Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c4.s30.3

c4.s30.3

But except FOOTE nobody systematically carried on the search. Whereas sporadic discoveries continued to be made, he alone for nearly 40 years explored the rivers of Madras, Andhra, Mysore, Karnatak and Gujarat, while attending to his main work as consulting geologist. Not only he amassed a vast collection, but classified and catalogued it. This has been published by the Madras Museum. Thus FOOTE combined in himself the work of THOMSEN, WORSAAE and BOUCHER de PERTHES. He was the true pioneer of Indian Prehistory.