Early India and Pakistan to Ashoka c4.5

c4.5

My indebtedness to others is necessarily extensive. In particular, I have received every possible assistance from Shri A. Ghosh, Director General of Archaeology in India, and his colleagues, especially Shri B. B. Lal; from Dr. F. A. Khan, Director of Archaeology in Pakistan; from Dr. H. D. Sankalia, Director of the Deccan College Research Institute at Poona; from Professor B. Subbarao, Head of the Department of Archaeology at the M.S. University of Baroda; and from Shri G. R. Sharma, Head of the Department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology, at Allāhābād University. Apart from personal contacts, I have drawn widely upon the periodical reports and studies issued by the Indian Department of Archaeology, which sets a pattern of punctual and systematic publication.