Archaeology and the Public Purpose

Archaeology and the Public Purpose
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 9780190993863
ISBN-13 : 0190993863
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Book Synopsis Archaeology and the Public Purpose by : Nayanjot Lahiri

Download or read book Archaeology and the Public Purpose written by Nayanjot Lahiri and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book interleaves the history of post-Independence archaeology in India with the life and times of Madhukar Narhar Deshpande (1920-2008), a leading Indian archaeologist who went on to become the director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India. Spanning nearly a century, this is a tale told through a main character—Deshpande himself—some of whose writings have been included in the volume. We explore the circumstances which brought men like Deshpande to this career path; what it was like to grow up in a family devoted to India's freedom; the watershed moment that created a large cohort that was trained by Mortimer Wheeler, the doyen of British archaeology; the unknown conservation stories around the Gol Gumbad in Bijapur and the Qutb Minar in Delhi; the forgotten story of how the fabric of a historic Hindu shrine, the Badrinath temple, was saved; the chemistry shared by the prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and the archaeologist, Deshpande, at the Ajanta and Ellora cave shrines, and; the political and administrative challenges faced by director generals of archaeology. The book is a must read for anyone interested in India's past in general and the history of Indian archaeology in particular.


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