New Delhi: Amalananda Ghosh is not a name that comes up naturally in conversations on Indian archaeology. He was the torchbearer of Indian archaeology after Independence, steering the Archaeological Survey of India away from its colonial roots.

“It is surprising that we never actually recognise his contribution. He focuses on the classification of pottery, which is the major tool of the archaeologists to at least establish the chronology of the sites in today’s time,” said Yadubir Singh Rawat, Director General of ASI at the launch of historian Himanshu Prabha Ray and Ajay Yadav’s recent book titled Indian Archaeology after Independence: Amalananda Ghosh and his Legacy at Delhi’s Humayun Tomb Museum Auditorium.

Rawat was joined by KK Basa, chairman of National Monuments Authority, Sanj

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