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Archaeology of lighthouses along the Indian coast with reference to a lighthouse at Kodinar, Gujarat

DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

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Title Archaeology of lighthouses along the Indian coast with reference to a lighthouse at Kodinar, Gujarat
 
Creator Gaur, A.S.
Sundaresh
 
Subject Law, Policy and Social Sciences
archaeology
lighthouses
ISW, India, Gujarat, Kodinar
 
Description A lighthouse is an important aid for navigation and they are in use for the past 2500 years The archaeological remains of light houses are meagre in India and the earliest remains are not dated earlier than the medieval period However, coastal monuments like temples were used as markers of coasts by navigators since early times Recent exploration near Kodinar revealed a structure with a height of abut 4 m and circular in shape It is locally called Diva Dandi, which means lighthouse The shape of the structure and location clearly indicates the use of this structure as a lighthouse during the early medieval period The remains of stone anchors also suggest that Mul Dwarka (Kodinar) was an ancient port.
 
Date 2013-06-10T10:21:20Z
2017-09-30T03:08:00Z
2013-06-10T10:21:20Z
2017-09-30T03:08:00Z
2011
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of the Indian Ocean Archaeology, vol.7-8; 2011-12; 149-154
0974-1747
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/7592
 
Language en
 
Relation J Indian Ocean Archaeol
NON-SCI
 
Publisher Indian Archaeological Society