REPORT ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF KATHIAWAD AND KACHH

About the book:-The author reveals that the present Report ought to have been issued before Christmas last, and this would have been done but for unavoidable delays. Had it been so, however, it must have been issued without much direct superintendence on his part, and the latter portion of it at least in a more abridged form. On his return from India last June, only about 80 pages had been printed off, and little more than 40 additional pages were in type this gave him the opportunity of reusing the remainder as it passed through the press, and of correcting and adding to it according to the most recent information he had obtained. Though devoted chiefly to Kathiawad and Kachh, it is not to be regarded as in any sense a complete report on the antiquities of either of these provinces. Kachh has hitherto been a terra incognita to the antiquarian, and, though probably not very rich in remains, it deserves a much fuller examination than he could bestow upon it in a few weeks at the commencement of the last season of 1875. Of Kathiawad we know more; but he has not been able to touch in this Report, on Satrunjaya with its city of temples, the ancient Valabhi, Somanath, and many other places of interest, and it would require that he should devote at least another season to the province, in order to be able to represent these places in a manner at all adequate to their interest. The want also of anything like a sufficient staff of draughtsmen prevented a good deal being accomplished that might have been done with more effective assistance. A complete set of impressions were taken of the great Asoka inscription at Girnar and of Eudra Hama’s, and are now lodged in the India Office Library, where they can be examined by scholars. About the Author:-James Burgess CIE FRSE FRGS MRAS LLD (1832 – 1916), was the founder of The Indian Antiquary in 1872 and an important archaeologist of India in the 19th century. He did educational work in Calcutta, 1856 and Bombay, 1861, and was Secretary of the Bombay Geographical Society from 1868-73. He was Head of the Archaeological Survey, Western India, 1873, and of South India, 1881. From 1886-89 he was Director General, Archaeological Survey of India. In 1881 the University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters (LLD). He retired to Edinburgh around 1892. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1894. He won its Keith Medal for 1897-99, and served as their Vice President 1908 to 1914. The Title 'REPORT ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF KATHIAWAD AND KACHH written/authored/edited by JAMES BURGESS', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121226486 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 331 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in ENGLISH. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 18.78 x 25.13 cms Vol:-