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How many archaeological sites are there in India?

By Rachel Hickman
Here is the list of 22 Archaeological Sites in India For A Quick History Recap
  • Taj Mahal, Agra - Most Famous Archaeological Site of India.
  • Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh - The Architectural Masterpiece.
  • Hampi, Karnataka - The abode of bygone ruins, rusty colors and fascinating landscape.

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In this regard, which country has the most archaeological sites?

China and Italy have the highest number of World Heritage Sites, both with 55 entries.

Likewise, who is the first archaeologist in India? Among these were British archaeologists, historians and Indologists like Alexander Cunningham, who founded the Archaeological Survey of India; John Marshall, who is credited with discovering the Indus Valley Civilisation; Mortimer Wheeler, one of the most significant 20th century archaeologists; James Prinsep, who

Accordingly, what is the oldest archaeological site in the world?

Göbekli Tepe

What is considered to be the best preserved site of ancient India?

Ellora, an Indian archeological site, is best known for its caves.

Related Question Answers

Which is oldest country?

By many accounts, the Republic of San Marino, one of the world's smallest countries, is also the world's oldest country.

What country has most Unesco sites?

Italy

How many World Unesco sites are there?

878 World

What country has the most ruins?

What country has the most ancient ruins? If pyramids count and you mean the most, not the oldest, Sudan has more than Egypt. New discoveries are still found buried under sand and earth.

Which city has 4 Unesco world heritage sites?

Cordoba

Which country has the richest culture in the world?

I would say that China and India have the richest culture in the world, following by Iran, Vietnam and japan.

Which continent has the most World Heritage sites?

Of the five regions Unesco uses, Europe and North America has the most world heritage sites, with 420 cultural, 61 natural and 10 mixed sites.

What are the oldest ruins on earth?

9 Oldest Archaeological Sites in the World
  • Tell es-Sultan (Jericho) Age: over 10,000 years (c.9000 BCE)
  • Göbekli Tepe. Age: over 11,000 years (c.9600 BCE)
  • Tell Qaramel. Age: over 12,000 years (c.10,900 BCE)
  • Lascaux Cave. Age: about 17,000 years (c.15,000 BCE)
  • Cave of Altamira. Age: over 27,000 years old (c.25,000 BCE)
  • Murujuga.
  • Chauvet Cave.
  • Cave of El Castillo.

Which is oldest temple in world?

Göbekli Tepe

Which is the oldest Hindu temple?

The Mundeshwari Devi Temple (also spelled as Mundesvari) is located at Kaura in Kaimur district in the state of Bihar, India on the Mundeshwari Hills. It is an ancient temple dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva and Shakti and is considered one of the oldest Hindu temples in India.

What is the oldest website?

The first web page went live on August 6, 1991. It was dedicated to information on the World Wide Web project and was made by Tim Berners-Lee. It ran on a NeXT computer at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN. The first web page address was

Which is the oldest building in India?

Sanchi Stupa

What is the oldest place on Earth?

Here are 14 of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world:
  • Damascus, Syria. The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. (
  • Jericho, West Bank.
  • Aleppo, Syria.
  • Athens, Greece.
  • Argos, Greece.
  • Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
  • Faiyum, Egypt.
  • Byblos, Lebanon.

Who built Gobekli Tepe?

The temples were discovered by a German archeologist (Klaus Schmidt) who had previously worked on the Nevalı Çori site and dig, which is now known to be predated by Göbekli Tepe. The temples contain 3 metre (10 ft) pillars situated in the round.

When was Gobekli Tepe destroyed?

The tablet confirms that a comet struck Earth around 11,000BC, leading to global destruction including the extinction of the woolly mammoth and the rise of new civilizations. The carvings were found in Gobekli Tepe in southern Turkey, the world's oldest known temple and a site for ancient observatory and worship.

What is the oldest building known to man?

Tower of Jericho - Circa 8000 BC The so-called Tower of Jericho is an 8.5 meter tall stone structure built in the pre-pottery Neolithic period. It, as well as Gobekli Tepe and Tell Qaramel, is one of the oldest yet discovered man-made structures on Earth.

What does Gobekli Tepe mean in English?

Göbekli Tepe (Turkish: [?œbecˈli teˈpe], Turkish for "Potbelly Hill") is an archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey approximately 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Şanlıurfa.

Who is father of archeology?

William Flinders Petrie

Who is the father of Indian archeology?

Alexander Cunningham