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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 ...
Daojali Hading. Daojali Hading is a neolithic site in Dima Hasao District of Assam, India on a low hillock about 1000 feet above sea level, [1] dated to about 2,700 years before present. [2] Excavated in 1961-63 by a team led by M C Goswami and T C Sharma, [3] it is the first stratified neolithic site discovered in Northeast India. [4]
Brahmagiri archaeological site. Coordinates: 14°48′50″N 76°48′23″E. Brahmagiri is an archaeological site located in the Chitradurga district of the state of Karnataka, India. [1] Legend has it that this is the site where sage Gautama Maharishi (also spelt Gauthama Maharshi) and his wife Ahalya lived. He was one among seven noted Hindu ...
The Burzahom site is a prehistoric settlement in the village of the same name in the Srinagar District. It is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) to the northwest of Srinagar on the Naseem-Shalimar road. The elevation of the site is 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) above sea-level. [3][4] It is the northernmost excavated Neolithic site of India.
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.
This site was built more than 2000 years ago, with many of its megalithic structures dated to between 800 BCE and 200 BCE. [2] [3] The Iron Age is estimated to have spanned more than 1000 years (from 1200 BCE to 200 CE) in this portion of India. [3]
The Kupgal petroglyphs are works of rock art found at Kupgal in Bellary district of Karnataka, India. Thousands of petroglyphs have been found at Kupgal, which date to the neolithic or even the old stone age. The site, which includes examples of rock gongs, was discovered first in 1892, but subsequently became lost to researchers until it was ...
In South India, the Mesolithic period lasted until 3000 BCE, and the Neolithic period until c. 1000 BCE, [2] followed by a Megalithic transitional period, mostly skipping the Bronze Age. The Iron Age in India began roughly simultaneously in North and South India, around c. 1200 to 1000 BCE (Painted Grey Ware culture, Hallur, Paiyampalli).