HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Sir John Marshall
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RD Banerji
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A Cunningham
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Daya Ram Sahani
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Detailed explanation-1: -Harappa was discovered by archaeologist Daya Ram Sahni. He supervised the excavation of the Indus valley site at Harappa in 1921 and 1922.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Harappa site was first briefly excavated by Sir Alexander Cunningham in 1872-73, two decades after brick robbers carried off the visible remains of the city. He found an Indus seal of unknown origin. The first extensive excavations at Harappa were started by Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni in 1920.
Detailed explanation-3: -The site was “officially” discovered in 1967-68 by J. P. Joshi, of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and is the fifth largest of eight major Harappan sites.
Detailed explanation-4: -The discovery of the ruins of Harappa was first reported in 1827, but excavations were conducted later in 1872-73 by Alexander Cunningham, and in 1921-22 under Sir John Marshall.