Synopsis Like its predecessors, this volume presents a cross-section of the most recent research work done by Indian scholars of archaeology. Included here are articles on new finds and breakthrough discoveries, besides reports on fresh archaeological excavations at different sites in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and Rajasthan. The volume covers, among other notable finds, the remains of Buddha stupa at Sirpur, of a temple in Kalinjar Fort at Banda, of Choudwar (an ancient city) near Cuttack, and of Asokan Pillar near Patna; besides early farming culture of Malwa region, a Megalithic iron smelting culture, a chalcolithic culture, and petroglyph sites.