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Buddhist Monastic establishments had much in common both in purpose and objective throughout India. The monastery modelled in the form of dwelling-cum-educational unit with temple within followed an age old tradition. The embellishment of monastic complex with lime/stucco decorations became widespread in Post-Gupta period which was however replaced by terracotta plaque decoration in the later period. The present discovery of a Pre-Pala Buddhist monastic ...
Presents a brief account of the neolithic culture in West Bengal in Eastern India from its techno-cultural view point, highlighting the elements connected with the interaction between West Bengal and other contiguous areas.
The Black and Red ware or the so called Chalcolithic culture in West Bengal was initially identified by late P.C. Dasgupta and subsequently it was recognised through his excavation at Pandurajardhibi in the early sixties, since then, at least, seventy eight Black and Red ware sites have been discovered with its core centre in the Ajay-Damodar divide. Archae-ological research on Black and Red ware culture for the last three decades has brought about many changes ...