"Very few Indian universities offer archaeology. They are also fairly unenthusiastic about their approach to archaeolo…"

"The scientific back-up of the subject remains marginal in the country. The government is simply not bothered about se…"

"My familiarity with the various shades of political opinion among Indian archaeologists convinces me that none of our…"

"The tragedy is that, by and large, the Indian historians have very little understanding of field-archaeology and they…"

"It is clear...that Indian tradition, Vedic or Puranic, is not likely to help much in the interpretation of archaeolog…"

"In my assessment, the administrative regime that takes care of monuments has failed. My friends in ASI tell me that t…"

"Ideas of invasions, diffusions, and conquests have obscured and hindered investigation into the region's indigenous c…"

"The Mysore Archeological Department…came under the Mysore University… [But then] the department began to rust. A few …"

"Archaeology in South Asia did not crystallize out of the informal archaeology of enthusiastic amateur South Asians, b…"

"Much prime settlement land from 20,000 BC to 5,600 BC is now underwater. Archaeological concentration on land gives a…"