On Sunday 22 Jul 2012 9:57:21 pm Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > Even discounting that, Indian rivers are pretty strong archaeological > sites, and it will be a shame not to explore that angle. Now, I know enough > of ASI and other similar state bodies to know that such a thing is > impossible if you are a nobody (such as I am) and VERY difficult if you're > somebody big. Last year, I tried to talk to a few people high up in the ASI > Chennai circle about doing a workshop for volunteers/amateurs on the kinds > of archaeology in India. No go.
I have emailed you offlist. The state of archaeology in India is below pathetic. An example is the following image of an 800-1000 year old (my estimate) bas relief in Lalbagh, Bangalore that is right there out in thhe open, ignored and unnoticed by most with most people not even having a clue as to what it is. To me it looks like a Hoysala kigndom carving, hence my estomate of its age. http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k566/bennedose/labagh-basrel2.jpg shiv
