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Scholarly investigation into Indian archaeology was largely influenced by Alexander Cunningham, who became the first director of the Archaeological Survey of India, which was established in 1861. Cunningham along with various assistants visited many sites and monuments of archaeological importance in India.
Some of the important archaeological discoveries reported in Ancient India include Wheeler's excavations at Indus Valley sites and Arikamedu and the excavation of South Indian Stone Age and megalithic sites at Brahmavalli, Chandragiri, Maski and Porkalam during the 1950s. The journal also contained scholarly articles on archaeology and epigraphy.
[7] [8] [9] Many archaeology journals also show a gender citation gap: articles written by women are less likely to be cited, especially by men. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Studies have generally shown that the imbalance in publication rates is because archaeology journals receive fewer submissions from women, rather than any detectable bias in the peer ...
The Indian Antiquary: A journal of oriental research in archaeology, history, literature, language, philosophy, religion, folklore, &c, &c (subtitle varies) was a journal of original research relating to India, published between 1872 and 1933.
The second, "Establishment of the Gods", looks at the development of temples and puja in India. Willis' book was positively reviewed in various peer reviewed academic journals, such as South Asian Studies and the Religious Studies Review , as well as in popular Indian newspaper The Hindu .
Agrawal has made significant contributions to the fields of paleoenvironment, pre-historic archaeology, radiocarbon dating, the archaeology of metallurgy, and the history of science and technology in India. He has edited the journal Man and Environment for a number of years, and served on the advisory board of journals World Archaeology and Le ...
An old ticket for the heritage monuments of India, issued by the Archaeological Survey of India. The Archaeological Survey of India is an attached office of the Ministry of Culture. Under the provisions of the AMASR Act of 1958, the ASI administers more than 3650 ancient monuments, archaeological sites and remains of national importance. These ...
Archaeology is the study of human activity in the past, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts (also known as eco-facts) and cultural landscapes (the archaeological record). The development of the field of archaeology ...