Most Ancient Aryan Society

Author(s): Ram Chandra Jain
Publisher: Institute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan

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the eminent archaeologists and historians, rendered great services to Egyptology.
The ancient culture and civilization that flourished in ancient times in the valleys of Euphrates and Tigris was discovered comparatively later. J. F. Taylor, the British Councel at Basra, first unearthed inscriptions in 1854 A. D. R. Campbell Thompson and H. R. Hall advanced the work of Archaeological excavations in Mesopotamia. Leonard Woolley, the great Mesopotamian Archaeologist gave the full picture of the culture and civilization of Sumer. The father of Sumerology completed his work in 1934 A. D.
Science of Sume. rology
Asiatic society of Bengal in Bharata was working on written literary records. In the nineteenth century, arts,
epigraphy, coins and ancient script drew Science of Bhara- the attention of the scholars. Gifted James talogy Princep deciphered Brahmi script in 1837 A. D. Appointment of George Cunningham to the post of first archaeological Surveyor of India in 1862 A. D. began a new chapter in Indian history. Rakhaldas Banerjee excavated the sites of Mohenjodaro and Harappa in 19211922. These sites were fully excavated by John Marshall, J. H. Mackay and Vats between 1925-1931 A. D. The work of Wheeler, Ghose and Lall is appreciable in this field. Foundations of Bharatalogy have been well laid.
Archæologists had been working in Mainland Greece and Egean islands in the nineteenth century. Heinrich Schliemann dug at Mycenaean and Trojan Science of Acgio- sites of Acropolis and Hissarlik. But the logy memorable event in Greek and Egean archaeology came in 1900 A. D. when Arthur Evans purchased the site of Knossos and carried on his fruitful and