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Rakhal Das Banerji, also Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay (12 April 1885 – 23 May 1930), was an Indian archaeologist and an officer of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI). In 1919, he became the second ASI officer deputed to survey the site of Mohenjo-daro and returned there in the 1922-23 season.
Rakhal Das Banerji was not just an archaeologist, he cultured about Literature and other things as well
Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay, also known as R D Banerji was an eminent Indian Archaeologist & Museum expert. He is mostly known as the discoverer of Mohenjo-daro, the principal site of the Harappa culture. He was born on 12 April 1885 in Behrampore of Murshidabad District, west bengal.
2 days ago · Some, like Rakhal Das Banerji, KN Dikshit and Madho Sarup Vats, were present at digging sites in Mohenjo-Daro in the Punjab district of undivided India and first hinted at the antiquity of the ...
Apr 12, 2017 · Banerji (also known as Rakhal das Banerjee and Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay) was working for the Archaeological Survey of India in 1920, surveying the lower part of the Indus River valley (now part of Pakistan), when he heard reports of a buried site surmounted by a stupa, a small hemispherical structure used by Buddhist monks for meditation.
Nov 7, 2009 · Banerji, Rakhal Das, 1885-1930. Publication date 1915 Topics Bengal (India) -- History, Bengal (India) -- Antiquities, India -- Antiquities Publisher Calcutta ...
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Dec 29, 2022 · December 2022 makes the centenary of the discovery of the famous Harappan site of Mohenjodaro. It was sometime in December 1922 that the noted Indian archaeologist Rakhal Das Banerji stumbled upon the remains of this great city which opened a new chapter in the history of India.
