Vasant Shinde
Biographic Data
| ID | 184530 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vasant Shinde |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vasant |
| FAMILY NAME | Shinde |
| SIGNATURE | SHINDE V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7070-9830 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Dental microwear from the Harappan sites of Juna Khatiya and Rakhigarhi, India
The Transition in Indian Iron Technology With the Use of High‐Carbon Crucible Steel in the Mid‐1st Millennium bc
Studies of the role played by crucible steel in the evolution of early iron technology in India lag far behind its long‐standing reputation as a key historical material with unique functional properties. A comparative metallographic study found evidence of a crucible steel‐driven technological transition reflected in the numerous awl‐shaped iron objects from two archaeological sites in Maharashtra, India. Those in the first group were recovered f…
The Mondal Family Build a Chhot: A Vanishing Boat Type in the Bengali ‘Stapling’ Tradition, West Bengal, India
The key role of bangles in the evolution of standardized bronze technology in Indian antiquity
Maritime and Underwater Archaeology in India: A Critical Appraisal and a Future Prospect
Metallographic and neutron diffraction analysis on microstructural evolution and control in ancient Indian high carbon steel
Despite the credit attributed to India for the early production of high carbon steel, not much is known about Indian contribution to the implementation of a pertinent fabrication technique without which this special material might have little practical value. A metallographic examination of a small iron lump and an iron sheet, both excavated from the second BC to second AD century site at Junnar in India, provided evidence that the production of …
Feeding the herds: Stable isotope analysis of animal diet and its implication for understanding social organisation in the Indus Civilisation, Northwest India
Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India
This paper presents novel insights into the archaeology of food in ancient South Asia by using lipid residue analysis to investigate what kinds of foodstuffs were used in ceramic vessels by populations of the Indus Civilisation in northwest India. It examines how vessels were used in urban and rural Indus settlements during the Mature Harappan period ( c .2600/2500-1900 BC), the relationship between vessels and the products within them, and ident…
Traumatic injury in a cranium found at Rakhigarhi cemetery of Harappan civilization as anthropological evidence of interpersonal violence
Assessing the physical and pathological traits of human skeletal remains from cemetery localities at the Rakhigarhi site of the Harappan Civilization
Archaeoparasitological Strategy Based on the Microscopic Examinations of Prehistoric Samples and the Recent Report on the Difference in the Prevalence of Soil Transmitted Helminthic Infections in the …
Archaeoparasitology is a study to acquire data concerning the parasite infection of ancient people through the examination of the specimens obtained in the excavation sites. Although this research has achieved many successes worldwide, there has been few noteworthy reports from South Asia countries. In 2011 to 2016, we thus conducted parasite examinations on Indian archaeological specimens (n = 247) collected at excavation sites of Mature Harappa…
Human Skeletal Remains from Ancient Burial Sites in India: With Special Reference to Harappan Civilization
Harappan Civilization is well known for highly sophisticated urban society, having been flourished in extensive regions of northwestern part of Pakistan and northeastern part of Afghanistan as its heyday around 4500 years ago. Most archaeologists agree on the periodization of this civilization as three different phases (Early, Mature and Late), which represent its cultural process of origin, development and decline. From the Harappan sites, one c…
Characterization and comparison of the copper-base metallurgy of the Harappan sites at Farmana in Haryana and Kuntasi in Gujarat, India
A New Type of Inscribed Copper Plate from Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation
A group of nine Indus Valley copper plates (c. 2600–2000 BC), discovered from private collections in Pakistan, appear to be of an important type not previously described. The plates are significantly larger and more robust than those comprising the corpus of known copper plates or tablets, and most significantly differ in being inscribed with mirrored characters. One of the plates bears 34 characters, which is the longest known single Indus scrip…
Iron technology of the ancient megalithic communities in the Vidarbha region of India
Bronze technology of the ancient megalithic communities in the Vidarbha region of India
Technology, chronology and the role of crucible steel as inferred from iron objects of the ancient site at Junnar, India
Plant macro remains from Early Historic Vessel, Gilund, Rajasthan
The macrobotanical remains were recovered from the Early Historic vessel from Gilund, Rajasthan by employing dry and wet sieving techniques in the Palaeobotany laboratory. The retrieved archaeobotanical material was in carbonized and semi-carbonized state. It involves cultivated barley grains, a single cut grain of rice and a seeds of weed plant along with a bulk of wood charcoal pieces. These could survive in the carbonized state by being expose…
A Study of the Sewn-Plank Boats of Goa, India: A Study of the Sewn-Plank Boats of Goa, India
The study of traditional boats has enhanced our knowledge of the maritime past. Traditional boats are both river- and sea-worthy. They have been used in rivers for transporting cargo to inland ports from ships anchored at sea, and have often been used in naval warfare. In this paper an attempt has been made to study the sewn-plank boats of Goa, their building techniques and other features in order to understand their quality and how they were use…
The Gilund Project: Excavations in Regional Context: Proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology in Ravenna, Italy, July 2007: Proceedings of the 19th Meetin…
A Pilot Use-Wear Study of Lithic Tools from the Aceramic Phase at Bagor, Rajasthan, India
[Early Farming Cultures of South Asia] the Origin and Development of the Chalcolithic in Central India
Western Indian (Mewar) Chalcolithic Beads with Special Reference to Balathal
During the last few years, Indian archaeologists have concentrated their efforts on the investigation of sites of the 3rd to 2nd millennia B.C. in the Mewar region of western India. Unfortunately, most of the excavations have been focused on understanding the cultural sequence, settlement patterns, architecture, and pottery at the sites and have neglected the study of such important artifact categories as beads. As no final reports have been publ…
Development of Urbanization in the Mewar Region of Rajasthan, India in the Middle of Third Millennium BC
The Indian Subcontinent witnessed its first urbanization in the middle of the third millennium BC as a result of continued cultural development that started around the beginning of seventh millennium BC at Mehragrh on the Kachi Plains. Extensive research in other parts of India, revealed the presence of contemporary early farming cultures, with characteristic rural features. The recent archaeological evidence from Bagor, Balathal and Gilund (Mewa…
Basic Issues in Harappan Archaeology: Some Thoughts
The identification of the Harappan Civilization in the early twentieth century was considered to be the most significant archaeological discovery in the Indian Subcontinent as it pushed the beginning of settled life by 2000 years. Contemporary to the Mesopotamian and Egyptian Civilizations it was unique in its town planning. Spread over major parts of the western and north-western subcontinent, its influence is seen to the Tajikistan border in th…
A Study of the Sewn-Plank Boats of Goa, India: A Study of the Sewn-Plank Boats of Goa, India
The study of traditional boats has enhanced our knowledge of the maritime past. Traditional boats are both river- and sea-worthy. They have been used in rivers for transporting cargo to inland ports from ships anchored at sea, and have often been used in naval warfare. In this paper an attempt has been made to study the sewn-plank boats of Goa, their building techniques and other features in order to understand their quality and how they were use…
Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India
This paper presents novel insights into the archaeology of food in ancient South Asia by using lipid residue analysis to investigate what kinds of foodstuffs were used in ceramic vessels by populations of the Indus Civilisation in northwest India. It examines how vessels were used in urban and rural Indus settlements during the Mature Harappan period ( c .2600/2500-1900 BC), the relationship between vessels and the products within them, and ident…
New Light on the Origin, Settlement System and Decline of the Jorwe Culture of the Deccan, India
1989). New Light on the Origin, Settlement System and Decline of the Jorwe Culture of the Deccan, India. South Asian Studies: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 59-72
Iron technology of the ancient megalithic communities in the Vidarbha region of India
Characterization and comparison of the copper-base metallurgy of the Harappan sites at Farmana in Haryana and Kuntasi in Gujarat, India
Technology, chronology and the role of crucible steel as inferred from iron objects of the ancient site at Junnar, India
Basic Issues in Harappan Archaeology: Some Thoughts
The identification of the Harappan Civilization in the early twentieth century was considered to be the most significant archaeological discovery in the Indian Subcontinent as it pushed the beginning of settled life by 2000 years. Contemporary to the Mesopotamian and Egyptian Civilizations it was unique in its town planning. Spread over major parts of the western and north-western subcontinent, its influence is seen to the Tajikistan border in th…
Bronze technology of the ancient megalithic communities in the Vidarbha region of India
Feeding the herds: Stable isotope analysis of animal diet and its implication for understanding social organisation in the Indus Civilisation, Northwest India
Development of Urbanization in the Mewar Region of Rajasthan, India in the Middle of Third Millennium BC
The Indian Subcontinent witnessed its first urbanization in the middle of the third millennium BC as a result of continued cultural development that started around the beginning of seventh millennium BC at Mehragrh on the Kachi Plains. Extensive research in other parts of India, revealed the presence of contemporary early farming cultures, with characteristic rural features. The recent archaeological evidence from Bagor, Balathal and Gilund (Mewa…
Gujarat between 2000 and 1400 BCE
(2005). Gujarat between 2000 and 1400 BCE. South Asian Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 121-135
Pre-Harappan Padri Culture in Saurashtra: The Recent Discovery
Les fouilles recemment menees sur le site de Padri, dans le Gujerat, ont revele des vestiges pre-harappeens important, situes sous un niveau du Harappa mature (date de 2300 av. J.-C. cal.), ce dernier niveau etant lui-meme recouvert par les vestiges des debuts de la phase historique (1e siecle av. J.-C.-1e siecle apr. J.-C.). La decouverte d'une phase pre-harapeenne au Gujerat est tres importante, car elle eclaire les origines de la civilisation …
Assessing the physical and pathological traits of human skeletal remains from cemetery localities at the Rakhigarhi site of the Harappan Civilization
Human Skeletal Remains from Ancient Burial Sites in India: With Special Reference to Harappan Civilization
Harappan Civilization is well known for highly sophisticated urban society, having been flourished in extensive regions of northwestern part of Pakistan and northeastern part of Afghanistan as its heyday around 4500 years ago. Most archaeologists agree on the periodization of this civilization as three different phases (Early, Mature and Late), which represent its cultural process of origin, development and decline. From the Harappan sites, one c…
A New Type of Inscribed Copper Plate from Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation
A group of nine Indus Valley copper plates (c. 2600–2000 BC), discovered from private collections in Pakistan, appear to be of an important type not previously described. The plates are significantly larger and more robust than those comprising the corpus of known copper plates or tablets, and most significantly differ in being inscribed with mirrored characters. One of the plates bears 34 characters, which is the longest known single Indus scrip…
[Early Farming Cultures of South Asia] the Origin and Development of the Chalcolithic in Central India
Padri and the Indus civilization
Craft specialization and social organization in the Chalcolithic Deccan, India
The Deccan Chalcolithic and its sitesSystematic archaeological research began in the Deccan after 1950 when a Chalcolithic settlement was discovered at Jorwe near Sangamner in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra state. The Deccan, which includes the present states of Maharashtra, (except for the western coast and some parts of Vidarbha in the east) and northern Karnataka, falls in a semi-arid zone with a precipitation ranging between 400 and 900 mm.…
New Light on the Origin, Settlement System and Decline of the Jorwe Culture of the Deccan, India
1989). New Light on the Origin, Settlement System and Decline of the Jorwe Culture of the Deccan, India. South Asian Studies: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 59-72
The Late Harappan Culture in Maharashtra, India: A Study of Settlement and Subsistence Patterns
(1991). The Late Harappan Culture in Maharashtra, India: A Study of Settlement and Subsistence Patterns. South Asian Studies: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 91-96
Craft specialization and social organization in the Chalcolithic Deccan, India
The Deccan Chalcolithic and its sitesSystematic archaeological research began in the Deccan after 1950 when a Chalcolithic settlement was discovered at Jorwe near Sangamner in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra state. The Deccan, which includes the present states of Maharashtra, (except for the western coast and some parts of Vidarbha in the east) and northern Karnataka, falls in a semi-arid zone with a precipitation ranging between 400 and 900 mm.…
Padri and the Indus civilization
Pre-Harappan Padri Culture in Saurashtra: The Recent Discovery
Les fouilles recemment menees sur le site de Padri, dans le Gujerat, ont revele des vestiges pre-harappeens important, situes sous un niveau du Harappa mature (date de 2300 av. J.-C. cal.), ce dernier niveau etant lui-meme recouvert par les vestiges des debuts de la phase historique (1e siecle av. J.-C.-1e siecle apr. J.-C.). La decouverte d'une phase pre-harapeenne au Gujerat est tres importante, car elle eclaire les origines de la civilisation …
Gujarat between 2000 and 1400 BCE
(2005). Gujarat between 2000 and 1400 BCE. South Asian Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 121-135
Development of Urbanization in the Mewar Region of Rajasthan, India in the Middle of Third Millennium BC
The Indian Subcontinent witnessed its first urbanization in the middle of the third millennium BC as a result of continued cultural development that started around the beginning of seventh millennium BC at Mehragrh on the Kachi Plains. Extensive research in other parts of India, revealed the presence of contemporary early farming cultures, with characteristic rural features. The recent archaeological evidence from Bagor, Balathal and Gilund (Mewa…
Basic Issues in Harappan Archaeology: Some Thoughts
The identification of the Harappan Civilization in the early twentieth century was considered to be the most significant archaeological discovery in the Indian Subcontinent as it pushed the beginning of settled life by 2000 years. Contemporary to the Mesopotamian and Egyptian Civilizations it was unique in its town planning. Spread over major parts of the western and north-western subcontinent, its influence is seen to the Tajikistan border in th…
Western Indian (Mewar) Chalcolithic Beads with Special Reference to Balathal
During the last few years, Indian archaeologists have concentrated their efforts on the investigation of sites of the 3rd to 2nd millennia B.C. in the Mewar region of western India. Unfortunately, most of the excavations have been focused on understanding the cultural sequence, settlement patterns, architecture, and pottery at the sites and have neglected the study of such important artifact categories as beads. As no final reports have been publ…
[Early Farming Cultures of South Asia] the Origin and Development of the Chalcolithic in Central India
A Pilot Use-Wear Study of Lithic Tools from the Aceramic Phase at Bagor, Rajasthan, India
The Gilund Project: Excavations in Regional Context: Proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology in Ravenna, Italy, July 2007: Proceedings of the 19th Meetin…
A Study of the Sewn-Plank Boats of Goa, India: A Study of the Sewn-Plank Boats of Goa, India
The study of traditional boats has enhanced our knowledge of the maritime past. Traditional boats are both river- and sea-worthy. They have been used in rivers for transporting cargo to inland ports from ships anchored at sea, and have often been used in naval warfare. In this paper an attempt has been made to study the sewn-plank boats of Goa, their building techniques and other features in order to understand their quality and how they were use…
Iron technology of the ancient megalithic communities in the Vidarbha region of India
Bronze technology of the ancient megalithic communities in the Vidarbha region of India
Technology, chronology and the role of crucible steel as inferred from iron objects of the ancient site at Junnar, India
Plant macro remains from Early Historic Vessel, Gilund, Rajasthan
The macrobotanical remains were recovered from the Early Historic vessel from Gilund, Rajasthan by employing dry and wet sieving techniques in the Palaeobotany laboratory. The retrieved archaeobotanical material was in carbonized and semi-carbonized state. It involves cultivated barley grains, a single cut grain of rice and a seeds of weed plant along with a bulk of wood charcoal pieces. These could survive in the carbonized state by being expose…
Characterization and comparison of the copper-base metallurgy of the Harappan sites at Farmana in Haryana and Kuntasi in Gujarat, India
A New Type of Inscribed Copper Plate from Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation
A group of nine Indus Valley copper plates (c. 2600–2000 BC), discovered from private collections in Pakistan, appear to be of an important type not previously described. The plates are significantly larger and more robust than those comprising the corpus of known copper plates or tablets, and most significantly differ in being inscribed with mirrored characters. One of the plates bears 34 characters, which is the longest known single Indus scrip…
Human Skeletal Remains from Ancient Burial Sites in India: With Special Reference to Harappan Civilization
Harappan Civilization is well known for highly sophisticated urban society, having been flourished in extensive regions of northwestern part of Pakistan and northeastern part of Afghanistan as its heyday around 4500 years ago. Most archaeologists agree on the periodization of this civilization as three different phases (Early, Mature and Late), which represent its cultural process of origin, development and decline. From the Harappan sites, one c…
Traumatic injury in a cranium found at Rakhigarhi cemetery of Harappan civilization as anthropological evidence of interpersonal violence
Assessing the physical and pathological traits of human skeletal remains from cemetery localities at the Rakhigarhi site of the Harappan Civilization
Archaeoparasitological Strategy Based on the Microscopic Examinations of Prehistoric Samples and the Recent Report on the Difference in the Prevalence of Soil Transmitted Helminthic Infections in the …
Archaeoparasitology is a study to acquire data concerning the parasite infection of ancient people through the examination of the specimens obtained in the excavation sites. Although this research has achieved many successes worldwide, there has been few noteworthy reports from South Asia countries. In 2011 to 2016, we thus conducted parasite examinations on Indian archaeological specimens (n = 247) collected at excavation sites of Mature Harappa…
Feeding the herds: Stable isotope analysis of animal diet and its implication for understanding social organisation in the Indus Civilisation, Northwest India
Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India
This paper presents novel insights into the archaeology of food in ancient South Asia by using lipid residue analysis to investigate what kinds of foodstuffs were used in ceramic vessels by populations of the Indus Civilisation in northwest India. It examines how vessels were used in urban and rural Indus settlements during the Mature Harappan period ( c .2600/2500-1900 BC), the relationship between vessels and the products within them, and ident…
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