About the Book
‘Glory that was Harappan Civilization' is indeed, a complete books based on recent informations and perspectives of the great Harappan/Indus civilization. This is the first of itd kind to provide in short a complete picture on the birth, rise and fall of the Harappan Civilization together with its pertinent features for the students, and to those who want to make an acquaintance with the archaeology of this sub-continent. Till date, the study on the Harappan Civilization was only confined to the erudite society, this publication has been them into the door step of every individuals.
About the Author
Sanjib Kumar Singh, M.A. from Patna University is a trained Archaeologist and Museologist also belongs to the first batch of the Institute of Archaeology of ASI, New Delhi. He has alos studies Museology at NFMK, Seoul and Korean Language from SW University, Soth Korea. At present he is working in the National Museum, New Delhi. Besides books on Prehistory, Indus Valley Civilization, Buddhist Art, he has published a number of research papers in the national and international journals, periodicals, etc. He is also Editor of Kirshnayan (Essays on Archaeology), Ranarghya & National Museum News letter. Presently he is engaged seriously in the study of the new aspects of the history of Chandels.
He has been deputed by the Government of India to different countries-Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Belgium, Germany, United State of America together with Malaysia, France, Austria, etc to recognize international exhibitions which were co-ordinated, planned, conceptualised or organized by him as a team member and to deliver the public lectures. As on now he is one of the Brand ambassador of Cultural Partenership Initiative programme of the Government of South Korea which could be visied at www.culturefriends.or.kr
Nayan Ananda Chakrabarty did his Post Graduation in Archaeology from Calcutta University and took Post Graduate Diploma in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeolgy, New Delhi.He was the firs archaeologist to receive Junior Research Fellowship at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur on Archaeometallurgy. Besides his joining in the Archaeological Survey of India he was actively associated with various projects of the West Bengal State Archaeology that published in the form of a monography by the Govt. of West Bengal. He has also served as a curator in a Govt. museum. Being posted in different circles and branches of the ASI he had the privilege of studying a variety of monuments and sites, and contributed both in the documentation as well as numerous excavation and exploration works. He is the author of numerous articles and research papers based on various aspects of archaeology that published in journals and books of international repute. He is also the co-author of a series of publications on various protected monuments of the ASI. At present Sh. Chakrabarty is engaged in studying the metal objects of the excavated site of Dholavira and Banwali.
Sangeeta (Roy) Chakrabarty after obtaining her Post Graduation degree in Archaeology from Calcutta university did Post Graduate Diploma in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, New Delhi. She was awarded Gold medal from Lucknow University for her meritorious Ph.D. on the ‘Handaxe-Cleaver Culture of the Western Upland of the West Bengal'. On behalf of West Bengal State Archaeology and Archaeological Survey of India, she had participated in a numer of explorations, excavations, documenting a huge number of stone tools and sculptures beside preparing the inventory of monements both in UP and Rajasthan. She was granted fellowship in the project on the'Annotated Archaeological Atlas of West bengal'. Thes experiences have been reflected on her number of articles and research papers published in reputed books and journals. Presently she is making a scientific study of the lithic objects of the Harappan site of Bholavia and Banawali.