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Memoirs of the Archæological Survey of India. An Archaeological Tour in Gedrosia

1931

Aparent similarities noticed betwein the characters as yet undeciphered on seals from Mohenjo-daro and Harappa and those of the earliest Sumerian script would necessarily help to direct attention to the possibility of a line of closer relations having lain through the territories which stretch from the terminal course of the Indus to the head of the Persian Gulf. [...] Interest of ancient Gedrosia.—It was into that far-stretched portion of Gedrosia which comprises the territories of Kháran Makrin and Jhalawin between the Arabian Sea in the south and the deserts adjoining Afghanistan in the north that I had wished to extend the investigation started at the beginning of 1927 far away in the north near the confines of ancient Gandhära. [...] The original materials reproduced relate mainly to the traditional local rulers in late mediaeval times and those preceding the oonqueet about the middle of the 18th century by the Brihili Kane of Sant AS well as to the subsequent period down to the establishment of British supremacy. [...] In the south there adjoins the State of Las-Bela confined mainly to the flat stretch of country between the extreme offshoots of the Jhalawan ranges and the Arabian Sea. [...] Though springs and Kitrezes owing perhaps to the greater height of the ranges and a The name Jhalawan is explained as derived from the Baluchi word Jahl meaning below or to the south the corresponding designation of &nitwit' from Balilohi ear (` head the above ') being applied to the portion of the KalAt State which adjoins to the north.
anthropology archaeology
Pages
292
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100116
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-vi Aurel Stein view
Frontmatter
i-ii Aurel Stein view
Introductory
1-5 Aurel Stein view
Chapter I.—A Sketch of Geographical Features
5-15 Aurel Stein view
Chapter II.—Remains in Kharan
15-34 Aurel Stein view
Chapter III.—Old Sites in Rakhshan and Parom
35-52 Aurel Stein view
Chapter IV.—In the Kej Valley and Dasht
52-71 Aurel Stein view
Chapter V.—Remains on Makran Coast
71-86 Aurel Stein view
Chapter VI.—Sites in the Kej Valley
86-103 Aurel Stein view
Chapter VII.—Ruined Sites of Kolwa
104-127 Aurel Stein view
Chapter VIII. Ancient Remains between Kolwa and Jhau
127-144 Aurel Stein view
Chapter IX.—Ruined Sites of Mashkai
144-170 Aurel Stein view
Chapter X.—Along the Central Valley of Jhalawan and Sarawan
170-190 Aurel Stein view
Appendix Report on a Collection of Bones Made by Sir Aurel. Stein in Makran
191-200 R.B. Sewell, B.S. Guha view
Index
201-211 C.L. Fabri view
Backmatter
i-13 C.L. Fabri view

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