History and Archaeology of Gujarat Through The Prism of Skandapurana

History and Archaeology of Gujarat Through the Prism of Skandapurana primarily engages with the sifting of archaeological and historical data from the narrative of Dharmaranya Mahatmya section of the Skandapurana. As a sequel, this volume on the one hand, brings out, locates and unravels the history and archaeology of the settlements, decadence and rehabilitations of a place, many a times in succession at different points of times in its long-checkered history, and on the other hand it unravels the successive layers of developments at the site(s) and its influence zones on the topographical landscape of Gujarat through the medium of the “Archaeological Stratification of the text”. Later, in its secondary treatment, the volume juxtaposes, matches and reconciles the data and material culture obtained from the series of explorations and excavations conducted at various archaeological sites in the past. The conclusion highlights that some of the accounts of the puranic descriptions of the Dharmaraanya Mahatmya, such as its settlements, migrations, immigrations, rehabilitations and the extension of the nuclear sites matches with the archaeological sites of the landscape. In the same way, some of the structures and places of worship are also corroborated when matched with it.