A.S. Gaur & Sundaresh

A.S. Gaur (1965) is working in the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa since 1988. He has carried out extensive research in the field of Marine Archaeology and important projects including the underwater explorations at Dwarka, Bet Dwarka, Somnath, Kodinar, Ghogha on the Gujarat coast and many other sites all along the Indian coast. Presently, he is concentrating his research along the Saurashtra coast and Rann of Kachchh, where a number of archaeological sites have been discovered. He has authored a book?Harappan Maritime Legacies of Gujarat (2000)?and co-authored the books?Archaeology of Bet Dwarka (2005), Underwater Archaeology of Dwarka and Somnath (2008). He has also co-edited two books, namely, Krishnayan: A Peep into the Past (2004) and Glimpses of Marine Archaeology in India (2006). A large number of research papers have been published by him in important scientific and archaeological journals. Sundaresh (1964) is working in the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa since 1989 as a Marine Archaeologist. He has carried out extensive underwater archaeological investigations at Dwarka, Bet Dwarka, Somnath, Mahabalipuram, Poompuhar, Goa and Lakshadweep waters for the study of submerged ports and shipwrecks. He has participated in an international expedition for the study of submerged structures in Japan waters. He has more than 70 research papers to his credit. He has also co-authored two books?Archaeology of Bet Dwarka (2005) and Underwater Archaeology of Dwarka and Somnath (2008). Presently, he is working on coastal archaeology and shipwrecks on the South Indian coast.