9788121512022 - Archaeology in India: Individuals, Ideas and Instiutions de Joshi, M.C.; Ghosh, Suchandra; Dhar, Parui Pandya (2 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. 2009 FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents Introduction. 1. Reminiscences of an official archaeologist/M.C. Joshi. I. Individuals 2. Colonel Colin Mackenzie and the discovery of the Sanchi Stupa/K. Paddayya. 3. Valentine ball and the beginnings of prehistory in India/Bishnupriya Basak. 4. Alexander Cunningham's contributions to Indian archaeology/Upinder Singh. 5. Manifest destiny H.D. Sankalia and archaeology in India/Shubhangana Atre. II. Ideas 6. Catalogue to analytical frameworks changing paradigms of Graeco Bactrian and Indo Greek numismatics/Suchandra Ghosh. 7. Locating the study of early historic ceramics/Sharmi Chakraborty. 8. Study of Chalcolithic ceramics in India approaches and issues/Anup Mishra. III. Institutions A. Modern Indian States 9. History of archaeology in Kerala/S. Darsana. 10. History of archaeological research in Tamil Nadu/K. Rajan. 11. History of archaeology in Bihar/Bijoy K. Chaoudhary. IV. Institutions B. Princely States 12. Archaeology under the Baroda state/V.H. Sonawane. 13. Archaeology and construction of regional identity in Mayurbhanj state Orissa/Rajasri Mukhopadhyay. 14. Contributions of Nizam state to archeology/K.P. Rao. V. Institutions C. Institutes 15. History of the Asutosh Museum and the imaging of a Bengali Art Tradition/Rituparna Basu. 16. Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti and history of archaeological research in Assam/Sukanya Sharma. 17. Archaeology in the University of Calcutta/Sayantani Pal. VI. Indian architecture Some issues 18. Historiography of Indian Temple architecture (Post 1947 writings) some methodological concerns/Parul Pandya Dhar. 19. Policies and principles of conservation of architectural monuments in British India/Rajat Ray. 20. Changing perception of the archaeological site of Arikamedu/V. Selva Kumar. Index. This book a collection of scholarly essays presents recent researches on history of archaeology in India. The main thrust is on individual archaeologists artefacts princely dominions modern Indian states and local institutions. The central themes of archeological research covered here are Individuals Ideas and Institutions. The essays in the section Individuals narrate the lives and works of Col. Colin Mackenzie Sir Alexander Cunningham Valentine Ball and H.D. Sankalia. The section on Ideas includes essays on artefactual studies viz. ceramics and coins. The theme of institutions has been further sub divided into (a) Modern Indian states (b) Princely states and (c) Institutes. The last section has articles on Indian temple architecture conservation policies and changing perception of archaeological site. The broad span of time and subjects in the volume will allow the readers to comprehend the progress of archaeological research in India. The authors have used both published and unpublished sources in their interpretation of how archaeological research was conducted in India before and after the Independence. The book will prove useful to readers interested in specific case studies and also to field archaeologists and those interested in developing a critical attitude towards history of archaeological research in India. 396 pp.