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Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Sappers who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly created position of archaeological surveyor to the government of India; and he founded ...
Alexander Cunningham (23 de enero de 1814 - 18 de noviembre de 1893) fue un ingeniero inglés de la armada británica con el Grupo de Ingenieros de Bengala que más tarde tuvo un interés en la historia y arqueología de la India, lo que condujo a su nombramiento en 1861 a la recién creada posición de topógrafo arqueológico para el gobierno ...
Sir Alexander Cunningham (born Jan. 23, 1814, London, Eng.—died Nov. 28, 1893, London) was a British army officer and archaeologist who excavated many sites in India, including Sārnāth and Sānchi, and served as the first director of the Indian Archaeological Survey.
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Sir Alexander Cunningham (1814-1893) was the founding head of the Archaeological Survey of India [ASI] and the first person to really put Harappa on the world archaeological map. He visited Harappa in 1853, 1856 and in 1872-73 when he carried out a small trial excavation which he discussed in the section on "Harapa" in the ASI Report for the ...
21 de jul. de 2023 · PDF | The present study explores contributions and impact of Alexander Cunningham on Indian historiography with an extensive exploration of Cunningham's... | Find, read and cite all the...
Alexander Cunningham, a British Army engineer and Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1871 to 1885, started excavations at the Mahabodhi temple in 1878. The structure he excavated date to the 10th-12th century CE, an enlargement of an older brick temple dating to the 4th CE.
13 de dic. de 2021 · Alexander Cunningham, India's first professional archaeologist, became the first Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1871. This book contains a collection of 193 letters he wrote between 1871 and 1888 to his Archaeological Assistant, J. D. M. Beglar.
