Author Description

Electronic Reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mi Available Via World Wide Web. Swadhin Sen Has Been Teaching In The Department Of Archaeology Of Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, As A Professor. He Has Directed Several Excavations And Undertaken Full-coverage Surveys In The Northern Part Of Bangladesh. He Has Conducted Ethnoarchaeological And Ethnoecological Studies In The North-western And South-western Parts Of Bangladesh. Currently He Is Directing Research Projects On The Palaeoecology Of Bengal And The Archaeology Of Dynamic Terrain Of Bengal. His Fields Of Interest Also Include Politics Of The Pasts, Critical Studies Of Heritage, Archaeologies Of Religions, Popular Culture Of Landscape And Waterscapes, And Cultural Politics Of Ecology. He Loves Conversation With People And Is Passionately Entangled With Water And Rivers. Supriya Varma Is In The Process Of Transitioning From Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, To Azim Premji University, Bhopal. She Has Been The Co-director Of Several Archaeological Projects Including The Indor Khera Archaeological Project (ikap) And The Rohana Khurd Archaeological Project (rokap). Her Research Interests Include Land Use, Pastoralism, Mobility, Landscapes, Waterscapes, Urbanism, Childhood, Households, Crafts, Identities, Heritage, And Sustainability. Her Earlier Work Focused On The Archaeology Of Childhood And Households In Ancient Cities, But In The Last Several Years, Her Research Has Shifted To The Medieval And Early Modern Periods. Among Her Publications Are The Co-edited Book Traditions In Motion: Religion And Society In History And A Special Issue On Archaeologies Of The Medieval In South Asia For The Medieval History Journal. She Is Currently Co-directing An International And Interdisciplinary Project Called Mandu: Monsoon, Climate, And Society In Medieval And Early Modern Times. Bhairabi Prasad Sahu Was A Professor At The Department Of History, University Of Delhi. He Was The Head Of The Department During 2004-7, And Dean O