Custodians of the Past: 150 Years of the Archaeological Survey of India

Abha Narain Lambah is a recipient of the Eisenhower Fellowship (2002), Charles Wallace Fellowship (1998), and Sanskriti Award (2002). Her post-graduate thesis on architectural conservation from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi dealt with Tughluq-period monuments. Her architectural practice includes the restoration of 15th-century monuments in Ladakh and Hampi, and 19th-century Victorian buildings in Mumbai. She is the author of several books on conservation.

Gautam Sengupta is currently the Director of Archaeology and Museums, Government of West Bengal and the Secretary. Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training, Kolkata. He completed his Phd from the University of Calcutta and taught at Visva Bhaarati, Santiniketan, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong between 1979-90. He was a Charles Wallace Visiting Fellow of the Ancient India and Iran Trust at Cambridge in 1995, a Visiting Scholar, Maisson Science de L’homme Paris, as well as President, Archaeology Section of the Indian History Congress, Calcutta Session (1995). His main area of research relates to historical archaeology and art history of Eastern and North-eastern India.