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Marine archeology in the Gulf of Khambhat

Index Marine archeology in the Gulf of Khambhat

Marine archeology in the Gulf of Khambhat - earlier known as Gulf of Cambay - centers on findings made in December 2000 by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT). [1]

24 relations: Archaeological Survey of India, Bathymetry, D. P. Agrawal, Dvārakā, Fault (geology), Graham Hancock, Gulf of Khambhat, Hearth, Historiography and nationalism, Indology, Indus Valley Civilisation, Lothal, Magnetic survey (archaeology), Mahabharata, Maritime archaeology, Microlith, Murli Manohar Joshi, National Geophysical Research Institute, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Palaeochannel, Radiocarbon dating, Side-scan sonar, Stratigraphy (archaeology), Wattle and daub.

Archaeological Survey of India

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is a Government of India (Ministry of Culture) organisation responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural monuments in the country.

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Bathymetry

Bathymetry is the study of underwater depth of lake or ocean floors.

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D. P. Agrawal

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Dvārakā

Dvārakā, also known as Dvāravatī (Sanskrit द्वारका "the gated ", possibly meaning having many gates, or alternatively having one or several very grand gates) is a sacred city in Hinduism, JainismSee Jerome H. Bauer "Hero of Wonders, Hero in Deeds: " in and Buddhism.The name Dvaraka is said to have been given to the place by Krishna, a major deity in Hinduism.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement.

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Graham Hancock

Graham Hancock (born 2 August 1950) is a British author and reporter.

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Gulf of Khambhat

The Gulf of Khambhat, also known as the Gulf of Cambay, is a bay on the Arabian Sea coast of India, bordering the state of Gujarat.

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Hearth

In historic and modern usage, a hearth is a brick- or stone-lined fireplace, with or without an oven, used for heating and originally also used for cooking food.

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Historiography and nationalism

Historiography is the study of how history is written.

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Indology

Indology or South Asian studies is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of India and as such is a subset of Asian studies.

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Indus Valley Civilisation

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), or Harappan Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation (5500–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.

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Lothal

Lothal is one of the southernmost cities of the ancient Indus valley civilization, located in the Bhāl region of the modern state of Gujarāt and first inhabited 3700 BCE.

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Magnetic survey (archaeology)

Magnetic survey is one of a number of methods used in archaeological geophysics.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Maritime archaeology

Maritime archaeology (also known as marine archaeology) is a discipline within archaeology as a whole that specifically studies human interaction with the sea, lakes and rivers through the study of associated physical remains, be they vessels, shore side facilities, port-related structures, cargoes, human remains and submerged landscapes.

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Microlith

A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically a centimetre or so in length and half a centimetre wide.

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Murli Manohar Joshi

Murli Manohar Joshi (born 5 January 1934) is an Indian politician, a leading member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993, and the current Member of Parliament for Kanpur.

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National Geophysical Research Institute

The National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) is a geoscientific research organization established in 1961 under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India's largest Research and Development organization.

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National Institute of Ocean Technology

The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) was established in November 1993 as an autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.

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Palaeochannel

A palaeochannel, or paleochannel, is a remnant of an inactive river or stream channel that has been filled or buried by younger sediment.

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Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.

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Side-scan sonar

Side-scan sonar (also sometimes called side scan sonar, sidescan sonar, side imaging sonar, side-imaging sonar and bottom classification sonar) is a category of sonar system that is used to efficiently create an image of large areas of the sea floor.

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Stratigraphy (archaeology)

Stratigraphy is a key concept to modern archaeological theory and practice.

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Wattle and daub

Wattle and daub is a composite building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_archeology_in_the_Gulf_of_Khambhat

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