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Origin of modern archaeology. One of the earliest non-Indian scholars to take an interest in the archaeology of the Indian subcontinent were Western European travelers in the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries. The earliest European written accounts of India's ancient monuments and Hindu temples were produced by sailors and travelers in the ...
[1] [2] She was previously on the faculty of the department of history at the University of Delhi. [ 3 ] She is the winner of the 2013 Infosys Prize , in the humanities, for her work in archaeology [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and the 2016 awardee of the John F. Richards prize for her book Ashoka in Ancient India . [ 6 ]
Fields. Archaeology. Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia (10 December 1908 – 28 January 1989) was an Indian Sanskrit scholar and archaeologist specialising in proto- and ancient Indian history. He is considered to have pioneered archaeological excavation techniques in India, with several significant discoveries from the prehistoric period to his credit.
Mysore Hatti Krishna Iyengar ( M. H. Krishna: 19 August 1892 – 23 December 1947) [1] was an Indian historian, archaeologist, [2] epigraphist and authority in Indian numismatics. He pioneered the new field of Indology involving the study of Indian culture, history, music and traditions from a historical perspective.
Website. asi.nic.in. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country. It was founded in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham during the British Raj who also became its first Director-General.
Website. Official web site. Katragadda Paddayya is an Indian archaeologist, Professor Emeritus and a former director of Deccan College, known to have introduced two major perspectives in archaeological theory and methodology. [1] He was honored by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.
OCLC no. 891010482. 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. It was founded by the archaeologist James Burgess to enable the sharing of ...
History of archaeology. 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).