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Directors general of the Archaeological Survey of India

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The list Directors general of the Archaeological Survey of India includes Mortimer Wheeler, K. V. Soundararajan, M. N. Deshpande, J. P. Joshi and Daya Ram Sahni. The list consists of 22 members.
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    Mortimer Wheeler
    British archaeologist
    Mortimer Wheeler
    Overview: Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler FRS FBA FSA (10 September 1890 – 22 July 1976) was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army. Over the course of his career, he served as Director of both ...
    Date of birth: 10 September 1890
    Date of death: 22 July 1976
    Age: 85 (age at death)
    Nationality: Scottish
    Occupation: Scientist
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    Presidents of the Society of Antiquaries of London 39T
    Indian institute directors 41T
    People associated with The Institute for Cultural Research 57T
  • 2.

    K. V. Soundararajan
    Indian archaeologist (born 1925)
    Overview: Kodayanallur Vadamamalachery Soundararajan (born 17 February 1925) is an Indian archaeologist who served as Superintendent of the Chennai circle and later, a Joint Director General of the Archaeological ...
    Date of birth: 17 February 1925
    Age: 100
    Nationality: Indian
    Occupation: Writer
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    Indian popular science writers 20T
    People associated with Archaeological Survey of India 9T
    20th-century Indian archaeologists 73T
  • 3.

    M. N. Deshpande
    Indian archaeologist (1920-2008)
    Overview: Madhusudan Narhar Deshpande (M. N. Deshpande, born 11 November 1920) is an Indian archaeologist, art historian and conservator who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from ...
    Date of birth: 11 November 1920
    Age: 104
    Nationality: Indian
    Occupation: Historian
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    J. P. Joshi
    Indian archaeologist
    Overview: Jagat Pati Joshi (born 14 July 1932) is an Indian archaeologist who discovered the Indus Valley sites of Dholavira and Surkotada. Joshi served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India ...
    Date of birth: 14 July 1932
    Age: 92
    Occupation: Archaeologist
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    Daya Ram Sahni
    Indian archaeologist (1879–1939)
    Overview: Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni (16 December 1879 – 7 March 1939) was an Indian archaeologist who supervised the excavation of the Indus valley site at Harappa in 1921-22. A protege of John Marshall ...
    Date of birth: 16 December 1879
    Date of death: 7 March 1939
    Age: 59 (age at death)
    Occupation: Archaeologist
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    Indian institute directors 41T
    19th-century Indian archaeologists 8T
    People associated with the Indus Valley Civilisation 16T
  • 6.

    James Burgess (archaeologist)
    British archaeologist
    Overview: James Burgess CIE FRSE FRGS MRAS LLD (14 August 1832 – 3 October 1916), was the founder of The Indian Antiquary in 1872 and an important archaeologist of India in the 19th century.
    Date of birth: 14 August 1832
    Date of death: 3 October 1916
    Age: 84 (age at death)
    Nationality: Scottish
    Occupation: Archaeologist
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    Archaeology of India 11T
    Scottish archaeologists 46T
    Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire 453T
  • 7.

    B. B. Lal
    Indian writer and archaeologist (1921–2022)
    B. B. Lal
    Overview: Braj Basi Lal (2 May 1921 – 10 September 2022), better known as B. B. Lal, was an Indian archaeologist.
    Date of birth: 2 May 1921
    Date of death: 10 September 2022
    Age: 101 (age at death)
    Nationality: Indian
    Occupation: Writer
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    Indian institute directors 41T
    People associated with the Indus Valley Civilisation 16T
    20th-century Indian archaeologists 73T
  • 8.

    Alexander Cunningham
    British Army general
    Alexander Cunningham
    Overview: Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British army engineer with the Bengal Engineer Group who later took an interest in the history and archaeology ...
    Date of birth: 23 January 1814
    Date of death: 28 November 1893
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: Pakistani
    Occupation: Anthropologist
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    19th-century archaeologists 81T
    Alumni of Addiscombe Military Seminary 76T
    People educated at Christ's Hospital 244T
  • 9.

    John Marshall (archaeologist)
    British archaeologist (1876–1958)
    John Marshall (archaeologist)
    Overview: Sir John Hubert Marshall CIE FBA (19 March 1876, Chester, England – 17 August 1958, Guildford, England) was the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902 to 1928. He oversaw ...
    Date of birth: 19 March 1876
    Date of death: 17 August 1958
    Age: 82 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Anthropologist
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    British Sindhologists 1T
    People associated with the Indus Valley Civilisation 16T
    Archaeologists of South Asia 7T
  • 10.

    M. C. Joshi (archaeologist)
    Indian archaeologist (1935–2007)
    Overview: Munish Chandra Joshi (30 March 1935 - 1 January 2007) was an Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1990 to 1993. He was the head of the ASI ...
    Date of birth: 30 March 1935
    Date of death: 1 January 2007
    Age: 71 (age at death)
    Occupation: Archaeologist
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  • 11.

    Harold Hargreaves
    British Indian archaeologist
    Overview: Harold Hargreaves (29 May 1876 - )was a British Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1928 to 1931.
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  • 12.

    Achala Moulik
    Indian writer
    Overview: Achala Moulik (born 1 July 1941) is an Indian writer and former bureaucrat who served as Education Secretary to the Government of India, Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1993 ...
    Date of birth: 1 July 1941
    Age: 83
    Nationality: Indian
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    21st-century Indian archaeologists 7T
    Indian women archaeologists 6T
    21st-century Indian scientists 52T
  • 13.

    K. N. Dikshit
    Indian archaeologist (1889 – 1946)
    Overview: Rao Bahadur Kashinath Narayan Dikshit (21 October 1889 – 12 August 1946) was an Indian archaeologist who served as Director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1937 to 1944.
    Date of birth: 21 October 1889
    Date of death: 12 August 1946
    Age: 56 (age at death)
    Occupation: Archaeologist
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    Indian institute directors 41T
    20th-century Indian archaeologists 73T
    Scientists from Maharashtra 83T
  • 14.

    Madho Sarup Vats
    Indian archaeologist (1896 – 1955)
    Overview: Pandit Madho Sarup Vats (12 April 1896 – 7 December 1955) was an Indian archaeologist and Sanskrit scholar who served as the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1950 ...
    Date of birth: 12 April 1896
    Date of death: 7 December 1955
    Age: 59 (age at death)
    Occupation: Archaeologist
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    N. P. Chakravarti
    Indian archaeologist (1893–1956)
    Overview: Niranjan Prasad Chakravarti OBE (1 July 1893 – 19 October 1956) was an Indian archaeologist who served as Chief epigraphist to the Government of India in 1934 to 1940 and as Director-general of the ...
    Date of birth: 1 July 1893
    Date of death: 19 October 1956
    Age: 63 (age at death)
    Occupation: Archaeologist
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  • 16.

    J. F. Blakiston
    Archaeologist (1882–1965)
    Overview: John Francis Blakiston (21 March 1882 – 8 January 1965) was a British Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1935 to 1937.
    Date of birth: 21 March 1882
    Date of death: 8 January 1965
    Age: 82 (age at death)
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  • 17.
    Overview: Bal Krishen Thapar (18 October 1921 – 6 September 1995) was an Indian archaeologist who served as the Director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1978 to 1981. He was the founder of INTACH ...
    Date of birth: 24 November 1921
    Date of death: 6 September 1995
    Age: 73 (age at death)
    Occupation: Archaeologist
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    Scientists from Ludhiana 6T
    Indian institute directors 41T
    People associated with Archaeological Survey of India 9T
  • 18.
    Overview: Debala Mitra (14 December 1925 – 2 December 2005) was an Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1981 to 1983. She is the first woman ...
    Date of birth: 14 December 1925
    Date of death: 2 December 2003
    Age: 77 (age at death)
    Nationality: Bangladeshi
    Occupation: Historian
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  • 19.

    M. S. Nagaraja Rao
    Indian archaeologist (1932 – 2011)
    Overview: Mirle Srinivasa Nagaraja Rao (3 June 1932 – 24 December 2011) was an Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1984 to 1987.
    Date of birth: 3 June 1932
    Date of death: 24 December 2011
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: Indian
    Occupation: Curator
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    Amalananda Ghosh
    Indian archaeologist
    Overview: Amalananda Ghosh was an Indian archaeologist, the author and editor of numerous works on India's ancient civilizations, and the organizer and director of archaeological expeditions during the mid-1900s ...
    Date of birth: 3 March 1910
    Date of death: 1981
    Age: 70 (age at death)
    Occupation: Historian
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