ISSUE

Volume-X

, Issue-II

(SPRING 2025)



01 - Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: Time Travellesque Trapped Kinetics of Refug

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-II).01
10.31703/gssr.2025(X-II).01      Published : Jun 2025

    This paper demonstrates how Mohsin Hamid's Exit West deals with the pernicious consequences of war, and anarchy.  The refugees Saeed and Nadia resorted to escape routes in search of an asylum, due to war. These were desperate times that called for desperate measures. When both protagonists escape using "black doors," what I call 'time- time-travellesque,' it transports them to an alternate re... Details
    Black Doors, Spatio-Temporal, Surveillance, Time Travellesque, Trapped Kinetics, Refugees
    (1) Mahwish Abid
    Ph. D scholar, Department of English, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Aroosa Kanwal
    Professor, Department of English, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

02 - Elemental Analysis of Late Kushan Copper Coins from the Islamabad Museum, Pakist

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-II).02
10.31703/gssr.2025(X-II).02      Published : Jun 2025

    Archaeometallurgy examines the manufacture, practice, and technical development of ancient metals. This investigation middles on the elemental analysis of Late Kushan copper coins from Pakistan, applying X-ray fluorescence (XRF) Spectroscopy, a non-destructive method to discover their metallurgical alignment. The sample consisted of 22 Late Kushan copper coins, from the Islamabad Museum's reserve ... Details
    Non-destructive, Longevity, X-Ray Fluorescence, Spectroscopy, Inclusion, Poling, Striations
    (1) Attiya Malik
    PhD Scholar, Department of Archeology, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Naveed Usman
    Lecturer, Department of Archeology, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Gul Rahim Khan
    Professor, Department of Archeology, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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