S. Paramasivan

Brihadeeshwara Temple on the request of J. F. Blakiston, then director of the Archaeological Survey of India. The report of his work which included analyses of the painting techniques was read by Rutherford J. Gettens at the Freer Gallery who suggested that he publish a note to Nature.^[6][7] He followed this with more studies on wall paintings in India^{[8][9][10][11]} and produced a thesis on Chemical investigation of Ancient Indian Materials and Industries (1940) for which he received a DSc from Madras University. In 1946 he was transferred to the Archaeological Survey of India as an Assistant Archaeological Chemist and soon headed the chemical laboratory for the South Zone headquarters in Hyderabad. He was involved in conservation work of the wall paintings across India including those at Ajanta and Ellora. He standardized the descriptions of colours of paintings using British Standard colour cards. He retired in 1959 but continued to work, examining methods for study of materials at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. He conducted studies on thermoluminescence dating of pottery and also attempted using proton magnetometric surveys to detect underground objects. Experimental surveys were conducted at Kambaramedu and at Kaveripatnam. With the Oil and Natural Gas Commission he also examined marine archaeology techniques. His most significant work after retirement however was on fingerprinting techniques for South Indian bronzes to use for forensic applications.^{[12][13][14][15][16][17]}