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Lived for Archaeology: FIVE EMINENT ARCHAEOLOGISTS OF MODERN INDIA – R.V. Joshi, B. Subbarao, S.B. Deo, Z.D. Ansari and G.G. Mujumdar

Edited By :- K. Paddayya , Satish S. Naik , Shahida Ansari

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Type: English

Pages: xx + 212

Format: Hard Bound

ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-708-3

Edition: 1st

Publisher: ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Size: 17cm x 25cm

Product Year: 2024

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The essays as well as reminiscences comprising this book are of historiographical interest and deal with the contributions of five distinguished archaeologists who were active during the first three or four decades after independence. All of them were closely associated with the legendary archaeologist Professor H.D. Sankalia and the famed Department of Archaeology at the Deccan College in Pune which he had founded in 1939. R.V. Joshi, B. Subbarao, S.B. Deo and Z.D. Ansari were pupils (later colleagues) of Professor Sankalia. Their field investigations were prolonged and pan-Indian, and covered in particular prehistory, protohistory and early historical archaeology. G.G. Mujumdar established a chemistry laboratory at the Deccan College and pioneered studies in pottery replication, soil chemistry and other branches of archaeochemistry. All of them carried forward the high traditions which the Deccan College had set in critical scholarship, teaching and publications. Pooled together, their work illustrates both the depth and the range of contributions made by workers in Western India towards making Indian archaeology a very vibrant and respected branch of study during the first half of the post-independence period.

Editorial Note

List of Contributors

List of Illustrations

1. Introduction

— K. Paddayya

2. R.V. Joshi

Professor R.V. Joshi and His Place in Indian Archaeology

— R.S. Pappu

Ramchandra V. Joshi: An Outstanding Scientist-

Archaeologist of India

— Anupama Kshirsagar, B.C. Deotare and S.N. Rajaguru

Reminiscences

— Rajiv Joshi; K. Paddayya; Mukund D. Kajale ;

B.C. Deotare ; Anupama A. Kshirsagar;

Rakesh P. Pandey; Ravi Korisettar; S.B. Ota;

Sheila Mishra; Jayendra Joglekar; P.D. Sable

3. B. Subbarao

B. Subbarao and His Work

— H.D. Sankalia

Single-hander Dr. B. Subbarao and His Legacy

— K. Paddayya

The Personality of Professor B. Subbarao

— V.H. Sonawane

Reminiscences

— B.B. Lal ; K.V. Soundara Rajan ; S.C. Malik ;

P. Ajithprasad ; K. Krishnan; Ravi Korisettar;

P.C. Venkatsubbaiah

4. S.B. Deo

Shantaram Bhalchandra Deo: A Biographical Narration

— G.B. Deglurkar

Shantaram Bhalchandra Deo: The Genial Generalist- Archaeologist

— K. Paddayya and P.S. Joshi

Reminiscences

— R.K. Mutatkar ; Kailash C. Malhotra;

K.L. Mankodi ; K. Paddayya ; C. Margabandhu ;

R.K. Mohanty; Mukund D. Kajale;

Ravi Korisettar; B.C. Deotare ; Pramod Dandwate ;

P.S. Joshi ; S.B. Ota; Manjiri Bhalerao;

Kanchana Bhaisare-Sarjare 157; Ajay Pratap 158

5. Z.D. Ansari

Zainuddin Dawood Ansari: A Towering Field Archaeologist

— K. Paddayya and Shahida Ansari

Reminiscences

— R.K. Mutatkar; Kailash C. Malhotra;

K.L. Mankodi; K. Paddayya ; Mukund D. Kajale;

Ravi Korisettar; B.C. Deotare; P.S. Joshi;

Afzal Ansari

6. G.G. Mujumdar

Dr. G.G. Mujumdar and Archaeological Chemistry

Laboratory at Deccan College, Pune

— Sachin Vidyadhar Joshi

Reminiscences

— Anupama Mujumdar; K. Paddayya ;

B.C. Deotare

Appendix
Souvenir (1960), Department of Archaeology and Ancient

History, M.S. University, Vadodara

Index

K. Paddayya is an Emeritus Professor and former Director of Deccan College (Deemed to be University), Pune. His prolonged and intensive field investigations of archaeological sites in the Shorapur Doab of lower Deccan enabled him to reconstruct the Palaeolithic and Neolithic cultures of the area from processual and later theoretical perspectives. He has published several books and is an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. In 2012 the Government of India honoured K. Paddayya with the award of Padma Shri.

Satish S. Naik is In-Charge, Palaeobotany and Palynology Laboratory at the Department of AIHC and Archaeology, Deccan College (Deemed to be University), Pune. His research in botany, particularly plant taxonomy, archaeobotany, palynology, and phytolithology, provided significant new insights into the plant-based subsistence strategies and environmental contexts of pre-, proto- and early historic cultures in India. Dr. Naik has published one book, chapters in three edited books and more than 30 research papers in reputed Indian and foreign periodicals. He has received meritorious awards for his researches.

Shahida Ansari is a Professor in Epigraphy, Palaeography and Numismatics and is currently Head, Department of AIHC and Archaeology, Deccan College (Deemed to be University), Pune. She has published seven books and about two dozen research articles in Ethnoarchaeology, Museology, Numismatics, Traditional Knowledge Systems and Ayurveda. She is a recipient of prestigious awards like Professor H.D. Sankalia Young Archaeologist Award, Dr. Malti Nagar Ethnoarchaeology Award, and Professor Radha Kamal Mukherjee Memorial Award for Young Social Scientist.

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