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ON October 28, at the Institute of Archæology, London, Prof. K. deB. Codrington, the newly appointed professor of Indian archæology, gave an inaugural lecture entitled "The Place of Archæology in Indian Studies". The High Commissioner for India, Mr. Krishna Menon, who took the chair, said that the creation of such a chair was very Welcome and he hoped that it would lead to exchanges of scholars on both sides. He welcomed the appointment of Prof. Codrington, whose second home was India. In his lecture, Prof. Codrington stressed the educational value of the study of archæology, and the need of close collaboration between all who are interested in the study of India. Outlining the relations of the earliest city culture in India with north and south Persia, he went on to describe the intrusion of the neolithic tanged-adze culture of South-East Asia with reference to the first appearance of the Aryans in India. The chair of Indian archaeology in the University of London is held jointly at the Institute of Archæology and the School of Oriental Studies.
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Indian Archæology at the University of London. Nature 162, 727–728 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162727d0
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