Revealing
India's Past:
A Co-operative Record of Archaeological Conservation and Exploration
in India and Beyond
by Twenty-Two Authorities
British, Indian and Continental
Edited by Sir John Cumming
Vice
Chairman
School of Oriental Studies, 1925-1939
Foreword by Alfred Foucher
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Contents
Preface
Foreword
Chapter I: The Story of the Archaeological Department in India
(a) 1862-1902: Before Lord Curzon
(b) 1902-1938: Lord Curzon and After
Chapter II: Conservation
(a) Conditions and Methods
(b) Buddhist and Hindu Monuments
(c) Islamic Monuments
(d) Science and Conservation
Chapter III: Excavation and Exploration
(a) Prehistoric and Protohistoric Civilization
(b) Buddhist Monuments
(c) The N.-W. Frontier and Hellenic Civilization: Taxila and
Mathura
(d) Archaeological Exploration in Central Asia
(e) Indian Tibet
(f) Inferences from Chemical Analysis
Chapter IV: Epigraphy
(a) Prakit and Sanskrit Inscriptions
(b) Muslim Inscriptions
Chapter V: Archaeological Museums
Chapter VI: Publications
Chapter VII: Indian States
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Mysore
(c) Baroda
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
(e) Gwalior
(f) Travancore
(g) Jaipur
(h) Bhopal, Nagod, Mayurbhanj
Chapter VIII: Burma - Conservation and Exploration
Chapter IX: India and the Tourist
Glossary of some Indian Technical Terms
Translation of the Foreword
Index
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Revealing India's Past: A Co-operative Record of
Archaeological
Conservation and Exploration in India and Beyond
Edited by Sir John Cumming. Foreword by Alfred Foucher.
This magnificent book of essays portrays the achievements of
archaeology in British India and Burma in the period 1862-1938.
Key topics include: the story of the Archaelogical Department
in India; conservation; excavation and exploration; epigraphy;
archaeological museums; publications; Indian states; Burma; and
India and the tourist.
Eminent contributors include Sir John Marshall
(Director General of Archaelogy in India, 1902-31), Alfred Foucher
(Institut de France) and Sir Aurel Stein.
'A review and assessment of archaeological
research in South Asia by men intimately engaged in the task;
contains a fairly comprehensive bibliography of archaeological
publications on South Asia up to 1939.' -- J Michael Mahar, India:
A Critical Bibliography
Paperback. 374 pages. 30 pages of B&W plates. B&W and
colour maps. Bibliograpy; tables; index.
Weight: 740 g (25.9 oz).
Item No: 81-7624-055-9.
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