Alexander Cunningham: Among Prinsep’s colleagues, the notable on was a young military engineer Sir Alexander Cunningham. He came to India at the age of 18. In 1861, he became the first Archaeological Surveyor of the Archaeological Survey established under the Governor Generalship of Lord Canning. His primary concern was historical archaeology. During his tenure, the […]
Read More »Sir William Jones; In September 1783, Sir William Jones (1746-94), one of the brilliant men of the18th century, came to Calcutta as Judge of the Supreme Court under the Governor-Generalship of Warren Hastings Jones was a linguistic genius who learnt all the European languages as well as Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and Turkish before coming to […]
Read More »The ancient Indian civilization differs from those of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece. Unlike other ancient civilizations, Indian has preserved its tradition without any cultural breakdown to the present day. The visible monuments like stupas, temples, mosques, front, rock-cut caves, pillars and other architectural edifices embedded with numerous inscriptions in different languages and script are always […]
Read More »SUMMARY – ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOURCES The science that enables us to dig the old mounds in a systematic manner in successive layers and to form an idea of the material life of the people is called Archaeology. Yet again history could be written from a number of sources which also include Archaeological Sources. These could be […]
Read More »Archaeology The science which enables us to dig the old mounds in a systematic manner, in successive layers, and to form an idea of the material life of the people is called archaeology C14 A scientific method of dating the excavated and recovered material remains are known as Radio Carbon Method. It is associated with […]
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