B I 0 - D AT A KAILASH NATH DIKSHIT (20th June, 1936, Lucknow) Born in 1936, joined schooling in 1942 and passed out High school and Intermediate in 1952 from Queens Anglo Sanskrit Inter College, Lucknow. Took his M. A. degree in Ancient Indian History and Archaeology from the University of Lucknow in 1956 and Post Graduate Diploma in Archaeology from Government of India in 1962. Technical and Administrative Experience Joined the Archaeological Survey of India on 9th March, 1957 as Exploration Assistant with a brief stint (3 years) as Deputy Keeper (Prehistory) in National Museum, New Delhi and retired as Joint Director General from Archaeological Survey of India in June 1994. In between served as Superintending Archaeologist 'Antiquities, New Delhi, Eastern Circle, Calcutta, South- Western Circle, Aurangabad, Delhi Circle, Delhi and Excavation Branch, Delhi and Director of Publications and Monuments and also held the charge of Antiquity and Excavation & Exploration from time to time. Special Qualifications/Training Excavations, Explorations and Exhibitions 1. Attended excavation camp for training in field Archaeology at Ujjain under Dr. N.R. Banerjee from December, 1956 to March, 1957. 2. Explored the region of Jaipur from 1958 to 1960. 3. Attended Excavations at Kalibangan and Junapani under Shri B.B. Lal and B.K. Thapar, 1960-61 and 1961-62. 4. Conducted excavations at Bairat in 1962, under Dr. N.R. Banerjee and Ambkheri and Bargaon in 1964 under Shri M.N. Deshpande. 5. Explored the Upper Ganga Valley in 1963-64 and 1964-65, under Shri M.N. Deshpande and Dr. N.R. Banerjee respectively and Sirsa valley in 1967-68 under Shri B.K. Thapar. 6. Attended excavations of neolithic sites in the Federal Republic of Germany - Inden, Lamersdorf and Mageniech in 1966 and 1967 as ‘DAAD scholar’ while working on megalithic culture of north Germany. Director of Excavations 1-2. Directed excavations at Kaseri in 1969-70 and at Allahapur in 1970-71 while working as Deputy Keeper (Pre-history), National Museum, New Delhi. 3. Directed a small scale excavation at Chiclim, Goa in 1976. 4-6. Explored Bikaner and Sikar regions in 1977-78 and directed small scale excavations at Nohar, Sothi and Sherpura. 1 7. Directed excavations at Hulas from 1978-79 to 1983-84. 8. Directed excavations jointly under the project of Archaeology of Ramayana sites on behalf of Archaeological Survey of Indian and Prof. B.B. Lal on behalf of Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla at Sringaverapura (1978-79 to 1984-85), Pariar (1978), Bhardwaj Ashram (1978, 1983), Ayodhya (1979) and Chitrakut (1980). 9. Explored Upper Ganga-Yamuna doab while excavating at Hulas in 1979-80. 10. Directed Kampilya excavation (2000-2001) with Ca Foscari University, Venice (Italy) on behalf of Indian Archaeological Society. Foreign Visits 1965-67 Visited Federal Republic of Germany as an Exchange visitor under German Academic Exchange Programme at Institute fur Ur und Frugeschichte Koln University from 1965 to 1967and studied the research methodology. Worked on Megaliths of Northern Germany under the research programme and published papers. Visited all the important museums of West Germany for learning display technology. 1966-67 - Visited the Museums at Paris, London, Cambridge, Rome and Cairo' for understanding its archaeological wealth and modern display techniques. 1983 Visited Turkey under Indo-Turkish Cultural Exchange Programme. Seen the important monuments, sites and museums in Turkey including neolithic sites. 1983 Visited National Museums at Kuwait and Bahrain. 1984 Visited USSR under the Indo-Soviet Exchange Programme and participated in an International seminar on Antiquity of Iron. Visited Moscow, Ashkabad, Leningrad and Tashkent including a few ancient sites. 1987 Visited Sri Lanka under SAARC and contributed a paper. 1989 Visited Paris for South Asian Archaeological Conference and contributed a paper. 1990 Visited Luanda, the capital of Angola (Africa) for the reorganisation of Armed Forces Museum. 1991 Visited Kansai University, Japan for delivering lectures as a Visiting Fellow. 1993 Visited Ulanbator, Mongolia under Cultural Exchange Programme for preparing a report on the Conservation and Renovation of Monuments. 2001 Visited Venice and Padova in Itlay to deliver lectures on Kampilya excavations. 2006 Visited Ravanna (Itlay) for South Asian Archaeology seminar and contributed a paper. 2 2007 Visited Canada to attend ICOMOS conference. 2012 Visited Pakistan to attend International Seminar at Islamabad and also toured Taxila, Mohenjodaro and Harappa including Karachi and Lahore to see their Museums and Fort. Delivered a lecture on ‘The Origin of Indian Civilization’ in Deptt. of Archaeology, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan. 2012 Visited South Africa to conceptualise the image of father of nation Mahatama Gandhi at Pietermaritzburg Railway Station and Phoenix Settlement near Durban and places connected with Mahatama Gandhi in Johannesburg. 2017 Visited Kenya for International Conference on the African and Jain Philosophies for Global Peace Building and Sustainable Development at Kisumu, Kenya from 13th – 15th December, 2017and delivered a lecture on ‘Jainism In Indian Context: An Archaeological Perspective’. And also delivered a lecture at Nairobi State Museum, Nairobi, Kenya. 2019 Visited Sri Lanka for International Conference on Archaeology, History, and Heritage (ICAHH 2019) at Habarana, Sri Lanka from 14-15 March, 2019 and delivered a lecture on ‘Monsoon and Urbanization in South Asia. Conservation 1973-77 Directed the conservation of the following internationally known monuments: Konark, Lord Jagannath temple, Puri, Hazarduari palace, Murshidabad, Ajanta, Ellora, Elephanta, Goa and Delhi monuments. 1973-75 Member-Secretary, Expert Committee on Lord Jagannath Temple, Puri, and since 1984 to 1994 visited to see the conservation work. 1975-77 Organized the meetings of the Expert Committee on Ajanta from and member Secretary from 1987-94. Museums 1969-72 Reorganised pre and proto-historic gallery of National Museum, New Delhi. 1990 Reorganised the Armed Forces Museum, Luanda (Angola). Seminars and Conferences Attended and contributed papers in the following Seminars and Conferences: 1. Patna University (1968) 2. Indian Archaeological Society (IAS) Annual Session Nagpur (1970). 3. IAS , OCP-NBP Seminar , New Delhi (1971) (organised the Seminar) 4. Radio-Carbon Dating and Indian Archaeology, TIFR, Bombay (1972). 5. IAS, Annual Session, Kurukshetra University (1972). 6. Mysore University (1973). 3 7. IAS, Annual Session, New Delhi (1974) (organised the Seminar). 8. Golden Jubilee of NSI, Calcutta (1974). 9. Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad ( 1976 ) 10. Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla (1977). 11. Mythic Society, Bangalore (1977). 12. IAS, Annual Session, Dharwar (1978). 13. International Conference on Anthropology and Ethnographical Sciences, New Delhi, (1978). 14. IAS, Annual Session, Bhopal (1979). 15. American Institute of Indian Studies, Srinagar (1979). 16. IAS, Annual Session, Allahabad (1980). 17. IAS, Annual Session, Waltair (1981). 18. Patna University (1981). 19. IAS, Annual Session, New Delhi (1982) (organised the Seminar). 20. Seminar on Lord Ram, Ayodhya (1983). 21. IAS, Annual Session, Poona (1983). 22. IAS, Annual Session, Gauhati (1984) (organised the Seminar). 23. IAS, Annual Session, Kanyakumari (1990) (-do-). 24. IAS Annual Session, Bhopal (1991) (-do-). 25. IAS Annual Session, Dharwar (1992) (-do-). 26. – 45th Annual Session, of IAS from (1993-2012) at Vadodara. 27. _ 46th Annual Session of IAS at Varanasi (2013). 28. _ 47th Annual Session of IAS at Pune (2014). 29. _ 48th Annual Session of IAS at Hyderabad (2015). 30. _ 49th Annual Session of IAS at Ranchi (2016). 31. _ 50th Annual Session of IAS at Banaras Hindu University (2017). 32. _ 51th Annual Session of IAS at Patna (2018). Lectures 1. Illustrated talk on 'The Story of the Pre-historic Man in India’ in India International Centre, 1970. 2. Delivering Lectures to the students of Institute of Archaeology, New Delhi since 1970 till now. 3. Also delivered Lectures to the students Department of Ancient Indian History, Allahabad University, National Laboratory for the Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow, Ganga Nath Sanskrit Sansthan, Allahabad, Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal and Institute of Conservation and Art Appreciation, National Museum, New Delhi. 4. Delivered lectures at All India Museum Camp, Baroda (1970), New Delhi (1972), Poona (1976) and Junagarh (2002). 5. Delivered lecture at International Seminar on ‘How Deep are the Roots of Indian Civilization: An Archaeological & Historical Perspective’ on The Decline and Legacy of Harappan Civilization, New Delhi on 25th - 27th November 2010. 4 6. Delivered lecture on The ‘Lost’ Saraswati River: The Cradle of Indian Civilization International Conference on “Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Pakistan and adjacent regions” Islamabad on January 5-8, 2012. 7. Delivered lecture on Ram, Ramayana and Ayodhya Verdict, Gorakhpur-Uttar Pradesh on 20th July, 2013. 8. Delivered lecture on Origin of Early Harappan Cultures in Saraswati valley: Recent Archaeological evidence and radio-metric dates, Gorakhpur – Uttar Pradesh on 21st July, 2013. 9. Delivered lecture on Origin of Harappan Civilization in India, Deccan College, Pune on 6th August, 2013. 10. Delivered lecture on Science of Conservation in Built-in-Heritage and Conservation of Monuments in 21st Century: A National Policy (Visit of a delegation