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Call to study `Indian Ocean archaeology'

By Our Staff Reporter

TIRUPATI Dec. 19. How about "Indian Ocean archaeology''? S.C.Gupta, chairman of the Indian Archaeological Society (IAS), has mooted the idea and stressed the need for further study on the topic, given the common roots of the peoples between the Red Sea and the South China Sea, as could be seen from the similarity in their cultural and behavioural patterns. "From Venice to the Mediterranean to the Indian peninsula to Japan, a striking similarity in culture could be found during the last 5,000 years, making it clear on the existence of a kind of bonding''.

The four-day joint annual conference of the IAS, the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies (ISPQS) and the Indian History and Culture Society (IHCS) began here on Friday, hosted by Sri Venkateswara University's Anthropology department, where Mr. Gupta spoke. Tracing the trade routes between India and its immediate eastern and western neighbours, which he called an archeological evidence, Mr.Gupta stated that the trade had resulted not only in exchange of commercial goods, but even in transfer of ideology.

Mr. Gupta said that the first issue of the "Indian Ocean Archaeology'' journal would be released on December 29. The release is planned to be held in Pakistan.

Vandana Kaushik, general secretary of the IHCS, New Delhi, Jacob S.Jayaraj, organising secretary of the meet, spoke. Experts deliberated on "Anthropology, archaeology, history and cultural heritage of peninsular India'', which was inaugurated by the SVU Vice-Chancellor, P.Murali.

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