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K.M. Srivastava

Portrait of K.M.   Srivastava

Dr. Shri Krishna Murari Srivastava (21 Sept 1927, Allahabad, India) is a leading Indian archaelogist who led the Special Archeological Preservation Mission to Angkor from 1982 to 1991, and was credited with the discovery-identification of the lost town of Kapilavatsu, where Lord Buddha spent the first twenty-nine years of his life before renouncing the world. 

Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India until 2010, he also worked in the area of the Aswan Dam (modern Egypt), in Bahrain, and in Cambodia.

He authored several books, including a Study in Protohistoric India and The Apsarases At Angkor Wat (1994), as well as various archeological reports such as Excavations at Piprahwa and Ganwaria. He took part in the famous excavations in the Indian city of Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh State), near the Babri Masjid (Mosque).

Glossary Terms

  • Ayutthaya, Ayudhya, Ayodhya

    th. อยุธยา

    The Ayutthaya Kingdom or Empire was a Mon and later Siamese kingdom existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, with its center Ayutthaya city, in Siam [nowadays Thailand]. Considered as the precursor of modern Thailand.

    According to traditions, the kingdom was founded by King Uthong, but the latter's origin is unclear, as he is depicted as "a Northern Thai prince, a fugitive Chinese prince from the sea, a Khmer noble from Angkor, a ruler from one of the gulf cities, or a Chola dignitary."

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