Assistant Professor

Dedicated to Archaeological Research in Himalayan region of Kashmir covering the Neolithic to early historic archaeology with more focus on Indo-Greek, Kushan, and later cultural periods.

Guest Professor, EPHE, PSL University, Paris France, 2023.

Assistant Secretary, Society of South Asian Archaeology

Faculty Details

  • Mobile 9018159483
  • Email shahajmal7@gmail.com
  • Administrative position Held Curator, Central Asian Museum, Academic Counsellor PG program Archaeology
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Research Papers Published

  • "Central Asian Migrations and Kushan Material Culture in Kashmir" The Journal of Central Asian Studies, 23(1): 131-142 - {ISSN: 0975-086x} Impact Factor=
  • "Petroglyphs of Zanaskar, India: Findings of 2016 Season" Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, 46(2): 60 -67 {ISSN: 1563-0110} Impact Factor=
  • "New evidence from the Kashmir Valley indicates the adoption of East and West Asian crops in the western Himalayas by 4400 years ago" Quaternary Sciences Advances, 2(0): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa. {ISSN: 2666-0334} Impact Factor= 0
  • "Palaeoenvironmental proxies indicate long-term development of agro-pastoralist landscapes in Inner Asian mountains" Scientific Reports (Nature), 12(554): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598 {ISSN: 20452322} Impact Factor= 5.570
  • "Cereal size, AMS and charcoal data from phase 1 of the Kashmir Prehistory Project" Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 42(7): DOI No. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ja {ISSN: 2352-409X} Impact Factor= 3.216
  • "Semthan: A Hellenistic outpost in Kashmir Himalaya" Studia Hercynia, 25(2): 136 -149 {ISSN: 1212-5865} Impact Factor=
  • "Semthan: A Hellenistic outpost in Kashmir Himalaya" Studia Hercynia, 25(2): 136 -149 {ISSN: 1212-5865} Impact Factor= 0
  • "Cult Complex in Zanaskar: Analysis, Interpretation" Bulletin NSU Series: History and Philology, 22(7): 80 -90 {ISSN: 1818-7919} Impact Factor=
  • "The Five Transcendental Buddhas at Gyalwa Ringna, Zanskar: An Iconographic Study" Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, 10(0): 00 -00 {ISSN: 2347-5463} Impact Factor=

Books Published

  • "Revisiting Himalayan Boderlands: A Bridge between India and Central Asia". JayKay Publishers, new Delhi/Srinagar. {ISBN: 9788194605515} pp 361
  • "Peopling and Cultural Spread: Studies in South Asian Archaeology". Dev Publishers; New Delhi.. {ISBN: 9789394852440} pp 258

Research Projects Details:

Title of the ProjectFunding AgencyDatedAmount (in Rs.)
Archaeological Studies of Migration Routes from Central Asia to Kashmir (Excavations at Ahan, Ganderbal district, Kashmir valley)Gerda Henkel Stiftung, Germany06-09-20179,000,000.00
Documentation of Wooden Khanqahs in KashmirOxford Brookes University, United Kingdom18-11-202215,654,635.00

Teaching:

DepartmentSubjectCourse TaughtSemester
Centre of Central Asian Studies (CCAS)P. G. ArchaeologyIntoruction to Archaeology1
Centre of Central Asian Studies (CCAS)P. G. ArchaeologyPrehistoric Archaeology of Kashmir1
Centre of Central Asian Studies (CCAS)Ph.D.Course work1