A.C.L. Carlleyle
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A. C. L. Carlleyle was a nineteenth-century archaeologist.
The Archaeological Survey of India
was revived as a distinct department of the government and Sir Alexander Cunningham
was appointed as Director General who assumed his charge in February 1871.
Cunningham was given two assistants J.D. Beglar and Carlleyle who were later joined by H.B.W. Garrik. Carlleyle handled the Agra region for the Report of 1871-72 whereas Beglar was in charge of Delhi.
In 1867-68, Carlleyle discovered paintings on the walls and ceilings of rock shelters in Sohagighat, district Mirzapur
. He was also the first to claim a Stone Age
antiquity for these. Carlleyle also made many other important contributions to archeology in India
.
The Archaeological Survey of India
Archaeological Survey of India
The Archaeological Survey of India is a department of the Government of India, attached to the Ministry of Culture . The ASI is responsible for archaeological studies and the preservation of archaeological heritage of the country in accordance with the various acts of the Indian Parliament...
was revived as a distinct department of the government and Sir Alexander Cunningham
Alexander Cunningham
Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI was a British archaeologist and army engineer, known as the father of the Archaeological Survey of India...
was appointed as Director General who assumed his charge in February 1871.
Cunningham was given two assistants J.D. Beglar and Carlleyle who were later joined by H.B.W. Garrik. Carlleyle handled the Agra region for the Report of 1871-72 whereas Beglar was in charge of Delhi.
In 1867-68, Carlleyle discovered paintings on the walls and ceilings of rock shelters in Sohagighat, district Mirzapur
Mirzapur
Mirzapur is a city in the heart of North India, nearly 650 km between Delhi and Kolkata and also equidistant from Allahabad and Varanasi. Located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur has a population of a little over 205,264 and is renowned for its famous carpet and brassware industry...
. He was also the first to claim a Stone Age
Stone Age
The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period, lasting about 2.5 million years , during which humans and their predecessor species in the genus Homo, as well as the earlier partly contemporary genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus, widely used exclusively stone as their hard material in the...
antiquity for these. Carlleyle also made many other important contributions to archeology in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.