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Colonial archaeology in South Asia : the legacy of Sir Mortimer Wheeler

Title
Colonial archaeology in South Asia : the legacy of Sir Mortimer Wheeler / Himanshu Prabha Ray.
Author
Ray, Himanshu Prabha.
Publication
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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xii, 291 p. : maps; 22 cm.
Summary
On the development of archaeology as a discipline in India during the tenure of Mortimer Wheeler, former director-general, Archaeological Survey of India.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-272) and index.
Contents
The assignment and the agenda -- The personal and the methodology -- The conservation policy -- Museums in India -- The Indus civilization and the archaeology of fortifications -- The megaliths: beginnings of anthropology -- Roman Britain and archaeology in India -- Indian archaeology in its wider context -- Independent India: archaeology in the study of the past.
Call Number
JFD 09-832
ISBN
  • 019569077X
  • 9780195690774
LCCN
2008307058
OCLC
181068347
Author
Ray, Himanshu Prabha.
Title
Colonial archaeology in South Asia : the legacy of Sir Mortimer Wheeler / Himanshu Prabha Ray.
Imprint
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-272) and index.
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JFD 09-832
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