Migration, trade and peoples European Association of South Asian Archaeologists, proceedings of the eighteenth congress ; London, 2005

Proceedings of the Eighteenth Congress. — London: The British Association for South Asian Studies, 2009. — 189 pp. — ISBN 978-0-9553924-5-0.**Contents:**Foreword __(Dr Michael Willis).__**Indian Ocean Commerce and the Archaeology of Western India (Editors: Roberta Tomber, Lucy Blue, Shinu Abraham)**Boats, Routes and Sailing Conditions of Indo-Roman Trade __(Lucy Blue).__Strategies for Surface Documentation at the Early Historic site of Pattanam, Kerala: the Malabar Region Archaelogical Survey __(Shinu A. Abraham).__Archaeological investigations at Pattanam, Kerala: New Evidence for the Location of Ancient Muziris __(V. Selvakumar, K.P. Shajan and Roberta Tomber).__Beyond Western India: the Evidence from Imported Amphorae __(Roberta Tomber).__**Gandharan Art (Editor: Dr Christine Frölich)**A Study of some Deities in Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian Coinages __(Dr Christine Frölich).__Vajrapani in the Narrative Reliefs __(Monika Zin).__Reliefs and Stelae from Sahri-Bahlol: a Typological Study __(Carolyn Woodford Schmidt).__Indo-Scythian Buddhists in Han Dynasty China: the Visual Evidence and its Signifcance __(Martha L. Carter).__The Gates to the Darel Valley from the Singal Valley: the Batakhun & the Yajei Passes. Field Research in Northern Pakistan tracing Fa Hsien’s route from Pamir to Darel __(Haruko Tsuchiya).__The ‘Greek Grid-Plan’ at Sirkap (Taxila) and the Question of Greek Infuence in the North West __(Rachel Mairs).__**Aryans and Nomads (Editor: Asko Parpola)**The Face Urns of Gandhara and the Nasatya Cult __(Asko Parpola).__Stone ‘Harvesters’ of Neolithic Tradition from Northern Indo-Pakistan Valleys __(Giorgio Stacul).__The Evolution of Moulding Techniques in the Ceramic Sequence of the Swat Valley (North-West Pakistan) __(Emanuele Morigi).__Relative and Absolute Chronology of Farming Monuments in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age of Northern Bactria (South-West Tajikistan) __(N.M. Vinogravoda).__ Proceedings of the Eighteenth Congress. — London: The British Association for South Asian Studies, 2009. — 189 pp. — ISBN 978-0-9553924-5-0. Contents: Foreword (Dr Michael Willis). Indian Ocean Commerce and the Archaeology of Western India (Editors: Roberta Tomber, Lucy Blue, Shinu Abraham) Boats, Routes and Sailing Conditions of Indo-Roman Trade (Lucy Blue). Strategies for Surface Documentation at the Early Historic site of Pattanam, Kerala: the Malabar Region Archaelogical Survey (Shinu A. Abraham). Archaeological investigations at Pattanam, Kerala: New Evidence for the Location of Ancient Muziris (V. Selvakumar, K.P. Shajan and Roberta Tomber). Beyond Western India: the Evidence from Imported Amphorae (Roberta Tomber). Gandharan Art (Editor: Dr Christine Frölich) A Study of some Deities in Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian Coinages (Dr Christine Frölich). Vajrapani in the Narrative Reliefs (Monika Zin). Reliefs and Stelae from Sahri-Bahlol: a Typological Study (Carolyn Woodford Schmidt). Indo-Scythian Buddhists in Han Dynasty China: the Visual Evidence and its Signifcance (Martha L. Carter). The Gates to the Darel Valley from the Singal Valley: the Batakhun & the Yajei Passes. Field Research in Northern Pakistan tracing Fa Hsien’s route from Pamir to Darel (Haruko Tsuchiya). The ‘Greek Grid-Plan’ at Sirkap (Taxila) and the Question of Greek Infuence in the North West (Rachel Mairs). Aryans and Nomads (Editor: Asko Parpola) The Face Urns of Gandhara and the Nasatya Cult (Asko Parpola). Stone ‘Harvesters’ of Neolithic Tradition from Northern Indo-Pakistan Valleys (Giorgio Stacul). The Evolution of Moulding Techniques in the Ceramic Sequence of the Swat Valley (North-West Pakistan) (Emanuele Morigi). Relative and Absolute Chronology of Farming Monuments in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age of Northern Bactria (South-West Tajikistan) (N.M. Vinogravoda).