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Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British archaeologist and army engineer, known as the father of the Archaeological Survey of India. Both his brothers, Francis Cunningham and Joseph Cunningham became well known for their work in British India.<br /><br />Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1867<br /><br />See also chapter in Beyond the call of duty / by V. Raghunanthan and Veena Prasad | Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British archaeologist and army engineer, known as the father of the Archaeological Survey of India. Both his brothers, Francis Cunningham and Joseph Cunningham became well known for their work in British India.<br /><br />Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1867<br /><br />See also chapter in Beyond the call of duty / by V. Raghunanthan and Veena Prasad | ||
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| Major General Alexander Cunningham | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1814 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1893 | ||||||||||
| Residence |
1 Clarendon Rd Kensington; c/o Messrs Henry S. King & Co., 65 Cornhill EC care of Messrs. Henry S. King and Co., 65 Cornhill, E.C. 2 Cranley Mansion, Gloucester Road, South Kensington, SW [1888] | ||||||||||
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armed services academic | ||||||||||
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1894.03.13 death announced
death noted in report of the council for 1894
Notes From Elsewhere
Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British archaeologist and army engineer, known as the father of the Archaeological Survey of India. Both his brothers, Francis Cunningham and Joseph Cunningham became well known for their work in British India.
Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1867
See also chapter in Beyond the call of duty / by V. Raghunanthan and Veena Prasad
Publications
External Publications
LADĀK: Physical, Statistical, and Historical with Notices of the Surrounding Countries (1854). Bhilsa Topes (1854), a history of Buddhism The Ancient Geography of India (1871) Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum. Volume 1. (1877) The Stupa of Bharhut: A Buddhist Monument Ornamented with Numerous Sculptures Illustrative of Buddhist Legend and History in the Third Century B.C. (1879) The Book of Indian Eras (1883) Coins of Ancient India (1891) Mahâbodhi, or the great Buddhist temple under the Bodhi tree at Buddha-Gaya (1892)
He also published numerous papers in the Journal of the Asiatic Society and the Numismatic Chronicle
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