Archaeology of India
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Archaeology in India is mainly done under the supervision of Archaeological Survey of India.
History
The history of Indian archaeology spans from the 19th century to the present, and includes a wide variety of archaeologists investigating the region's history. The history of archaeology began in Western Europe, and the earliest scholars to take an interest in the archaeology of the Indian subcontinent were Western European travelers in the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries.[citation needed]
Sites
Rahigarhi
In 1963, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) began excavations at this site, and, though little has been published about the excavations.[1][2] Further excavations were conducted the ASI headed by the archaeologist, Amarendra Nath, between 1997 and 2000.[3][note 1] The more recent excavations have been performed by Vasant Shinde, an archaeologist from the Deccan College.[4]
Notes
- ^ Amarendra Nath was later found guilty for forging bills during the excavation at Rakhigarhi.
Further reading
- D.P. Agrawal. The Archaeology of India. London : Curzon Press, 1981.
- Chakrabarti, Dilip K. (1982). "The Development of Archaeology in the Indian Subcontinent". World Archaeology. Vol. 13, no. 3. pp. 326–344.
- Chakrabarti D.K. 2009. India, an archaeological history : palaeolithic beginnings to early historic foundations
- Chakrabarti D.K. 2003. Archaeology in the Third World by Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti
- Chakrabarti D.K. 1988 A history of Indian archeology from the beginning to 1947
- Chakrabarti D.K. 2006. The Oxford companion to Indian archaeology : the archaeological foundations of ancient India, Stone Age to AD 13th century
- Braj Basi Lal (2011). Piecing Together - Memoirs of an Archaeologist. Aryan Books International. ISBN 978-81-7305-417-4.
- Aryas, Aryens et Iraniens en Asie Centrale Fussman, G.; Kellens, J.; Francfort, H.-P.; Tremblay, X.. (2005) Institut Civilisation Indienne ISBN 2-86803-072-6
- Dimensions in Indian History and Archaeology (S. P. Gupta and K. S. Ramachandran, eds.) New Delhi: Indian History and lture Society, 1993.
- Rao, S. R. (2008). Reminiscences of an archaeologist. New Delhi: Aryan Books International.
- New Trends in Indian Art and Archaeology: S.R. Rao's 70th Birthday Felicitation Volumes, edited by B.U. Nayak and N.C. Ghosh, 2 vols. (1992)
- Marine Archaeology in India, Delhi: Publications Division, ISBN 81-230-0785-X (2001)
- S.R. Rao, Marine Archaeology in India, Delhi: Publications Division, ISBN 81-230-0785-X (2001)
References
- ^ Wright, Rita P. (2009), The Ancient Indus: Urbanism, Economy, and Society, Cambridge University Press, p. 107, ISBN 978-0-521-57219-4 Quote: "Rakhigarhi will be discussed briefly in view of the limited published material" (p 107)
- ^ Sinopoli, Carla M. (2015), "Ancient South Asian cities in their regions", in Norman Yoffee (ed.), The Cambridge World History, Cambridge University Press, p. 325, ISBN 978-0-521-19008-4 Quote: "Excavations have also occurred at Rakhigarhi, but only brief notes have been published, and little information is currently available on its form and organization. (page 325)"
- ^ Nath, Amarendra (31 December 2014). "Excavations at Rakhigarhi [1997-98 to 1999-2000]" (PDF). Archaeological Survey of India. Archaeological Survey of India. p. 306. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Shinde, Vasant; Green, Adam; Parmar, Narender; Sable, P. D. (2012–2013). "Rakhigarhi and the Harappan Civilization: Recent Work and New Challenges". Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute. 72/73: 48. JSTOR 43610687.