The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c14.s1.t7.54

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Among the areas of relative isolation, Gujarat is very typical and its geographic position has secured for it, its place in Indian archaeology. This area has been subjected to a series of intensive studies by the Departments of Archaeology, of the Baroda University and the Governments of India and Bombay. Gujarat really speaking consists of three natural sub-divisions: Anarta (North Gujarat and portions of Rajputana), Saurashtra (the peninsula of Kathiawad) and Lata (South Gujarat and Konkan). This difference is very significant, since Anarta more or less corresponds to the semi-arid loessic zone, and Lata is coextensive with the fertile coastal strip and Konkan. This story is not belied by archaeology.