The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables c8.6

c8.6

In 1983, the late Prime Minister of India, Mrs Indira Gandhi, paid an official visit to Finland, and an agreement of cultural exchange was signed between the two countries. In order to expedite the publication of the Corpus, Dr Asko Parpola suggested that this project be included in the cultural exchange programme for the years 1984-1986. This met with the approval of the Finnish Ministry of Education, and the Government of India deputed an official delegation to plan Indo-Finnish collaboration in archaeology with the Corpus project as its main concern. The delegation, consisting of Prof. B.B. Lal, former Director General of the ASI, Dr M.S. Nagaraja Rao, the then Director General of the ASI, and Dr K.V. Ramesh, Director of Epigraphy, ASI, visited Finland in June 1984, and a mutual understanding was reached.