From the BBC, a city which has been the subject of legend for thousands of years is discovered off the south-east coast of India.

From The Hindu, habitational site of the Iron Age people who were buried in big urns at Adichanallur, 24 km from Tirunelveli town in Tamil Nadu.

Recent digs in the ancient town that was Dholavira are revealing a civilization vastly ahead of its time.

An article from the BBC reporting the excavation in Bihar, of one of the world's tallest Buddhist stupas.

From the Hindu, archaeologist has been in the limelight after he put forward a hypothesis, based on some striking pieces of evidence, that Muziris, the legendary seaport of the ancient world, stood at Pattanam, a small town some 12 km south of the Periyar rivermouth.

From Daily Times, historical sites in Gujrat are crumbling and the district government has made no arrangements to preserve and protect the rich heritage for future generations.

An editorial article in Frontline discussing history as projected by Hindutva ideologues, which is being introduced to children through textbooks and is being imposed upon research institutes.

From Tribune, 20 km from Chandigarh, is the township of Pinjore, which is steeped in history; besides being a retreat for tourists, has remained the centre of attraction for art lovers and archaeologists who come here to see these rare archaeological findings

A brief description and justification for inscription.

From New India Press, Indian government has decided to take up excavation along the entire stretch of what was once the route of the long dried Saraswati river from Haryana to Gujarat.

From BBC, an archaeological report it was hoped would resolve the row over the north Indian religious site only entrenches opinions.

From Guardian Unlimited, a court in India ordered archaeologists to excavate the site of the demolished Ayodhya mosque to determine whether a Hindu temple ever existed there.

Significant conceptual developments in Indian prehistory and Quaternary studies had their origin in research at this site, which was also characterised as a type-site of the Acheulian handaxe-based 'Madras Industries'.

An article in Frontline reporting that participants at the Kolkata session of the Indian History Congress express concern over attempts to distort history in school textbooks and thus subvert secular education.

From Express India, the State got its first world heritage site on Thursday when the medieval ruins of Champaner-Pavagadh town was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO.

A survey of Buddhist archaeological sites with links to photographs of surviving stupas and museum sculpture collections.

From the BBC, ancient Indian temple, Buddhism's holiest shrine, is formally dedicated as a World Heritage site.

Banawali Mound lies 14 kms, north-west of Fatehbad on the right bank of the Rangoi Nala. It is spread over an 1kmsq area and is 10 meters high.

From BBC, archaeologists complete excavation work on the religious site in northern India, the subject of dispute between Hindus and Muslims.

An article from the BBC reporting the discovery of two statues of King Asoka.

An alternative explanation of alleged artifacts from the Gulf of Cambay, western India.

An article by Shailendra Bhandare on approaches to the classification of Archaic Indian punch marked coins.

Review by D. P. Agrawal of Dilip K. Chakrabarti's 2003 volume.