At the National Museum's monthly public lecture, Identification of Nishka, archaeologist BR Mani shed light on his study which pushes back the origin of Indian gold coinage back to the 3rd millennium BCE.
KK Muhammed is credited with the discovery of Akbar's Ibadat Khana and prominent Buddhist stupas. In an hour-long lecture, he shared fascinating stories from his excavation days.
ASI survey led by Amalananda Ghosh proved with facts, evidence and precision that it’s not solely Pakistan or India but both were home to the 5000-year-old civilisation.
The dig in Zehampora, Baramulla is being led by a small army of archaeologists from the Department of Central Asian Studies at Kashmir University — where archaeology was introduced as a formal discipline only in 2017.
The discovery of 5,300-year-old settlement in Gujarat's Lakhapar village indicates cultural interactions, not only with Chalcolithic groups but also with Early Harappan cultures of Sindh.
In 2023, then Manoharlal Khattar-led state government announced the development of Agroha on the lines of Rakhigarhi. Haryana government and ASI are both investing in the project.
Over the last five months, many politicians, including Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, have visited Rakhigarhi, promising to remove encroachments and build a site museum among other facilities.
Identified at 111 sites, many of them in Southeast Rajasthan, the Ahar culture had a sophisticated social structure centred around copper, lead, zinc, and silver mines.
Kaushambi was forgotten after its excavation by GR Sharma. Then, in 2017, archaeologist BB Lal and a group of scholars returned to the site—not with shovels, but with questions.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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