The ancient Indian glazed pottery, which is often termed as northern black polished ware (NBPW), ... more The ancient Indian glazed pottery, which is often termed as northern black polished ware (NBPW), has a high lustrous finishing and it is closely related to the second urbanization in the Indian subcontinent. In this communication, an attempt has been made to review previous research related to manufacturing technology, especially the surface gloss and firing process, using SEM and EDS techniques. The objective of this communication is to address some of the problems relating to technological competence thus achieved at that point of time. NBPW was a specialized craft in ancient India, the competence of which gradually evolved.
ABSTRACT Haslam and Petraglia raise three broad questions concerning our paper ‘Environmental imp... more ABSTRACT Haslam and Petraglia raise three broad questions concerning our paper ‘Environmental impact of the 73 ka Toba super-eruption in South Asia’, by Martin A. J. Williams, Stanley H. Ambrose, Sander van der Kaars, Carsten Ruehlemann, Umesh Chattopadhyaya, Jagannath Pal, Parth R. Chauhan [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 284 (2009) 295–314]. (a) What was the relationship between the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption and the cold stade between the Dansgaard–Oeschger interstades 20 and 19? (b) What was the regional impact of the eruption on vegetation? (c) What was the possible effect of the eruption upon humans and mammals? In response to questions (a) and (b) we note that the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption was followed by several centuries of intense cooling and wind-blown dust accession in the Greenland GISP2 ice core, by a change from forest to grassland or open woodland in central India (carbon isotopic analysis) and in the wider region (pollen analysis of a marine sediment core in the Bay of Bengal). In regard to (c), the genetic evidence is as yet too imprecisely dated to demonstrate causality as is the archaeological evidence cited by Haslam and Petraglia in favour of minimal impact. Future work supported by higher resolution chronologies than are presently available is needed to provide a less equivocal picture of the environmental impact of the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption.
This paper explores the possibility of a ”humanistic history” as part of a new historical thinkin... more This paper explores the possibility of a ”humanistic history” as part of a new historical thinking in an era of global crisis. It supports New Humanism emphasizing intercultural dialogue, one the one hand, and unity in difference, on the other. The key concepts in this new historical thinking are ”connection” and complementarity of reason and compassion, the finest and the most humane form of emotion that brings sensitivity to reasoning. There is a need to incorporate refinement of ideas and methods in both humanism and history and to make adjustments, if necessary, in the dominant metaphysics governing modernist intellectual thinking. It is suggested that the four-fold logical system of traditional India, wider in scope than the existing one in Western rationality, may be fruitfully applied to address historical problems. The paper discusses, in the end, the nature of humanistic history with reference to three issues: a) the question of connected history, b) trauma and suffering- h...
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:D061766 / BLDSC - British Library... more SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:D061766 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo
ABSTRACT Haslam and Petraglia raise three broad questions concerning our paper ‘Environmental imp... more ABSTRACT Haslam and Petraglia raise three broad questions concerning our paper ‘Environmental impact of the 73 ka Toba super-eruption in South Asia’, by Martin A. J. Williams, Stanley H. Ambrose, Sander van der Kaars, Carsten Ruehlemann, Umesh Chattopadhyaya, Jagannath Pal, Parth R. Chauhan [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 284 (2009) 295–314]. (a) What was the relationship between the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption and the cold stade between the Dansgaard–Oeschger interstades 20 and 19? (b) What was the regional impact of the eruption on vegetation? (c) What was the possible effect of the eruption upon humans and mammals? In response to questions (a) and (b) we note that the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption was followed by several centuries of intense cooling and wind-blown dust accession in the Greenland GISP2 ice core, by a change from forest to grassland or open woodland in central India (carbon isotopic analysis) and in the wider region (pollen analysis of a marine sediment core in the Bay of Bengal). In regard to (c), the genetic evidence is as yet too imprecisely dated to demonstrate causality as is the archaeological evidence cited by Haslam and Petraglia in favour of minimal impact. Future work supported by higher resolution chronologies than are presently available is needed to provide a less equivocal picture of the environmental impact of the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption.
... Page 2. 462 Umesh Chattopadhyaya patterns and land-use strategies among Mesolithic hunter-fis... more ... Page 2. 462 Umesh Chattopadhyaya patterns and land-use strategies among Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers of the Ganges valley, north-central India. ... Page 4. 464 UmeshChattopadhyaya monsoon period and autumn (July-October). ...
The cooling effects of historic volcanic eruptions on world climate are well known but the impact... more The cooling effects of historic volcanic eruptions on world climate are well known but the impacts of even bigger prehistoric eruptions are still shrouded in mystery. The eruption of Toba volcano in northern Sumatra some 73,000 years ago was the largest explosive eruption of the ...
The ancient Indian glazed pottery, which is often termed as northern black polished ware (NBPW), ... more The ancient Indian glazed pottery, which is often termed as northern black polished ware (NBPW), has a high lustrous finishing and it is closely related to the second urbanization in the Indian subcontinent. In this communication, an attempt has been made to review previous research related to manufacturing technology, especially the surface gloss and firing process, using SEM and EDS techniques. The objective of this communication is to address some of the problems relating to technological competence thus achieved at that point of time. NBPW was a specialized craft in ancient India, the competence of which gradually evolved.
ABSTRACT Haslam and Petraglia raise three broad questions concerning our paper ‘Environmental imp... more ABSTRACT Haslam and Petraglia raise three broad questions concerning our paper ‘Environmental impact of the 73 ka Toba super-eruption in South Asia’, by Martin A. J. Williams, Stanley H. Ambrose, Sander van der Kaars, Carsten Ruehlemann, Umesh Chattopadhyaya, Jagannath Pal, Parth R. Chauhan [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 284 (2009) 295–314]. (a) What was the relationship between the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption and the cold stade between the Dansgaard–Oeschger interstades 20 and 19? (b) What was the regional impact of the eruption on vegetation? (c) What was the possible effect of the eruption upon humans and mammals? In response to questions (a) and (b) we note that the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption was followed by several centuries of intense cooling and wind-blown dust accession in the Greenland GISP2 ice core, by a change from forest to grassland or open woodland in central India (carbon isotopic analysis) and in the wider region (pollen analysis of a marine sediment core in the Bay of Bengal). In regard to (c), the genetic evidence is as yet too imprecisely dated to demonstrate causality as is the archaeological evidence cited by Haslam and Petraglia in favour of minimal impact. Future work supported by higher resolution chronologies than are presently available is needed to provide a less equivocal picture of the environmental impact of the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption.
This paper explores the possibility of a ”humanistic history” as part of a new historical thinkin... more This paper explores the possibility of a ”humanistic history” as part of a new historical thinking in an era of global crisis. It supports New Humanism emphasizing intercultural dialogue, one the one hand, and unity in difference, on the other. The key concepts in this new historical thinking are ”connection” and complementarity of reason and compassion, the finest and the most humane form of emotion that brings sensitivity to reasoning. There is a need to incorporate refinement of ideas and methods in both humanism and history and to make adjustments, if necessary, in the dominant metaphysics governing modernist intellectual thinking. It is suggested that the four-fold logical system of traditional India, wider in scope than the existing one in Western rationality, may be fruitfully applied to address historical problems. The paper discusses, in the end, the nature of humanistic history with reference to three issues: a) the question of connected history, b) trauma and suffering- h...
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:D061766 / BLDSC - British Library... more SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:D061766 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo
ABSTRACT Haslam and Petraglia raise three broad questions concerning our paper ‘Environmental imp... more ABSTRACT Haslam and Petraglia raise three broad questions concerning our paper ‘Environmental impact of the 73 ka Toba super-eruption in South Asia’, by Martin A. J. Williams, Stanley H. Ambrose, Sander van der Kaars, Carsten Ruehlemann, Umesh Chattopadhyaya, Jagannath Pal, Parth R. Chauhan [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 284 (2009) 295–314]. (a) What was the relationship between the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption and the cold stade between the Dansgaard–Oeschger interstades 20 and 19? (b) What was the regional impact of the eruption on vegetation? (c) What was the possible effect of the eruption upon humans and mammals? In response to questions (a) and (b) we note that the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption was followed by several centuries of intense cooling and wind-blown dust accession in the Greenland GISP2 ice core, by a change from forest to grassland or open woodland in central India (carbon isotopic analysis) and in the wider region (pollen analysis of a marine sediment core in the Bay of Bengal). In regard to (c), the genetic evidence is as yet too imprecisely dated to demonstrate causality as is the archaeological evidence cited by Haslam and Petraglia in favour of minimal impact. Future work supported by higher resolution chronologies than are presently available is needed to provide a less equivocal picture of the environmental impact of the ∼ 73 ka Toba eruption.
... Page 2. 462 Umesh Chattopadhyaya patterns and land-use strategies among Mesolithic hunter-fis... more ... Page 2. 462 Umesh Chattopadhyaya patterns and land-use strategies among Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers of the Ganges valley, north-central India. ... Page 4. 464 UmeshChattopadhyaya monsoon period and autumn (July-October). ...
The cooling effects of historic volcanic eruptions on world climate are well known but the impact... more The cooling effects of historic volcanic eruptions on world climate are well known but the impacts of even bigger prehistoric eruptions are still shrouded in mystery. The eruption of Toba volcano in northern Sumatra some 73,000 years ago was the largest explosive eruption of the ...
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