Question

which of the themes in this chapter would have interested Cunningham? which are the issues that have been of interest since 1947 ?
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Cunningham’s main interest was in the archaeology of the Early Historic (c. sixth century BCE-fourth century CE) and later periods. He used the accounts left by Chinese Buddhist pilgrims who had visited the subcontinent between the fourth and seventh centuries CE to locate early settlements. . A site like Harappa, which was not part of the itinerary of the Chinese pilgrims and was not known as an Early Historic city, did not fit very neatly within his framework of investigation. So, although Harappan artefacts were found fairly often during the nineteenth century and some of these reached Cunningham, he did not realise how old these were. Thus looking into the interest of his it is highly doubtful that any of the themes in this chapter would have interested him