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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In the demise of Dr. SP Gupta, the world has lost an energetic, fervent scholar devoted to archaeological studies. On a personal note, I am beholden to him for the guidance provided by him on the historicity of Rama Setu and related archaeological perspectives of Roman trade across the Hindumahaasagar; his monograph on Indus-Sarasvati civilization is what guided me into extensive explorations into the Vedic River Sarasvati and re-christening of the Indus civilization as Sarasvati civilization with over 80% of the civilization sites having been found on the banks of River Sarasvati. His ongoing work on the Atlas of the civilization has to be carried forward; this will be a true tribute to this aatman who has now merged with the paramaatman.
dhanyavaadah. Kalyanaraman
October 14, 2007 Obituary Noted archaeologist Dr S.P. Gupta is no more
Renowned archaeologist and founder of the Indian History and Culture Society, New Delhi, Dr Swaraj Prakash Gupta passed away on October 3 night at a private nursing home. He was unwell for a fortnight, suffering from acute asthma and breathlessness. He was 76.
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Swaraj Prakash Gupta (born 1931) is a well-known Indian archaeologist and art historian. He has done extensive studies on the Indus Valley Civilization and in South Asia. He was also the editor of several volumes of the Puratattva, the Bulletin of the Indian Archaeological Society, He is the Chairman of the Indian Archaeological Society in New Delhi. He was awarded the Mortimer Wheeler Prize.
Elements of Indian Art : Including Temple Architecture, Iconography and Iconometry/S.P. Gupta and Shashi Prabha Asthana. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2002, xiv, 146 p., maps, ills., ISBN 81-246-0213-1 and ISBN 81-246-0214-X
1984. Frontiers of the Indus Civilization (B.B. Lal and S.P. Gupta, Eds.). New Delhi: Indian Archaeological Society.
Gupta, S.P. (ed.). 1995. The lost Sarasvati and the Indus Civilization. Kusumanjali Prakashan, Jodhpur.
Disposal of the Dead and Physical Types in Ancient India (1971)
Tourism, Museums and Monuments (1975)
Archaeology of Soviet Central Asia and the Indian Borderlands (2 volumes) (1978)
The Roots of Indian Art (1980) (French edition: 1990)
Cultural Tourism in India (2002)
S.P. Gupta. The dawn of civilization, in G.C. Pande (ed.)(History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, ed., D.P. Chattophadhyaya, vol I Part 1) (New Delhi:Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 1999)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Gupta
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In the demise of Dr. SP Gupta, the world has lost an energetic, fervent scholar devoted to archaeological studies. On a personal note, I am beholden to him for the guidance provided by him on the historicity of Rama Setu and related archaeological perspectives of Roman trade across the Hindumahaasagar; his monograph on Indus-Sarasvati civilization is what guided me into extensive explorations into the Vedic River Sarasvati and re-christening of the Indus civilization as Sarasvati civilization with over 80% of the civilization sites having been found on the banks of River Sarasvati. His ongoing work on the Atlas of the civilization has to be carried forward; this will be a true tribute to this aatman who has now merged with the paramaatman.
dhanyavaadah. Kalyanaraman
October 14, 2007 Obituary Noted archaeologist Dr S.P. Gupta is no more
Renowned archaeologist and founder of the Indian History and Culture Society, New Delhi, Dr Swaraj Prakash Gupta passed away on October 3 night at a private nursing home. He was unwell for a fortnight, suffering from acute asthma and breathlessness. He was 76.
http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.p...&pid=205&page=5
Swaraj Prakash Gupta (born 1931) is a well-known Indian archaeologist and art historian. He has done extensive studies on the Indus Valley Civilization and in South Asia. He was also the editor of several volumes of the Puratattva, the Bulletin of the Indian Archaeological Society, He is the Chairman of the Indian Archaeological Society in New Delhi. He was awarded the Mortimer Wheeler Prize.
Elements of Indian Art : Including Temple Architecture, Iconography and Iconometry/S.P. Gupta and Shashi Prabha Asthana. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2002, xiv, 146 p., maps, ills., ISBN 81-246-0213-1 and ISBN 81-246-0214-X
1984. Frontiers of the Indus Civilization (B.B. Lal and S.P. Gupta, Eds.). New Delhi: Indian Archaeological Society.
Gupta, S.P. (ed.). 1995. The lost Sarasvati and the Indus Civilization. Kusumanjali Prakashan, Jodhpur.
Disposal of the Dead and Physical Types in Ancient India (1971)
Tourism, Museums and Monuments (1975)
Archaeology of Soviet Central Asia and the Indian Borderlands (2 volumes) (1978)
The Roots of Indian Art (1980) (French edition: 1990)
Cultural Tourism in India (2002)
S.P. Gupta. The dawn of civilization, in G.C. Pande (ed.)(History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, ed., D.P. Chattophadhyaya, vol I Part 1) (New Delhi:Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 1999)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Gupta
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