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Post-Independence era The Indian archaeology reached its present form of high level academic maturity after passing through various theoretical approaches
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Mortimer Wheeler: The British Government appointed Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler as the Director General of the Archaeological survey in 1944
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Robert Bruce Foote; The development of principles of stratigraphy in Geology in Europe also received some impetus in India. The
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Alexander Cunningham: Among Prinsep’s colleagues, the notable on was a young military engineer Sir Alexander Cunningham. He came to India
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Sir William Jones; In September 1783, Sir William Jones (1746-94), one of the brilliant men of the18th century, came to
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The ancient Indian civilization differs from those of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece. Unlike other ancient civilizations, Indian has preserved its