TY - GEN AU - Singh, Upinder Ed. TI - World of India's First Archaeologist : Letters from Alexander Cunningham to J.D.M Beglar SN - 9780190131753 PY - 2021/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Indian history KW - archaeologist KW - archaeology N2 - The book contains the 192 letters , Alexander Cunningham wrote between 1871 and 1888 to his Archaeological Assistant, J. D. M. Beglar. The letters offer fascinating insights into Cunningham's life and career, telling the story of the birth of Indian archaeology and some of its greatest discoveries in real time, in Cunningham's own words ER -