A Profile of the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology
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(Under Graduate & Post Graduate)
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Name of the Deptt. |
Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology |
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Estd. |
1945 (Bifurcated from History in 1983) |
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Teachers |
[a] Post : 4 |
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[b] Working : 5 |
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[c] Ph.D - 03 |
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[d] NET/SLET - 02 |
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[e] Orientation - 01 |
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[f] Refresher - 02 |
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[g] Ph.D Produced - 05 |
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[h] Ph.D Persuing - 05 |
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No. of the Students |
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2011-14 |
2012-15 |
2013-16 |
2014-17 |
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UG |
157 |
210 |
134 |
Admn going on |
501 |
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2012-14 |
2013-15 |
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PG |
140 |
173 |
313 |
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Departmental Library (No. of Books/Journal) |
379 |
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Practical Room |
1 for Archaeology |
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Support with 1 Tech. Assistant |
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Museum |
K.P. Jaisawal Archaeological Museum of the Dept. is the only College Museum in Bihar. Ested in 1947, Renovation in March 2000. Pala Stone Sculptures, Terracotta’s, Seals , Sealing coins and other antiquities having flavuor of regional identification are preserved here. Supported with 1 staff. |
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Publication of Bulletins |
On Bihar |
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Kashi Prasad Jaiswal Puratatwik Sangrahalaya - Ek Parichaya |
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Awareness Activities |
Dharaohar (published by associated NGO) to spread awareness in the field of Identification & Protection ofg antiquities.
A website on Regional History & Archaeology , www.begusaraiheritage.com run by Dr. Shailesh Kr. Sinha
Regular camps at various Tourist & Archaeological sites of the region with active participation of the students of the Dept. to spread awareness and protect the heritage of the region. |
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Excavation |
At, Birpur, Begusarai by the permission of Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi. Our Dept. has the honour to become the first College Dept. of Bihar to get such opportunity. |
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Exploration |
Extensive Exploration of Begusarai, samastipur & Khagaria District. |
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Seminar & Workshop |
Active participation in the Archaeological Sites Documentation Programme of K.P.J.R.I. Patna for Begusarai and Khagaria districts under coordinationship of Dr. S.K.Sinha and Research Investigation of Research Scholars of the Dept. |
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Research & Field works |
Extensive survey and exploration work with Kashi Prasad Jaisawal Research Institute, Patna under the Documentation of Archeological sites of Bihar campaign of the Institute.
Minor Research Project of UGC, 2012-13 under the Topic "Study of the Archaeological Sites alongwith the distributaries of the Ganges in Begusarai district. |
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Excursion |
REGULAR EDUCATIONAL TRIP to important Historical & Archaeological places like Konark,Bhopal, Ajanta, Ellora, etc. Photo |
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Teaching Aid |
- Workshop for Intensive learning in different concerned topics at regular interval.
- Classes of Museology are regularly held in the Museum for live demonstration and better perception.
- By downloading latest important informations from Internet disseminated to the students.
- Charts & Maps are used as important devices for scientifice analysis of the problem involved.
- Student participation in Exploration and Excavation work : Enthusiastically increasing participation of the students in on going Exploration, Excavation work.
- Periodic Seminars : Departmentally organised on diverse topics related to the syllabus of the UG & PG courses.
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Counselling |
Dept. of AIH, Culture & Archaeology extends counselling facilities to students & various organisation. |
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Other Achievements |
Recently selected as a documentation centre for National Mission of Monuments and Antiquities by Arhaeological Survay of India(Govt. of India) |
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