic sites in Central India and Tepe Sialk and Tepe Hissar in Iran). 30 Annual Report 2009-10

Ph. D. Co-Guidance:

1. Vivek Dangi: A Study of Protohistoric Settlements in the Upper Ghaggar Basin. Department of History, M.D. University, Rohtak.

2. Kazem Arab: Interpreting Elamite and Harappan Figures: A Comparative Study.

3. Alireza Abolahara: A Comparative Study of the Seals of South and Southwest Iran (2nd Millennium BC) with Harappan Seals: Faunal Perspective.

4. Fakhrieh Abdool: Animals and Their Cultural Manifestation in Archaeological Record in Middle Elamite and Neo-Elamite Period (1500-640 BC) in Southwest of Iran.

M.A Dissertation Produced:

1) Moumita Chakraborty: Burial Customs of Farmana, Rohtak, Haryana, in Comparison to the Other Harappan Sites.

2) Sutapa Lahiri: En Ethno-archaeological Study of the Space Utilization during the Mature Harappan Period with Special Reference to Farmana, Rohtak District, Haryana.

M.D. Kajale

Ph. D. Guidance:

1. C.I. Joy: The Hindu Festivals in India: An Ecological Background and Cultural Study.

K.Paddayya

Ph.D.s Produced: 1. 2009. Hemant Dave: Scientific method in archaeology: an Indian epistemological Perspective

2. 2009.Suchira Roychoudhury: Urbanization in Rarh Bengal with special reference to settlements in Ajay river valley Annual Report 2009-10 31

Ph. D. Guidance:

1. Smt. Satyabhama: Management of Living Heritage Sites in South India

S. R. Walimbe

Ph.D.s Produced:

1. Dandekar Deepra: Continuity and Change in Rituals Surrounding Childbirth and Maternal Health: A Historical Analysis.

Ph. D. Guidance:

1. Bina Gandhi: Ethno-archaeological study of the Adi tribe, Arunachal Pradesh

2. Worrawit Boonthai: Long-neck Karen of Mea-Hong-Sorn Province, Northern Thailand: An anthropological Study.

Ph. D. Co-Guidance:

1. Ozra Rounaghy: Cultural and Artistic Interaction between Central India and Iran in the 3rd-2nd Millennia BC (An In-depth Study of Ceramic Art and Other Artefacts Excavated at Navdatoli and Other Chalcolithic sites in Central India and Tepe Sialk and Tepe Hissar in Iran).

A.R. Marathe

Ph. D. Guidance:

1. Chavan Surekha M.: Ancient Ports of the Konkan, Maharashtra: A Geoarchaeological approach.

2. Upadhyay Shipra R.: Rock Art of the Krishna-Tungabhadra Basin in the light of recent theoretical perspectives.

3. Moumani Borthakur: Evolution of the Cult of fertility: A case study of Mother Goddess Kamkhya (from 5th Century A.D. to 13th Century A.D.). 32 Annual Report 2009-10

4. Kulkarni Priya: Water Management during Historic period in coastal , Maharashtra

B.C. Deotare

Ph.D.s Produced:

1. Ms. Kathale Vaishali Suresh: Formation Processes of Historical Sites from Purna Basin, Vidarbha, Maharashtra

Ph. D. Guidance:

1. Arun Kumar Singh: A study of cultural emergence from OCP to NBPW in the upper Ganga valley

2. Ditipriya Reddy (Chatterjee): Early Historic cultural contacts between Vidarbha and Lata regions of the west coast.

3. Satish Naik: Pollen Analytical and Palaeoenvironmental studies of Archaeological deposits from Coastal region of Maharashtra

4. Kanchana B. Bhaisare: The Vakatakas: Cultural study in Archaeological perspective

5. Nilesh P. Jadhav: Early Historic Archaeology of the middle Tapi basin, North Maharashtra

6. Astha Dibyopama: Human response to Holocene climatic changes in Jodhpur district, Rajasthan

7. Bahar Hamzehpour: Cultural Contacts of Tape Yahya (Iran) with the Indus and other Contemporary cultures in the Third Millennium B.C.

8. Smita Suresh Geedh: Clay composition and firing technology: A comparative study between Chalcolithic and present/contemporary pottery practices. Annual Report 2009-10 33

Sheila Mishra

Ph.D.s Produced:

1. Manjiri Thuse: “Buddhist Caves at Nashik: An Analytical Study”

Ph. D. Guidance:

1. Tosobanta Padhan: Investigations into Prehistoric Archaeology of River Jonk, District Nuwapada, Orissa

Ph. D. Co-Guidance:

1. S.B. Ota: Chalcolithic and Early Historic Cultures of Nimar Region of Madhya Pradesh

2. Astha Dibyopama: Human response to Holocene climatic changes in Jodhpur District, Rajasthan

M.A Dissertation Produced:

1. Jose Tom Rapheal: Study of Pre and Protohistoric evidences from Upputhara Village, Ldukki district Kerala

R.K. Mohanty

Ph. D. Guidance:

1. Tilok Thakuria: The Society and Economy during Early Iron Age and Early Historical Period in the Deccan with Special Reference to Beads (1000 B.C To 500 A. D.).

2. Amrita Sarkar: A Study of Cultural Development from Early to Mature Chalcolithic in Mewar Region of Rajasthan

3. Meenakshi Chauley: A Study of Stupas and Votive Stupas in Orissa 34 Annual Report 2009-10

4. Jyostna R. Alingil: Art and Architecture of Kongunadu (North-West Tamil Nadu): From 6th Century A.D. to 14th Century A.D.

5. S.B. Ota: Chalcolithic and Early Historic Cultures of Nimar Region of Madhya Pradesh.

6. Yogesh Mallinathpur: Early Iron Age and Early Historic Cultures of Hagari Basin, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

7. Vaidya Shantanu A.: Emergence of Complex Society and Urbanization during Early Iron Age and Early Historic Periods in Wardha and Nagpur Districts of Vidarbha.

M.A. dissertation

1. Gautam Bhanu Prasanth: Ivory in Early Historic Maharashtra: A Socio-economic interpretation

2. Arunima Pati: Socio- Cultural and Religious aspects of Ganjappa Cards: A vanishing heritage (District Puri, Orissa)

3. Soliya S. Phadnis: Korlai : A study of its layout and defense mechanism during the Portuguese and the Maratha period, Kolaba District

P.P. Joglekar

Ph.D.s Produced:

1. Amol Kulkarni: A Study of Early Historic to Medieval Period Sites in Central Part of Osmanabad District, Maharashtra (in marathi)

Ph. D. Guidance: 1. Santosh Hampe: Early Historic and Medieval Settlements in Bhima-Sina Basin, Solapur District, Maharashtra

2. Diganta Bhuyan: Kamarupa in Gupta and post-Gupta Periods: Relation between Gangetic Valley and Assam Annual Report 2009-10 35

3. Tanvee Vijay Joshi: An Investigation into the Town Planning Pattern And Urban Architecture in Early Historic India

4. Shivaji D. Kshirsagar: Geoarchaeological Studies in the Bhima-Sina Basin, Solapur District, Maharashtra

5. Goyal Pankaj: Animal-based Subsistence of Harappan Culture in Gujarat with special reference to Kanmer

6. C.V. Sharada: Understanding Archaeological Bone Deposition and Modification Processes: A Case Study of Protohistoric Sites in Haryana

7. Gauri Bedekar: Human-Animal Interaction in Ancient Indian Society (1500 B.C.– 300 A.D.): A Study Through Correlation of Archaeological and Literary Sources

M.A Dissertation Produced:

1. Tanashree S. Redij: Origin and development of Alaxmi

Sushama Deo

Ph. D. Guidance:

1. Shivaji Kshirsagar (Co-guide): Geoarchaeology of Bhima basin, Solapur District.

Shahida Ansari

M.A Dissertation Produced:

1. Ms. Tanvi Oswal: Ecomuseum: A Perspective for the Warlis of Dahanu, Maharashtra

2. Mr. Tahmasb Manouchehri:Depiction of Median Costume on Relief’s at Persepolis and Median Rock Tombs (Iran) - A Comparative Approach 36 Annual Report 2009-10

Ph. D. Guidance:

1. Ms. Neelam Nandini Sarmah:Settlement and Subsistence Pattern of Nishis and Sherdukpens of Kameng Valley, Arunachal Pradesh: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective

2. Ms. Neda Hussein Tehrani: Anthropogenic Processes in Caves and Rock Shelters in Izeh and Kazeroun Plains, Iran: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective

3. Mr. Karimiond Ghassem: Tchoga Zanbil: A Vision of Ilam Culture and Art of Iran

S.S. Jadhav

M.A Dissertation:

1. Kim Yongjun:The Comparative Study of Architecture and Iconography: (Between Sok-ku-ram in Korea and Ajanta in India during Mahayana Phase).

Abhijit Dandekar

Ph.D. Guidance

1. Mr. Cyriac Jose: Cultural Landscape and Architecture of Medieval Churches in Kerala

M.A. Dissertation

1. Mr. Vrushabh Mahesh: Hero-stones: a medium of social reconstruction of Hassan district (Karnataka) during the Hoysala period (1026-1343 AD)

Vijay Sathe

Ph.D. Guidance

1. Yousef Fallahian: Representation of Animals in Iron Age sites in Gilan (Iran): A Cultural Study. Annual Report 2009-10 37

2. Alireza Abolahrar: A Comparative Study of the Seals of South and Southwest Iran (2nd millennium B.C.) with Harappan Seals: Faunal Perspective. 3. Fakhrieh Abdali: Animals and their Cultural Manifestation in Archaeological Record in Middle Elamite and Neo Elamite Period (1500 B.C. – 640 B.C.)

4. Ms. Aokumla Walling: Ethno-Archaeology of Mokokehung District of Nagaland with special reference to Ahom-naga relationship.

M.A Dissertation Produced:

1. Ms. Sneha Nagarkar: Hugh Falconer and his quest for the Natural History of India.

2. Mr. Kalyan Chakraborty: The Bones and Soils: Chemical Analysis.

3. Mr. Prateek Chakraborty: Cattle in Time and Space: An Osteological Perspective

A. Deshpande-Mukherjee

Ph.D. Guidance

1. Ms.Anwita Dutta: The Cultural Significance of Early Historic Terracotta Art of West Bengal: An Ethnoaracheological Approach

2. Ms.Kanchini Prova Koch: Animal Exploitation Patterns during the Iron Age and Early Historical period in Vidarbha, Maharashtra

3. Ms. Soumi Sengupta: Protohistoric Investigations in the Tawa river basin in Betul district, Madhya Pradesh. (Co-guide Dr.Sushama Deo)

M.A. Dissertation

1. Ms. S. Deepika: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Pearl and Chank fishery in the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu (Sangam period 3rd Century B.C – 3rd Century A.D). 38 Annual Report 2009-10

VI. SPECIAL LECTURES DELIVERED IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

V.S. Shinde

India:

1. Excavations at Girawad, Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India, 14 July 2009.

2. Recent Excavations at Farmana, Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India, 15 July 2009.

3. Series of 15 lectures on the Protohistory of West and South Asia, Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India, 13-17 July 2009.

4. Cultural History of Maharashtra: An Archaeological Perspective, Social Science Academy, Pune, 12 May 2010.

5. Harappan Civilization- Beginning to the Late Phase, Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India, 9-12 June 2010.

6. Archaeology: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Past, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, 25 June 2010.

Abroad:

1. Regional Variations of the Harappan Culture at Farmana, Institute of Archaeology, London, 12 April 2010.

B.C. Deotare

1. Delivered special lecture on 23 May 2009 at Bharat Itihas Samsodhak Mandal, Pune on Excavations at Bhon.

R. K. Mohanty

1. Lectures in the Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi, on July- August 2010 Annual Report 2009-10 39

1. Megalithic culture of India (12 lectures), 2. Emergence of Second Urbanization (4 lectures) 3. Ancient Indian Bead Manufacturing Technology (4 lectures), and 4. Early Historic Archaeology of Orissa and Excavations at Sisupalgarh (3 lectures), 5. Copper hoard (2 lectures), 6. Painted Grey ware (2 lectures)

2. Lectures in the Dept. of Ancient Indian History and Archaeology, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, on Recent Excavations at Sisupalgarh, February, 2010.

P.P. Joglekar

1. Delivered special lectures for the M. Arch. (Sem. III) course on ‘Introduction to Archaeology and Museology’ at the Sinhgad College of Architecture.

2. Delivered special lectures for the B. Journalism. (Sem. II) course on ‘Milestones in History’ at the Ranade Institute, Pune.

3. Delivered special lecture series to M.A. Indology students at T.M.V. on “Polity in Ancient India” and “Economic History of India: Feudalism and Decline of Science”.

4. Delivered a series of 16 lectures on ‘Applications of Sciences in Archaeology’ at the Institute of Archaeology of the ASI, New Delhi.

P.D. Sable

1. Delivered a lecture on a “Application of Remote Sensing in Civil Engineering Field” on 13/02/2010, at Jawaharlal Nehru Technical Institute, Bharati Vidyapith, Pune.

2. Delivered a lecture on a “Remote Sensing in Watershed Management” on 21/05/ 2010 at MES Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology, Pune.

3. Delivered a lecture on a “Applications of Resistivity method and Seismic method in foundation of Civil Engineering” on 28/06/2010, at Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering, (Indian Railways First ISO :9001-2000 Centralised Training Institute) Pune. 40 Annual Report 2009-10

Satish Naik

1. Delivered a special lecture on “Puratan Kalatil Vanaspati Shastra” for non- governmental organization Nature Walk, Pune at their katta scheduled on Friday 10th July 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at N. M. V. Girls Highschool Pune.

Vijay Sathe

1. Lectures delivered to the participants of One-Day Seminar on Archaeology for Teachers of the School Teachers of Pune City Lectures Delivered: “Animals in Archaeology” and “Vertebrate Palaeontology as Historical Science with reference to its contributions in Archaeology”. July 2009

Abhijit Dandekar

1. 20 lectures on various aspects of archaeology to the students of the Certificate course in Archaeology and Certificate Course in Ancient Indian Arts and Sciences conductewd by the Centre for Extra-Mural Studies, University of Mumbai.

S.V. Joshi

Four lectures delivered in the workshop of fort studies held by Bharat Itihas sanshodhak mandal Pune, December 2009 and same lectures delivered in Cummins Architecture College Pune on March 2010.

1. Sattelite imges and GPS in fort studies 2. Fort conservation and Preseration 3. Sanhydri and Forts 4. How to see the Fort.

P.S. Shirvalkar

1. Introduction to Ceramics at Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies (I.I.R.N.S.), Anjenari, Nasik on 19th Jan. 2009. Annual Report 2009-10 41

Shweta Sinha Deshpande

1. Delivered a lecture on ‘What is Archaeology’ as a guest lecturer for Rotary exchange studies for Gradute course at Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce (March 2010)

V. Khaladkar

1. Delivered a lecture on ‘Archaeological Legislations in India: Past and Present’ as a guest lecturer for the course ‘MA in Heritage Management and Tourism’ at Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (13th December 2009) 2. Delivered a lecture on ‘Chalcolithic Cultures in India’ as a visiting faculty for the Certificate Course in Archaeology at Department of Extra-Mural Studies, Mumbai University. ( 27th March 2010)

VII. ACADEMIC DEVELOPENMENT UNDER THE U.G.C. SAP PROGRAMME, CENTER OF ADVANCE STUDY, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY.

1. As part of the C.A.S. financial support extended for giving field training to students, all P.G. Diploma, M.A. and Ph.D. students of the Department participated in the excavations at the Harappan site of Farmana in Haryana by Prof. V. S. Shinde for about six weeks from 10th January 2009 onwards. During this period they were trained in surveying, excavation techniques, systematic and scientific collection and analysis of data, photography, recording of objects, drawing site maps, etc. Students were also given field training in architectural survey (Six students of Art and Architecture visited, with teachers Dr. Shreekant Jadhav and Shri Shrikant Ganvir, Bijapur, Aihole, Badami, Mahakuta, Pattadakal, Harihara, Belur, Halebidu, Belavadi, Arsikere, Dodda Gadda valli, Arikere, Gadag and Ittagi). Six students of the course Museology visited with their teachers Dr. P.P. Dandwate and Dr. S. Ansari Chhattrapati Shivaji museum, and Elephanta Caves in Mumbai. Dr. Kajale trained the students of Ethnoarchaeology and Environmental Archaeology in the field around Pune. The Students were also trained in archaeological chemistry, zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, biological anthropology, bio and geo-archaeological techniques in the field as well as in laboratories. 2. The Archaeology and Maratha History Museums of the Department undertook various public education activities like organization of workshop for school-teachers, public exhibitions, conducting guided tours of school children to galleries of the archaeology 42 Annual Report 2009-10

and Maratha History museums, survey of temples and other monuments and publication of popular articles.

3. During this period the faculty and students of the Department had the benefit of interacting with the following Visiting Fellows:

a) Dr. A.P. Jamkhedkar, former Director of State Department of Archaeology, Maharashtra, visited the Department from 12-14 March 2009 and gave lectures on following topic:

1. Archaeology of the Vakatakas 2. Evolution of Saivism and Vaishnavism 3. Recent studies in Vakataka Art and Architecture

b) Prof. Ravi Korisettar of the Karnataka University, Dharwad visited Department from 14-22 March 2009 and gave following lectures:

1. Geomorphology of Neolithic Site of Sanganakallu (Part I) 2. Geomorphology of Neolithic Site of Sanganakallu (Part II) 3. Geomorphology of Neolithic Site of Sanganakallu (Part III)

c) Prof. Vibha Tripathy, Former Head, Department of AIHC and Archaeology, BHU visited this Department from 16-22 March 2009 and gave following lectures:

1. Painted Grey ware cultures of North India 2. Beginning of Iron in India

d) Dr. Rajiv Nigam of the Geological Oceanography Division of NIO, Goa visited the Department from 21- 27 March 2009 and gave lectures on the following topics:

1. Off shore Oceanoclimatic Research in India: Implications For Archaeology (Part I) 2. Off shore Oceanoclimatic Research in India: Implications For Archaeology (Part II) 3. Off shore Oceanoclimatic Research in India: Implications For Archaeology (Part III) Annual Report 2009-10 43

e) Prof. M.L.K Murty, Former Director, Centre for Regional Studies, University of Hyderabad visited the Department from 21-27 March 2009 and gave the following lectures:

1. Upper Palaeolithic in India with special Reference to the Karnool Cave in South India. 2. Neolithic Traditions of South India.

Apart from attending the lectures, the students also benefitted from personal interaction with Dr. A.P. Jamkhedkar, Prof. Vibha Tripathy, Prof. M.L.K Murty, Dr. Rajiv Nigam and Prof. Ravi Korisettar.

Out of the grant of Rs. 5 lakhs allocated for the C.A.S., the library acquired 265 books pertaining to various branches of archaeology and ancient Indian history and culture. 44 Annual Report 2009-10

VIII. RESEARCH

Prehistory and Palaeoenvironment

Sheila Mishra

1. Excavation at Morgaon August 10-20, 2009: A small trench was taken at Morgaon to better understand the relationship between the tephra and the artefact bearing gravels. Please see the report to IAR attached.

2. Uppathara, Dec 15-19 2009 A visit was made to Uppathara in relation to the MA thesis of Jose on some Neolithic adzes and megalithic burials found in the vicinity of Uppathara, District Eddukal, Kerala

3. Manikpattam, Feb 2010 (10 days) Along with Dr. Sushama Deo, participated in the excavation at Manikpattam which was directed by Dr.s Mohanty and Joglekar to understand the Geoarchaeology of the site

4. District 9-15 March 2010 Along with Dr. Sushama Deo explored the area around Narwar hill in Raisen district with the view to understand the context of the artefacts there and plan further work in the year 2010-2011, in collaboration with Mr S.B. Ota of ASI. Please see the attached report to IAR.

Sushama Deo

1. Excavation at Morgaon, District Pune, Maharashtra This year was a continuation of our work at Morgaon since 2002. We (Sheila Mishra and Sushama Deo) excavated a small trench to understand the occurrence of the tephra. The 2009 trench was taken in the furtherest downstream exposure of the tephra, on the bank of the Karha river at 18 16’27’’ N and 74 19’56’’ E. 2 m of black fissured clay and 3m of gravel overlies the excavated trench which was taken on a small erosional bench. The stratigraphy of the trench is given as follows:— 0-300 cm Sandy pebbly gravel, occasional shells, unpatinated basalt pebbles. 300-500 cm black fissured clay 500-510 cm weathered tephra, yellow brown in colour Annual Report 2009-10 45

510-520 cm less weathered tephra, white in colour 520-550 cm black fissured clay 550-570 cm loose gravel, patinated basalt pebbles 570-670 cm cement coarse sand with a few pebbles 670-700 cm pebble layer, looser, angular, with manganese coatings on the pebbles 700-800 cm silty pinkish sand fairly well cemented. Presence of well developed rhizoconcretions and calcretized termite nests on contact of silty sand and overlying gravel. It continues below 800 cm but the base is not exposed in this section. In a well around 80 m away the contact between this unit and bedrock is seen. In the well section this unit is around 4-5 m thick. No artefacts were found in the excavation. A few re-worked Acheulian artefacts have been found in the upper gravel. A laterite pebble was collected from the lower gravel. This years excavation made a number of clarifications in the stratigraphy. The tephra occurs within the black fissured clay. The gravel below the tephra which occurs within the pinkish silt and the gravel overlying the tephra which occurs within the black fissured clay show different post-depositional weathering. The lower gravel is well cemented, the basalt pebbles have a grey patina. The gravel facies varies from a coarse sand with a few pebbles to rubbly horizons while the upper gravel is a sandy pebbly gravel. The pebbles in the upper gravel have a black colour, and do not appear very weathered. Some bivalve shells could be collected from this gravel. No convincing microliths could be found in this gravel, but a few re-worked Acheulian artefacts were found. One single direction core on basalt was collected from exposure of this gravel. The gravel containing Acheulian artefacts differs from both the gravels occuring with the tephra. It has a well developed reddish weathering rind and is differientially cemented. The gravel underlying the tephra appears older or contemporary to the Acheulian while the gravel overlying the tephra appears younger than the tephra.

2. Exploration was carried out around Narwar village in Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh.

Exploration of Raisen District was taken up by Drs. Sushama Deo and Sheila Mishra of Deccan College in collaboration with Shri S.B. Ota, of the ASI, Bhopal, with a view to further study the rich occurrences of Lower paleolithic artefacts previously reported around Narwar Hill by Jacobson (1970) and around Tikoda village by S.S.Gupta (IAR 1982-83:38-39). The Narwar-Khandera hills, with an elevation of 590 m asl form a divide between the Newan river, a tributary of the Betwa, flowing at 46 Annual Report 2009-10

440-450 masl and the Barna river, a tributary of the Narmada. On the Newan side of the divide a thin cover of yellow silt is seen right upto the foot of the Narwar-Khandera hill. On the Barna side of the river the slope of the hill becomes more gentle at the 460m-480m contours. This level has many patches of laterite. The laterite has a crust of around 50 cm, made up of loose or ferricretized pellets of small pebble size, underlain by around 2-3 m of bright yellow lithomarge containing large white nodules. This lithomarge is underlain by weathered Deccan Trap. The Deccan Trap overlies the Vindhyan sandstone formation, but today occupies lower position in the landscape due to its more rapid weathering and erosion, resulting in a classic case of “inversion of relief”. The Narwar-Khandera hill is of the Vindhyan formation while the below 460-480 masl. A large number of Acheulian artefacts can be found where ever the laterite is present or where it is undergoing erosion. The Acheulian tools seen have a remarkable typological homogeneity, with an overwhelming dominance of cleavers (previously noted by Gupta). Large cores and some small flakes were also observed at places. A large time gap must separate the laterite from the Acheulian, since it has now been shown that the youngest laterites date to the Miocene. The presence of lithomarge shows that laterite formed insitu, even though the pellety crust might be partially detrital. The association of the Acheulian artefacts with the laterite is due to both of them occurring where there is survival of older material in the landscape. In the Talav section of Tikoda village a sequence from bottom to top of lithomarge, laterite crust, calcareous yellow silt and finally sandy reddish silt is seen. In this section no artefacts could be found. However elsewhere the artefacts appear to be eroding from under the red silt or the yellow silt. It might therefore be possible to locate the Acheulian in a sealed horizon. The typological homogeneity of the assemblage also implies that the tools were in a sealed context which prevented later tool types from getting mixed with it and that the exposure from this sealed context is recent. A gravel exposed in the upper part of the Narvadiya nadi (a tributary of the Barna), in contrast to the other occurrences has incorporated artefacts from all time periods from Acheulian to microlithic showing that if the artefacts were coming from a later context then artefacts of a later period would also be present.

On the basis of this years exploration, it is planned to undertake excavation to recover the Acheulian from a sealed context.

3. Participated in the excavation at Manikpatnam, Orissa and carried out jointly with geomorphological investigations to understand formation process at the site. Annual Report 2009-10 47

4. Geomorphological exploration was carried out on the coast of Somnath (with Arati Deshpande-Mukherjee) and along the north Konkan coast.

5. Continued image processing, digitizing maps and artefact database analysis

P.D. Sable

1. Participated in the excavation of Farmana Paleoenvironmental studies at Farmana: Climate change itself is thought to be the result of global, regional and local geologic changes that influence atmospheric and hydrologic circulation patterns. To, know / study the paleoenvironmental of the Upper Ghaggar basin, a detailed fieldwork was carried in and around the Harappan site, Farmana, in Rohtak Dist. of Haryana. This area is flat, featureless, monotonous upland and formed of Pleistocene to recent alluvium deposits of the Ghaggar – Yamuna rivers of indo-Gangetic plain. These alluvium deposits mainly consist of clay, gravely sand, silty sand and silty clay with varying proportions of kankar. The gray silt; as found in the present day Yamuna was observed by the present researcher at the Seman burial site. A 2.5 -3.5 thick gray silt layer was observed in the dug well. Due to thick alluvium on the surface drainage channels are not observed. Therefore a detailed subsurface investigation in the form of dug well survey carried out in Farmana and Seman village areas. According to topographical evidences, the probable route of drainage system was parallel to the present day irrigation canal. Therefore the detail lithostratigraphical study of dug well of deeper level along the canal was carried out to know the exact paleochannel and drainage network. As well as the collected soil samples are analyzed in the lab. The conclusion based on preliminary exploration is

I. Climatic changes / fluctuations – Clear on the basis of presence of different characters of alluvium deposit with variation in thickness.

II. Traces of evidences of paleochannel – the typical well rounded, mature sediment observed in the deep dug well along the canal.

III. Tectonic activity: the characteristic of gray silt layer encountered from the dug well of Seman burial site is showing same characters of the silt of Yamuna river channel. 48 Annual Report 2009-10

Therefore, due to upliftment along Yamuna river, the bifurcation of his channel took place.

IV. The ground water aquifer: The lowermost moist sandy silty clay indicates good aquifer in this area along the channel tract. Therefore the depth of well in this area is generally up to this level.

V. The medium to fine, matured sediments in the form of thick blanket suggesting long transport and recycling process indicate high monsoon region. And now the monsoon scenario Ghaggar river basin might have become ephemeral due to tectonically induced river –stream piracy.

VI. Therefore, on the basis of above mentioned points and the fluctuations in the climatic conditions maybe responsible for the to migration of Harappan people from this region.

2. Participated in the exploration of Early Historic Bhon Site, in Buldana district of Maharashtra.

3. Participated in the exploration of Lonar crater Site, in Buldhana district of Maharashtra.

4. Participated in the exploration of middle Konkan areas of Maharashtra.

3) Research Activities:

i. Mineralogical analysis of samples Sikkim Area. ii. Mineralogical analysis of samples Farmana Area. Environmental studies of Purna River Basin around the Early Historic site of Bhon by using Remote Sensing.

Protohistory and Historical Archaeology

V.S. Shinde

A Report on Excavations at Farmana 2009-10

Professors Vasant Shinde of Deccan College and Manmohan Kumar of the M.D. University, Rohtak, continued excavations at Farmana for the 4th successive season. The work for this Annual Report 2009-10 49 season was commenced in the last week of December 2009 and continued until the first week of February 2010. They were assisted by Amol Kulkarni, Nilesh Jadhav, Neha Kothari, Kantikumar Pawar, P.D. Sable, Vivek Dangi, Gopal Joge, Nisha Sawant, C.V. Sharda, K. Malap and all Master’s and P.G. Diploma students of Deccan College and Tilak Maharashtra Vidhyapeeth University.

The excavation this year (2009-10) was undertaken with the following aims and objectives:

1. Provide field training to the students of Deccan College: The excavation was planned to train students of Deccan College in exploration and excavation methods, as this is the part of their syllabus. They were trained for two months in excavation and exploration methods and also in collection and classification of archaeological data.

2. It was necessary to continue the work at the site to prevent the farmers from ploughing and destroying the evidence at the site.

3. To understand the nature of the structural remains to the north of the structural complex nos. 2 and 3 located in locality-I belonging to the Period IIA excavated in the previous season at the site with a view to understanding social organization and activities areas.

In order to fulfill the 3rd objective the following trenches we are selected for excavation. They are 2A1, 2A2, 2A3, 2A4, 2X1 (eastern side of X access), 2B1, 2B2, 2B3, 2B4 and 2B5 (eastern end of Loc-II to the north side), 2C2 (NW-SW), 2C3, 2C4 and 2C5 (to the south of A line and which is along the southern margin of Loc.-II).

Excavations carried out revealed the following features:

• Northern extent of the Main Street (Period IIB) The main street which was excavated in 2007-08 season between the Structural Complexes 2 and 3 was found to be extending towards north. Its portion towards the northern end was excavated in trenches 2C3, 2B3 and 2A4. It is excavated to a length of 16 m, which passes between Structural Complexes 3 and 17 on the western side and 15 and 16 on the eastern side. The average width of the street is 3 m. which is slightly wider than the portion excavated towards its southern end. This street appears to continue further towards north.

Structural complex 1-More rooms of the Structure 1 which was excavated in the first season (2006-07) have been discovered in this season. Three more rooms of the Structure have been excavated 50 Annual Report 2009-10

Structure 1A- This structure is located to the north of Structure 1. The northern wall of Structure 1 forms the southern wall of this structure. The part of eastern wall towards its southern end of Structure 16 D, forms the western wall of this structure. The northern wall is a 2.50 m long and 32 cm wide. The eastern wall of the structure is 1.95 m. long and 32 cm wide. It is survived by its basal course. The total area enclosed by the structure is 2.05 m (N-S) x 2.45 m (E-W). There is small rectangular storage basin along the inner face of southern wall measuring 95 cm x 95 cm. This basin may have been used by storage, 4 stone found in the room may have been used for supporting storage bean. The room has well made floor of alternate layer of silt and sand rammed hard and plastered.

Structure 1 B- it is located to the north of Structure1A. It is badly disturbed by the rat holes and later pits. It is slightly smaller in size compared to Structure1A and appears to be a storage platform of the complex. It is paved with mud bricks set in mud mortar. It majors 2.15 m. (N- S) x 2.00 m. (E-W).

Structure 1C- It is located to the east of structure 1B. The eastern margin of this structure has been completely distroyed. The surviving portion measures 1.67 m. (N-S) x 1.45 m. (E- W). The southern wall of the structure is survives to a length of 2.47m (N-S) and 70 cm in width. The north wall is 2.47 m long and its average width is 34 cm. This wall, however, continues towards the eastern side. It has flimsy floor devoid of any other features. This small chamber like room may be used for storage proposes.

Structure 1 D- It is a courtyard located to the south of Structure 1C and east of Structure 1 A. This appears to be open and without any enclosed walls. It has a well made floor made of brick and brick bats, which are visible at places. The total area excavated majors 4.80m. (N- S) x 2.80 m. (E-W). • Part of Structural Complex no 3 (Period-IIB) A north eastern corner of structure 3 excavated in previous two seasons was excavated in trenches 2C4 and 2C5. This appears the northernmost limit of Structure Complex 3. In the previous two seasons, the eastern, western and southern peripheries of this complex were already excavated. This season the northern periphery is clear and thus the entire complex is now excavated. The eastern wall of the complex is excavated to a length of 2.80 m. The original thickness of this wall is 75 cm, however, at a later stage an additional 60 cm wall was added to its eastern face of original wall. There is a gap of 20 cm between the original wall and the later built one. The total thickness of combined wall is 1.35 m. The northern wall of the structure is excavated to the length of 7.70 m and its average width is 75 cm. Both the walls have survived to a thickness of 20 cm and three courses of bricks are visible. Inside the northeast corner is a Annual Report 2009-10 51 rectangular fire pit, the edges of which are disturbed. It is located 30 cm to west of inner face of eastern wall and 60 cm to the inner face of northern wall. It is 80 cm x 1 m in size. The base of this pit is brunt red. Along the inner face of the northern wall at the distance 2.42 m. from the northeastern corner lies one Red Ware globular pot. Three successive floor levels have been exposed. Considering well made nature of floor and the presence of fire pit and the pot in excavated portion of structure it appears to be a cooking place of the complex.

Structural Complex 15 Structure Complex 15 discovered in this season lies to the north of Structural Complex 3 in trenches 2B4, 2B5, 2C4 and 2C5. A part of large room of the complex has been excavated because of letter pits the surface of the structure is badly damage. The total area of the room excavated measures 9.50m (north-south) x 4.90 m. (east-west). Only a part of the east wall was excavated. The length of this wall is 3.90 m. and the width 75 cm and is survived to a thickness of 25 cm. The northern wall of the Structure Complex 3 forms the southern wall of this complex. It has a rough but well made floor. Inside the structure were excavated one circular fire-pit and one pottery kiln.

i) Fire-pit The fire-pit exposed inside the Structure Complex 15 is later than the structure, probably belonging to Period IIC. It is located 4.90 m to the north of the outer face of Complex 3 and 2.64 m. to the west of the eastern wall of the same complex. The diameter of this fire pit is 40 cm. The brick-brunt red surface indicate of the pit suggests its use for longer period.

ii) Pottery Kiln This feature belongs to the structure as it is contemporary with the floor level. It is 50 cm to the west of eastern wall and 1.70 cm to the north of southern wall. It is perfectly cylindrical with the diameter of 1.60 m. it is 25 cm deep; the sides sides of perfect vertical and bottom flat. It is lined with a 8 cm thick clay lining, which is brunt red. Because of the later pit the eastern periphery is destroyed. Usually pear-shaped or cylindrical pottery kilns are reported from a few Harappan sites in this region. 52 Annual Report 2009-10

• Structural Complex 16 This structural complex located to the east of main street lies in trenches 2C2 (NW-SW) , 2C4, 2B3 and 2A2. Four rooms of this complex have been excavated.

Structure 16 A- This is a partly excavated room of this complex, which is located in the southeastern corner of the complex. The northern wall of this room is fully excavated which is made of single vertically placed brick wall of the size measuring 32x16x8 cm. It is 3.30 m. long and its average width is 32 cm. It is survives to a thickness of 16 cm. The western wall is excavated to the length of 87 cm and its average width is 47 cm. It is made of two bricks, the inner one placed vertically and the outer horizontally. It is survived to a thickness of 15 cm. The eastern wall is excavated to a length of 1.80 m and its average width is 32 cm. It is survived to a thickness of 16 cm. This is also made of single brick line placed vertically. Inside the structure in its southeast corner lies a circular (50 cm) pit. It is perfectly cylindrical and appears to be a small storage pit of the structure. As it is not empty its total depth cannot be measured. This room has a rough floor and is disturbed by some later features. Considering its small size, rough floor and the presence of storage pit, this room is identifies as a storage room of the complex.

Structure 16B- this room is to the north of Structure 16A. It is rectangular with the inner space majoring 2.75 m (E-W) x 2.10 (N-S). It has walls on three sides and open towards the east. The northern wall of Structure 16 A forms the southern wall of this room. The western wall is 2.10 m in length and 65 cm in width. It has survived to a thickness of 10 cm. The north wall is 3.50 m in length and its average width is 50 cm. This could be a small enclosed courtyard within the Structure Complex 16.

Structure no 16C- To the north of 16 B lies a well preserved room of this complex, the inner space of which measures 3.66 m. (N-S) x 2.40 m. (E-W). The major portion of the floor is destroyed by some later features. The northern wall of Structure 16B forms the southern wall of this structure. The western wall is 4.70 m long and 64 cm in width and is survived to the thickness of 18 cm. The northern wall is 3.50 m in length and its average width is 54cm. The eastern wall is 4.60 m long and 50 cm wide. Inside the structure is located a fire-pit which is partly survived along the western wall. It is 1.55m to the north of the southeastern corner. The fire-pit is rectangular with rounded corners; it has an opening towards the east. It is made of 14 cm thick clay which is brunt red because of constant use. The fire-pit is survived to a thickness of 10 cm. In the southeastern corner lies Red Ware globular pot with a diameter of 22 cm. It has a flat projecting rim and a disc base. Considering the rough nature of floor and fire pit this could be identified as the kitchen of the complex. Annual Report 2009-10 53

Structure 16 D- To the east of Structures 16A, 16B and 16C lies an open space, which is enclosed from eastern and northern sides by brick walls. As its south side is not exposed it is not clear whether that was similar wall on that side. This appears to be a large open courtyard of this complex. It has a well made floor of alternate layers of sand and silt with a smooth surface. This floor is badly disturbed because of later pits in the northern part. The northern wall is 6.90 m long and its average width is 60 cm; it is survived to a thickness of 20 cm. The eastern wall is exposed to the length of 5.95 m and is 50 cm wide. This wall is badly damaged. To the east of the eastern wall of the Structure 16C lie 4 later pits. • A rectangular fire-place of the Structure 16D was discovered 1.55 m to the south of northern wall and 2.45 m to east of the outer face of eastern wall. It rectangular measures 78 cm (N-S) x 73 cm (E-W). To the west side at the distance of 20 cm from fire-pit lies a medium size Red Ware pot. Only the base is survived. As the courtyard has a well made floor and contains a fire place, cooking was done here in summer times.

• Lane between structural complexes 16 and 17- Structural Complexes 16 and 17 are separated by a lane which is excavated for a length of 16.65 m. It is 1.60 m. in width, which is a standard width in Farmana. Sometimes at a later stage this lane was closed by mud brick wall of the thickness of 50 cm. This wall is located 2.35 to the east of the western end.

• Structure complex 17 Three rooms of this complex have been exposed in trenches 2A3, 2A4, 2B3 and 2B4. Structure 17A, 17B, 17C and 17D are the rooms of this complex. The first three structures are rooms and the forth is courtyard of this complex.

Structure 17A- This is located to the north of lane near its western end. It is a rectangular chamber enclosing an area of 2.45 m. (E-W) x 1.30 m. (N-S). It has an entry provide in the eastern wall. The opening is 82 cm in width, which is near the northwestern corner. The remaining portion of the wall is 55 cm in length and 56 cm in width. It is survived by its basal course. The southern wall is 3.58 m. long and its average width is 55 cm. It has survived to the thickness of 20 cm. The western wall is 1.77 m long and 80 cm wide. The northern wall is 3.50 m. long and 50 cm in width; it’s survived to the thickness of 50 cm. This could be identifies as the living room of the complex it has a well made floor.

Structure 17 B – This is the kitchen of the complex, located to the north of Structure 17 A. It is squarish in plan measuring 2.40 m (N-S) x 2.40 m (E-W). The northern wall of Structure 17 A is the southern wall of this room. The western wall is 3.60 m long and 80 cm in width. It is survived to the thickness of 10 cm. The northern wall is 3.50 m long and 70 cm wide. The eastern wall is 2.40 m long and 36 cm in width. Only the basal course is survived. Remains of 54 Annual Report 2009-10 possibly rectangular fire place, only small portion of the fire place is survived can be seen in the centre.

Structure 17 C- Only the southeastern corner of this room has been excavated. The northern wall of Structure 17 B forms the southern wall of this room. The western wall is exposed to a length of 1 m near its southwest corner. As the structure is not excavated to its entirety, it is difficult to determine its function. Structure 17D- To the east of Structures 17A and 17B is located possibly a courtyard of the complex. It is enclosed only to its south side by mud brick wall which is survived to the length of 1.72 m. Its average width is 44 cm. The area of the courtyard exposed measures 4.50 m (N-S) X 2.85 m (E-W). In the northwestern corner is located a cylindrical pit. It has a diameter of 1.00 m and is 90 cm deep. This circular pit was originally the storage of the courtyard.

Harappan Structural remains of Farmana

Foot print in Structure 16 D- A human foot print in the floor of the structure was noticed to the east of Structure 16 B. It is 90 cm east of the eastern margin of Structure 16 B. It is Annual Report 2009-10 55 oriented E-W and is a prints of the left leg. It is 29 cm in length and is 8 cm broad near its toe and 12 cm near the phalanges. This appears to be a foot print of female as its looks delicate. The excavations in the Harappan levels at the site yielded the usual Harappan pottery of this region, large number of terracotta cakes of different sizes and shapes, scores of fragments of terracotta bangles, Rohri Chert blades, beads of semi-precious stones, etc. One of the noteworthy finds of this season is a terracotta lump stamped with Harappan seal. Only the rhino symbol of the seal is visible.

Fig. 3 Three impressions of a day lump of a Harappan seal

Shweta Sinha Deshpande

Field work 1. Ethnographic survey in Gujarat and north Bihar with regards to site formation process 56 Annual Report 2009-10

2. Surveyed area around Wagholi in for ancient remains

B.C. Deotare Explorations in Khadakpurna basin and Lonar area in Buldana district Earlier work in middle and upper Purna basin in Buldana and Amravati districts have given enough boost to continue research in this region. As a result undertaken exploration in Khadakpurna basin with a view to correlate the findings of already known from Purna basin with recent observations in Khadakpurna basin. In this connection explorations were undertaken together with research staff Dr. P. D. Sable, Mr. Satish Naik and Mr. Vijay Omble from the Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, Post-graduate and Research Institute, Pune. In order to have fair idea about the area under study we had been to Bhon a major early historic well documented site from the Purna basin and Dr. Sable was able to trace out palaeo- channel on the basis of satellite imaginary and actual field observations of the surrounding area. From Purna basin to Khadak Purna basin we took a cross section and tried to understand the

Periphery of yielding cluster of microliths Annual Report 2009-10 57 behaviour of these two rivers. The remains of deserted village was noted while crossing the Khadakpurna river at Pahara showing some element of ancient habitation. The Lonar only meteorite lake in India, is one of the youngest with 2 km diameter and 8 km surrounding rim in Deccan Trap area. It is observed that due to the impact compact basalt deformed and converted into the recumbent fold. Along the main stress direction, highly fractured and jointed basalt were observed. Rock samples were collected from upper rim, middle flows and unconsolidated sediments from lower saline part of lake from Geo-archaeological point of view. While exploring the upper periphery of the lake, lot of unfinished microliths are found. The concentration of microliths are more on NW side and they are spread all over except SW part. These are made on quartz with varied sizes. The early Historic settlements in this part are relatively less as compare to the Purna basin may be due to limited seasonal water source in this area. Second field work was carried out in coastal region of Konkan area especially around Kuda and Mandad accompanied by Dr. Sable and Mr. Naik from our department. Some early Historic localities were found with the recovery of pottery containing pieces of amphora indicating trading contact with other region. There is enough scope to work in this area for establishing correlation with inland sites. Form palaeoenvironmental point of view it is quite interesting to have archaeological material remains to correlate with palynological data from the intact and controlled locations.

R.K. Mohanty A Brief Report of Excavations at Sisupalgarh 2009 R.K. Mohanty and Monica L. Smith This was the fifth year of excavations at the Early Historic site of Sisupalgarh, Orissa. The research project is a joint venture directed by Dr. R. K. Mohanty of the Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune and Dr. Monica L. Smith of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles (USA) with the cooperation from Archaeological Survey of India. The excavations began in the first week of January and continued till 20th. February 2009. The previous year’s excavations were carried out inside the rampart and on two occasions the excavations were also undertaken over the fortification wall. The excavation at different locations and considering the cultural materials found from the early levels, it has been observed that there was continuous occupation within the ancient city, beginning around later part of first half of 1st. millennium BC. and continued it’s urban character till about 5-6th C. AD. However, intermittent settlement continued till today at different locations at any given time. To know more about the precise chronology of the site several samples of datable material have been submitted for absolute dating and reconfirming. 58 Annual Report 2009-10

This year as part of our research objectives the excavations were undertaken at different locations with an intension to uncover a different kind of information having diverse and particular nature not encountered during previous years’ research. Hence, the excavations were undertaken at two places, one on the North-Western gateway and the other one, outside the rampart area beyond the moat in the suburb located in the North. The eight gateways to the site are huge and are long funnel shaped construction. But, the north-western gateway opened directly to the moat and by configuration looked largest and had a different contour in comparison to other gateways. The purpose of the excavation was to understand the architecture, function and antiquity of the gateway and look for its unusual size and chronology of architecture. The excavations at this place exposed the architecture of the gateway which is quite similar to that known from Prof. B.B. Lal’s excavation in 1948. The exception was that it had a larger axis and an enclosed open space between the end of normal gate projections and the outer post of the gate. The excavation of this gateway exposed several episodes of building and reconstruction and reinforcement activities throughout the period of its use. The impressive upper most remains of the gateway were the product of several prior structural activity. The change of lay out of architecture and use of different raw material in the subsequent period, was probably to accommodate the later function of the city reveals the dynamics of the socio- economic activities at different times. Here, for the first time excavation in the gateways was carried out up to the earliest levels. The exposed remains revealed that the provision of gateway was made from the beginning of the layout of the city. The earlier structure was not as elaborate as the later impressive structure on the upper levels exposed in our present excavation as well as the one excavated by Prof. B.B. Lal. . The findings further show that the gateway was laid over ancient habitation existing prior to the construction of enclosing fortification at this place. The later organized city probably encompassed/ enclosed a larger part of the ancient settlement which was located at the site. The type of artifacts which were found inside and outside the fortification in the earliest level appears to be quite similar. The other area of investigation during the 2009 season was located outside the ancient city’s monumental rampart situated opposite the northern fortification. Like modern cities this ancient city had suburbs, probably on all four sides. The mound located in the northern side of the city beyond the moat was taken for investigation. This area was excavated by Late. B. K. Thapar, former Director General of Archaeological Survey of India 1952. His excavation was of a limited nature. His excavations had exposed some circular structures enclosed by vertically placed thin lateritic blocks and had little material remains. He had suggested that they may belong to Early Iron Megalithic structures. However, later investigations have revealed that this place had sculptured relic pillars similar to the ones used as Vedica pillars found in Buddhist sites at Sanchi and Barhut. Similar railings have also been found in several places in Orissa, including at Langudi, a Buddhist Monastery site located on the outskirt of Radhanagar, District Cuttack, an Early Historic City contemporary to Sisupalgarh. Annual Report 2009-10 59

Two trenches together measuring 10X5 m were opened almost in a location situated in the central part of the mound. They can be viewed diagonally between both the gateways in the northern side. The trenches were laid on an area where the upper part of the soil was partially removed and leveled for farming. The underlying deposit was rather undisturbed. The purpose of excavation in this area was to know the inhabitants of the place, their activity and if possible to relate the cultural findings from within the city and with that of outside in the suburb. The upper part of the trench seems to have been filled by debris of about 1m deposit. This was observed because of disarticulated blocks of lateritic blocks and bricks, remains of a large pit and unusual amount of deposit of highly fragmented potteries. After removing the upper deposit, outline of two circular structures appeared. They were located in close proximity to each other, almost in the same level in the combined trench. Further excavation of the circular features revealed thin lateritic blocks carefully arranged vertically to encircle layers of compact earthen fill. The fill were like layered cakes alternatively having red and brown soil. This probably indicates that the lateritic blocks were the outer enclosing walls of an earthen pile or mound very similar to that of earthen stupa associated with early Buddhism. The structures after excavation

Excavation at the gateways, Sisupalgarh 2009 60 Annual Report 2009-10 looked like a domical mound enclosed by the lateritic blocks at the base. The compact clay filling was devoid of any significant cultural materials. In earlier occasion stone railings, sculptured stone railings were found very close to this excavation trench. There are significant Buddhist activities in and around the site such as Dhauli located about 2 km southwest of the site dating back to 3rd century BC. It has been evident from literary resources that there were religious centers mostly located on the exterior/ outskirts of the Early Historic Urban Centers. This description matches well with the findings of stupa like architecture and remains of sculptured Vedica bands in the suburb of Sisupalgarh during its peak activity period. Below these stone circular structures were the earliest occupation The type of artifacts and other findings at this level were quite similar to those of the earliest level within the city itself. The lowermost deposit continued up to the bed rock. This suggests that the space outside the city was used not only for settlement but for religious practices also. At the end of the season all the trenches were refilled to preserve the architectural remains for posterity. We would like to thank the Archaeological Survey of India for their permission to work at Sisupalgarh, and for the logistical support provided by the Bhubaneswar Circle during the course of the research programme. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to Prof. B.B.

Circular mud structures enclosed by lateritic blocks, northern suburb, Sisupalgarh 2009 Annual Report 2009-10 61

Lal for his kind moral and intellectual support of the project over the years, and to Dr. P.R. Mehendiratta, Ms. Purnima Mehta, and the American Institute of Indian Studies for their encouragement and advice. Many thanks go to the members of the field research team for 2009: S. Ray, Soumya R. Sahoo, Bibhuti Satapathy, Pravitra Pradhan, U. K. Behera, Maitrijanani, Bhupendra Rana, Mithun, Criyac, Virag Sonetoke, T. Thakuria; and local assistants S. Ali, and S.N. Barik. We would collectively like to thank the local residents of Sisupalgarh for their cooperation and assistance. Funding for this project has been provided by the National Science Foundation; the National Geographic Society; the Ahmanson Foundation; and the Academic Senate, the Department of Anthropology and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles. We thank them all.

Excavation at Manikapatana : a preliminary report 2010

Introduction

Manikapatana was an important ancient port on the east coast located in the Tahsil Brahmagiri, District Puri, Orissa. This site is located about 45 kms south west of the Puri and close to the Chilika Lake. The site opens to the sea at present at two places. In-between the sea and the site is a lagoon. Now huge sand bar has come up which crowns across the sea shore often disconnects the lagoons which opens at only two places that one is made by the Government recently and other one opened during the high flood during 2004-05. The resident of the village revealed that the opening keep on changing place to place but often opens where the internal channel of the lagoon carries heavy flow of water.

The location of the site is quite close to mouth of the lake which probably facilitated ships to anchor near the channels of the lake. It was believed and reported earlier that that antiquity of the port may go back to the middle part of the 1st millennium B.C and with ups and down continued to about 17th -18th century AD. This assumption was made from the literary sources as well as from the archaeological remains noticed on the surface investigation carried out by previous scholars. This place has tremendous relevance in understanding the trade activities between the hinterland and far off places. There are many stories associated with the places revealing voyage to ships in South- East Asia. The site has been investigated gradually by many scholars. The excavations aimed at understanding various aspect of cultural past of the site and its importance in building early Historic trade and commerce of ancient Orissa. 62 Annual Report 2009-10

Excavations and Exploration at Manikapatana:

The site has seven mounds scattered in large landscape between channels. The aims of the excavation were to document the extent of the site and also find out the nature, duration and period of settlement at different locations on the mounds. It was also aimed at to find out the relationship of activity at different mounds at different periods. The excavation was under taken in the mound near to the mosque over looking the sea on the southern part of the mound. A trench measuring 5m X10 m was laid in the north south direction at the edge of the mound on the slop which inclines towards the sea. The location of the trench was selected looking into various criteria such as density of the pottery varieties of pottery found and the locality seems to have highest of the deposit. The place also investigated by the earlier excavator where he had researched to the natural soil and had maximum deposit recorded from the site. The next criteria to selected the location was that it is close the Brahminical temple complex on the south and this place was most strategically located on the mound where sea water reached almost to the tip of the mound and which is still used by the local boatmen to anchor their boat.

Map of the excavation area Annual Report 2009-10 63 64 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 65

The excavation was carried out from the 1st of February till 4th of March 2010. The deposit of the mound is basically sand mixed with some clay varying in degree in different periods. It was observed that part of the deposit composed mostly wind blown sand. The excavation was carried out as the sand was loose and could have collapsed at any given point of time. The excavation was carried out northern quadrant that is Trench G and in quadrant NW up to a depth of 3.50 m after which the wall collapsed and the excavation was abundant. However, an augur was used to dig at several places to retrieve cultural material up to the natural soil level. This was quite fruitful as sizable quantity of pottery and other material could be retrieve for analysis. The excavated part of the trench 10 layers of habitational deposit belonging to different periods. A large amount of pottery both indigenous and foreign origin were unearth. The large quantity of Chinese celadon ceramics found from this place clearly suggests a long tradition of seafaring activity at the site. Beside these, there are large numbers of glass bangle fragment, TC beads, fish bones, iron fragments have been recovered.

The preliminary investigation of the material remains found from the exploration as well as excavation suggest that the site probably was intensively inhabited and functioned from about 5th -6th century AD till about 15-16 century AD as it was reported earlier that some antiquity like rouletted ware and Kharoshti script were found along with associated ceramics. Our investigation in all the seven mound and intensive survey and prospect digging at three places did not reveal any ceramics belonging to the early part of the Christian era as has been seen by the excavators in the previous excavation site Sisupalgarh and in the environment. It seems unlikely the site could be dated to a very early period as it was assumed. However, looking at the kind of activity settlement spread in a large area the amount of the deposit and nature of artifact it is suggested the site was very important trading center probably active port during early medieval times. The material remains suggest the contact with Southeast Asia, china, Ceylon and south India.

Abhijit Dandekar Explorations and Excavations:

1. Conducted excavations with Mr. Sachin Vidyadhar Joshi at the medieval site of Manikdurg, Tal. , District Ratnagiri. 66 Annual Report 2009-10

Sachin Joshi

Explorations and Excavations:

Electrical Resistivity Survey at site of Manikdurg, Tal. Chiplun, Dist, Ratnagiri

Electrical resistivity Survey was carried out at Manikdurg in March 2010. Region selected for the survey was at 250 m height commonly known as the fort Manikdurg. Wenner method was used for electrical resistivity survey over an area of 30 x 25 m on the top of fort. One meter distance was kept between the two electrodes to find out the underground construction up to 1 m depth. Total 78 readings were taken during the survey at the top of the fort Manikdurg in two days. Results show that there was no high resistivity over the area selected of the fort. There is an absence of any buried archaeological structure inside the ground. But a large amount of pottery was found in the surface collection. So after excavating in this area, pottery, pieces of tiles, terracotta discs were found at this place.

1) Research Activities:

XRD Analysis

1. Ten samples from the site of kangwai, tal. Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri were analysed. Samples were given by Dr. Rajguru for mineralogical analysis. Presence of Quartz, Montmorillonite, and Siderite are the important findings in this analysis. 2. Four soil samples from site Balupur were analyzed for mineralogical studies. 3. Fifty Six fresh, semi fossilized and fossilized bone samples were run under the X-Ray machine. These samples belongs to site Manjra, Farmana, Narmada, Kopia, Kurnool, Rakhigadhi and Wardha. Most of the samples were of fresh bones of different animals. 4. Four soil samples were given by Prof. Kajale from Sikkim. Mineralogical analysis and change in % of minerals were studied. Soil Analysis

1. Twenty three samples were analyzed for pH and Phosphate from the site of Paharpur 2. Sixty one samples given were by Dr. Deotare from the site of Balupur. Samples run for phosphate analysis and pH testing. 3. Soil samples from site Natsal, Ichhapur, Badur, Tamluk were run for Phosphate and pH testing. Annual Report 2009-10 67

4. Prof. Rajguru gave seven soil samples for pH and colour testing from Kangwai, tal. Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri.

Relative Dating of Fossilized and Semi fossilized bones

1. Semi fossilized bone samples were run under the fluoride electrode from the site of Begampur and Ambe in river Bhima . 2. Fossilized bone samples from site Borgaon and Khadaki tal. Karmala on the bank of river Sina were show dates near the Holocene period. All the samples were given by Dr. Joglekar.

Practicals:

1. Cleaning of Copper and Iron Objects 2. Soil Analysis 3. Phosphate Analysis 4. Specific Gravity Analysis of Coins 5. X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of coins

Other Research Activities

1. Currently working in the project of Documentation and Chemical analysis of old cannon on the medieval forts with Dr. Deshpande, Material Science Department, College of Engineering Pune.

Archaeobotany and Palynology

Satish Naik

Exploration In North Sikkim Participated in the explorations “Quaternary Palaeoecological reconnaissance in North Sikkim” with Prof. M. D. Kajale. The area covered were Gangtok, Mangan, Chungthang, Lachung and surrounding area. 68 Annual Report 2009-10

Field Training of the Students of Environmental Archaeology Participated in the field training of students of M. A. and P. G. Diploma in Environmental Archaeology with Prof. M. D. Kajale. The students were taken to catchment area of which lies on the west of Pune at a distance of 40 km. to introduce environmental aspects and ethnobotany. This area lies at the border of Velhe and Mulshi Talukas of Pune district at a latitude of 18025’ N and a longitude of 73025’ E. The villagers cultivate paddy on the flat land in the valley and shifting cultivation on the hill slopes. Hill slopes are still covered by some forest. The students were also introduced to the “Janni” sacred grove at Mangaon of Pune district which covers an area of 15 hectar.

Exploration at Bhon and Lonar Participated in the explorations of an Early Historic site of Bhon, in Buldana district and at Lonar Lake with Dr. B. C. Deotare. The modern flora of Lonar has been documented as a reference for future studies.

Palaeoecological Exploration in Konkan Coastal Region Extensive explorations were carried out under the direction of Dr. B.C. Deotare in Konkan coastal region of Maharashtra especially in during the last season. During the exploration we came across the Early Historic site at Mandad (Tal. Mangaon, Dist. Raigad) which is located on the shore of Rajapuri creek on the west coast. The place can be identified as Mandagora which figures in the list of ports on the western coast given in the Periplus of Erythraean Sea. The site is confirmed by the traces of extensive ancient habitation along the margin of the Mandad branch of the creek. During exploration indigenous wares such as Black and Red ware pottery, Red Polished ware, Mica washed Red ware, slipped Black ware, glass bead, bricks, broken four legged saddle quern and broken double handled Roman Amphorae datable to the early centuries of the Christian era were found. The occurrence of the Roman amphorae at Mandad established maritime trade of Mandad with the Roman Empire during first century C.E. The ancient site of Mandad has lot of potential for the archaeological record but it is not yet excavated because of high tide sea water covers the site. Hence to study the changes in the vegetation, climate, and geomorphology with archaeological record, palaeoecological Excavation at Mandad and extensive explorations in coastal region may prove to be very useful asset for future study. The rock cut cave groups of Kuda is located 3 km to the East of ancient settlement of Mandad. Exploration of the archaeological sites in relation to archaeo-botanical studies from the coastal region and allied areas was undertaken and modern plant materials such as fruits, Annual Report 2009-10 69 seeds, woods and rhizomes were studied and collected for the reference material. The flowering plant twigs were collected for the comparative palynological studies.

Research Activities • The modern plant material collected by Prof. M. D. Kajale and myself was processed for the preservation of botanical specimens like herbarium specimens, seeds, fruits, fibers or wood. The modern pollen material was processed for preservation as well as for the development of Palynarium, as reference pollen material in the Botany Laboratory which will be helpful to us in identification of ancient palynomorphs. • The archaeobotanical material which involved carbonized grains and charcoal recovered by the flotation technique from the habitational deposits of Early Historic site Kholapur, Dist. Amaravati were processed for identification, nomenclature and classification to reconstruct the food economy of ancient people at Kholapur. • The palaeopalynological processing has been carried out for the soil samples collected from Sikkim by Prof. M. D. Kajale

Archaeozoology

P.P. Joglekar

1. Completed faunal analysis of material recovered from Madina. The village of Madina is 15 km east of the town of Meham as well as from the Rohatak district headquarters. A total of seven archaeological sites in the revenue jurisdiction of the village were noticed. Of these sites, Madina-3 was excavated during February-March 2008 jointly by the Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak and the Deccan College, Pune. The purpose of the study of faunal remains (only representative samples and not the entire collection) from Madina was to get a picture of faunal diversity during the PGW culture. The observed faunal diversity could be compared well with that reported in case of a few PGW sites in North India. In all 23 species have been found associated with the PGW culture. Simple diversity indices calculations show that lowest diversity has been observed at Chak86 (0.17) and highest at Madina (0.74). Cattle, buffalo, sheep and goats seem to be the most common domestic animals. These perhaps accounted for a majority of the food animals utilized in the PGW culture sites in North India. The people of PGW culture were engaged in occasional/ opportunistic hunting as well as have used aquatic fauna available to them. Presence of leopard and fox, two poachers at Madina and Atranjikhera represents an opportunistic hunting. These two predators might have entered the settlements to prey upon livestock and eventually got killed. 70 Annual Report 2009-10

Full report has been submitted to the excavator for publication.

2. Completed faunal analysis of material (n= 1492) recovered from Alamgirpur, U.P. A large number of fragments of animal bones and teeth were recovered from Alamgirpur during an excavation conducted by the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) during 2008. It was decided to examine all the faunal material and obtain a comprehensive picture of the animal-based subsistence at Alamgirpur. The analysis was done using a standard protocol developed at the Archaeozoology Laboratory of the Deccan College, Pune. The domestic species found in the Harappan Phase include cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig, and dog. The wild mammals hunted in the Harappan Phase were the gaur, nilgai, swamp deer, spotted deer, blackbuck, gazelle, wild pig and fox. The domestic animals identified from the PGW Phase were cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig, dog and horse. The wild mammals found in the PGW Phase were gaur, nilgai, swamp deer, spotted deer, barking deer, blackbuck, gazelle, four-horned antelope, wild pig, panther and hyena.

The report has been submitted to the excavator for publication.

Arati Deshpande-Mukherjee

1. Ongoing study of faunal remains from Bhirrana, a Harappan site in Haryana.

2. Completed the study and report on the faunal material from Bhon and Paturda

3. The study of animal remains from Dihar a Chalcolithic settlement in Bengal was started.

4. A Report on the Exploration carried out in and around Somnath coast, Junagad district, Gujarat 2009-2010

Field explorations were briefly undertaken in March 2010 along the Somnath coast, Junagad district of Gujarat by Drs. Arati Deshpande-Mukherjee and Sushama Deo, from the Department of Archaeology Deccan College, Pune. The main objective is to survey the coast around Somnath for gaining suitable evidences for the early human occupation, palaeoenvironment and the past exploitation of marine animal resources. The aims are 1) to identify coastal sites yielding archaeozoological evidences related to past subsistence and craft related activities (human induced shell accumalations (midddens), fishing, shell working, fish processing, etc. 2) To carry out small scale excavation for recovery of archaeozoological and cultural data 3) to obtain relevant data for reconstruction of ancient coastal environments. The Coastal region between Annual Report 2009-10 71

Kadwar and Veraval was surveyed. At Somnath close to the modern temple on the shore where a habitation deposit identified in 2008-9 exploration was visited. This deposit made up of coarse sand extending to a distance of 1 km parallel to the shoreline having a thickness of 1- 3m comprises of animal bones and pottery. This is facing fast destruction due to tourist visiting the beach and other construction activities. A few pottery and animal bone fragments were collected. The pottery comprises sherds of Black and Red ware, red ware, grey ware, etc. These are being studied by Dr. Probodh Shirwalkar. Animal bones are fairly numerous and comprise teeth, scapula, long bone fragments and phalanges. These belong to cattle, goat, young pig and a donkey. A few shells belonging to Turbo and Thais sp. were found. By taking a trial trench it would be possible to learn about the origin of the animal remains, deposit and its cultural context. The mouth and banks of the river Hiran near the ancient site of Prabhas Patan were explored. The shoreline near Kadwar, a fishing village was also surveyed. Nearby is located an old Varaha temple which has got paintings on its inner walls.

Palaeontology

Vijay Sathe

i. X-ray Diffraction investigation of bones from archaeological sites in India.

The examination of bone mineral matter of different species of animals from present, archaeological as well as palaeontological context was undertaken using X-ray Diffraction method. The hypothesis that consistent differences in bone mineral chemistry exist between different animal species and, that these differences are both measurable and sufficiently discriminating to allow species determination is the focus of this research.

The emerging results of this first ever attempt in India to examine the bone mineral chemistry using X-ray diffractometer for taxonomic assessment, are a welcome addition to earlier studies using mtDNA, tooth enamel ultrastructure and skeletal morphometrical analyses to discriminate between species like sheep/ goat and cattle/buffaloes to name a few. It is a reliable and cost effective method of accurate species identification of archaeological bone fragments with considerable value to archaeology. Variation in the thermal behaviour of bone mineral has been shown to exist between species. Therefore, the results indicate that a combined method of pyrolysis and X-ray diffraction analysis will be successful in providing such a technique for the analysis of archaeological bone assemblages. Furthermore, the method has wider application and would make a valuable contribution to species identification in the field of archaeozoology and archaeological interpretation of its material evidence. 72 Annual Report 2009-10

ii. Kurnool fossil material was subject to further taphonomy and comparative study with Holocene material. A detailed report is under way. iii. Faunal analyses of excavated Manjra and Narmada collections. iv. In addition to the detailed taphonomic study of the large mammalian fossil assemblage from Hunsgi-Baichbal valleys, Karnataka, Fluorine analyses and Trace Element analyses was also undertaken. The report writing is completed. v. The analysis of faunal remains from Harappan site of Rakhigarhi, Dist. Hissar, Haryana. vi. Detailed analyses of faunal material from Pandurrajadibhi and Baneswar Danga and faunal report completed. vii. Faunal analysis of the large mammalian assemblage from Govali in Lower Narmada valley, Dist Baruch, Gujarat. A paper in collaboration with geologists of M.S. University, Baroda is being submitted for publication.

Cultural History

S.P. Ganvir

Excavations and Explorations Participated in the excavations at the early historic and medieval site of Junnar in Pune district. Educational Tour

Shri Ganvir organized an educational tour of the students of M.A. (4th sem) Art and Architecture to study the temple architecture of TamilNadu. The eight days study tour was designed in an attempt to provide a basic structure for the students to comprehend subject such as Art and Architecture. The following motives were kept in the research design to organize the tour. 1. To comprehend the general architectural features of the monuments and the regional variations. 2. To understand the religious scenario of the region. 3. To know the socio-economic and dynastic influence on the monuments. 4. To get proper insight into monument construction with respect to resources and catchment area, landscape space use and functioning, Iconography and Aesthetics. Annual Report 2009-10 73

The following sites were covered during the study tour – Structural temples, Monolithic Rathas and Rock-cut caves at Mahabalipuram , Structural Temples at Kanchipuram, Thanjavur, Kumbhakonam, Pullamangai, Tribhuvanam, Darasuram, Chidambaram, Kadambur and Gangaikondacholapuram. Sculptural art of the Pallava, Chola and Nayaka Period were studied during the study tour. Art and Architecture

1. Shri Ganvir studied the Bharhut sculptures exhibited in the Indian Museum, Kolkatta. The study was aimed to comprehend the religio-cultural aspects of early Buddhist art. 2. The Buddhist caves of Gujarat were also studied to comprehend the development of Buddhist architecture in the region. The Buddhist caves at Junagadh, Khambalida, Sana and Talaja were visited. 3. Shri Ganvir studied the Buddhist caves of South Maharashtra. The Buddhist caves at Povle, Pandavdara, Patan, Pandavgarh, Karad and Wai were studied to understand the nature of rock-cut activities in the region. P.S. Shirvalkar Exploration in Kachchh district, Gujarat June 2010.

N.B. Sawant Excavation: Participated in the excavation conducted at Farmana, Haryana, under Prof. Vasant Shinde.

G. Joge Exploration/Excavation: Visited and studied some important temple of Marathwada region particularly Latur, Osmanabad, Beed and Nanded districts. To understanding the terracotta art and architectural significance of Harappa culture I had participated in the excavation at Farmana Dist. Rohatak (Haryana) during the month of Jan- February 2010

Study tour: In the month of September 2009 along with Dr. Shrikant Jadhav and student of M.A.II (Sem.III) visited for studying the early historical Art and Architecture of India places at Doulatabad fort, Pitalkhora, Ajanta and Ellora. 74 Annual Report 2009-10

K.A. Pawar

Excavation/Exploration Participated in excavation at Farmana in Rohatak district of Haryana in the field season 2009/10 under Prof. V.S. Shinde

V. Khaladkar Carried out archaeological explorations in the lower Nira valley and the Nira-Bhima interfluve as a part of ongoing doctoral research in the region of middle Bhima valley.

S.S. Jadhav

A Report on Excavations at Junnar 2009-10

The Excavation at Agar (Junnar) is being continued by Deccan College P.G.R.I. under the directorship by Dr.Shreekant.Jadhav, assisted by Shrikant Ganveer. Several PhD students from Deccan College Post-Graduate students as well as M.A. students and students from Mumbai University participated in the said excavation. The main goal was to establish a cultural sequence at the site of Junnar and to find out if there is any pre-satavahana phase, at the same time to reach the virgin soil. Trench No. F15 was continued for the same reason. We had reached to a depth of 4.75m. Structures (house) of burned bricks were exposed and thoroughly documented. Fallen house was recovered at a depth of 1.24m. Random rubble masonry was recovered in three different levels. These were ramped in black cotton soil. These are foundation of houses. The pottery which we recovered in Trench F-15 in this season is the same which was recorded in the previous seasons. The antiquities like shell bangle pieces, shell debatage, arecca nut beads and so on are the same found in the previous season

Description of Layers In the year 2008-9 Trench No. F-15 was taken up for excavation, we had reached a depth of 2.27m., plus 3.03m from the Datum point. The layers exposed were from Layer No. 7 to 15. The Excavation for the season 2009-10 continued in Trench No. F-15. Annual Report 2009-10 75

Layer No. 16- Dark grayish homogenous compact contains few potsherds at places, average thickness is 14 cms.

Layer No.17- Grayish in colour, compact in nature, has developed vertical Fissures. Horizontal at top and bottom contains few potsherds, average thickness is 17 cms.

Layer No.18- Grayish in colour, compact, hard with potsherds, but very little as compared to upper layers.

Layer No.19- Dark grey in colour, compact about 18 cms in thickness, potsherds scanty.

Layer No. 20- Greyish-brown in colour, measuring average of 12cms.

Layer No. 21-Blackish grey in colour, about 10cms without any potsherds and antiquity of archaeological nature.

The total depth of this trench i.e. F-15 was reached to upto the virgin soil, a depth of 4.75m plus 3.05 from datum point. The excavation does not reveal any pre-satavahana phase in the said area.

Shreekant S. Jadhav has brought to light few rock-cut caves (N 19º 07. 756’. E 75º 05. 175’) situated about 6 kms from Shirapur village, 10 kms from Tisgaon and 25 kms from Pathardi in in the hills of Garbhgiri. The Hinayana chaityagriha is apsidal on plan, measuring 36ft. x16 ft. and 21 ft. high. The stupa measuring 8ft. stands in the apse, with a circular hole at the top. (Harmika missing). The important feature of this particular cave is that there are two octagonal hanging pillars on the left; the third pillar was in the process i.e. just trimmed in a square vertical block. The architrave above is prominent like that of any other early Hinayana chaitya. There are few stone beams on the ceiling above the stupa as well as on the outer face of the chaitya arch. All these features suggest an early date i.e. circa 1st – 2nd. century A.D. A figure of local Goddess Satwai about 10 feet high in low relief made in cement, has been installed by the local people above the stupa on the apsidal wall. About 100 meters on the Western side of the chaityagriha is an unfinished Vihara measuring 40ft.x 35 ft, the ceiling of this Viharas is almost done, and all the three walls of the cave show remains of cells. The Vihara is full of debris hence hard to find the floor level. 76 Annual Report 2009-10

Relatively unknown Buddhist rock-cut caves in Garbhgiri hills (Dist.Ahmednagar)

Geological Observations The cave remained incomplete (unfinished) certainly due to the poor quality of the rock i.e. it comprises red bole traversing horizontally at the rear end. Author is of the opinion that the parent rock is basalt, it is of a poor quality i.e. comprising of close jointing (particularly on the facade of the chaitya), chlorophaeite enrich zones, phalgonites in both the Chaityagriha and Vihara respectively, and red bole traversing horizontally in the Vihara, at the rear end where the excavation stopped. Therefore, both these caves remained unfinished to a great extent. On the other hand the rock-cut caves at Nadsur, Nenavali, Ganesha Lena No 19, Ajanta cave No. 8, and Pittalkhora, thought comprising red and green boles, the craftsmen have succeeded in maintaining high standard of cave architecture in spite of the major flaws similar to those of Ahmednagar caves. Annual Report 2009-10 77 78 Annual Report 2009-10

Ethnoarchaeology

Shahida Ansari

Documentation of Museums in Maharashtra

In continuation to previous year’s work documentation of museums in both rural and urban areas of Maharashtra was conducted. This year all the museums and private collections of Ahmadnagar and districts were systematically documented.

V.C. Kamble

On tribal life in Solapur District.

A field tour of social anthropology was organized on 21-22 march 2010. We were guided by Deccan college faculty Mr. Vishvanath Kamble. Our actual fieldwork started on next day 22nd march. The main objective of this field visit was to study some temporary settlements of schulded tribes of western Maharashtra. Being new to that region we were accompanied by local social worker. First we visited a cluster settlement of Vaidu tribe out of Madha a big village about 40km from Solapur city. There were around 6-7 families residing on an open land beside the road the Kurduwadi. Their leader was Dagdu Shankar Shinde; they are originally from Yedshi, Osmanabad dist, in Maharashtra. This site is occupied by them since last eight-nine years.

Houses:

There huts are made up of mainly galvanized tin sheets and covered with sackcloth, in rainy season they protect their houses by covering with plastic. Houses are generally igloo shaped and very small, their average height is not more than 5 ft. but they are quite deep inside. At each end of the hut, a wooden pole was fixed for the strength. Every hut is divided into two parts, kitchen and another foom. Both are separated by an arrow passage. The kitchen is generally at the left side of main separated by a narrow passage. The kitchen is generally at the left side of main entrance. Hearths are generally big in size and neatly built. There was only one door and no window to a hut.Whole floor of the hut is daubed with cow dung. Bathrooms are common and made of clothes tied with the help of 4 small sticks. Also there were pots filled with water out side. Annual Report 2009-10 79

Pets:

Vaidus possess two types of pet animals. Dogs are for protection and hens for meat and eggs. They also sell the hens. Every family keeps a dog. They guard the settlement. These coops are very small, around 1sq. ft and 1 ft in height. Only 2-3 hens and some chickens could stay in it. These coops are made of wooden boxes or small bamboo baskets. They are either covered with sackcloth or old clothes. There is only one entrance, so controlling the movement of hens is easy for the owners.

Economic life:

Their name symbolizes their occupation. Vaidu means doctor in rural language. So, their prime occupation is selling herbal medicines. They collect those herbs from their native place; Usmanabad dist. Normally they visit this place for herbs once in every two the three years. They wander village to village and treat people. The side occupation for men is making storage jars with used oil cans. They collect scrap especially oil cans and tin from surrounding villages. Then with the help of their primitive tools, they repair the old tin and manufacture the new, square shaped storage jars. They sell these jars in surrounding villages at cheaper prices. Also women sell feminine things like combs pins imitation jewelry etc door to door.

Social life:

They wear traditional clothes of this region as like any villager. Men wear kurta-paijama and women drape sarees. Aged members wear dhoti-kurta and women wear 9 yard sarees. All the men use traditional Maharashtrian cap. Men leave their house early in the morning whereas women prepare the food and then leave for their job. They all come back in the late afternoon around 2 pm. They spend their evening in their house. In this spare time, they make jars. Though there were only 6 to 7 families, the number of huts was more than 10. May be every couple and their children reside in a separate hut. They have many children. Nowadays, because of the awareness created by social workers, some children go to school.

Religious life:

They generally worship their conventional gods-godesses. Every year they gather at their native place on the occasion of fair. There perform some rituals like animal slaughter etc. There social life is closely related to their religious life. Marriages and such other ceremonies are also performed. Social disputes are settled in front of the committee of tribe jury. The next part of 80 Annual Report 2009-10 our study tour was to visit a burnt settlement of Pardhi tribe. A tragedy happened here few days back where two Pardhi huts were set on fire in the night for the cause of some internal dispute. In this disaster, six children and two elders died badly. This incident got a big coverage by the newspapers, the criminals were arrested quickly. But the heaps of ashes and sad remnants of burnt abject like grains, pots, bed, day to day things such as chilim, clothe, pencil-box of a did etc. could be seen there even after two weeks after the crime. They remind us how these tribes follow their own rules of life and death which may be against the civilized society. On the way back we visited a medieval temple of a local goddess. There were number of stone relics and some hero stones also. Due to limited time, we started our return journey in the afternoon.

IX. PUBLICATIONS

V.S. Shinde

Books

1. 2009-2010. Harappan Necropolis at Farmana in the Ghaggar Basin, New Delhi: Indian Archaeological Society.

Edited Books/Journals

1. 2010. Ancient Asia 2

2. 2010 (ed. with Teresa Raczek) The Gilund Project: Excavations in Regional Contex (Proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology in Ravenna, Italy, July 2007), BAR International Series 2132.

Research papers In International Journals

1. 2009 (et al.). Excavations at Madina, , District Rohtak, Haryana 2007-08: A Report, in Linguistics, Archaeology and the Human Past, T. Osada and A. Uesugi eds., Occasional Paper 7: 77-177.

2. 2009 (et al.). Ancient Skeletal Evidence for Leprosy in India (2000 BC), PLoS One, Volume 4, Issue 5:1-8. Annual Report 2009-10 81

In National Journals

1. 2009 (in Marathi) Presidential Address (Ancient History and Archaeology Section), Proceeding of the 8th Conference of Brihan Maharashtra Prachavidhya Parishad, Gogte-Joglekar College, Ratnagiri.

2. 2010 (with Teresa P. Raczek) A Review of the Gilund Excavations an Related Research, in T. Raczek and V. Shinde eds. The Gilund Project: Excavations in Regional Contex (Proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association Of South Asian Archaeology in Ravenna, Italy, July 2007), BAR International Series 213, pp. 1-4.

3. 2010 Development from Mesolithic to Chalcolithic in the Mewar Region of Rajsthan: Contribution of Gilund Excavation Research, in T. Raczek and V. Shinde eds. The Gilund Project: Excavations in Regional Contex (Proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology in Ravenna, Italy, July 2007), BAR International Series 2132, pp. 5-10.

Editorial Work

1. Member of the Editorial Board, Bulletin of Deccan College, Research Institute, 1996 to 1999.

2. Member, Editorial Board, Discovery India Gallery (The Indian Heritage Internet Site) since 1997.

3. Editor, Ancient Asia (An international Journal of the Society of South Asian Archaeology since 2006).

4. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology since 2007.

B.C. Deotare Research papers

1. Deotare, B.C. and S.N. Rajaguru 2009 Holocene archaeology and environment in district Buldana with special reference to Lonar Lake. Proceedings: multidisciplinary approach to understand Lonar lake. The Deccan Volcanological Society Vol 1 82 Annual Report 2009-10

pp.49-50 (special volume on Lonar crater lake –a symposium on the multidisciplinary approach to understand Lonat lake held at Sinhgad Institute of Science, Pune during 12-14 Dec. 2008)

2. Naik Satish, Vaishali Kathale and B.C. Deotare 2009 Pollen potential in the Habitational deposit of (Maharashtra). Man and Environment, XXXIV (1):101-108.

3. Deotare, B. C. 2010 UGC project completion report on “Late Holocene environment and agricultural practices in the Purna basin of Vidarbha, Maharashtra”. Submitted to the University Grants Commission, New Delhi in Jan 2010.

Sheila Mishra

1. Gaillard, C., S. Mishra, M. Singh, S. G. Deo, and R. Abbas. 2010. Lower and Early Middle Pleistocene Acheulian in the Indian Sub-Continent. Quaternary International. Corrected proof

2. Mishra, S. 2010. India and Java: Contrasting Records, Intimate Connections. Quaternary International, Corrected proof.

3. Mishra, S., C. Gaillard, S. G. Deo, M. Singh, R. Abbas, and N. Agrawal. 2010. Large Flake Acheulian in India: Implications for understanding lower Pleistocene human dispersals. Quaternary International. Corrected proof Replies to comments on Gaillard et al.

4. Gaillard, C., S. Mishra, M. Singh, S. Deo, and R. Abbas. 2010. Reply to: “Comment on ‘Lower and Early Middle Pleistocene Acheulian in the Indian Sub-Continent’” by P. Chauhan. Quaternary International In Press, corrected proof.

5. Gaillard, C., S. Mishra, M. Singh, S. Deo, and R. Abbas. 2010. Reply: Do not confuse large cutting tool types. Quaternary International In Press, Corrected Proof.

R.K. Mohanty

a) Book 1. Mohanty, R. K. and Monica L. Smith 2008: Excavations at Sisupalgarh, Indian Archaeological Society: New Delhi Annual Report 2009-10 83

2. Basa, K.K. and R. K. Mohanty (In Press): Megalithic traditions in Ethnography and Archaeology in India, IGRMS

2. Research Articles

1. Gwen Robbins, V. Mushrif Tripathy, V. N. Misra, R. K. Mohanty, V. S. Shinde, Kelsey M. Gray, Malcolm D. Schug 2009: Ancient Skeletal Evidence for Leprosy in India (2000 B.C.), PLoS ONE, 4 ( 5): 1-8

2. S. V. Joshi, P. P. Deshpande, Mohanty, R. K., N.B. Dhokey and M.A. More 2008: Metallographic Investigation of Iron Objects found in the Megalithic Burials in Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra, Puratattva, 38:244-250.

3. R. K. Mohanty and Monica L. Smith 2009: Excavation at Sisupalgarh, 2008, Man and Environment. Vol. 43 (1): 47-56.

4. Monica L. Smith and R. K. Mohanty 2009: Investigations at the Early Historic City of Sisupalgarh, India 2005-07, in South Asian Archaeology 2007, Pp:1- 10

5. Smith, M.L. and R. K. Mohanty 2009: Excavation at the Ancient City of Sisupalgarh, in Annual Review of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles , USA. Backdart (2009):60.

6. Mohanty R.K. and S.B.Ota 2009. Pastoral Settlements in Central India during Chalcolithic Period: An Integrated Approach with special reference to Chikhalda a Site in the District, Madhya Pradesh, in Saundaryashri: Studies in Indian History, Archaeology, Literature and Philosophy (Festschrift to Professor Anantha Adiga Sundara), Vol 2 (P. Chenna Reddy Ed.), pp. 351-362. Delhi: Sharada Publishing House.

7. Smith, M. L and R. K. Mohanty 2010: Investigation at the Early Historic site at Sisupalgarh, India 2005-2009, Proceeding of the 19th meeting of EASAA, Ravenna, Vol II (Ed. P.Callieri and L Colliva), pp:337-344, Oxford: BAR

8. Deshpande-Mukherjee, A., P. K. Thomas and R. K. Mohanty 2010: Faunal Remains from the Iron Age and Early Historical Settlement at Mahurjhari, Man and Environment 35(1): 87-102 84 Annual Report 2009-10

9. Mohanty, R. K. 2009, Puricha Jagannath, Vishranti (Diwali Volume), pp: 78-80

P.P. Joglekar

Books

1. Paddayya, K., P.P. Joglekar, Kishor K. Basa and Reshma Sawant (Editors) 2009. Recent Research Trends in South Asian Archaeology, Pune: Deccan College

2. Misra, V.D. , J.N. Pal, M.C. Gupta and P.P. Joglekar 2009 Excavations at Jhusi. New Delhi: Indian Archaeological Society.

Research Articles

1. Joglekar, P.P. 2007-2008. A Fresh Appraisal of the Animal-based Subsistence and Domestic Animals in the Ganga Valley, Pragdhara 18: 309-321.

2. Joglekar, P.P. 2009. The Faunal Remains from Jhusi: A Multi-culture Site in Uttar Pradesh, in Excavations at Jhusi (V.D. Misra, J.N. Pal and M.C. Gupta and P.P. Joglekar), pp. 47-120. New Delhi: Indian Archaeological Society.

3. Joglekar, P.P., David Tetso, Alok Tripathi and B.R. Meena 2009. Faunal Remains from Ojiyana, a Ahar Culture Site in Rajasthan, Man and Environment 34(1): 83-87.

Book Reviews

1. “Ways of Understanding the Human Past: Mythic, Epic, Scientific and Historic” by D.P. Chattopadhyaya (2001) Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute LXXXIX: 184-187. [2008].

2. “Human Sacrifice and Religious Change: The Kondhs” by Barbara Boal (1997). Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute LXXXIX: 81-184. [2008]. [Jointly with Pankaj Goyal] Annual Report 2009-10 85

Sushama Deo

1. 2009. Claire Gaillard, Sheila Mishra, Mukesh Singh, Sushama Deo, Riza Abbas. Lower and Early Middle Pleistocene Acheulian in the Indian Sub-Continent Quaternary International (2009), doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2009.08.021

2. 2009. Mishra S., Gaillard, C. Deo, Sushama, Singh M, Abbas, R. Agrawal N. Large Flake Acheulian in India: Implications for understanding Lower Pleistocene human dispersals. Quaternary International (2009), doi:10.1016/ j.quaint.2009.11.0052008-09.

3. 2009. Claire Gaillard, Sheila Mishra, Mukesh Singh, Sushama Deo, Riza Abbas Reply to: ‘‘Comment on ‘lower and early Middle Pleistocene Acheulian in the Indian sub-continent’’’ by P. Chauhan Quaternary International (2010) doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2010.01.022

4. Aniruddha Deshpande, Sushama G. Deo and Savita Ghate. Geoarchaeological studies on North Konkan Coast, Maharashtra, Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute 68-69: xxx-xxx.

5. 2008-09.Sushama G. Deo and P.P. Joglekar. Use of GPS-based field methods: An Introduction, Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute 68-69: xxx-xxx.

Shahida Ansari

1. Ethnobotanical Survey Among the Kols and Musahars of Allahabad District, Uttar Pradesh, in Abhijnan: Studies in South Asian Archaeology and Art History of Artefacts, Felicitating A.K.M. Zakaria, Shahnaj Husne Jahan (Ed), 144-166. South Asian Archaeology Series, Oxford: BAR International Series 1974.

2. Deccan College Museum: A Specialized Museum in Archaeology, Bulletin of Deccan College Post-Graduate & Research Institute 68-69: 253-286. S.P. Ganvir

1. 2009. Ganvir, Shrikant and Prashantha Shetty. Recent Discovery of Early Buddhist Caves at Dhondase in Konkan. Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute 68-69:187-89. 86 Annual Report 2009-10

2. 2009. Ganvir, Shrikant. Buddhist Cave at Gomashi in Konkan. Journal of Interdisciplinary Policy and Research. 3(1):55-58.

3. 2009. Meshram, Pradeep and Shrikant Ganvir. (In Marathi), Maharashtratil Vajrayana Bauddha Sampradaya. In K.S.Altekar and Vidya Gadgil (Eds.), Sanshodhanamudra, Dr.Brahmanand Deshpande Felicitation Volume, pp.258-269. Aurangabad: Kailash Publications.

Abhijit Dandekar

1. Dandekar Abhijit 2009. Ancient Irrrigation Technology Sluice Technology in Tamil Nadu, Man and Environment XXXIV (No.2): 111-112

Vijay Sathe

1. 2009. Sathe, Vijay. Presidential Address (Ancient Science and Technology Session) in the Proceedings of the 8th Conference of Brihanmaharashtra Prachyavidya Parishad, Gogte Joglekar College, Ratnagiri, 27-29 December 2009, pp. 74-86 (in Marathi).

A. Deshpande-Mukherjee

1. Report on the shell remains from Sanjan Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute 67 -68:

2. Early Historic Chank Shell (Turbinella pyrum) Utilisation in the Western Deccan in Prof. Sundara felicitation Volume III (Channa Reddy ed.). Sharada press: Hyderabad. 3. Report on the Animal bones from the Excavations at Tarkhanewala Dera (TWD), and Chak 86, in Excaavtions at Tarkhanewala Dera (TWD), and Chak 86 (2003- 2004) PK. Trivedi. Archaeological Survey of India

S.S. Jadhav 1. “Zeolites –The boiling Stones”. In India Heritage Magazine Vol 3 Issue 3 August 2010. Annual Report 2009-10 87

S. Naik

1. Naik Satish, Vaishali Kathale and Bhaskar Deotare 2009. Pollen Potential in the Habitational Deposits of Ancient Chaul (Maharashtra), Man and Environment, XXXIV (1): 101-108.

S.V. Joshi

1. Joshi Sachin Vidyadhar, April 2009. Shodh Mohangad Urf Jaslodgad cha ( in Marathi). Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandala , Quarterly,Vol. 85. No. 1-4. Page 117.

2. Joshi Sachin Vidyadhar, April 2010. Guhagar Chiplun Parisaratil Tin Aprasidhh Kille ( in Marathi), Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandala , Quarterly,Vol. 86. No. 1-4.

Popular Articles

Joshi Sachin Vidyadhar, 15/12/2009. Durg Abhyas ek Vegali Wat (In Marathi). Sakal News paper.

P.S. Shirvalkar

1. Shirvalkar Prabodh, Devadatta Phule, Srikant Pradhan, Bharat Dighe and Sunil Jadhav 2010. Traditionalpottery drawing and digital photography: an alternative technique from India in Antiquity Project Gallery.

2. Namita Sugandhi, Teresa Raczek, Prabodh Shirvalkar & Lalit Pandey 2010. The Chatrikhera Research Project.

Shweta Sinha Deshpande

Edited: Excavations At The Harappan Site Of Farmana, Rohtak District, Haryana 2008- 2009: A Preliminary Report 88 Annual Report 2009-10

X. PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOPS

V.S. Shinde

National

1. Annual Conference of the Indian Archaeological Society and Indian Society for Prehistory and Quaternary Studies, Allahabad, 14-17 November 2009. Chaired sessions.

2. 8th Brihan Maharashtra Prachya Vidya Perishad, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, 26-28 December 2009. Delivered History and Archaeology Section Presidential Address.

3. A Seminar on Ancient and Cultural History of Konkan: New Trends, Khed, Maharashtra, 20-21 February 2010. Delivered Inaugural Address

4. A Seminar on Aryan Invasion Theory: Facts and Fallacies, Department of Anthropology, University of Pune, Pune, 4 March 2010. Paper presented: Decline of the Harappan Civilization: Causes and Consequences.

International

1. Indus Project Meeting, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan, 28 June 2009. Paper presented: A Report on the Excavations at Farmana 2008-09, a Harappan site in the Ghaggar Basin. 2. 11th Harvard Round Table, Kyoto Session, Kyoto, Japan, 29-30 June 2009. Paper presented: Burial Customs in the 3rd and 2nd Millennia BC in the Ghaggar and Kutch, India. 3. VIIth International Seminar on Beginning of the Use of Metals and Alloys (BUMA), Bangalore, India, 13-17 August 2009.

4. International Seminar on Buddhist Heritage, Western India, Baroda, 15-17 January 2010. Paper presented: Junnar: an Important Buddhist Centre in Western India. Annual Report 2009-10 89

5. International Seminar on Harappan Culture in Gujarat, Bhuj, India, 28-31 January 2010. Paper presented: Sorath Harappan: a Regional Manifestation.

6. International Workshop on “The Formation of European Prehistoric Population Dynamics and Roots of Socio-Cultural Diversity”, Newcastle University, Newcastle, U.K, 14-16 April 2010. Paper presented: The Formation of South Asian Prehistoric Population Dynamics and Roots of Socio-Cultural Diversity.

B.C. Deotare

1. International Conference on Buddhist heritage in Gujrat during 15-17th January 2010 at M. S. University of Baroda. Paper presented in absentia entitled Structural Stupa from Bhon - Earliest Buddhist Architectural monument in the Deccan

2. Participated in Conference on Traditional water Management organized by Indian Water Culture Society (Bharatiya Jaisanskruti Mandal, Pune Shakha) and delivered lecture on Water Management : Archaeological evidence from Purna basin, Maharashtra at Institute of Engineers Pune on 28th June 2009.

3. Presented paper by SNR in the Second Asia Pacific Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating to be held at PRL during November 12-15, 2009 on Some Potential Geoarchaeological Sites for Luminescence Dating in West Bengal, India S.N. Rajaguru, B.C. Deotare, Sheena Panja and Kaushik Gangopadhyay

Sheila Mishra

Conferences attended

1. Second Asia Pacific Conference onLuminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating, Ahmedabad Nov 12-14 2009., Paper presented “Earliest Dated Microlithic Site of Mehtakheri, District West Nimar, Madhya Pradesh, India: Implications for the Archaeology of Modern Human Dispersals” with Naveen Chauhan and Ashok Singhvi 90 Annual Report 2009-10

2. Joint Annual Conference 2009 of ISPQS, IAS & IHCS, Allahabad 14th to 7th November 2009. Paper presented “Rethinking the Periodization of the Indian Palaeolithic

R.K. Mohanty I. Seminars and Conferences Participated: (National and International)

1. P.P. Deshpande, R. K. Mohanty and V.S.Shinde 2009. Metallographic invetigations of an iron object found during excavations at Mahurjhari India, held at Natural History Museum at London

2. Mohanty, R. K. 2010. Antiquity of Early Buddhism in Orissa: an investigation with special reference to the Monasteries at Ayodhay and Literary, International seminar on Buddhist Heritage, Gujarat, from 15th -17th January 2010

3. Mohanty, R. K. and M. L. Smith 2010: Vernacular and Professional Ritual Architecture: views from Sisuplagarh (Orissa) and Mahasthangarh (Bangladesh), International seminar on Buddhist Heritage, Gujarat, from 15th -17th January 2010 P.P. Joglekar

(a) Following papers were presented during the 37th Annual Conference the ISPQS at Allahabad (14- 17 November 2009)

1. Faunal remains from Waina, Ballia District, Uttar Pradesh (P. P. Joglekar, P. Singh and Ashok Kumar Singh

2. Faunal remains from Kanmer, Gujarat (Pankaj Goyal and P.P. Joglekar) 3. Animal Subsistence Studies at Farmana, Haryana (C.V. Sharada and P.P. Joglekar) (b) Following papers were presented during the “Round Table Discussion on The Harappans and the rural Chalcolithic folks in Gujarat” at Bhuj, 28-31 January 2010.

1. Animal Diversity at Harappan Sites in Gujarat (P.P. Joglekar and Pankaj Goyal) Annual Report 2009-10 91

2. Animal Utilization Patterns at Kanmer, Gujarat (Pankaj Goyal and P.P. Joglekar)

Sushama Deo

1. Participated in XXXVII Annual Conference to be held at Allahabad, November 14- 17, 2009 and presented a paper on “Holocene Beach-Dune Complex Rock (Karal) in Coastal Maharashtra: Significance for Understanding Cultural Ecology” (Sushama G. Deo, Savita Ghate and S.N. Rajaguru )

Shahida Ansari

1. Attended 14th Annual Seminar on Cultures of the North East India: Ethnic & Archaeological Background, held at Centre for Archaeological Studies & Training, Eastern India, Kolkata, from 5th-7th November 2009, and presented a paper entitled– ‘Contributions of Deccan College in Archaeological Researches in North-East India’.

2. Attended the Joint Annual Conference of Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies (XXXVII), held at Allahabad, from 14th- 17th November 2009, Read paper on behalf of Prof. V.N. Misra (in absentia) for prestigious H.D. Sankalia Memorial Lecture entitled- ‘Contribution of Professor H.D. Sankalia to Mesolithic Studies in India’. A PowerPoint presentation on Professor H.D. Sankalia: Man and His Work (10th Dec 1908-28th Jan. 1989) prepared by myself was also shown along with this presentation.

S.P. Ganvir

1. Participated in the International Seminar on Buddhist Heritage, Gujarat at Vadodara (15-17 January 2010) and presented a paper on “Early Buddhist Rock-cut Architecture of Konkan”

2. Participated in U.G.C. sponsored National level Conference on Buddhism in Costal Karnataka at Shirva, Udupi (25th September 2009) and presented a paper on “Buddhism in Konkan” 92 Annual Report 2009-10

Vijay Sathe

1. 8th Annual Conference of Brihan-Maharashtra Prachya-vidya Parishad at Gogte Joglekar Science College at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra from 27th to 29th December 2009.

Presidential Address in the Session in “Ancient Science and Technology”.

A. Deshpande-Mukherjee

1. Attended the Annual Conference of ISPQS at Allahabad Bhuvneshwar November 2009. Presented the following paper Medieval Use of Oyster (Crassostrea gryphoides) and Chank (Turbinella pyrum) resources on the Indian West Coast: evidence from Sanjan

S.S. Jadhav 1. International Seminar on Buddhist Heritage, Western India, Baroda, 15-17 January 2010.Paper presented: Relatively unknown Buddhist rock-cut caves in Garbhagiri hills (Dist. Ahmednagar)

2. A Seminar on Ancient and Cultural History of Konkan: New Trends, Khed, Maharashtra, 20-21 February 2010. Presented paper: “Origin and development of rock-cut caves in India”.

International 1. Presented a paper titled “The problem of water seepage & ancient conservation in the rock-cut caves of Western India” in the 3rd. International Conference (SSEASR) in Bali (Denpasar) Indonesia. June2009.

S.V. Joshi

8th Annual Conference of Brihan-Maharashtra Prachya-vidya Parishad at Gogte Joglekar Science College at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra from 27th to 29th December 2009.

P.S. Shirvalkar

1. Padri & Anarta Culture: A Rethinking. In Harappan Civilisation in Gujara (Bhuj Round Table Conference) held at Bhuj, Gujarat. Annual Report 2009-10 93

N.B. Sawant Participated in the ISPQS conference held at Allahabad.

K.A. Pawar

1. Paper presented in joint conference of I.A.S, I.S.P.Q.S and I.C.H.S held at Allahabad on topic entitled “Newly Discovered Iron Smelting Site of Early Historic Period in Solapur District of Maharashtra” 2. Paper presented in International seminar on Buddhism held at M.S. University Baroda on topic entitled “Early Buddhist Caves Outside of Western Maharashtra: A Look inside Eastern Vidarbha”

G. Joge

Workshop To study the coins of native states and the importance of Malwa region in the Numismatics history of India participated in the workshop conducted by Numismatics and Siglliografy Society of Indor (Madhya pradesh) affiliated with the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar University, Indor under the guidance of Professor S.K.Bhatta.

Shweta Sinha Deshpande Workshops conducted for Public Information and education

1. Conducted Archaeology classes with Symbiosis Liberal Arts Students 2. Organized and conducted a Deccan College Museum Trip for Symbiosis Liberal Arts Students 3. Organized and conducted a field Trip for Symbiosis Liberal Arts Students to Ellora and

XI. OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES RENDERED

V.S. Shinde

Studies Abroad

1. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan, May-June 2009 in connection with the ongoing project in the Ghaggar Basin. 94 Annual Report 2009-10

2. Russia to visit Archaeological Monuments and Sites for comparative study, 22 28 June 2009.

1. Field Director of Excavations at Farmana (2009-2010),

2. Chairman, Board of Studies, Nagpur University since 2006.

3. Chairman, Research and Recognition Committee, Nagpur University, since 2006.

4. Chairman, Examination Committee, Nagpur University, since 2007.

5. Member, Appeal Committee, Archaeological Survey of India, since 2008.

6. Coordinator of UGC sponsored Centre of Advanced Study in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, PG and Research Institute, Pune since March 2008.

7. Member, Academic Council, Deccan College, PG and Research Institute, Pune, since April 2008.

8. Member, Departmental Committee, Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, Post- Graduate and Research Institute, Deemed University, Pune.

9. Member, Management Council, Deccan College, Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Deemed University, Pune, since 2008.

10. Member, Building Committee, Deccan College, Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Deemed University, Pune, since 2008.

11. Member, Board of Studies, Deccan College, Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Deemed University, Pune, since 2008.

12. Member, Campus Development Committee, Deccan College, Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Deemed University, Pune, since 2008. Annual Report 2009-10 95

13. Member, Publication Committee, Deccan College, Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Deemed University, Pune, since 2008.

14. Member, Library Committee, Deccan College, Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Deemed University, Pune, since 2008.

15. Member, Central Advisory Board of Archaeology (CABA), Government of India, Archaeological Survey of India, since October 2009.

16. Member, Panel of Experts for Conservation Works, Western Zone, Government of India, Archaeological Survey of India, since October 2009.

17. Member, National Advisory Committee, Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata since January 2010.

18. Member, Sub-Committee for Ancient Culture and Archaeology, Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata, since January 2010.

Membership of Learned Societies:

1. Life member of Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies.

2. Life member of Indian Archaeological Society.

3. Member of Indian Science Congress.

4. Member of Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association.

5. Member of International Secretariat for Research on the History of Agricultural Implements, Denmark.

6. Member of the Association of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe.

7. Member of the World Archaeological Congress, Southampton, England.

1. Member, Asian Lake Drilling Programme, Kyoto, Japan.

2. Member, International Congress of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences. 96 Annual Report 2009-10

3. Founder and Life Member, Society of South Asian Archaeology (SOSAA).

4. Life Member, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune.

B.C. Deotare

1. Member of Indian Water Culture Society, Pune (Bharatiya Jaisanskruti Mandal, Pune Shakha).

2. Chairman, Board of Examiners (Archaeology)

3. HOD (acting) Archaeology

4. Life member of Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies.

5. Life Member, Society of South Asian Archaeology (SOSAA)

6. Member of the Departmental Committee, Deccan College.

7. Member of Ph.D. selection and counseling committee, Deccan College

R.K. Mohanty

1. Board of Studies, Varoda University,

2. Member of Money Museum Community, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai

3. Member of Board of Studies, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi

4. Member of Board of Studies, Extra Mural studies, Bombay University

5. Member of Board of Studies, Deccan College, Pune

6. In-charge of technical section, Department of Archaeology, Deccan College

8. Member of Ph.D. selection and counseling committee, Deccan College Annual Report 2009-10 97

Life Member of Professional Organizations:

1. Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, C/O. of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune 411 006. 2. The Indian Archaeological Society, B-17, Qutab Institutional Area, South of IIT, (Mehrauli), New Delhi- 110 016. 3. Indo Pacific Prehistoric Association, Indian Chapter, C/O. Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune 411 006. 4. Society for South Asian Archaeology, C/O Department of Archaeology, Deccan College 5. Center for Heritage Studies, Bhubaneswar, C/O Ms. Aruna Mohanty, Surya Nagar, unit -6, Bhubaneswar,

P.P. Joglekar

1. Continued to work as Joint Editor of Man and Environment and as the Joint General Secretary of the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies for 2009- 2010.

2. Worked as member of the Editorial Committee of the Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute.

3. Continued to be the Executive Committee Member of the Brihan Maharashtra Prachya Vidya Parishad for 2009-2010.

Sushama Deo

1. Administrative services: Prepared Annual Report (2008-09) of the Archaeology department.

S.P. Ganvir

1. Chairman of Deccan College Gymkhana. 2. Rector, Gents Hostel, Deccan College. 3. Member, Student’s Mess Committee. 98 Annual Report 2009-10

4. Member, Campus Development Committee. 5. Executive Member of Society of South Asian Archaeology, Pune.

Shahida Ansari

1. Organised an Exhibition on ‘Ancient Maharashtra’ at the State Level Maharashtra Itihas Parishad at Chhatrapati Shivaji Mahavidyalaya, Shrigonda, District Ahmadnagar, from 18th- 19th December 2009. Around 5000 visitors came to the Exhibition. Along with me were Mr. Girish Mandke, Ms. Neelam Nandini Sarmah, Shri Krishna Malap and Niranjan Omble. 2. Guided tour to the teachers to various galleries of the Department Archaeology Museum and Laboratories in July 2009 on the occasion of ‘One day workshop in Archaeology for School Teachers’ organised jointly by Department of Archaeology Museum and Maratha History Museum. 3. Delivered Lectures to M. Arch students on Subject- ‘Introduction to Archaeology and Museology’, Sinhgad College of Architecture, Pune. 4. Member of the Management Council, Deccan College. 5. Member of the Academic Council, Deccan College. 6. Member of the Board of Studies, Deccan College. 7. Member of the Publication Committee, Deccan College. 8. Member of the Library Committee, Deccan College. 9. Member of the Department Committee, Deccan College.

Membership of Professional Bodies, Societies

1. Member of the Advisory Board of Alta Mira Press. 2. Executive Member of Society of South Asian Archaeology, Pune 3. Life Member of Museums Association of India, Delhi. 4. Life Member of Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, Pune. 5. Life Member of Indian Social Science Association, Agra. 6. Life Member of Society of South Asian Archaeology, Pune.

A. Deshpande-Mukherjee

1. Member of ICAZ International Council for Archaeozoology 2. Member of ICAZ Archaeomalacology working Group 3. Life member and Treasurer of ISPQS 4. Life Member of society for South Asian Archaeology (SOSA) Annual Report 2009-10 99

5. Member of the Management council of the Kendriya Vidayalaya School, BEG. Pune. 6. As a scientist collaborating with the KCHR Kerla Council for Historcial Research in the Pattanam Excavations

S.S. Jadhav

Membership of Professional Bodies, Societies

1. Life member of Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies. 2. Life member of Indian Archaeological Society. 3. Life member of Indian Historical Society

4. Life member of Samshodak.

5. Executive and Founder Member of Society of South Asian Archaeology.

P.S. Shirvalkar

Visiting Faculty 1. Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth for P.G. Diploma in Heritage Management & Tourism 2010.

2. The official web site of the Deccan College was designed and launched www.deccancollegepune.ac.in

XII. Nomination on Committees and Honours and Awards received

P.P. Joglekar

The Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training, Eastern India, Kolkata has selected me as a Visiting Fellow for the year 2009-2010. During the visit I conducted a 5 day workshop on “Quantitative Methods in Archaeology” which included 15 hours of practicals. 100 Annual Report 2009-10

S.G. Deo

Selected as Erasmus Mundus Research Scholar Programme for 2008-09 for three months (March 2009-May 2009) at Museu de Arte Pre-Historica de Macao, Portugal. During this visit a full course on Geology and Quaternary of India: Archaeological Record was taught. Also visited various archaeological sites and museums in Lisbon (Portugal), Paris (France), Tarragona (Spain) and rock art sites at Valcamonica (Italy).

XIII. DISCUSSION GROUP ACTIVITIES: 2009-10

Lectures Organised:

Dr. Bryan Wells, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai: Epigraphic Approaches to Indus Writing. 4th August 2009.

Dr. S. Bonta, Penn State University: The Indus Valley Fish Signs. 5th August 2009.

Dr. Bryan Hemphill, University of California: Human Population from Ancient to Modern Times. 5th August 2009.

Prof. K. Paddayya: Importance of Going to the Original Sources. 30th October 2009.

Dr. Monica L. Smith, University of California Cotsen Institute of Archaeology: Ancient Urban Organisation and the Role of Empty Spaces. 22nd January 2010.

Randall Law, University of Wisconsin – Madison: No Stone Unturned: Trekking through dangerous territory to unravel Indus trade routes. 22nd January 2010.

A condolence meeting was organised to pay homage to Claude Levistrauss on 6th November 2009.

Annual Research Reporting:

Annual research reporting was organized on the 3rd and 4th of May 2010. Following were the speakers and their topics: Annual Report 2009-10 101

Prof. M.D. Kajale: Quaternary Palaeoecological Study in Sikkim Archaeobotanical Studies Prof. V.S. Shinde: Excavations an Farmana, Haryana. Dr. B.C. Deotare: Exploration in Lonar Area Dr. A.R. Marathe: Dr. R.K. Mohanty Sisupalgarh 2009 Dr. Sheila Mishra: Excavation at Mehtakheri 2009 Dr. P.P. Joglekar: Dr. S.G. Deo: Excavation at Morgaon District Pune, Maharashtra & Dr. Sheila Mishra: Dr. V.G. Sathe: Dr. Shahida Ansari: Dr. Aarti Deshpande- Mukherjee: Ongoing Faunal Research Mr. S.P. Ganvir: Early Caves of Vidarbha Dr. Abhijit Dandekar: Coins from Sanjan Excavations Dr. P.P. Dandawate: Museum Activities & Mr. B.S. Gajul Prof. K. Paddayya: Darwinism and Social Thought Mr. Girish Mandke: Vishnu of Konkan (With Special Reference to Lakshmi Narayan) Dr. Shreekant Jadhav: Excavation at Junnar (Dist. Pune) Mr. V.C. Kamble: Explorations at reserved Forest at Kanheri Caves Mr. Satish Naik: Radiocarbon Dating in BSIP: A Practical Experience Mr. Sachin V. Joshi: ERS at Farmana, Kholapur and Chaul 102 Annual Report 2009-10

XIV. MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY Staff : • Dr.P.P.Dandwate ————— Curator • Dr.Shahida Ansari ————— Lecturer • Mr.B.S.Gajul ———— Museum Assistant (Addition charge of Store- Keeper) • Mr.K.R.Malap ——————— Museum Cleaner • Mrs.Tanhubai Shendge — Sweeper (Part time)

1) Academic Activities

• Teaching of Ancient Indian Iconography (Arc 302), Art and Architecture of India-I 300 B.C. to 600 A.D. (Arc 301), and Museology : Basic Principles and Practice (Arc 409) to M.A.semester III & IV archaeology students by Dandwate. • One Ph.D.Dissertation by Mr.Joy C.I. entitled “Hindu Festivals of India” has been submitted under the guidance of Dr.Dandwate. • Five students are working for Ph.D. Dissertation under the guidance of Dr.Dandwate. • Dandwate is a Member of “Vidyalaya Management Committee (VMC)”, Kendriya Vidyalaya, BEG, Pune. He participated in three meetings of VMC during the year 2008-09. • Dandwate, Shahida Ansari and Gajul organized guided tours of museum to students of various schools, colleges and other organizations from Pune, other places in India and also from abroad. The total number of visitors during the year are 3572.

2) Membership of Professional Organizaions : • Dandwate and Gajul are life members of “Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies (ISPQS)”, Pune. • Dandwate is life member of “Indian Archaeological Society (IAS)”, New Delhi. • Dandwate is member of “Vidyalaya Management Committee (VMC)”, Kendriya Vidyalaya, BEG, Pune since December 2004. • Dandwate and Gajul are life members of “Society of South Asian Archaeology (SOSAA)”, Pune. • Dandwate and Shri Gajul are life members of “Maharashtra Itihas Parishad”, Kolhapur. • Dandwate and Gajul are members of “Brihnmaharashtra Itihas Parishad”, Pune. • Dandwate and Gajul are life members of “Deccan College Past Students’ Association (DCPSA)”, Pune. • Dandwate presently working as Secretary of DCPSA. • Gajul presently working as Treasurer of DCPSA. Annual Report 2009-10 103

• Dandwate presently working as Treasurer of SOSAA.

3) Special Lectures : • Dandwate delivered 30 special lectures on “Museology” to students of Postgraduate Diploma in Museology at Kelaniya University, Colombo between 29th May-6th June 2009. • Delivered a lecture on “Heritage Management” to villagers and school students at Inamgaon on 12th December 2009 on the occasion of “International Tourism Week”. • Delivered 4 lectures on “Museology” to students of Diploma in Museology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur in February 2009.

4) Exhibitions : Exhibition at Shrigonda. An exhibition was organized on “Archaeology and History of Maharashtra” at Shrigonda, district Ahamadnagar two days; 19-20 December 2009 on the occasion of Maharashtra Itihas Parishad. The exhibition displayed charts and posters on recent researches in Archaeology and Maratha History. The exhibition was organized by Dr. Shahida Ansari and Mr.Girish Mandke. The exhibition was highly appreciated by scholars and visitors. Approximately 500 people visited the exhibition in two days.

5) Conferences, seminars and workshops etc.: • On 31st July 20089 “One day workshop in archaeology for school teachers” was conducted in the department of Archaeology by Archaeology Museum and Maratha History Museum Jointly, it was 15th in the series. The workshop was highly responded, as a result 48 teachers participated in the workshop. An illustrated special lecture by Prof.V.S.Shinde, visit to museums, scientific laboratories and library were arranged for the participants. • Dandwate participated in 8th Conference of Brihanmaharashtra Prachyavidya Parishad at Ratnagiri between 27-29 December 2009 and presented a paper on “Tample Complex, Palasdeo”, jointly with Mr.B.S.Gajul and Dr.P.S.Joshi • Dandwate participated in an International Seminar on “Buddhist Heritage, Gujarat” organized by Government of Gujarat and M.S.University of Baroda at Vadodara between 15-17 January 2010 and presented a paper on “Buddhism in Maharashtra : A Holistic Approach” jointly with Dr.P.S.Joshi. 6) Temple Survey Work : • Mahabalipuram : Mahabalipuram ia situate 55km south of Chennai. It is a town in Tamilnadu state important for the art and architecture of the remnants of glory days of 104 Annual Report 2009-10

Pallava period. The monuments are rock-cut and monolithic built largely between the 7th and 9th century A.D. and has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Pallavas gave us 4 types of monuments; a ) Ratham : Dharmaraja-ratha, Bhima-ratha, Arjuna-ratha, Nakul-Sahadeva-ratha and Parvati-ratha. b) Mandapam : Varaha-mandapa, Mahisasuramardini-mandapa, Krisna-Mandapa and Ganesa-mandapa. c) Tirtham : Arjuna’s penance or Gangavataran. d) Structural Temples : The Shore temple. • Palasdeo : The Siva temple at Palasdeo was restudied by me and Mr.Gajul. The temple is located 21 km north-west of Indapur, District Pune. It belongs to Yadava period and can be dated to 11th Century A.D. The temple dedicated to lord Siva. It is one of the best examples of bhumija temple in Maharashtra. The temple on plan consists gudhamandapa, antaral and garbhagriha. The superstructure or shikhar has saptabhumi built in bricks. The temple comes under the catchment area of Ujani dam and presently submerged in the dam and only small part of shikhar is visible. The village Palasdeo possesses one more medieval period temple located on the bank of river Bhima. The temple is dedicated to lord Visnu, presently it is in a dilapidated condition. The mandovar of the temple depict the scenes from Ramayana; Hanumana crossing sea, monkeys building bridge on sea, Jatayu-Ravana fight, Vali-Sugriva fight, Ram-Lakshaman-Sita in jungle etc.

7) Study-tour : • Dandwate and Dr.Shahida Ansari organized a study tour for one week between 18- 24 March 2010 to Bhopal for Museology students. As part of the study students visited different museums in Bhopal; IGRMS Open Air and Indoor museum, State Musum, Regional Museum of Natural History. In addition they also visited some of the well-known monuments and sites; Stupas and museum at Sanchi, Rock-cut caves at Udaigiri, painted rock shelters at Bhimbethka.

8) Honor by other institutions : • Dandwate was invited as Chief Guest for the Teachers’ Workshop on 6th June 2009 by Kendriya Vidyalaya, BEG, Pune.

9) Other activities : Gajul is given the additional charge of Store Keeper of the Institute for the last 11 years. He carried out the work of all purchase for various Departments of the institute. The rules and regulations were followed while purchasing the material; quotations, tenders, comparative statements, meetings of purchase committee etc Annual Report 2009-10 105

MARATHA HISTORY MUSEUM

I STAFF 1. Shri. Girish Mandke Curator 2. Shri.D.R.Bhilare Peon

II RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 1. Transcription of 80 modi documents from Rumal No.9 regarding the Kaskar and Wadikar Mohite family. The letters throws light on social and religious culture during the 18th and 19th cent.of Maharashtra. 2. G.D.Mandke participated in the exploration at Konkan with Dr. G.B.Deglurkar. This academic year we did the exploration in Sindhudurga district. The exploration included the temple architecture, images, manuscripts, epigraphs, coins, paintings, forts etc.

III PUBLICATION 2009. Mandke G.D. Khandesh, Shilpkar Charitrakosh, vol.-1, Itihas, Vivek, Hindushtan Prakhashan Sanstha, Mumbai.

IV OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES 1. G.D.Mandke delivered three lectures in Deptt. of History, Shivaji University, Kolhapur on 9th to 10th February 2010. 1. Introduction of the Maratha History Museum. 2. Source material of the Maratha History. 3. Coins and Mints during Maratha Period.

2. G.D.Mandke invited to teach in ‘Modi script workshop.’ Workshop was organised by Modern College, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune during a period between 9th January 2010 to 19th February 2010.

3. G.D.Mandke invited to teach in ‘Modi script workshop.’ Workshop was organised by Deptt. of Marathi,University of Pune during a period between 11th February 2010 to 3rd March 2010.

V. SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED 1. G.D.Mandke attended a History Conference held at Kolhapur on 9 th to 11th October 2009 organised by Bhartiya Itihas Sankalan Samiti and presented a paper entitled ‘Religious, social and economical history of Kolhapur during ancient and medieval period.’ 106 Annual Report 2009-10

2. G.D.Mandke attended a History conference held at Pune on 27 th to 28th February 2010 organised by Bharat Itihas Samshodhak Mandal and participeted in a symposium on “ Maratha Itihasatil Kutsthale.”

VI. ARCHIVAL ACTIVITIES

Archival section gives services like providing original documents and manuscripts to students of history. The following persons took advantage of these services for their research : 1. Pradhan Shrikant Deptt. Of Archaeology ( Sketches of the Maratha Paintings, A.R. Kulkarni Collection) 2. Mrs.Vaishali Mohan Phadnis (Studied all rumals of Menavali Daftar) 3. Mustaq Ahmed Deptt of History, Kannada University, Hampi (Two Persian letters belonging to Adil Shahi dynasty)

VI EXHIBITION AND WORKSHOP 1. On 31 July 2009 “One day workshop in archaeology and history for school teachers” was conducted by Archaeology and Maratha History Museum. It was 16th of its kind. The aim of this workshop was to give benefit to school teachers who are teaching subjects like history, science and fine arts. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr.V.S.Shinde, Jt.Director, Deccan College. About 42 teachers from different schools participated in the workshop. Participants visited both museums and also scientific laboratories, library and Tilak Room.

2. Organised an Exhibition on ‘Ancient and Medieval Maharashtra’ at the State Level Maharashtra Itihas Parishad at Chhatrapati Shivaji Mahavidyalaya, Shrigonda, District Ahmadnagar, from 18th- 19th December 2009. The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr.Arun Adsul, Vice Chancellor of University of Pune. Around 5000 visitors came to the Exhibition. Along with me were Dr.Shahida Ansari, Ms. Neelam Nandini Sarmah, Shri Krishna Malap and Niranjan Omble. Annual Report 2009-10 107

VII. MUSEUM ACTIVITIES

1. The Museum also renders academic assistance to all interested individual or groups and last year this service was given to numerous coin collectors, history researchers and renowed archaeologists. These persons are:

a) Dr.Pradhan Shrikant (Provide the Dutch book printed in 1682 entilted “Dutch Account of Malabar, Choromandel”) b) Mr.Ganganmale Nathaji Tukaram (Submitted dessertation on Maratha History Museum for the Post Graduate course on Museology, Solapur University)

2. The Museum organised guided tours for the benefit of students of schools, colleges and other intitutions in Pune and outside, namely,Abhinav Vidyalaya, P.G.S. Modern English Medium School, Akshar Nandan School, Gurukul, Dnyna Prabodhini, New English School,Ramanbag, Bharat English School, Modern Highschool, Balshikshan Mandir English Medium School, Hujurpaga Kanya Prashala and Senior college, Vidya Pratishthan’s Bal Vikas Mandir, , Sevasadan English Medium School, Dr.Ambedkar College,Yerwada, Pune Lokmanya Tilak Highschool and Junior College, Library Science Students from N.Wadia College and Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Arts students of Abhinav kala Mahavidyalaya and Bharati Vidyapeeth, Students of Indology of Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, M.A.Students of History from M.E.S.College, Pune University and Somaiyya College, Kopargaon. L.J.N.J.Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Vile Parle (E), Mumbai, Fergusson College, Garware College of Arts and Science, Institute of Archaeology, , Delhi, St.Mira College. 108 Annual Report 2009-10

DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS

I. STAFF

K.S. Nagaraja Head of the Department (until 31 Oct. 2010) Sonal Kulkarni - Joshi Head of the Department (since 1 Nov. 2009)

Teaching Staff

1. Professor in Austro-Asiatic K.S. Nagaraja Linguistics (retired on 31 Oct 2009) 2. Professor of Marathi Linguistics Vacant 3. Professor of Phonetics/ Phonology Vacant 4. Reader in Indo-Aryan Linguistics Sonal Kulkarni - Joshi 5. Reader in Tibeto-Burman H. Surmangal Sharma Linguistics (Since 24 Aug 2009) 6. Reader in Semantics & Lexicography Vacant 7. Reader in Sindhi Linguistics Vacant 8. Reader in Dravidian Linguistics Vacant 9. Lecturer in Sociolinguistics Shailendra Mohan 10.Lecturer in Marathi Linguistics Rahul N. Mhaiskar (since 27 August 2009)

UGC Teaching Associates (since 30 October 2009)

Pangersenla Walling Renuka Ozarkar

Non-Teaching Staff 1. Research Assistant Shubhangi Kardile 2. Research Assistant Vacant 3. Research Assistant Vacant 4. Research Assistant Vacant 5. Technical Assistant Vacant 6. Laboratory Assistant Mr. Satish Bangar Annual Report 2009-10 109

7. Junior Clerk Shri Mandar Chavare 8. Peon Shri A.C. Dias 9. Peon Vacant

II. TEACHING The details of various papers taught by the faculty for the M.A. course are given below.

K.S. Nagaraja

Semester I Basic Phonology Semester III Languages of South Asia

Sonal Kulkarni - Joshi

Semester I Basic Phonetics Semester II Semantics and Lexicography Semester III Pragmatics Semester IV Ethnolinguistics and Sociolinguistics, Indo-Aryan Linguistics (Reading Course)

H. Surmangol Sharma

Semester II Semantics and Lexicography (shared with Ms. Pangersenla) Semester IV Language Teaching (shared with Ms. Pangersenla)

Shailendra Mohan

Semester I Basic Syntax Semester II Language in Human Perspective (shared with R. Mhaiskar) Semester III Intermediate Syntax 110 Annual Report 2009-10

Semester IV Advanced Language Teaching

Rahul Mhaiskar

Semester II Language in Human Perspective (shared with Dr. S. Mohan) Semester IV Translation Studies (shared with Ms. S. Kardile)

Shubhangi Kardile

Semester I Basic Morphology Semester II Historical Linguistics (shared with Ms. R. Ozarkar) Semester III Applied Linguistics Semester IV Translation Studies

Pangersenla Walling

Semester II Semantics and Lexicography (Shared) Semester IV Language Teaching

Renuka Ozarkar

Semester II Historical Linguistics (shared with Ms. S. Kardile) Intermediate Phonology

III. M.A. EXAMINATION RESULTS

The results of M.A. examination conducted in May 2010 are as follows: Name Class 1 Jahnavi C. Bidnur First Class 2 Lachmi Cheda First Class 3 Nending Ommo First Class 4 Wanglit Mongchan First Class 5 Jayeshkumar R. Sharma Higher Second Class Annual Report 2009-10 111

6 Shrity Rai Higher Second Class 7 Chahak Mani Rai (Khambu) Higher Second Class 8 Geyi Ete Higher Second Class 9 Ganpat Sadhu Bansode Fail 10 Santosh Samuel Phasge Fail 11 Parvatbhai B. Vadi Fail 12 Vichchugon Kumsumpao Fail 13 Phra Chamnan Thipksorn Fail 14 Al-Khader Ali Abdullah Aldlki Fail

IV. Ph.D. AWARDED

Name of Student: Rujira Sengnet Name of Guide: Prof. K.S. Nagaraja Topic: Descriptive Study of Kensiw Dialect (Spoken in Southern Thailand) Date of Award: 10-10-2009

V. Ph.D. THESIS IN PROGRESS

K.S. Nagaraja

1. Ms. Shubhangi P. Kardile : Ethnolinguistic Study of Mahadeo Kolis 2. Ms. A.K. Diengdoh : A Sociolinguistic and Descriptive Analysis of Nongtalang Dialect of Khasi 3. Rev. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi : A Contrastive Study of Sinhala and Marathi 4. Ms. Warisara Champa : A Descriptive Study of Phuan Dialect 5. Ms. Jae Hee Park : Tense, Aspect and Mood in Korean (a descriptive syntactic- semantic apparoach)

S.R. Sharma

1. Mr. Imtirenba : Morphology of Chongli and Mongsen varieties of Ao Naga language: A Comparative Study 2. Ms. Debashree Simlai : Discrimination in Discourse – Gender and Power 112 Annual Report 2009-10

3. Ms. Rungkarn Duangthip : Ahom and standard Thai: A Descritpive-Comparative Study 4. Mr. Burin Sribush : Early Lexical Acquisition in Thai

R.V. Dhongde

1. Ms. Kalika N. Mehta : Attitudinal Study of Jaina Dasha Shreemalee Variety Speakers and Speakers of Gujarati 2. Avinash Pandey : Evolution of the Concept of Synchronic Linguistics and its Implications on the Study of Language in 20th Century 3. Ms. Rumeecharoen Thanittha : Expression of Respect, Contempt and Indifference in Standard Thai 4. Ms. Ellen Israel : Sociolinguistic Study of the Migration of Telugus of Malaysia – a case study 5. Mr. Fahed Hussein Ahmed Al-Saif : A Semantico-Syntactic Study and its Pedagogical Implications

V.I RESEARCH

Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi

1. Collected data under controlled conditions for a study of selected syntactic constructions in Marathi and their politeness correlates. 2. Conducted fieldwork in Kupwad, Sangli district, Maharashtra in November 2009. Narratives were collected from Kannada-speaking Jains. This was in continuation of the project ‘Revisiting Kupwad: a study of linguistic convergence in southern Maharashtra’.

Shailendra Mohan

1. Conducted fieldwork on “Sociolinguistic Dimensions of Bhili, Gondi and Korku languages” of East Nimad district of Madhya Pradesh, India, from 17.12.09 to 30.12.09. 2. Conducted fieldwork on “Sociolinguistic Dimensions of Bhili, Gondi Nahali and Korku languages” of East Nimad district of Madhya Pradesh, India, from 25.03.10 to 01.04.2010. 3. Co-Principal investigator on project entitled “Revisiting Khalapur: Language Variation and Social Stratification 50 years Annual Report 2009-10 113

later” funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.

Shubhangi Kardile

A fieldtrip was carried out to collect linguistic, ethnographical and historical information on the Mahadev Kolis in the district of Nanded. The fieldwork was carried out in the village Biloli, Tehsil Biloli; Shelgao (Thadi) and Babhali, Tehsil Dharamabad of district Nanded from 15th to 27th December 2009.

VII. RESEARCH GUIDANCE

Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi 1. Name of student: Mr. Nending Ommo Title of MA dissertation: Phonological Analysis of Apatani

2. Name of student: Mr. Parvat Vadi Title of MA dissertation: Phonemic Analysis of Vadi Language

3. Name of student: Mr. Ganesh Bansode Title of MA dissertation: Deixis in Marathi

H. Surmangol Sharma

1. Name of student: Mr. Wanglit Mongchan Title of MA dissertation: Classifiers in Nocte Language

2. Name of student: Ms. Geyi Ete Title of MA dissertation: Phonology of Galo (Hill areas)

3. Name of student: Ms. Lachmi Cheda Title of MA dissertation: Phonology of Nyishi

Shailendra Mohan 1. Name of student: Ms. Shrity Rai Title of MA dissertation: Some Aspects of Kulung Grammar

2. Name of student: Mr. C.M. Khambu Title of MA dissertation: Pronominal System in Kulung Language 114 Annual Report 2009-10

VIII. PUBLICATIONS

K.S. Nagaraja

‘Korku-Khasi, a comparative study’, Bulletin of the DCPRI, 2008-09.

Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi

1. ‘Identity Claims and Communication in Multilingual Societies: The Case of Contact Areas in India’ To appear in the proceedings of the International Conference on ‘Language & Identity’ Department of Sanskrit & Prakrit Languages, University of Pune, Pune, India & Institute for South- Asian, Tibetan & Buddhist studies. Vienna, Austria.

2. ‘Methodological Challenges in investigating sociolinguistic Identity’. To appear in the proceedings of the International Seminar on Language, Culture and Identity: Issues and Challenges organized by Dept. of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore and ICSSR.

3. ‘Politeness Connotations of the passive and the imperative in Marathi: a pragmatic study’. Bulletin of the DCPRI, 2008-09.

4. ‘saamaajik bhashashastrateel sankhyatmak sanshodhan paddhati’. bhasha ani jeevan Diwali 2009.

5. Book-note. Kashi Wali 2009. Marathi-A study in Comparative South Asian Languages. Indian Linguistics 70:467-468.

6. Book-note. Sailaja Pingali 2009 Dialects of English – Indian English. Indian Linguistics 70:469-470.

Shailendra Mohan

1. ‘Bahubhasikta evam Hindi ki pratigrahayata: Jharkhand ke janjatiyoN ke sandarbh meN’.(in Hindi) Gavesna(forthcoming).

2. ‘A note on Schwa Fronting in Hindi’. Indian Linguistics. vol.70, pp. 223-225. Annual Report 2009-10 115

Pangersenla Walling

1. ”Respecting the other: Binding and the benefactive marker in Ao-Mongsen”. 2009 (jointly with Prof Tista Bagchi) Indian Linguistics, Volume 70. 47-54. 2. “The Allative Subject Construction in Ao”. 2010. Indian Linguistics, Volume 71. 219- 227.

Renuka Ozarkar “Marathitil ‘vivadya’ sanyukta kriyapade” (Marathi) in Bhasha Ani Jeevan, vol.27-3. (Winter 2009).

IX. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ATTENDED

Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi 1. 15 – 17 September 2009. ‘Identity Claims and Communication In Multilingual Societies: The Case of Contact Areas in India’ paper presented at the International Conference on ‘Language & Identity’ Department of Sanskrit & Prakrit Languages, University of Pune, Pune, India & Institute for South- Asian, Tibetan & Buddhist studies. Vienna, Austria. Pune.

2.17-19 December 2009. ‘Constraints on Structural Change in Bilingual Contact Areas’ paper presented at the 31st All India Conference of Linguists. Central University, Hyderabad.

3. 8-10 February 2010. Presented a paper ‘ Methodological Challenges in investigating sociolinguistic Identity’ at a 3-day International Seminar on Language, Culture and Identity: Issues and Challenges organized by Dept. of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore and ICSSR.

4. 4 March 2010. Presented a paper ‘Indo-Aryan – Dravidian Language Contact: the social context of linguistic convergence’ at a seminar Indo-Aryan Invasion Theory: Facts and Fallacies organized jointly by the Dept. of Anthroplogy and the Dept. of Interdisciplinary Studies, Pune University.

5. 24 April 2010. Participated in a workshop ‘A Dialogue between Two Cultures’ conducted by the Indian Institute of Science for Education and Research, Pune.

Shailendra Mohan

1. Paticipated and presented a paper on “Minority and Majority Linguistic groups in India: Issues and problems” at International seminar on Language Culture and identity : Issues and 116 Annual Report 2009-10

challenges (Feb.8-10, 2010) jointly organized by Aligarh Muslim University, CIIL Mysore and ICSSR, Delhi.

2. Discussant on the paper titled “The downfall of Lepcha Language-the once upon-a-time ‘official language’ of Darjeeling Hills and its road to revival” at International seminar on Language Culture and Identity: Issues and challenges (Feb.8-10, 2010) jointly organized by Aligarh Muslim University, CIIL Mysore and ICSSR, Delhi.

3. Participated and presented a paper on “Word Formation in Indian English” in the national seminar on Western and Oriental theories: An application to Literature at Department of Linguistics, Foreign and Indian Languages, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur in collaboration with Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, 16-17 November, 2009.

4. Participated in International seminar on “Language Archiving in the 21st century at Centre of Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. (27th October, 2009).

Renuka Ozarkar

1. Attended a workshop on History & Culture (level two): organized by Academy of Political & Social Studies, Pune. 25 – 31 Dec. 2009.

2. Attended the Fourth International Students’ Conference of Linguistics in India (SCONLI- 4), Mumbai. : 17 - 20 Feb. 2010

3. Attended a two-day Seminar on Sociolinguistic Study of Marathi organized by Western Regional Language Centre, Pune and R.P.T. Art & Commerce College, Belgaum at Belgaum from 10th to 11th February 2010. Read the paper titled: Mahadev Kolinchi Bolibhasha: Ek Samajvaidnyanik Abhyas (Dialect of Mahadev Kolis: A Sociolinguistic Study)

4. Attended the Fourth Students’ Conference of Linguistics in India organized by the Department of Linguistics, Mumbai University and Indian Council for Social Science Research at Univeristy of Mumbai, Mumbai from 17th to 21st February 2010. Presented the paper titled: Grammatical Gender in a Dialect of Marathi: a case of change in progress? Annual Report 2009-10 117

Shubhangi Kardile ANNUAL REPORT OF RESEARCH, TEACHING AND OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES (2008 to 2009)

1. Name & Designation: Shubhangi Kardile, Research Assistant, Department of Linguistics 2. Teaching (at M.A.) and number of lectures taken for each course: M.A. Semester I: LX 103: Basic Morphology (30) M.A. Semester II: LX 202: Historical Linguistics (30) M.A. Semester III: LX 301: Applied Linguistics (31) M.A. Semester IV: LX 404: Translation Studies (28) 3. Research work completed: The fieldtrips were carried out in Ahupe and Agane, Ambegaon taluk of Pune district Pune, Katalapur, Akole taluk of Ahmadnagar district, Khairaypali, Trmbakeshwar taluk of , Suryamal, Mokhada taluk and Nandgaon, Jawhar taluk of in May, June and July 2008. Linguistic and ethnographic data were collected from the above mentioned regions where Mahadev Kolis (scheduled tribe in Maharashtra) live to describe their dialect and cultural patterns in more details. 4. Research Publications: Nil 5. Conference/Seminars attended: The 30th All India Conference of Linguists and Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Commencement of Postgraduate Teaching of Linguistics during 26th to 28th November 2008 at Deccan College Post-Graduate & Research Institute, Pune- presented a paper entitled ‘Some Morphological Features and Ethnolinguistic Observations of a Dialect of Marathi spoken by the Mahadev Kolis’ at the conference. 6. Administrative work: A member of the organizing committee of the 30th All India Conference of Linguists and Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Commencement of Postgraduate Teaching of Linguistics during 26th to 28th November 2008 at Deccan College Post-Graduate & Research Institute, Pune 7. Other Attended a refresher course on Historical Linguistics conducted by Prof. Hans Heinrich Hock organized by and at the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore from 4th to 14th February 2009 118 Annual Report 2009-10

X. OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES RENDERED

K.S. Nagaraja

1. Performed the duties of Head of Dept. of Linguistics until 31 October 2009. 2. Preparation of the felicitation volume of Indian Linguistics for Prof. Bh.Krishnamurti, Hyderabad.

Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi

1. Performed the duties of Head of Dept. of Linguistics from 1 November 2009. 2. Co-opted member, BOS (English), Pune University. 3. Treasurer of the Linguistic Society of India (2009-2011). 4. Member of the Examination Committee, Dept. of Linguistics, Mumbai University.

Shailendra Mohan 1. Joint Secretary, Linguistic Society of India, Pune 2. Joint Chief Resourse Person-cum-Supervisor, LIS-India- KOLAMI Central Institute of Indian languages. Mysore.

Rahul Mhaiskar Delivered a lecture on “Rule based Marathi Adjective Recognizer” in the Linguistics Discussion Group.

Pangersenla Walling

Coordinated activities of the Linguistics Discussion Group (January-April 2010)

XI. SPECIAL LECTURES HELD

Visiting Scholars to the Department: 1. Prof. Nazir Ahmad Dhar, Dept. of Linguistics, Kashmir University, Srinagar gave a series of extension lectures in the department from 19 January to 2 February 2010. Details of the lectures delivered: (i) Kashmiri: an introduction to the language and its dialects Annual Report 2009-10 119

(ii) Media-induced Language Valorisation in Multilingual Speech Communities: special reference to Kashmiri (iii) Field Methods in Linguistics (iv) Issues and Methods for the Dialect Survey Project of Kashmiri (v) Kashmiri Culture and Literature: an outline 2. Prof. R.C. Sharma, Dept. of Linguistics, Delhi University, Delhi delivered a lecture ‘Contemporary Neurolinguistc Issues’ on 17 March 2010 3. Prof. L. S. Sashidhara, coordinator for Biology at the Indian Institute for Science Education and Research, Pune delivered a special talk on ‘Behavioural Adaptations and Evolution’ on 19 April 2010. 4. Prof. K.P. Mohanan, National University of Singapore, Singapore spoke on ‘Models of Linguistic Inquiry in Linguistics’ on 26 April 2010.

XII. ACTIVITIES OF THE LINGUISTICS DISCUSSION GROUP :

Speaker Title Date 1 Mr Wanglit Mongchan Negation and Agreement 5 Feb. 2010 in Nocte 2 Ms Shubhangi Kardile Gender in the Marathi 26 Feb. 2010 spoken by Mahadeo Kolis 3 Ms. Jahnavi Bidnur Grammatical Substitution in 5 March 2010 Mahabharata 4 Dr. Rita Mathur Lexical Semantic Organisation 12 Match 2010 in Bilingual Children 5 Mr. Rahul Mhaiskar Rule based Marathi Adjective 26 March 2010 Recognizer 6 Mr. Wanglit Mongchan Classifiers in Nocte 9 April 2010 7 Mr. Nending Ommo Phonology of Apatani 16 April 2010 8 Ms. Shrity Rai Some Aspects of the Grammar 16 April 2010 of Kulung 9 Ms. Lachmi Cheda Phonology of Nyishi 22 April 2010 10 Ms. Geyi Ete Phonology of Galo (hill areas) 22 April 2010 11 Mr. C.M. Khambu Pronominal System in Ering 23 April 2010 12 Ms. Parvatbhai Vadi Phonemic Analysis of Vadi 23 April 2010 Language 120 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 121 122 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 123 124 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 125 126 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 127 128 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 129 130 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 131 132 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 133 134 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 135 136 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 137 138 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 139 140 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 141 142 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 143 144 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 145 146 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2009-10 147

LIBRARY

Library Working Hours:

The Library of the Institute remained open from 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. during the year April 2009 to March 2010, except 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, Sundays and Govt. Holidays.

Additional Facilities Provided to the Staff and Students:

M.A. students are normally allowed to borrow three textbooks, but as a special facility they were allowed to borrow three additional books during the period of their examinations. The books from Latest Arrival Display were also given for over-night reading to faculty and Ph. D. students. Besides this, OPAC, Internet, E-mail and E-Journals Access facility has been given to faculty and other staff members.

Library Staff Activities and Staff Position:

1. Smt. U.L. Jagtap, Technical Assistant, taken lien from her services for one year i.e. from dt.14.07.2009 to dt.13.07.2010, as she selected as a Librarian in Army Institute of Technology, Pune. 2. Smt. T.D. More, Librarian, attended one day symposium on ‘Leveraging Digital Information for Research Productivity’ at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune on 26th August 2009. 3. Smt. T.D. More, Librarian, attended one day workshop on ‘The Future of the Information Profession: Embedded Librarians and Beyond’ at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune on 12th October 2009. 4. After having availed the lien of one year, i.e. from dt.01.01.2009 to dt.31.12.2009, Shri. R.R. Shigwan, Assistant Librarian, joined back to his duties at the Deccan College Library on 1st January 2010. 5. Since Shri. R.R. Shigwan, Assistant Librarian, taken lien from his services; the additional charge of his post was given to Smt.U.L. Jagtap, Technical Assistant w.e.f. dt. 01.01.2009 to dt. 13.07.2009 then it was given to Smt. M.A. Karambelkar, Senior Library Assistant, w.e.f. dt. 14.09.2009 to dt. 31.12.2009. 6. Since Smt. U.L. Jagtap, Technical Assistant, taken lien from her services; the additional charge of her post is given to Smt. M.A. Karambelkar, Senior Library Assistant, w.e.f. dt. 14.09.2009. 148 Annual Report 2009-10

7. Shri. R.R. Shigwan, Assistant Librarian, attended the three day workshop on ‘Preventive Care of Manuscripts’ at Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune on March 08, 09 and 10; 2010. 8. Smt. M.A. Karambelkar, Senior Library Assistant, transferred back to central library w.e.f. dt. 14.09.2009. 9. Shri. S.B. Kute, Junior Library Assistant, retired from his services on dt. 30.04.2009. During the year under report, one Senior Library Assistant, two Junior Library Assistants, one Library Clerk and one Peons posts were remained vacant in the Library.

Library Staff as on 31-3-2010:

Name Position Smt. T.D. More Librarian Shri. R.R. Shigwan Assistant Librarian Smt. U.L. Jagtap Tech. Assistant (presently on lien) Smt. M.A. Karambelkar Senior Library Assistant Senior Library Assistant Vacant (2009) Smt. P.D. Naik Junior Library Assistant Smt. B.S. Bangale Junior Library Assistant Shri. T.H. Rathod Junior Library Assistant Shri. D.S. Survase Junior Library Assistant Shri. S.D. Kshirsagar Junior Library Assistant Shri M. K. Pullellu Junior Library Assistant Junior Library Assistant Vacant (2009) Junior Library Assistant Vacant (2005) Typist-Clerk Vacant (2004) Shri. R. R. Sawale Peon Shri. B.S. Katare Peon Shri. D. B. Dalvi Peon Shri. S. N. Jadhav Peon Shri. M.G. Gujar Peon Smt. L.A. Kamble Peon Peon Vacant (2004) Annual Report 2009-10 149

Visitors to the Library:

1. Dr. Radhavallabh Tripathi, Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi, visited the Library on dt. 21.04 2009. 2. A group of PGDA students accompanied by teachers from Institute of Archaeology New Delhi, visited the Library on dt. 12.01.2010. 3. A group of under-graduate students studying Sanskrit attending one day workshop on Sanskrit and Lexicography, visited the Library on dt.12.01.2010. 4. A group of school teachers attending 16th one day workshop in Archaeology, visited the Library on dt. 28.07.2009. 5. A group of 30 students accompanied by 3 teachers from Parvatibai Adhyapika Vidhyalaya, Pune, visited the Library on dt. 27.01.2010. 6. A Review Committee, constituted by the UGC for Assessment of Deemed University Status, visited the Library on dt.15.02.2010.

Statement Showing Source-wise Additions:

Source 2008-2009 2009-2010 Books Periodicals Books Periodicals Purchase 624 170 409 163 Exchange — 46 06 87 Presentation 59 98 369 13 Review — — UGC Plan / ASIHSS — — Total 683 314 784 263

Statement Showing Source-wise Loose Periodicals Additions: Source 2008-2009 2009-2010 Subscription 155 155 Indian 58 58 Foreign 97 97 Exchange 178 178 Indian 80 80 Foreign 98 98 Gratis 93 93 Total 426 426 150 Annual Report 2009-10

Library Budget Provision and Expenditure for the year 2009-2010: Budget Head Provision Expenditure UGC XIth Plan Rs. 20,00,000=00 Rs. 20,00,000=00 CAS Rs. 5,00,000=00 Rs. 5,00,000=00

Statement Showing Source-wise Loose Periodicals Additions: Head Allocation Utilization CAS UGC XIth Plan Books- a) Archaeology Rs. 5,00,000=00 Rs. 5,00,000=00 b) Linguistics Rs. 50,000=00 Rs. 50,000=00 c) Sanskrit Rs. 50,000=00 Rs. 50,000=00 Periodicals Rs. 19,00,000=00 Rs.19,00,000=00 Total Rs. 5,00,000=00 Rs. 20,00,000=00 Rs.25,00,000=00

Furniture and Equipments

During the year under report, the library purchased following mentioned items from the UGC XIth Plan Library Equipment Grant.

1. Library Management Software – Slim 21. 2. HP Server 3. HP Computers – Total Nos.2 4. HP 1505 Printer 5. 3 KVA Online UPS 6. Laser Barcode Scanner 7. D-Link 8 Port Switch 8. D-Link LAN Card – Total Nos.2 9. CAT-5 Cable – 50 Mtrs. 10. Quick-Heal Antivirus Software including NT Server Edition– Total Nos.11 11. 12V 42 AH Batteries – Total Nos.8 12. TSC Barcode Printer 13. Godrej 7002 D Chair 14. Godrej Glass Door Cupboards – Total Nos.3 Annual Report 2009-10 151

Preservation and Conservation

During the year under report the library carried out pest controlling activity for preservation of books. Spraying of pesticides and anti-rodent treatments were given inside the all sections of the library on quarterly basis.

Donations Received from:

The Library received book donations from the staff members, students and number of individuals and institutions during the year under report, they are:

1. Prof. V.N. Misra 2. Prof. K. Paddayya 3. Prof. S.N. Rajaguru 4. Prof. G.B. Deglurkar 5. Prof. V.S. Shinde 6. Dr. P.P. Joglekar 7. Dr. Asha Gurjar 8. Dr. Alok Kumar Kanungo 9. Dr. Shahida Ansari 10. Rastriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Delhi. 11. Govt. of India, Delhi.

The Library is thankful to these donors for their valuable gifts to the Library.

Library Committee: During the year 2009-2010 ONE meeting of the Library Committee was held on Thursday the 21st July 2009 in the Librarian’s Room under the Chairmanship of Prof. V.P. Bhatta.

Members of the Committee were:

1. Prof. V. P. Bhatta Chairman 2. Prof. V.S. Shinde Member 3. Prof. M.D. Kajale Member 4. Dr. (Smt.) Shahida Ansari Member 5. Shri. C.V. Joshi Member (Representing Registrar) 6. Smt. T.D. More Member-Secretary 152 Annual Report 2009-10

APPENDIX “A”

Statement showing Subject wise Additions made to Books and Periodicals

Subject 2008-2009 2009-2010 Books Periodicals Books Periodicals z Indology & Orientology 01 05 01 01 1-9 Generalia 10 32 87 58 A Science 07 04 10 05 B Mathematics 02 01 C Physics 01 D Engineering 06 01 02 06 E Chemistry 01 F Technology 03 G Biology 09 05 18 H Geology 06 06 19 03 I Botany 03 09 J Agriculture 13 01 15 01 K Zoology 03 20 02 L Medicine 02 01 15 02 M Useful Arts 02 03 02 02 Δ Mysticism 01 N Fine Arts 36 07 33 08 O Literature 04 04 38 01 P Linguistics 209 47 134 47 Q Religion 07 02 70 06 R Philosophy 05 03 33 04 S Psychology 02 05 T Education 12 09 03 04 U Geography 15 04 39 05 V History & Arch. 174 114 159 92 W Political Science 01 04 X Economic 04 06 01 06 Y Sociology & Anth. 21 45 70 12 Z Law 01 01 683 314 784 263 Annual Report 2009-10 153

APPENDIX “B”

Statement showing Subject-wise Issue of Books and Periodicals Subject 2008-2009 2009-2010 z Indology & Orientology 1420 1350 1-9 Generalia 2030 1243 A Science 661 846 B Mathematics 617 808 C Physics 626 833 D Engineering 887 826 E Chemistry 473 843 F Technology 807 839 G Biology 1156 877 H Geology 1285 847 I Botany 1112 874 J Agriculture 1106 756 K Zoology 823 848 L Medicine 680 743 M Useful Arts 946 731 Δ Mysticism 631 719 N Fine Arts 2841 3677 O Literature 2190 3577 P Linguistics 3036 4335 Q Religion 1746 1449 R Philosophy 1271 976 S Psychology 849 1075 T Education 1025 948 U Geography 1653 2143 V History & Arch. 14075 13335 W Political Science 875 888 X Economic 956 1231 Y Sociology & Anth. 2384 3063 Z Law 1755 1001 154 Annual Report 2009-10

APPENDIX ‘C’

Statement of Routine Work

Routine Work 2008-2009 2009-2010 Books Accessioned 683 784 Periodicals Accessioned 314 263 Books Classified 552 650 Cards Prepared 1654 1725 Cards Indexed 1080 1345 Books Issued 48407 53124 Books Issued (Casual) 16435 17507 Books Returned 25250 26425 Books Shelved 45045 47670 Books got on Loan 2 5 Books sent on Loan 10 15 Maps Issued 83 73 Maps Returned 102 76 Letter sent 712 762 Books got Bound 420 280 Loose Per. Issued 723 730 Loose Per. Returned 615 643 Periodicals Registered 860 1110 Thesis Issued 13 20 Thesis Returned 13 20 MSS Referred 500 345 Books Checked 1530 960 O/S Prepared 325 210 CC Issued 27 20 Total Borrowers Staff 88 83 Students: Ph. D. 47 80 M.A./M.Phil./PG Diploma 52 66 Research Scholars 35 24 Retired Teachers 10 18 Casual 251 249 Annual Report 2009-10 155

APPENDIX ‘D’ Statement Showing Subject-wise List of Books, Periodicals & Maps available in the Library as on 31-3-2010 Sub Bks Pers Pers Pers Total Total Grand Gen UAP Sind Maps I F I&F Bks Pers Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A/2-5 B A-B z 165 83 40 123 165 1172 1337 1-9 5923 68 249 437 541 978 6240 9518 15758 A 433 02 22 54 24 78 457 668 1125 B 892 01 33 04 05 03 08 930 52 982 C 172 05 17 17 177 535 712 D 697 05 06 17 23 702 246 948 E 109 01 01 109 04 113 F 79 79 79 G 671 10 70 80 671 79 750 H 907 01 02 52 27 79 904 557 1461 I 600 01 03 03 601 06 607 J 578 01 05 03 10 10 587 14 601 K 385 01 21 03 24 386 42 428 L 827 05 72 03 15 02 17 907 56 963 M 1136 08 35 04 83 87 1179 413 1592 Δ 1131 35 27 02 02 1193 06 1199 N 3529 03 03 03 53 135 188 3538 926 4464 O 13743 517 2485 91 27 118 16745 932 17677 P 17738 33 175 02 134 535 669 17948 5778 23726 Q 11078 504 380 73 51 124 11962 668 12630 R 7609 21 131 44 25 69 7761 395 8156 S 608 03 10 01 19 20 621 181 802 T 1586 14 14 64 21 85 1614 692 2306 U 2696 40 42 514 13 62 75 3292 464 3756 V 21311 510 193 48 384 743 1127 22062 6232 28294 W 738 04 05 01 01 02 747 27 774 X 966 03 07 40 10 50 976 246 1222 Y 8562 14 66 07 145 260 405 8649 3442 12091 Z 389 07 02 01 01 398 04 402 105258 1794 3968 586 1743 2720 4463 111600 33355 144955 156 Annual Report 2009-10

APPENDIX ‘E’

Books, Periodicals & other Reading Material as on 31-3-2009 31-3-2010

Books 109560 110314 Bound Volumes of Periodicals 33091 33355 Manuscripts 11140 11140 Doctoral Dissertations (Thesis) 677 685 M.A./M.Phil Dissertations 183 205 Maps and Atlases Survey Sheets 6623 6623 Survey Maps 1477 1477 Wall Maps 271 271 National Geographic Maps 131 132 Micro Film 296 296 Micro-cards 761 761 Micro-fische 1898 1898 Computer Diskette 60 60 CD-ROM Disk 94 100 Video Cassette 27 27 Audio Cassette 10 10 166297 167354 Annual Report 2009-10 157

Strength of Individual Collections:

Prof. S. K. De Collection(Sanskrit) 2960 Lokmanya Tilak Collection (Vedic Literature) 0197 Riyasatkar Sardesai Collection (Maratha History) 1317 Prof. S. M. Katre Collection (Linguistics) 1080 Prof. H. D. Sankalia Collection (Archaeology) 1020 Prof. Iravati Karve Collection (Sociology) 0418 Shri S. M. Mate Collection 0260 AIIS Collection 0865 Prof. S. B. Deo Collection (Archaeology) 0341 Prof. A.M. Ghatage Collection (Linguistics, Sanskrit & Religion) 0746 Dr. M.M. Mathur Collection (Purchased from donation grant of Rs.1,50,000=00) 0186 Prof. K. Paddayya Collection (Archaeology) 0607 Prof. V.N. Misra Collection (Archaeology) 1042

Abbreviations:

Bks=Books I=Indian Sub=Subjects F=Foreign Pers=Periodicals UAP=Urdu,Arabic,Persian Gen=General Sind=Sindhi U/C=Unclassified 158 Annual Report 2009-10

Staff Strength (2009-10)

A. Teaching Staff: Department of Archaeology

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. Professor of Prehistory 1 2. Professor of Proto-Indianand Ancient Indian History 1 3. Professor of Archaeology(Proto 1 and Early Historical) 4. Professor of Geo-Archaeology 1 5. Reader in Paleobotany (11/7/85) 1 6. Reader in Asian Archaeology Dr. V.S. Shinde 1 (3/4/95) (Prof. Under CAS) 7. Reader in Archaeological Chemistry Dr. V. G. Sathe 1 8. Reader in Field Archaeology 1 9. Reader in Ancient Indian History Dr.R.K.Mohanty 1 (Art, Architecture and Iconography) (24/12/04) 10. Reader in Palaeontology 1 11. Reader in Epigraphy, Numismatics 1 and Palaeography 12. Reader in Environmental Archaeology Dr. P. D. Sable 1 13. Reader in Ancient Indian Culture 1 14. Lecturer in Physical Anthropology 1 15. Lecturer in Prehistory 1 Annual Report 2009-10 159

16. Lecturer in Palaeobotany (9/7/86) Dr. B.C. Deotare (Reader under CAS) 1 17. Lecturer in Geomorphology (25/5/87) Dr.(Mrs.) Sheila S. Mishra(Reader under CAS) 1 18. Lecturer in Bioarchaeology (3/4/95) Dr. P.P. Joglekar (Reader under CAS) 1 19. Lecturer in Computer Archaeology Dr. S.G.Deo(Reader 1 (3/4/95) under CAS) 20. Lecturer-cum-Keeper in Museology (26/6/03) Dr. Shahida Ansari 1 21. Lecturer in Ancient Indian History Shri S.P. Ganvir 1 and Culture (3/1/05) 22. Lecturer in Zooarchaeology Mrs. A. D. Mukherjee 1 23. Lecturer in Archaeometry 1 24. Lecturer in Behavioural Archaeology 1 25. Lecturer in Ethnoarchaeology 1 26. Lecturer in Indian Art 1 27. Computer Programmer 1 28. Research Associate in Epigraphy, Dr. A.Dandekar 1 Palaeography and Numismatics (27/6/03) 160 Annual Report 2009-10

Department of Linguistics:

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. Professor of Marathi Linguistics 1 & Philology 2. Professor of Phonetics/ Phonology 1 3. Reader in Austro-Asiatic Linguistics (30/7/90) 1 4. Reader in Indo-Aryan Linguistics Dr. Sonal Kulkarni (9/2/05) -Joshi 1 5. Reader in Tibeto-Burman Linguistics 1 6. Reader in Semantics & Lexicography 1 7. Reader in Sindhi Linguistics 1 8. Reader in Dravidian Linguistics 1 9. Lecturer in Socio-Linguistics Dr. Shailendra Mohan 1 (14/1/05) 10. Lecturer in Marathi Linguistics Shri Rahul Mhaiskar 1

Department of Sanskrit & Lexicography a. Staff financed by Government of Maharashtra:

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. General Editor 1 2. Prof. of Sanskrit (esp. Vedic) cum-Joint General Editor 1 3. Editor Dr. P. C. Sahoo 1 4. Editor 1 5. Assistant Editor Dr. (Mrs.) J.D. Sathe (Editor under CAS) 1 6. Assistant Editor 1 7. Sub-Editor Dr.(Mrs.) M.B.Kolhatkar (Asstt. Editor under CAS) 1 8. Sub-Editor Dr. K.N. Hota(Asstt. Editor under CAS) 1 9. Sub-Editor Dr. (Ms) S. P. Sumant 1 Annual Report 2009-10 161

10. Sub-Editor 1 11. Sub-Editor 1 12. Sub-Editor 1 13. Sub-Editor 1 14. Sub-Editor 1 b. Staff financed by the Govt. of India: Name of the Post Name of Staff Editor 1 Editor 1 Editor 1 Assistant Editor (3/9/85) Dr.Smt.V.M.Kshirsagar Assistant Editor (3/9/85) Dr.L.S.Deodhar Assistant Editor (18/12/04) Dr.R.S.Date Assistant Editor(18/12/04 Dr.P.C. Sahoo Assistant Editor 1 Assistant Editor 1 Assistant Editor 1 Assistant Editor 1 Assistant Editor 1 Assistant Editor 1 Assistant Editor 1 Assistant Editor 1 Assistant Editor 1 Sub Editor 1 Sub Editor 1 Sub Editor 1 Sub Editor 1 Sub Editor 1 162 Annual Report 2009-10

B. Non-teaching Staff

B.a. Research/Technical staff:

Department of Archaeology:

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. Superintendent of Excavation Archaeology Dr. S.S.Jadhav 1 2. Scientific Assistant 1 3. Scientific Assistant 1 4. Scientific Assistant Shri V.C. Kamble 1 5. Research Assistant Shri S. S.Naik 1 6. Research Assistant 1 7. Research Assistant 1 8. Research Assistant 1 9. Chemical Assistant Shri S.V. Joshi 1 10. Curator-Maratha History Museum Shri G. D. Mandke 1 11. Curator-Archaeology Museum Dr. P. P. Dandwate 1 12. Programming Assistant 1 13. Draughtsman Shri B. B. Dighe 1 14. Draughtsman Shri D. D. Phule 1 15. Draughtsman Shri S. D. Rokade 1 16. Draughtsman Shri S. A. Pradhan 1 17. Draughtsman 1 18. Draughtsman 1 19. Surveyor Shri B. S. Waghmode 1 20. Photographer-cum- Surveyor Shri Sunil Jadhav 1 21. Foreman cum Field Assistant 1 22. Museum Assistant Shri S. S. Gajul 1 23 Photo-Printer 1 Annual Report 2009-10 163

Department of Linguistics:

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. Research Assistant Ms. Shubhangi Kardile 1 2. Research Assistant 1 3. Research Assistant 1 4. Research Assistant 1 5. Technical Assistant 1 6. Laboratory Assistant Shri S. S. Bangar 1

Department of Sanskrit & Lexicography : Staff financed by Government of Maharashtra:

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. Editorial Assistant Mrs.V. V. Selukar 1 2. Editorial Assistant Mrs. M. M. Kulkarni 1 3. Editorial Assistant Dr. (Mrs.) P. S. Kulkarni 1 4. Editorial Assistant Dr. (Mrs.) P. S. Deshpande 1 5. Editorial Assistant Mrs. S. M. Chikode 1 6. Editorial Assistant 1 7. Editorial Assistant 1 8. Editorial Assistant 1

Staff financed by the Govt. of India:

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant Editorial Assistant 1 Editorial Assistant 1 Editorial Assistant 1 Editorial Assistant 1 164 Annual Report 2009-10

B.b. Library Staff Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. Librarian Smt. Trupti More 1 2. Assistant Librarian Shri R.R. Shigwan 1 3. Technical Assistant Smt. U.Jagtap 1 4. Senior Library Assistant Mrs. M. Karambelkar 1 5. Senior Library Assistant 1 6. Junior Library Assistant Mrs. Chchallare P.S. 1 7. Junior Library Assistant Shri D. S. Survase 1 8. Junior Library Assistant Shri M. K. Pulllelu 1 9. Junior Library Assistant Shri S. D. Kshirsagar 1 10. Junior Library Assistant Mrs. B. S. Bangale 1 11. Junior Library Assistant Shri T. H. Rathod 1 12. Junior Library Assistant 1 13. Junior Library Assistant 1 14. Typist cum Clerk Shri D. K. Bhosale 1

B.c. Administrative Staff i) All Departments:

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. Director Prof. V.P. Bhatta 1 2. Jt. Director Dr. V. S. Shinde 1 3. Registrar Shri N. S. Gaware 1 4. Dy. Registrar 1 5. Internal Auditor 1 6. Assistant Registrar Shri C.V.Joshi 1 7. Head Clerk-cum-Accountant 1 8. P.A. to Director 1 9. Stenographer G.V.Pahade 1 10. Stenographer Smt.M.Jekate 1 11. Stenographer S.I. Amin 1 12. Senior Clerk Mrs. A. D. Sonawane 1 13. Senior Clerk Shri V. S. Lonkar 1 14. Senior Clerk Shri R. R. Ghanekar 1 Annual Report 2009-10 165

15. Senior Clerk 1 16. Store Keeper 1 17. Keeper-cum-Research Shri J. G. Kulkarni 1 Equipment-cum-Typist 18. Warden (Ladies Hostel) Ms. N. A. Pathan 1 19 Junior Clerk Mrs. P. G. Hole 1 20. Junior Clerk Shri V. J. Pawar 1 21. Clerk cum Typist Shri M. M. Chavare 1 22. Typist cum Clerk Shri M. M. Londhe 1 23. Telephone operator Mrs. U. R. Karande 1 24. Clerk cum Typist (Cashier) Shri B. G.Ambavale 1 25. Record Keeper Mrs. U. P. Kadam 1 26. Driver-cum-Mechanic Shri M. L. Chavan 1 27. Driver-cum-Mechanic Shri V. A. Omble 1 28. Driver-cum-Mechanic 1 ii) Department of Sanskrit & Lexicography

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. Secretary (A/C) Shri C.V.Joshi (from 26/2/09) 1 2. Accountant Shri A. D. More 1 3. Steno-Typist Smt. J. Gogate (on contract) 1 4. Cashier S. Walke (on contract) 1 5. Typist Clerk Smt. S. Kamthe(on contract) 1

B.d. Subordinate Staff: a. All Departments:

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. Laboratory Attendant C.S. Shendge 1 2. Laboratory Attendant 1 3. Laboratory Attendant 1 4. Laboratory Attendant 1 (Phonetics) 166 Annual Report 2009-10

5. Naik Shri A. C. Dias 1 6. Watchman Shri P. S. Dhanapune 1 7. Watchman Shri D. V. Kachi 1 8. Watchman Shri S. R. Gaikwad 1 9. Mali Shri K. B. Gaikwad 1 10. Mali Shri H. S. Bhandare 1 11. Peon-cum-Sweeper Shri B. S. Kathare 1 12. Peon-cum-Sweeper Smt. S. Kamble 1 13. Peon-cum-Sweeper Shri K. R. Malap 1 14. Peon-cum-Sweeper Shri D. B. Bhurkunde 1 15. Peon-cum-Sweeper Shri D. R. Bhillare 1 16. Peon-cum-Sweeper Shri S. N. Jadhav 1 17. Peon-cum-Sweeper Shri R. R. Savale 1 18. Peon-cum-Sweeper Shri D. B. Dalvi 1 19. Peon-cum-Sweeper Smt. L. A. Kamble 1 20. Peon-cum-Sweeper Shri S. P. Bhagwat 1 21. Peon-cum-Sweeper Shri M. G. Gujar 1 22. Peon-cum-Sweeper Shri S. V. Valanj 1 23. Peon-cum-Sweeper 1 24. Peon-cum-Sweeper 1 25. Peon-cum-Sweeper 1 26. Peon-cum-Sweeper 1 27. Peon-cum-Sweeper 1 28 Peon 1 29. Sweeper Shri S. B. Humbre 1 30. Sweeper Shri K. B. Shendge 1 31. Mehtar Smt. R. J. Kagade 1 32. Mehtar Shri S. R. Chavriya 1 Annual Report 2009-10 167 b. Department of Sanskrit & Lexicography :

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. Naik Shri S. P. Manval 1 2. Laboratory Attendant Shri N. M. Randhir 1 3. Peon Shri S. Gaikwad(on contract) 1 4. Peon Shri J. Bhilare(on contract) 1 4. Peon Shri Anil Dhumal (on contract) 1 5. Peon Shri N. D. Omble (on contract) 1

C. Deccan College Poona Trust Staff

Sr. No. Name of the Post Name of Staff Filled Vacant 1. Estate Manager P. C. Khedekar 1 2. Senior Clerk Vijay Kute 1 3. Junior Clerk 1 4. Wireman G. Ambekar (on contract) 1 5. Plumber-cum- Carpenter G. Ambekar (on contract) 1 6. Peon-cum-Hostel Attendant A. Pathak 1 7. Watchman Raj Enterprises– Ten (on contract) 1