DETAILS
Series: Studies in Bengal Art Series No. 5
Place of Publication: Dhaka
Publisher: The International Centre for Study of Bengal Art
Edition: 1st ed.
Year of Publication: 2001
Physical Description: 92p.
Book Format: Hardcover
Language: English
SYNOPSIS
For nearly seventy years scholars had been aware of the surface finds of silver punch-marked coins, semi-precious stone beads, iron slags, pottery etc. from the twin villages of Wari-Bateshwar, Narsingdi district, Bangladesh. As no systematic archaeological investigation had been carried out so far in the region, The International Centre for Study of Bengal Art (ICSBA) undertook, with permission from the Government, a small scale trial excavation which was carried out in 2000. The exercise offered significant result. It placed Wari in the Early Historic period. NBPW, Rouletted Ware and Knobbed Ware were found in this remote eastern part of Bangladesh. A large number of chips, flakes and cores from excavation and a few pieces of raw material finds of jasper and quartz from earlier exploration absolutely proved the existence of a semi-precious stone bead manufacturing center. Iron slags and smelted tiny parts of iron have also been found.The small-scale investigation leading to discovery of Rouletted Ware, Knobbed Ware, stone beads etc., particularly in the context of the geo-location of Wari-Beteshwar, inevitably indicates to southeast Asiatic and Roman contacts.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Preface
I. A preliminary report on Wari-Bateshwar trial excavation by ICSBA/Enamul Haque, S.S. Mostafizur Rahman and S. M. Kamrul Ahsan.
II. Addendum:
1. Wari-Bateshwar and the associated evidence from the Padma-Meghna deltaic region/Dilip K. Chakrabarti.
2. Two examples of Mauryan art from Bengal/Dilip K. Chakrabarty.
3. Maritime activities and the indigenous traditions of Boat-Building in ancient and mediaeval Bengal/Enamul Haque.
4. Bronze knobbed bowls from Wari, Bangladesh: implications for trade/Kishore K. Basa and S.S. M. Rahman.
5. Wari-Bateshwar: an important centre of maritime activities in ancient Bengal/Shahanaj Husne Jahan.
6. A few Wari-Bateshwar antiquities/Enamul Haque.
III. Index.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Enamul Haque (ed.)
Professor Dr. Enamul Haque (b. 1937) had his M.A. in History (Archaeology Group) from Dhaka (1960), Diploma in Museology from London (1964) and Doctorate in South Asian Art from Oxford (1973). For three decades since 1962 he served the Dhaka Museum and rose to be the Founder Director General of the Bangladesh National Museum, developing it to be the largest Museum in the Third World. He was for a year (1990) Secretary-in-charge of the Ministry of Culture, Government of Bangladesh. He also taught Art History, Museology and National Heritage in the universities of Dhaka and Jahangirnagar, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, the Independent University and BRAC University at Dhaka. An organizer of exceptional ability, he is the Founder Chairman (since 1995) and Academic Director of the International Centre for Study of Bengal Art (ICSBA) at Dhaka, convened six International Congresses on Bengal Art (1976, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 & 2005) and edits the Journal of Bengal Art (so far eight volumes). He was honoured by the Asiatic Society of Calcutta with the award of the Rama Prasad Chanda Birth Centenary Medal (1993) for his “conspicuous contribution in art and archaeology of Bengal”. Earlier, the Asia Society of New York honoured him by electing as their Honorary International Councilor (1986-92). He served as the President of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) Asia Pacific Organization (1983-86). Among his publications, notables are Islamic Art Heritage of Bangladesh (1983), Bengal Sculptures: Hindu Iconography (1992) and Chandraketugarh: A Treasure-House of Bengal Terracottas (2001).
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