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The biggest stone anchors (Indo-Arab type) from Mithi Virdi, Bhavnagar, west coast of India
DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography
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The biggest stone anchors (Indo-Arab type) from Mithi Virdi, Bhavnagar, west coast of India
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| Creator |
Gaur, A.S.
Sundaresh Kumar, B. |
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archaeological exploration
grapnel stone anchors |
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| Description |
A coastal archaeological exploration in Talaja taluka of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, brought to light 5 grapnel stone anchors in an agriculture land. The site and these anchors are known as Bhima ka Khatiya ('Cot of Bhima', a famous character of Mahabharata). They are the biggest stone anchors ever found from anywhere in the world. The average length of the anchor is 4.9 m and the average weight is estimated to be about 3800 kgs. These anchors are generally termed as Indo-Arab type. The paper discusses the importance of these anchors with respect to their function.
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2006-11-14T07:10:15Z
2006-11-14T07:10:15Z 2005 |
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Journal Article
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Journal Of Indian Ocean Archaeology, vol.2 110-114p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/477 |
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en
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79982 bytes
application/pdf |
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