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Evidence of shoreline shift on the northern Saurashtra coast: Study based on the submerged temple complex at Pindara

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Title Evidence of shoreline shift on the northern Saurashtra coast: Study based on the submerged temple complex at Pindara
 
Creator Gaur, A.S.
Sundaresh
 
Subject archaeological evidence
Protected temple complex
 
Description Shoreline changes have played a vital role in emergence and devolution of any civilization along the coast. An onshore exploration on the northwestern coast of the Saurashtra, Gujarat, India brought to light the remains of a temple complex presently lying in inter tidal zone of Pindara. There are several temples on the coast of Pindara, which are dated between the 7 th and the 10 th century AD. The archaeological evidence indicates the advancement of shoreline during the last 1000 years near Pindara. It is difficult to assign a particular reason for the submergence of the temple in discussion, however minor sea level rise and seismic activity might have played a vital role in submergence of the temple complex.
 
Date 2007-04-02T07:36:14Z
2007-04-02T07:36:14Z
2007
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Current Science, vol.92(6), 733-735pp.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/563
 
Language en
 
Rights Full-text of the paper hosted with the permission from Publisher.
 
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Publisher Indian Academy of Sciences