Alexander Cunningham
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title:
Alexander Cunningham
text:
Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Sappers who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly created position of archaeological surveyor to the government of India; and he founded and organised what later became the Archaeological Survey of India. He wrote numerous books and monographs and made extensive collections of artefacts. Some of his collections were lost, but most of the gold and sil
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British Army engineer (1814–1893)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cunningham
date created:
2005-04-16T18:02:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T06:24:47Z
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