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Proceedings and Transactions of All India Oriental Conference Thirteenth Session: Nagpur University October 1946

1951

For Indian Archaelogy to take its legitimate place amidst the free sciences of the world it is necessary that there must be a wide-spread extension of archaeological research from the narrow folds of the Archaeological Survey into the liberal activities 'of Universities and learned societies of India "from the monopoly of the civil servant to the free initiative of the educated public". [...] V. D. Krishnaswami is offered here for the information of the conference to enable the delegates to appreciate the value and scope of the megalithic culture of Southern India Sewell's List of Antiquarian remains in the Presidency of Madras 1882 was the first of its kind for South India which stimulated archaeological research. [...] The ensemble of evidence obtained during the brief survey of the area effected by me in 1943 pointed towards the existence of the kingdom of Pattikera in the 11th---9 3th centuries A D in and around Mainamati a kingdom which was intimately connected with the Burmese royal dynasties of Arakan of the l u1e of East Bengal by a dynasty of rulers called the Chandras of Rohitagiri (900-1030 A. 1)) wh [...] From Salihundam in the Ganjam Districi in the North to Chinna Ganjam in the Guntur District in the South anc from Gooty in the Anantapur district in the west to Bhattiprolu in the East the Andhra country witnessed in the three centuries preceding and following the birth of Christ a phenomenal growth of Buddhi t culture and art. [...] The experience of the past two years shows a revival of interest in them on the part of both of the lay and the literate 1 ublic."6 13th All-India Oriental Conference : Archaeology The Archaeological Survey of India is also imparting the specialised training n Prehistory for Scholars recruited by the Survey.
humanities general
Pages
261
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143728
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i H.L. Jain, Agha Abidi view
Archaeology Section
1-80 H.L. Jain, Agha Abidi view
Section : Philology and Indian Linguistics
81-96 H.L. Jain, Agha Abidi view
Section : Technical Sciences
97-120 H.L. Jain, Agha Abidi view
Section : Dravidian Languages and Culture
121-176 H.L. Jain, Agha Abidi view
Section : Hindi
177-202 H.L. Jain, Agha Abidi view
Section : Marathi
203-248 H.L. Jain, Agha Abidi view
Section : Pandit Parishad
249-260 H.L. Jain, Agha Abidi view

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