This edition has been thoroughly revised and enlarged by including questions which appeared in the competitive examinations for Civil Services and Engineering Services conducted by UPSC and also from GATE conducted by IIT.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.P. Gupta
Dr. S.P. Gupta, born in 1931, presently Chairman, Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi, is a distinguished archaeologist and art historian who has been awarded several gold medals and the Sir Mortimer Wheeler Prize for excellence in field-archaeology. He has worked and lectured in more than 30 countries of the world. He has authored a number of books including Disposal of the Dead and Physical Types in Ancient India (1971), Tourism, Museums and Monuments (1975), Archaeology of Soviet Central Asia and the Indian Borderlands - two volumes (1978), The Roots of Indian Art (1980) - the French edition of which was published in 1990 and Cultural Tourism in India (2002). He has also edited many books and published about 50 articles in various national and international journals and books.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.S. Gupta
Dr. S.S. Gupta (b. January 1, 1929) is M.A. (Delhi), Ph.D. (Aligarh) and D. Litt. (Agra). He started his career as a Lecturer in Economics at the prestigious D.S. Post Graduate College, Aligarh. He became a Head of the Deptt. and thereafter Principal of the D.S. Degree College. He took premature retirement in 1987, after 37 years of distinguished service. He has been a popular teacher and a reputed scholar. After retirement he was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Agra University. Dr. Gupta is a serious student. He has inter-disciplinary interests. So, he writes on several subjects with authority. He has a prolific pen. He has always broken new grounds and given new dimensions. He has written more than 100 articles and has 16 published research books to his credit. The most famous ones are: Report of Socio-Economic Survey of College Students (1957), Utilisation of Electricity in the Villages of the Distt. of Aligarh (1969-Financed by R.P.C., Planning Commission, New Delhi), Valmiki Ramayan Men Rajya Evam Aerth Vyavastha (in Hindi) 1976-Govt. of U.P. gave an award), Economic Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi (Published second time in 1994-Govt. of India distributed the earlier edition in the Gandhi Centenary Year) and Time Honoured Hindu Practices (1996). Even the Nobel Prize Winner, Professor Gunnar Myrdel, has quoted him and the Hindustan Times wrote three articles on his survey report of College Students. Dr. Gupta was associated with a number of Social Service Clubs like Lions Club and Rotary Club. He was also a Member of the Zonal Advisory Committee, L.I.C. (Kanpur Zone).
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