Dhirendra Kumar Pant (5 results)

Condition: New. xvi 404 8 of lates Illus.

Condition: New. xvi 404 8 of lates Index 1st Edition.

Condition: New. xvi 404 8 of lates.

Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9788173054204.

Contents 1 Historical Retrospect 1784-1807 2 Protection and Repair of monuments 3 Major Projects during Company 1844-1858 4 Systematic Efforts for Early Archaeological Survey and the Role of Alexander Cunningham 1859-1865 5 Governments Initial Apathy and Subsequent Impetus to Care of Monuments 1866-1870 6 Establishment of the Archaeological Survey of India Appointment of Cunningham as Director General of Archaeological Survey of India 7 Lytton and Care of Monuments 8 HH Coles Appointment as Curator of Ancient Monuments 9 Alexander Cunningham 10 After Cunningham James Burgess 11 A Decade of Official Apathy towards Care of Monuments 12 Curzons Concern towards Care of Monuments 1899-1905 13 Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904 14 The Archaeological Survey Department on Permanent Footing 15 Tribute to Lord Curzon Appendices Bibliography IndexCertainly remarkable were the British efforts to safeguard the monumental heritage of India The central administration of the Company?s Government and subsequently that of Crown not only showed genuine interest in Indian monuments but also carried out programmes to safeguard its rich cultural pastFor the first time this book charts the administrative history of the growth and care of heritage monuments from 1784 to 1904 ? the years that are crucial for the development of the history of archaeology in India The year 1784 saw the establishment of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta that marked the embryonic beginning of a consciousness ?to explore document and preserve? the ancient heritage of India; while enactment of The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904 saw a culmination of the spirit to ?dig discover and preserve the heritage? These 120 years witnessed the birth and growth of the ?archaeological consciousness? in India and its urge to protect and preserve the monuments by the State leading to a permanent footing of the Archaeological Survey of IndiaBased exclusively on the archival records of the National Archives of India State Archives and the records of India Office London the book chronicles the administrative policy of English East India Company and the British Crown towards India?s heritage monuments 1784-1904 highlighting the British government?s concern over the neglect of monuments and how it put together efforts to evolve a definitive policy for arresting their further decay Offered in fifteen chapters the study vividly demonstrates the gradual development of a definitive policy towards care of monuments in India Each chapter is followed by extensive original references The book focuses specially on the times of Lytton and Curzon when Archaeology in India received considerable state support and impetusDr Dhirendra Kumar Pant b 1946 is a former officer of the National Archives of India New Delhi He has also worked in the Ministry of Home Affairs as Senior Archivist 404 pp.