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AMAZING ARCHAEOLOGY

The word archaeology comes from became systemized under the indian
Glimpses of
man’s history two greek words ‘arkhaios’ meaning government.
Answer to history’s ancient and ‘logia’ which meaning
mysteries. Come let us dig further and explore
Covered by layers of study. why is archaeology so vital, the world of archaeology!
dust you may ask? well, it is simply human
Discovering history’s nature to want to know more — to Geetika Mahajan, IX E and Mehak Khanna, VII
gems are a must! E, Bhavan’s S.L. Public School, Amritsar; Sraja
Dear Friends, dig deeper, in a sense. what’s more is Chatterjee, Army Public School, R.K. Puram,
Archaeology is the study of human that without archaeology, we would Secunderabad; Nandini Gupta, XC, Summer
Fields School, Gurgaon
civilization from the material remains not know much about our historical
that are left behind. Portable past and heritage. To be able to TOOLS TaLE!
remains include artefacts like tools, unearth our own past, to be able to
seals, potsherds among others. Non- explore, study and discover history in 2011, at a prehistoric site near
portable remains include ruins of
settlements, civic buildings, etc. through tiny clues is exciting but Chennai, archaeologists have
painstaking too! discovered some of the oldest stone
Archaeology is divided into two
major disciplines, pre-historic The 18th century was the beginning age tools in india, from which some
and historic. In pre-historic of increased scholarly interest in are at least 1.07 million years old.
archaeology, we study about
civilizations that did not leave any the rich history of india. in the aDICHaNaLLUR STORy
written records behind. Historic 19th century, the establishment
archaeology involves the study of of the archaeological survey of adichanallur, an archaeological site in
written records like inscriptions. india (in 1861) was an important Tamil Nadu, is a
From the Indus Valley Civilization phase for indian archaeology. burial site from
to the medieval times, India has archaeological excavations shifted
proven to be an archaeological gem! from being an individual initiative the iron age.
Let us delve into the World of e xcav a tions
Archaeology. of adventurers and surveyors and have helped
push back the
CONTENTS history of the
amazing archaeology 1 HELIODORUS Tamil people and language to around

archaeology: Then 2 COLUMN 1500 bC. at this site many artefacts
archaeology: Now 3 like urns, gold headbands, broken
A column belonging to 113 ceramics have been found.
excavation to Preservation 4
BC erected by Heliodorus, a
archaeological sources 5 Greek ambassador to India was
The harappan Civilization 6-7 excavated in Besnagar, Madhya
archaeological sites of india 8-11 Pradesh by Alexander Cunningham
in 1877 CE. From the inscriptions,
amazing archaeologists 12
it seems clear that Heliodorus
activities 4u 13-15
was inspired by Vedic principles!
heritage News 16-19
Prize winners, what’s Next? 20 Illustration by: Vedanshi Tare, VIII-L, Delhi Public School,
Sector 45, Gurgaon
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