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Excavations to Resolve Temple Row
From Guardian Unlimited, a court in India ordered archaeologists to excavate the site of the demolished Ayodhya mosque to determine whether a Hindu temple ever existed there.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,908247,00.html
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Archaeology in the Third World
Review by D. P. Agrawal of Dilip K. Chakrabarti's 2003 volume.
http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/t_rv/t_rv_agraw_third.htm
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Government to Dig up the Path of the Mythical Saraswati River
From New India Press, Indian government has decided to take up excavation along the entire stretch of what was once the route of the long dried Saraswati river from Haryana to Gujarat.
http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEH20030725112452&Page=H&Title=Top+Stories&rLink=0
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Ritual and Presentation in Early Buddhist Religious Architecture
Asian Perspectives 43(1). The physical organization and layout of Buddhist reliquary mounds, stupas, provides a window into the forms of ritual practiced by Buddhists in the first few centuries B.C. through the end of the second century A.D. [subscriptio
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v042/42.1fogelin.pdf
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Megalithic Pochampad: The Skeletal Biology and Archaeological Context of an Iron Age Site in Andhra Pradesh, India
Asian Perspectives 41(1). Human skeletal remains from a burial site in southern India excavated in the 1960s by the Department of Archaeology and Museums of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, have been analyzed. [subscription required]
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.1kennedy.pdf
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Search for Lost River Throws Up 300 AD Site in Haryana
Extensive excavation in the last seven months at Adi Badri site, 40 km north of the Yamunanagar district in Haryana, has yielded a 300 AD Kushan site, and speculation that this may be the spot where the river had originated.
http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEP20030812135111&Title=States&rLink=0
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1000-year-old, Long Tamil Inscription Found
From the Hindu, a long inscription in Tamil, running to 28 lines and about 1,000 years old, has been discovered at a temple in Ennayiram village, 18 km from Villupuram town in Tamil Nadu.
http://www.hindu.com/2003/11/07/stories/2003110701571300.htm
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1,000-Year-Old Sculpture Found
From New Inda Press, research team of Kongu Naadu Vellalar Trust has found a 1,000-year-old sculpture at Athanur Amman Temple near Rasipuram, highlighting the importance of trade activities of Tamils.
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20031126041305&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&
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1,100-year-old Chola Stone Inscription Found
From the Hindu, inscription of the Parantaka Chola period has been discovered at a Siva temple at Ezhuchur, near Padappai, in Sriperumbudur taluk of Kancheepuram District.
http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/31/stories/2003123107210400.htm
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Monk Mummy Found in Mountains
From phayul, a mummy of a Tibetan Buddhist monk, believed to be about 500 years old, has been found in India's northern Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=6214
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