On Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 12:28:12 AM UTC+5, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:
> ANOTHER PROOF, the bible thumping barbaric racist british thieves NOT
> ONLY STOLE land and wealth but also KNOWLEDGE and claimed as their own.
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> https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/banerji-robbed-of-credit-for-indus-findings/articleshow/59101966.cms
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> 'Banerji robbed of credit for Indus findings'
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> Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay | TNN | Updated: Jun 11, 2017, 18:26 IST
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> KOLKATA: In a new book, 'Rakhal Das Banerji: The Forgotten
> Archaeologist', author P K Mishra has explored the “blatant theft of the
> credit for discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization“. Mishra also
> delivered a lecture at the Indian Museum on the topic.
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> "The accused is John Marshall, whose contribution to Indian archaeology
> is immense. he was the longest serving director-general of Archaelogical
> survey of India from 1902 to 1928," Mishra told TOI.
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> “The first report on the discovery of Mohenjo Daro, submitted by Banerji
> in 1920, was suppressed by Marshall. So were the subsequent reports and
> the final one in 1922 which Marshall edited and used as the basis of
> `Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus Civilization' -a monumental volume,“ he added.
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> “It was a blatant theft of intellectual property right, hard earned by a
> young Indian archaeologist, by his boss,“ Mishra said. Records say
> during 1918-22, Banerji carried out a five-season excavation at Mohenjo
> Daro. “The world knows Marshall discovered the civilization's ruins and
> it is taught in institutions. Banerji is an insignificant footnote,“ he
> pointed out.
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> “Marshall did not know much about Mohenjo Daro till May 1924. He first
> visited the site only in February 1925. Marshall took direct charge of
> the excavation from winter 1925-26. By that time, Banerji had done all
> the work a discoverer should have done." said Mishra.
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> Banerji had written to Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, another intellectual
> icon of the time -“See, they (the British government) will not allow me
> to publish anything on Mohenjo Daro. But you can write something. I am
> handing over to you all the material I have and all photographs. You
> just write something on it and publish my interpretations. This may be a
> record for future generation," Mishra's book reveals.
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> Banerji's brillanice was recognized by British officers when he joined
> ASI in 1927 as a 19 year old. He not only became a blue-eyed boy to
> Marshall, he was elevated to the post of superintendent of archaeology
> of Pune Division in 1922. But the final report of the discovery of
> Mohenjo Daro changed the colour of this bonhomie. Marshall turned
> hostile. Banerji wwas shunted out to Indian Museum.
how can I access this book, I am looking since a long the research writeups on Banerji archaeological carrier.