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4 unusual facts about Archaeological Survey of India


Flagstaff Tower

Today it is a memorial and "protected monument" under Archaeological Survey of India.

K. N. Srivastava

N. Srivastava is the current director general of the Archaeological Survey of India.

Kichakeshwari Temple

During the time of excavation by Archaeological Survey of India in the year 1908 several images of gods and goddess where found including the images of Buddha.

Saptamatruka Temple

The temple was on a state of danger and later renovated by ASI,India.


Akbarabadi Masjid

It was part of Delhi Metro's Phase-3 plan and minor modification to the route may have to be done to adhere to the ASI construction norms in protected heritage areas.

B. B. Lal

In Nubia, the Archaeological Survey of India, Lal and his team discovered middle and late stone age tools in the terraces of the river Nile near Afyeh.

Jajmau

Earthen pottery, tools and various historical artifacts discovered by the Archaeological Survey of India are presently kept in the Kanpur Sangrahalaya.

Purana Qila

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) carried out excavations at Purana Qila in 1954–55 and again from 1969 to 1973 by B. B. Lal, and its findings and artefacts are exhibited at the Archaeological Museum, Purana Qila.

Rajendra Prasad Das

During his tenure with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Rajendra identified a 230 X 135 m site at Mahisdal located on the left bank of the Kopai River in Birbhum District of West Bengal for archaeological excavation.


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B. B. Lal

Two British archaeologists Stuart Piggott and D.H. Gordon described Lal’s published works on the Copper Hoards of the Gangetic basin and his Hastinapura excavation report, published in journal of the Archaeological Survey of India, as models of research and excavation reporting.