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The Mondal Family Build a <i>Chhot</i> : A Vanishing Boat Type in the Bengali ‘Stapling’ Tradition, West Bengal, India Open

Sugata Bhattacharyya, John P. Cooper, Zeeshan A. Shaikh, Vasant Shinde · 2025

Brahui and Oraon: Tracing the Northern Dravidian genetic link back to Balochistan Open

Prajjval Pratap Singh, Ajai Kumar Pathak, Sachin Kumar Tiwary, Shailesh Desai, Rahul Mishra , et al. · 2025

Dental microwear from the Harappan sites of Juna Khatiya and Rakhigarhi, India Open

Ruokuonuo Rose Yhome, S. V. Rajesh, Niraj Rai, Vasant Shinde · 2025

Transitioning from the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution: strengthening nutritional security using climate resilient traditional crops Open

Rushikesh Tahakik, Amit G Deshmukh, M. P. Moharil, Pravin V. Jadhav, Vinod T. Kogade , et al. · 2024

Background World food production has significantly increased, largely attributed to advancements in breeding methods pioneered in previous decades. These advancements can be categorized into three major eras—the pre-Green Revolution era, t…

Animal movement on the hoof and on the cart and its implications for understanding exchange within the Indus Civilisation Open

Cameron A. Petrie, Emma Lightfoot, Penelope Jones, J WALKER, Benjamin Valentine , et al. · 2024

VaultGuard: The Advanced Keyless Security System Open

Akshay Agrawal, Yogita Deepak Mane, Neeta Patil, Sanketi Raut, Vasant Shinde · 2024

The VaultGuard is a cutting-edge password management solution designed to enhance security, convenience, and user experience. A full-featured research work named VaultGuard is developed to assist users in safely creating, organizing, and s…

Ancient iron making process at Naikund, Vidarbha region of India: a thermochemical analysis of megalithic iron smelting Open

Pravin P. Deshpande, V.S. Kathavate, Niloy K. Nath, Vasant Shinde · 2023

Advancements and Challenges in Ancient DNA Research: Bridging the Global North–South Divide Open

Vasundhra Dalal, Nagarjuna Pasupuleti, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Niraj Rai, Vasant Shinde · 2023

Ancient DNA (aDNA) research first began in 1984 and ever since has greatly expanded our understanding of evolution and migration. Today, aDNA analysis is used to solve various puzzles about the origin of mankind, migration patterns, and th…

Site Catchment Analysis of Mahalena Cave of Rajagala, Sri Lanka: With Special Reference to the Prehistoric and Anuradhapura Phase Open

Astha Dibyopama, Gamini Ranasinghe, Vasant Shinde, A. Kapukotawa, Nilesh Jadhav , et al. · 2023

The systematic archaeological survey was carried out around the 0-10 km radius of Mahalena cave site. Documentation of natural resources available within the estimated radius. A few satellite settlements or supportive settlements were iden…

Author response for "METALLOGRAPHIC AND NEUTRON DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS ON MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION AND CONTROL IN ANCIENT INDIAN HIGH CARBON STEEL" Open

Jang‐Sik Park, Francesco Grazzi, A. Scherillo, Vasant Shinde · 2021

Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India Open

Akshyeta Suryanarayan, Miriam Cubas, Oliver E. Craig, Carl Heron, Vasant Shinde , et al. · 2020

Dataset supporting Suryanarayan et al., 2020, 'Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India', Journal of Archaeological Science Open

Akshyeta Suryanarayan, Miriam Cubas, Oliver E. Craig, Carl Heron, Vasant Shinde , et al. · 2020

This dataset is linked to the publication Suryanarayan et al. 'Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India', published open access in Journal of Archaeological Science. It contains: 1. A .csv file that contains…

Feeding the herds: Stable isotope analysis of animal diet and its implication for understanding social organisation in the Indus Civilisation, Northwest India Open

Emma Lightfoot, Penelope Jones, Pramod Joglekar, M. Tames-Demauras, Emma A. Elliott Smith , et al. · 2020

An Ancient Harappan Genome Lacks Ancestry from Steppe Pastoralists or Iranian Farmers Open

Vasant Shinde, Vagheesh M. Narasimhan, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, Matthew Mah , et al. · 2019

The Genomic Formation of South and Central Asia Open

Vagheesh M. Narasimhan, Nick Patterson, Priya Moorjani, Iosif Lazaridis, Mark Lipson , et al. · 2018

The genetic formation of Central and South Asian populations has been unclear because of an absence of ancient DNA. To address this gap, we generated genome-wide data from 362 ancient individuals, including the first from eastern Iran, Tur…

Archaeological and anthropological studies on the Harappan cemetery of Rakhigarhi, India Open

Vasant Shinde, Yong Jun Kim, Eun Jin Woo, Nilesh Jadhav, Pranjali Waghmare , et al. · 2018

An insufficient number of archaeological surveys has been carried out to date on Harappan Civilization cemeteries. One case in point is the necropolis at Rakhigarhi site (Haryana, India), one of the largest cities of the Harappan Civilizat…

A young couple's grave found in the Rakhigarhi cemetery of the Harappan Civilization Open

Vasant Shinde, Hyejin Lee, Yogesh Yadav, Pranjali Waghmare, Nilesh Jadhav , et al. · 2018

The Harappan Civilization, one of the earliest complex societies in the world, flourished on the Indian subcontinent. Although many additional Harappan settlements and cemeteries have been discovered and investigated, no coupled burials at…

Assessing the physical and pathological traits of human skeletal remains from cemetery localities at the Rakhigarhi site of the Harappan Civilization Open

Eun Jin Woo, Pranjali Waghmare, Yong Jun Kim, Nilesh Jadhav, Go‐Un Jung , et al. · 2018

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 Indian Subcontinent Open

Dong Hoon Shin, Yong Jun Kim, Ravindra Singh Bisht, Vivek Dangi, Prabodh Shirvalkar , et al. · 2018

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, the…

Oxygen isotope in archaeological bioapatites from India: Implications to climate change and decline of Bronze Age Harappan civilization Open

Anindya Sarkar, Arati Deshpande Mukherjee, Melinda Kumar Bera, Bijan Kumar Das, Navin Juyal , et al. · 2016

Evidence for Patterns of Selective Urban Migration in the Greater Indus Valley (2600-1900 BC): A Lead and Strontium Isotope Mortuary Analysis Open

Benjamin Valentine, George D. Kamenov, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, Vasant Shinde, Veena Mushrif‐Tripathy , et al. · 2015

Just as modern nation-states struggle to manage the cultural and economic impacts of migration, ancient civilizations dealt with similar external pressures and set policies to regulate people's movements. In one of the earliest urban socie…

Crafts and Technologies of the Chalcolithic People of South Asia: An Overview Open

Vasant Shinde · 2015

The Chalcolithic or the Early Farming community flourished from 7000 BC to first millennium BC all over South Asia due to many factors, including climate change and population pressure.A large number of sites discovered and selected ones e…

Human Skeletal Remains from Ancient Burial Sites in India: With Special Reference to Harappan Civilization Open

Astha Dibyopama, Yong Jun Kim, Chang Seok Oh, Dong Hoon Shin, Vasant Shinde · 2015

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 archaeo…

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