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Revealing India's Past was conceived at the Council of Indian Society at London which requested its learned member, the editor of this work, Mr. John Cumming, to place the achievements of archaeological survey on record. This entailed enlisting the services of the past and then present officers of the archaeological department which included some of the foremost names in the history and development of Indian archaeology. It is through the labours of these ...
While going through this book, it is necessary to keep in mind that India has been inherited the colonial state of art. This book reveals as to how the Britishers were taken devoted interest in the development of the Institution of Archaeology in India, and a remarkable historic interest in a systematic functioning of ‘preserving’ ancient culture in India. The works of archaeology is an important part of preserving the by-gone civilization and a record of ...