Report of the Archaeological Survey of Chamak and its Surroundings, District Amaravati, Maharashtra | Zendy

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Report of the Archaeological Survey of Chamak and its Surroundings, District Amaravati, Maharashtra

Author(s) -

Jason Hawkes,

Riza Abbas,

Michael Willis

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

ancient asia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17

H-Index - 2

ISSN - 2042-5937

DOI - 10.5334/aa.115

Subject(s) - charter , archaeology , geography

This report presents the results of a short programme of fieldwork targeted towards the investigation of the archaeological and geographical setting of the Chamak copperplate charter. This inscription, unearthed in the modern village of Chamak in 1868, records the grant of land to a group of Brahmins living in the village of ‘Charmaka’. These have long been assumed to be the same place, but the archaeological contexts of the find spot of the charter had never been explored. Preliminary surveys in and around Chamak have revealed a considerable amount of archaeological material, which is presented here

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