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Who started the excavation of Harappan site first?
Who started the excavation of Harappan site first?
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For exams, remember the key archaeologists and the sites they are associated with. A common pair is: Harappa - Daya Ram Sahni (1921) and Mohenjo-Daro - R.D. Banerji (1922).
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The excavation of the Harappan site was first started by Daya Ram Sahni in 1921. He was an Indian archaeologist who, under the supervision of Sir John Marshall, the then Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, led the initial excavations at Harappa in the Punjab province of British India (present-day Pakistan).
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