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Finding forgotten cities: (Record no. 75574)

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fixed length control field	02992nam a22001817a 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN	9788178244648
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	934 N231 F
Item number	104308
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Nayanjot Lahiri
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Finding forgotten cities:
Remainder of title	How the Indus Civilization was Discovered
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement	1st ed
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication	Ranikhet
Name of publisher	Permanent Black
Date of publication	2005
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages	436
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note	In the autumn of 1924 the scholar-archaeologist John Marshall made an announcement that, at one stroke, dramatically altered existing perceptions of South Asia’s antiquity: he proclaimed the discovery of ‘the civilization of the Indus valley.’ Within weeks, Marshall’s news was recognized as conveying one of the most monumental discoveries in the history of human civilization: the world over, it became apparent that this was on the same scale as the findings of Heinrich Schliemann (who unearthed Troy) and Arthur Evans (who dug out Minoan Crete).<br/><br/>The Troy and Crete stories have been well told, several times over. But a detailed, archivally rich, and completely accessible narrative of the people, processes, places, and puzzles that led up to Marshall’s proclamation on the Indus civilization has, like the civilization itself, long remained buried.<br/><br/>Now, for the first time in this book, we have the whole story, enchantingly told.<br/><br/>Nayanjot Lahiri has mined and deployed—as never before—bureaucratic memoranda, colonial noting, marginal letters, and piecemeal musings within the institutions and in the work of individuals who collectively discovered the Indian subcontinent’s earliest cities.<br/><br/>Spanning nearly a century, this is a tale of men such as the colourful collector-traveller Charles Masson, who first described Harappa; the archaeological pioneer Alexander Cunningham, Harappa’s first excavator; discerning diggers such as Daya Ram Sahni, Rakhaldas Banerji, and Madho Sarup Vats who uncovered Harappa and Mohenjodaro; the Italian linguist-turned-explorer Luigi Pio Tessitori, who unearthed Kalibangan but never lived to tell the tale of his exploits; government officials of all kinds who, as self-taught archaeologists, stumbled upon significant clues in their work arenas; and, presiding over the whole process, a Cambridge classicist brought by Lord Curzon to India as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India—John Marshall—who finally pieced into place a maze of enigmatic data on the long forgotten Indus civilization.<br/><br/>Finding Forgotten Cities combines an astonishing amount of detail, hitherto undisclosed, on the lives and times of these men. It comprises a powerful narrative history of how India's antiquity was unexpectedly unearthed. It will interest every serious reader of history and anyone who likes to read an utterly fascinating story.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	A Ruined city in Punjab and its first explore, From seals to a specialist, John Marshell's in early years in India.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Discoveries in geography
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term	Indus civilization
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Koha item type	Books

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