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Discovery of Ancient India: Early Archaeologists and the Beginnings of Archaeology
Discovery of Ancient India Early Archaeologists and the Beginnings of Archaeology Author:Upinder Singh This book breaks colonial archaeology down its specific constiuents and examines the ideas, impulses, tensions, and individual contributions that comprised early studies of India's ancient past. It focuses, at the outset, on the ideas and work of Alexander Cunningham. It then looks at a number of related issues - the different definitions of a... more »rchaeological research; the conflict between field archaeologists and architectural scholars; the debate over whether antiquities should be left in situ or removed to museums; the different approaches and initiatives towards the conservation of historical monuments.« less