The paper, based on the study of Kushana age apsidal Naga shrines and present day Chamunda shrine, discusses the contesting processes of identity formation of a social space and ancient artefact. In 1960s-70s, Herbert Hartel through his excavations at Sonkh brought into light the historical past of this settlement. A Naga sculpture, found at Sonkh in excavations, was captured, transformed into a Chamunda goddess and established in a modern shrine by the local communities. Whereas excavations of Herbert Hartel identified Sonkh as a Kushana period urban centre, where Naga cult, at least during the Kushana period, was firmly rooted, the local people have associated the same space with an ancient cult of Chamunda goddess.

Goddess Danteśvarī is a tribal deity of Bastar and it is a region which has remained a forest dominated land, full of uncertainties and limited economic opportunities, inhabited by various tribal groups. From various textual and geographical descriptions, it is clear that the Bastar region has tribal traits and features of living and due to this a pattern of tribal religion drown within the pantheon of goddess Danteśvarī had developed and dominated over the region.

The present paper attempts to recover women’s agency in North East Indian History by rereading insurgency in Mizo hills from 1966 to 1986. It raises questions with regards to the formation of ethnic nationalism. The ethnic political ideology and discourses embedded the image of ethnic masculine role as central while portraying feminine role as secondary. In this paper agency has been used as an investigating tool that includes&consciousness, aspiration, assertion and resistance from the shared experiences of women. From an unpublished autobiography, written memoirs and reminisces, oral interviews of the participants, the present paper uses women’s personal narratives as an alternative form of reading Mizo insurgency movement. Adopting the feminist approach on “agency” it recovers the lost voice of subaltern women. Though it places feminine and masculine roles equally important for the completion of ethnic nationalism, the paper concludes that Mizo insurgency was a war of power contestation between the two patriarchies that required the two gender roles, but only for the consolidation of the patriarchal power.

Purpose of this study is to identify the strategic location of Haigunda and Mirjan and its importance in trans-oceanic supply chain network. Both the places under study located in the middle of river Sharavati and Aghanashini provided two arms support to Honnavar and made it one of the most flourishing trade centre. Principal idea of this study is to establish relationship between different economic patterns and geographical location for the rise and growth of Honnavar port city.Through Qualitative and exploratory method of study, valuable information pertaining to changing political and economic scenarios have been gathered. Data have been collected from archives, published reports, field trip and interviews. This study also explores the reasons of decline in trading activities in later period. Five approaches have been assessed and established concurring on the decline. The present state of empirical research also focuses on cultural change apart from economic development. As change of life style and new and fast mode of transportation may have also contributed to some change in old established way of life.