A History of Agriculture in India v1.c3.15

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Following the travel account of Hiuen-Tsang, Alexander Cunningham discovered during 1861-1902 a number of Buddhist monuments in northern and central India. From 1904 to 1939 Sir John Marshall, the first Director-General of Archaeology in India, excavated the sites at Taxila, Nalanda, Sanchi, Sarnath, and Bhita. He also paid attention to Mohenjo-daro and Harappa. He was followed by K. N. Dikshit, who excavated Harappa. During the period since Independence valuable work in digging up the past has been done by A. Ghosh, B. B. Lal, M. N. Deshpande, B. K. Thapar, S. R. Rao, Y. D. Sharma and H. D. Sankalia.