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B. Narasimhaiah

Portrait of B.   Narasimhaiah

B. [for Barkur] Narasimhaiah (b. 1938, Karnataka State, India) was a field archeologist, a member of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1964 to 1996, when he retired, and the head of the Indian Restoration Mission in Angkor, First Phase, from 1986 to 1993. 

With a MD in Indology from University of Mysore [Mysuru] in 1960, a PG Diploma in Archaeology from ASI School of Archaeology in 1963 and a PhD in Archeology from the University of Pune [Poona] in 1977, B. Narasimhaiah engaged in the exploration and excavation of ancient sites across Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, of Harappan and pre-Harappan remains at Kalibangan, as well as archeological field research in the World Heritage Sites at Hampi, Tanjavur, Pattadakal, Darasuram, Gangaikondacholapuram and Mahabalipuram.

In addition to revising various ASI guidebooks of sites in India, he published about his research in India and his mission at Angkor Wat (1986−1993), which remained controversial. 

Publications

  • Neolithic and Megalithic Cultures in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Sundeep Prakashan Pub., 1980, 257 p. ASIN B0DLT7TM1B.
  • Metropolis Vijayanagara, significance of remains of citadel, Delhi, Book India Pub. Co, 1992. ISBN 9788185638003.
  • Angkor Vat: India’s Contribution Conservation 1986 – 93, Delhi, South Asia Books [Memoirs ASI n. 91], 1994, 165 p. ISBN 9780836430677.
  • [ed. with C. Sivaramamurti] Mahabalipuram, Delhi, ASI World Heritage Series, 2006, 96 p. ISBN10: 8187780215.
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Glossary Terms

  • Carnatic, Karnataka

    sk तैलङ्ग Tailaṅga "the Tailanga country" | sk तैलङ्गः tailaṅgaḥ "inhabitants of Tailanga" | persian سلطنت كرناتک saltanat-i-kratanak "the Sultanate of Karnatak' | tml ஆற்காடு நவாப் āṟkāḍu navāp "the Nawab of Arkot" 

    1. Name of a geographical area, the modern Telangana or Karnatak. The part of the Indian peninsula south of Orissa (Odisha) to Madras (Chennai), between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal, in the former Madras Presidency and in the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and southern coastal Andhra Pradesh.
    2. The area where took place the Carnatic Wars between the Mughal Empire, Britain and France which ultimately led to British victory and the domination of the British Empire over India.
    3. Carnatic music (known as Karnāṭaka saṃgīta or Karnāṭaka saṅgītam in the Dravidian languages): the main style of classical music in southern India, as distinct from the Hindustani and Odissi musical genres of the north. Most Carnatic compositions are in Telugu and Sanskrit, derived from ancient Hindu texts and traditions, particularly the Samaveda, and written with an emphasis on gāyaki (singing) style. The Vijayanagara Empire (Karnataka) saw the golden age of Carnatic music in the 18th and 19th centuries, under the patronage of the kings and queens of Mysore, Travancore, and the Maratha rulers of Tanjore. Along with famous royal court musicians Veene Sheshanna (1852–1926) and Veene Subbanna (1861–1939), composers Tyagaraja (1767– 1847), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1776–1835) and Syama Sastri (1762–1827) remain celebrated for the richness of their kritis (works).
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