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The World of India's First Archaeologist

Letters from Alexander Cunningham to Jdm Beglar

Herausgeber: Singh, Upinder

Beschreibung

Alexander Cunningham, India's first professional archaeologist, became the first Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1871. This volume contains a collection of 193 letters he wrote between 1871 and 1888 to his Archaeological Assistant, J. D. M. Beglar. The letters, published here for the first time, edited and with an introduction by Upinder Singh, offer exciting, new insights into Cunningham's life and career, telling the story of the birth of Indian archaeology and some of its greatest discoveries in real time, in Cunningham's own words.

Autor

Upinder Singh is Professor of History, Ashoka University, Sonepat.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 145mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780190131753
• ISBN-10: 0190131756
• Artikelnr.: 62162528