About the Book
The Book (in 2 volumes) is the
collection of some select research
papers of Prof. R.C. Gore, published
in various journals and collected
volumes or presented at different
seminars and symposiums held in
our country and abroad from time to
time. Many of these have been
published in several felicitation and
commemoration volumes. The
necessity of this book was felt for a
long time by several research
scholars and post-graduate students
and University teachers, as these
were found scattered at different
places in and outside the country.
Therefore, it was decided. to publish
a collection of some of the selected
papers of Prof. Gaur in a book form.
These papers provide a new vision
on the related subjects and compels
one to think further.
About the Author
Prof. R.C. Gaur (b. 1929) retired
Chairman of the Department of History
and Dean, faculty of Social Sciences,
Aligarh Muslim University, got his
training in Field Archaeology from well
known Archaeologist Prof. B.B. Lal, and is
the editor of the present volume. Gaur is
the founder of the Archaeological Section
and its Museum in the Department of
History and initiated the studies of
Archaeology at M.A. and Reachers levels;
of course, he received full support and
co-optation in his efforts, from the late
prof. S. Nurul Hasan, the then Head of the
Department. Gaur also developed his
close contacts with Sir Mortimer Wheeler
since 1971, when he was a Visiting Fellow
of the famous Institute of Archaeology at
London. This Seminar, has the distinction
of being the first Seminar of the Center of
Advanced study in History A.M.U... , of
which prof. Gaur was the convener. He
has Excavated many sites including
Atranjikhera and Lal Qila -the two well
known proto-historic sites and also
directed the excavations at Fatehpur
Sikri-A National Project in collaboration
with the A.S.1. He has contributed
immensely in the field of Archaeology and
has published a large number of papers in
various National and International
Journals. He has travelled extensively
visiting Archaeological sites and
delivering lectures in the U.S.A., Europe,
Britain, Egypt, Middle Eastern countries
and the former Soviet Union. On behalf of
the Govt. of India. he visited Syprus to
seek the possibility of co-operation in the
filed of Archaeology between the two
countries. He is a Life Fellow of the Royal
Asiatic Society of Great Britain and
Ireland, Indian Archaeological Society,
Indian Society for Prehistoric and
Quaternary Studies and is member of
many other Learned Societies. He was
elected unanimously the President of the
Indian Archaeological Society for the year
1988, the Annual Session of which was
held the same year in the month of
December at Shantiniketan.
Preface
This book (in two volumes) is the collection of some of my research papers
published in various journals and collectives volumes or presented at different seminars
and symposiums held in our country and abroad from time to time. Some of them were
reported for inclusion in the official Annual Journal of the Archaeological Survey of India
the Indian Archaeology-A Review. I sincerely apologize the publishers of the various
journals, proceedings and other learned volumes for not being able to obtain their
permission before including my earlier published papers in these two volumes owing to my
prolonged ill-health. I have taken this liberty knowing their benevolence and their kind
attitude towards me. I have done this exclusively from academic point of view. Papers have
been published more than once, on the repeated request of my friends owing to the
inordinate delay in their publication. I sincerely apologize for doing so.
The necessity of this book was felt for quite long by my several research and
post-graduate students and colleagues as these were found scattered at different places in
and outside the country. I therefore, thought it better to publish a collection of my selected
papers at one place in book-form, for making them accessible to the readers in general and
the senior students in particular.
I will feel amply rewarded if these papers provoke the readers to think further. I will
feel obliged if I receive critical comments on them.
I am thankful to Kern. Roopam Bala for correcting the proofs of this book and to Dr.
Anil Gadodia for helping her in this task. While preparing the press copy of the book, I am
thankful to my typist Mr. Shahib Khan and computer assistant Mr. M. Shakeb Naseem for
typing and computer printing respectively .. Though it would be too formal, I want to
acknowledge the help rendered by my wife Kamla Gaur in arduous conditions. Also want to
thank MIS Publication Scheme, Jaipur, its managing director, Mr. S.S. Natani and his son
Mr. Sapan Khandelwal for printing and publishing this collection, carefully and neatly.
I am also thankful to Mr. Kamal Ajmera of Seema Printo Fast, for good typesetting
and Miss Anju Jain, Staff member of Publication Scheme for presentation and layout plan
of these volumes carefully.
Book's Contents and Sample Pages
