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dc.contributor.authorGaur, A.S.
dc.contributor.authorSundaresh
dc.contributor.authorKumar, B.
dc.date.accessioned2006-11-14T07:10:15Z
dc.date.available2006-11-14T07:10:15Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Indian Ocean Archaeology, vol.2 110-114p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/477
dc.description.abstractA coastal archaeological exploration in Talaja taluka of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, brought to light 5 grapnel stone anchors in an agriculture land. The site and these anchors are known as Bhima ka Khatiya ('Cot of Bhima', a famous character of Mahabharata). They are the biggest stone anchors ever found from anywhere in the world. The average length of the anchor is 4.9 m and the average weight is estimated to be about 3800 kgs. These anchors are generally termed as Indo-Arab type. The paper discusses the importance of these anchors with respect to their function.
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dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectarchaeological exploration
dc.subjectgrapnel stone anchors
dc.titleThe biggest stone anchors (Indo-Arab type) from Mithi Virdi, Bhavnagar, west coast of India
dc.typeJournal Article


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