History and Archaeology of Gujarat Through the Prism of Skandapurāna primarily engages with the sifting of archaeological and historical data from the narrative of Dharmāranya Māhātmya section of the Skandapurāna. 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 DharmāraÃnya Māhātmya, 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. About the Author: S.C. Mishra taught History to undergraduate and postgraduate students at Delhi University for more than four decades. His most valuable contribution is a book, The Evolution of Kautilya’s Arthaśāstra: An Inscriptional Approach. Besides, plethora of his research papers are published in reputed journals, edited books, proceedings of Indian History Congress and Magazines. His research interests include: Ancient World, Ancient Indian History and Literature, Archaeology, Numismatics and Epigraphy. Manisha S. Agnihotri is a Professor of History at Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi. She has contributed papers to the Indian History Congress, UGC Care listed Journals, edited books/volumes and a chapter in the textbook on European History published by Delhi University. Her research interests include: Medieval Indian History, Religious Thoughts and Practices in Early Medieval and Medieval India, Gender and Trans-Gender studies, and various ancient Indian literary and archaeological issues.