G. R. Sharma
Govardhan Rai Sharma (1919-1986)archeology in the mainstream of studying History.
Professor G.R. Sharma, had ventured to document archaeologically the destruction and burning of several settlements in the
Indo-Greek king Menander (considered to be identical with Milinda of the Buddhist tradition) in the 2nd century BC.[6]
Professor G.R.Sharma had also discovered (in 1967) a prehistoric site near Khajuri on the river Belan, a tributary of the river
Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh.[7]
Works
- The excavations at Kausambi (1957–59): The defences and the Syenaciti of the Purusamedha, Dept. of Ancient History, Culture & Archaeology, University of Allahabad (1960)
- Excavations at Kausambi, 1949–50, (Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India), Manager of Publications (1969)
- Kusana Studies – Papers Presented to the International Conference on the Archaeology, History and Arts of the People of U.S.S.R. September 25 – October 4, 1968, University of Allahabad(1968)
- Beginnings of Agriculture: from Hunting and Food Gathering to Domestication of Plants and Animals : Epi-Palaeolithic to Neolithic : Excavations at Chopani-Mando, Mahadaha, and Mahagara, Abinash (1980)
- Excavations at Chopani-Mando, Belan Valley, 1977-79: Epipalaeolithic to protoneolothic (Archaeology of the Vindhyas and the Ganga Valley), Dept. of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology, University of Allahabad (1980)
- Excavations at Mahadaha, 1977-1978: A mesolithic settlement in the Ganga Valley (Archaeology of the Vindhyas and the Ganga Valley), Dept. of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology, University of Allahabad (1980)
- Excavations at Mahagara, 1977-1978: A neolithic settlement in the Belan Valley (Archaeology of the Vindhyas and the Ganga Valley), Dept. of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology, University of Allahabad (1980)
- Reh Inscription of Menander and the Indo Greek Invasion of the Ganga Valley, (Studies in history, culture and archaeology / University of Allahabad, Dept. of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology) Abinash Prakashan (1980)
Edited works
- Clark, J.D. and Sharma, G.R. (Eds.) Palaeoenvironment and Prehistory in the Middle Son Valley, Madhya Pradesh, north central India. Allahabad: Abinash Prakashan.
- Clark, J.D. with J.M. Kenoyer, J.N. Pal and G.R. Sharma. An Upper Palaeolithic shrine in India? Antiquity, 57: 88-94.
- Clark, J.D. with J.M. Kenoyer, J.N. Pal and G.R. Sharma. Baghor I: A possible Upper Palaeolithic shrine in central India. Anthroquest, 25: 1, 11-14.
- History to Prehistory : Archaeology of the Ganga Valley and the Vindhyas, General Editor: G.R. Sharma, Editorial Board: J.D. Clark & B.K. Thapar, Managing Editor: D. Mandal, Allahabad, University of Allahabad, Department of Ancient History, Culture, and Archaeology, 1980.
Notes
- ISBN 978-1-4419-0426-3.
- ^ a b c Rohan L. Jayetilleke (5 December 2007). "The Ghositarama of Kaushambi". Daily News. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
- ^ Indian Archaeological Society (1979). Purātattva. Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi. pp. 88–103.
- ISBN 978-81-7305-574-4.
- ^ Congress, Indian Archaeological Society; Congress, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies (1982). Indian Archaeology: New Perspectives : Proceedings of the XI Annual Congress of the Indian Archaeological Society, VI Annual Congress of the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, and the UGC Sponsored All-India Seminar on Protohistoric Chronology of Central India, Held at Prachya Niketan, Centre of Advanced Studies in Indology and Museology, Bhopal, March 16-18, 1980. Agam Kala Prakashan.
- ^ K.M.Shrimali (11 October 2003). "Whither Indian archaeology?". Frontline. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
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Further reading
- Professor G. R. Sharma: A Memorial Tribute. In (S. C. Bhattacharya et al., Eds.) Peeping Through the Past: Prof. G. R. Sharma Memorial Volume. Allahabad, University of Allahabad, Department of Ancient History, Culture, and Archaeology, 2000.
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