People commonly wonder who digs up the past and why they’re doing it? Who are these archaeologists, what role do they play, and what do they want with all that dirt anyway? If you’ve ever wondered about this, there are quite a few answers to be found on this topic, ranging from the answer of what archaeologists do to how archaeologists work […]
Archaeology
The Secrets of Archaeological Site Surveys
Do you have a dream of becoming an archaeologist? Want to be the person excavating your favorite ancient site, sifting through dirt and debris to uncover the secrets of our past? While this may sound like a lot of fun, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. You’ll need to become very familiar with archaeological site surveys if you want to […]
Archaeologists and Artefacts: How We Determine What’s Worth Digging Up
Artefacts are the things archaeologists dig up when they’re trying to figure out what life was like in an ancient culture, and how it changed over time. Once unearthed, artefacts are studied in order to learn about the people who used them and sometimes even the materials they were made from. But how exactly do archaeologists figure out what artefacts to look […]
Discovering the Past: An Introduction to Archaeological Excavation
Excavation is the most direct way to find out what happened in the past. Digging through layers of the earth can help archeologists, historians, and anthropologists understand how people lived long ago, from what they ate to what their houses looked like. It is an unrepeatable process where any error can cause damage to the data of the human past. The excavation […]
Amaravati: An Architectural View
Introduction Amaravati is a great center of Buddhist architecture in Southern India from 200 B.C.E. to 4th century C.E. Buddhism was communicated to the people of the South by Ashoka’s zeal but it remained confined to the lower reaches of Krishna and Godavari rivers. Here we have both rock-cut and structural Buddhist sanctuaries. A few Buddhist sanctuaries in the South are a […]
The meaning of Emblem of the Indian Republic the Ashokan Pillar Capital of Sarnath
In the historical journey of India, Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan dynasty is the most shining icon to be credited with creating Indian History. The evergreen creeper of world-peace in the form of Buddhism, the fragrance of flowers of that still permeates the cultures of Japan, Myanmar, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, etc., prospered on the sturdy stem of his triumph of religio-cultural […]
