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Marine archaeological exploration on the western coast, Gulf of Khambhat
DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography
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Marine archaeological exploration on the western coast, Gulf of Khambhat
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| Creator |
Gaur, A.S.
Bhatt, B.K. |
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archaeological exploration
Gulf of Khambhat stone anchors |
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| Description |
Recent exploration along the eastern Saurashtra coast yielded a large number of stone anchors from Gogha, Hatab and Gopnath indicating active maritime activity in the past. The anchors were mostly of the Indo-Arab type and were triangular / composite in nature. These anchors get exposed during low tide and are submerged under 5 to 8 m water during high tide. A stone anchor from Hathab similar to those found in Chinese waters is made on laterite. These explorations yielded a large quantity of glazed ware from Gogha suggesting that the Indo-Arab type of stone anchors, may be placed within a time bracket ranging from the 9th and the 14th century A.D.
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2009-02-11T07:06:54Z
2009-02-11T07:06:54Z 2008 |
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Journal Article
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Man and Environment, vol.33(2); 99-104
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2589 |
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en
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| Rights |
Copyright [2008]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
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Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies
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