RECENT RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY OF GUJARAT

During the British period a number of works were written on the history of Gujarat on the basis of various sources of information. More and more material comes to light as time proceeds. Special impetus is given to research in the history of Gujarat during post-independence times, especially after the emergence of the Gujarat State

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एच. जी. शास्त्री स्वातन्त्र्योत्तर गुजरात-इतिहास के शोध का सर्वेक्षण करते हैं — लोथल, रंगपुर, रोजड़ी, प्रभास, सुरकोटडा तथा धोलावीरा के हड़प्पाकालीन उत्खनन, पुराणों की यादव-परम्पराएँ, और क्षत्रपकाल, जहाँ चष्टन के वर्ष ६ तथा ११ के नवप्राप्त अभिलेख शक संवत् के उद्भव का प्रश्न फिर खोल देते हैं। Shastri surveys post-independence research on Gujarat's history: palaeolithic finds and Harappan excavation at Lothal, Rangpur, Rojdi, Prabhas, Surkotda and Dholavira; Puranic Yadava traditions; and the Ksatrapa period, where new Castana inscriptions dated years six and eleven reopen the origin of the Saka era.

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