B.B. Lal
| B. B. Lal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Braj Basi Lal 2 May 1921 Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Archaeologist, Director-General Archaeological Survey of India (1968 - 1972) |
| Known for | Work on Indus Valley Civilization sites, Mahabharat sites, Kalibangan |
Braj Basi Lal (born 2 May 1921), better known as B. B. Lal, is an Indian archaeologist. He was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1968 to 1972 and has served as Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. Lal also served on various UNESCO committees.
He received the Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India in 2000.
Born in Jhansi, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India, Lal obtained his master's degree in Sanskrit, including the Vedas, with a First class degree from Allahabad University, India.
After his studies, Lal developed interest in archaeology and in 1943, became a trainee in excavation under a veteran British archaeologist, Mortimer Wheeler, starting with Taxila, and later at sites such as Harappa and Sisupalgarh in Odisha. Lal went on to work as an archaeologist for more than fifty years.
In 1968, he was appointed the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India where he would remain until 1972. Thereafter, Lal served as Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla.
The Archaeological Survey of India had performed conservation and restoration of Buddhas of Bamiyan, Khwaj Parsa’s Mosque at Balkh and the shrine of Khwaja Abu Naser under R. Sen Gupta and Lal in Afghanistan.
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