Topic: Indian archaeology

Lucknow-based NRLC took an advance of Rs 82.5 lakh, made one conservation visit to Darbhanga, and never returned, leaving work on over 150 rare artefacts unfinished.

The ASI had asked archaeologist K Amarnath Ramakrishna to revise his 982-page Keezhadi excavation report, but he refused.

While the Institute of Archaeology established by Mortimer Wheeler in London evolved into one of the world’s leading archaeological research institutes, India’s Institute of Archaeology is at a crossroads.

From restoring Narnaul’s bat-infested ruins to Rakhigarhi walks and Sindhu-Saraswati comics, Haryana Archaeology Dept is rebranding the state's past. IAS officer Amit Khatri is running the show.

The sprawling new Noida campus of ASI’s storied Institute of Archaeology was supposed to be a monument to new India. Seven years on, there's barely anyone to use it.

What architect Bimal Patel is to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s architectural ambition — reshaping the Kashi corridor, Delhi’s Central Vista, and designing the new Parliament building — Alok Tripathi has become its go-to archaeologist no 1.

At History Literature Festival in Hyderabad, panelists concluded that the 'invisible' only becomes archaeological knowledge when satellite data and field archaeology speak to each other.

Material and photos of artefacts discovered as part of a programme under Pleach India Foundation were on display at the History Literature Festival in Hyderabad.

In 'The Dig', Sowmiya Ashok traces the serendipitous discovery of the ancient settlement at Keeladi and the political storm it set off.

Haryana’s archaeology department organised the Rakhigarhi Mahotsav from 26 to 28 December. CM Nayab Singh Saini announced that Rs 500 crore has been allocated for the site.