Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao Quotes

Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao , commonly known as Dr. S. R. Rao, was an Indian archaeologist who led teams credited with discoveries of a number of Harappan sites including the port city Lothal and Bet Dwarka in Gujarat. Wikipedia

✵ 1. July 1922 – 3. January 2013

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Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao Quotes

“When I was repairing the temple of Dwarkadeesh at Dwaraka (on land) I had to demolish a modern building in front of it and I found the 9th Century temple of Vishnu. I got curious and dug further deeper (30 ft) in 1979-80 on land. We found two earlier temples, a whole wall and figures of Vishnu. We dug further and actually found eroded material of a township lying at the bottom. Then arose the question of dating the remains of the township destroyed by the sea. Thermo-luminescence dating revealed a date of 1520 B. C. The Mahabharata refers to Dwaraka …”

Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao

Interview with S. R. Rao at The Hindu, Nov 20 2002.

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