Burial Practices in Ancient India

Prof. Purushottam Singh (b. 1940) has been teaching Archaeology at Banaras Hindu University for the past four decades. He has directed excavatioins at Narhan, Imlidih Khurd and Dhuriapar – all in district Gorakhpur, at Waina and Bhunadih in district Ballia and Agiabir in district Mirzapupr. His publications include Burial Practices in Ancient India (Prithvi Prakashan, Varanasi, 1970); Neolithic Cultures of Western Asia (Seminar Press, London-New York, 1974); The Neolithic Origins (Agam Kala Prakashan, New Delhi, 1991); Excavatioins at Rajghat, Part III (with Prof. A.K. Narain, Banaras Hindu University, 1977) and Excavation at Narhan (1984-89) (Banaras Hindu University & B.R. Publishig Corporatioin, Delhi, 1994).