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Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni CIE (16 December 1879 – 7 March 1939) was an Indian archaeologist who supervised the excavation of the Indus valley site at Harappa in 1920 to 1921. The first report on Harappan excavations came out on 29 March 1921, published by John Marshall, which is why various historians have chosen 1921 AD as the period of ...
1921–1923, Daya Ram Sahni conducted the excavation. Located in Punjab's Montgomery district on the banks of the Ravi River (Pakistan). [27] Excavations have been done at Cemetry-37 and Stone Dancing Natraja.
Hargreaves was succeeded by Daya Ram Sahni. Sahni was succeeded by J. F. Blakiston and K. N. Dikshit both of whom had participated in the excavations at Harappa and Mohenjodaro. In 1944, a British archaeologist and army officer, Mortimer Wheeler took over as Director General.
Following the re-organizational efforts of Indian archaeologist Daya Ram Sahni in 1913, the museum received objects recovered from archaeological excavations in Panderenthan, Parihaspora and Avantipura. [3]
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Harappa Museum is an archaeology museum based in Harappa, Punjab, Pakistan. [1] It is located about 7 kilometers from Harappa railway station, [1] and is 17 km (11 mi) west of Sahiwal. [2] Founded in 1926 as a small site museum, it shifted to its present building in 1967 [2] which was constructed by the Government of Pakistan. [3] [4]
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Daya Ram Sahni, first director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) [30] Ram Nath Chopra, Father of Indian Pharmacology [30] Birbal Sahni, Indian Paleobotanist and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) [30] Mahesh Prasad Mehray, Indian ophthalmologist who was awarded the Padma Shri in 1955 and the Padma Bhushan in ...