This edited volume titled 'Cultural Heritage of South Asia and Beyond: Recent Perspective' is a collection of 29 select articles presented by international and national scholars at the Sixth International Congress of the Society of South Asian Archaeology (SOSAA) held at Kolkata in March 2018.
These articles represent different topics of Archaeology, Ancient Indian History, Culture, and Heritage studies such as Prehistory, Protohistory, Harrapan Culture, Early Iron Age, Early Historic period, Ancient water management, Archaeozoological studies, Iconography, Jain and Buddhist art, Epigraphy, Temple architecture, Narrative studies, Memorial stones, Paintings, Cultural heritage. Museum Studies, Ethnographic surveys etc.
These articles shed light on recent research trends in the field of Archaeology, Ancient Indian History, Culture, and Heritage studies to comprehend different aspects such as the association ship between the artefacts and society, dimension of prehistoric human migration, landscape studies, typological analysis, technological advancement, inter- and intra-regional interactions known through material culture, subsistence strategies, interreligious dynamics, ritualistic. interpretations, tradition of memorial stones in spatial and temporal contexts, continuity and transformation of traditional practices, dimensions of urbanization in the Early Historic India, locational and social identity of the donors as known through epigraphic records etc. This edited volume would serve as reference material for forthcoming research on various topics in the field of South Asian Archaeology.