The emergence of the Brahmi script can be dated back to the time of the PGW culture, which former ASI director-general BB Lal associated with the Mahabharata period.
ASI Sandeep Kumar allegedly died by suicide Tuesday. In the ‘final video’, IPS officer Y Puran Kumar and his IAS officer wife have been implicated in a corruption case.
Yadubir Singh Rawat, ASI director general, said archaeologists applying for license will need to submit a detailed excavation plan for the site and their objectives.
ASI is digging more than ever, but reports on sites from Sinauli to Rakhigarhi are still pending. CAG flagged the issue in 2013 and 2022, but the backlog is growing.
New Delhi: Conservation, exploration and excavation come to mind whenever the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is talked about. Turns out excavation is the...
Between 2020 and 2024, ASI conducted excavations at 58 sites across 17 states at a cost of Rs 34.81 cr. Of this, Rs 8.53 cr was allocated to Gujarat, an analysis by ThePrint found.
New Delhi: Speaking for the first time in Parliament on the Keezhadi excavation report controversy, the Modi government Monday informed the house that there...
The Archaeological Survey of India will host a three-day-long international conference on cracking the Indus script in August. Its title: Decipherment of Indus Script: Current status and Way Forward.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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