Thursday, 22 September 2011

No Indian Archaeologist at International Seminar on Pattanam in 2008

The International Seminar on Muziris Heritage Project and Archaeological Research at Pattanam held at Thiruvananthapuram in 2008 did not have a single Indian archaeologist  of repute. No archaeologists were invited from National Institute of Marine Archaeology or Archaeological Survey of India to present papers. Modern historians constitute the consultant panel of Pattanam excavations. Even the modern historians did not present papers except Dr. Raghava varier..On the other hand papers were presented by P.J.Cherian and his associates. Two scholars from outside India presented papers. It seems that Pattanam excavators were afraid to invite Indian archaeologists out of fear that  many facts shall get disclosed.

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