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Ancient India - Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India January 1951

1951

58 I. Owing to the highly deteriorated condition of the specimens the task of examining and identifying them involved much more than the 'normal care and patience but it is a matter of gratification that in spite of the dafficulties the identfications are definite. [...] This structure and the distribution of paratracheal' and apotracheal parenchyma suggest the affinity of the timber to the Legumirumeae and particularly to the genera Dalbergia and Pterocarpus. [...] The number of ripplmarks per inch and the distribution of paratracheal and apotracheal parenchyma cells of the timber from Harappa agree with those of the Dalbergia. [...] A study of the distribution of the vessels fibres and parenchyma cells shows great similarity to 2 genera namely Schleichera of Sapindaceae and Zizyphus of Rhamnaceae.' Furthermore the structure of the rays and pits on the walls of fibres and vessels of the material from harappi show complete agreement with the Zizyphus. [...] The identification of deodar wood as covering the upper part of the body does not in any way - go against Wheeler's concilusion on the similarity of coffin-burial between the Harappa and the Sumerian civilizations.
anthropology archaeology
Pages
124
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120094
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii Director General of Archaeology in India view
Notes
1-2 unknown view
Plant-Remains from Harappa 1946
3-19 K.A. Chowdhury, S.S. Ghosh view
Further Copper Hoards from the Gangetic Basin and a Review of the Problem
20-viii B.B. Lal view
The Lithic Tool-Industries of the Singrauli Basin District Mirzapur
40-65 V.D. Krishnaswami, K.V. Soundararajan view
Rajgir 1950
66-78 A. Ghosh view
Technical Section the Weights of the Punch Marked Coins from Barwani (Madhya Bharat)
79-85 T.R. Gairola view
Backmatter
i-iii unknown view

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