Amalananda Ghosh
Amalananda Ghosh (3 March 1910 – 1981) was an Indian archaeologist, author and editor of numerous works on India's ancient civilizations, and the organizer and director of archaeological expeditions during the mid-1900s.
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edit- In view of Stein’s statement which had led us to believe that nothing very ancient would be found in the region, it was a great thrill for us when even on the first and second days of our exploration we found sites with unmistakable affinities with the culture of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. And a few subsequent days’ work convinced us that the Sarasvatī valley had been really a commingling of many rivers, not only geographically, but culturally... ‘the valleys of the Sarasvatī and the Drishadvatī must be regarded as very rich indeed in archaeological remains’.
- Ghosh, A., ‘The Rajputana Desert: Its Archaeological Aspect’, in Bulletin of the National Institute of Sciences in India, 1952, vol. I, pp. 37-42, reproduced in An Archaeological Tour°, p. 101. in Danino, M. (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī. Penguin Books India.
