‘Indus Basin Uninterrupted’: What has this river meant for India’s territorial disputes in history?
An excerpt from ‘Indus Basin Uninterrupted: A History of Territory & Politics from Alexander to Nehru’, by Uttam Kumar Sinha.
For all of Lord Curzon’s unpopularity as the viceroy of India – not to mention his racist mindset and the infamous announcement of the partition of the undivided Bengal – his appointment of John Marshall, barely twenty-six years of age, as the head of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1902, was an act of prudence. Marshall encouraged archaeological studies and spearheaded excavations which were to change the chronology of ancient India.