Brief Introduction of the Department :
The Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar occupies a significant place in the area of Indian archaeology. It has adequately Contributed to research on Archaeology and History of India in general and Madhya Pradesh in Particular and brought out a number of scholarly publications. During the session 1951-52, a non Teaching department known as “Department of Archaeology” was opened for the archaeological Excavations. The excavations were carried out at the site of Tripuri (District Jabalpur, M.P.) and Sirpur (District Raipur, Chhattisgarh) under the Direction of Dr. M.G. Dixit , the then Head of the Department. During the session 1958-59, a full –fledged teaching department denominated as “Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology” came into existence and Prof. K.D. Bajpai, a distinguished scholar of archaeology was appointed its Head. Presently Prof. Nagesh Dubey is the Head of the Department.
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