2011, A commemorative postage stamp on Archaeological Survey of India Rs.5.00 MNH

2011, Archaeological Survey of India 

A commemorative postage stamp on Archaeological Survey of India 5 Rs 2011 MNH

                                       Text:             Archaeological Survey of India 5 Rs 2011 

                            Condition:             MNH

Country / Post	India
Date of Issue	20 December 2011
Primary theme	History (Archaeology)
Subject	Archaeological Survey of India
Width	38.5 mm
Height	29.0 mm
Denomination	5.00 INR
Number in set	2
Layout/Format	sheet
Perforations	13.5 by 13.5
Stamp issuing authority	Ministry of Communications Department of Posts
Printer	Security Printing Press Hyderabad

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ARCHAEOLOGY EVEN AS IT ENGAGES WITH THE HUMAN PAST, IS A MODERN PURSUIT THAT FOSTERS PRODUCTIVE HARMONY BETWEEN THE SOCIETY AND ITS HERITAGE. LEARNING FROM THE PEOPLES OF THE PAST AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOWHERE MORE RELEVANT THAN IN INDIA, A CONTINENT LIKE COUNTRY WITH ITS BEWILDERING DIVERSITIES AND CONTRADICTION AND WHICH IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS LIVING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN DIFFERENT CENTURIES. ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN INDIA BEGAN TOWARDS THE END OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THE INITIAL EFFORTS HAVING BEEN INSPIRED BY THE ACCOUNTS OF TRAVELLERS WHO VISITED THIS WONDER LAND, TILL THEN LITTLE KNOWN. LEGENDARY ARCHAEOLOGISTS LIKE ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, JOHN MARSHALL AND MORTIMER WHEELER CONTRIBUTED TO THE EMERGENCE OF THE SURVEY AS A RESPECTED AND PROFESSIONALLY COMPETENT ORGANIZATION. THE ASI AT TIMES, CALLED UPON TO FACE CHALLENGES OF COMPLEX NATURE REQUIRING SPECIAL EFFORTS WITH REGARD TO THE PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, WHEN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ARE IN PROGRESS. DESPITE THE CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS, THE ASI IS SERVING THE COUNTRY CREDITABLY. ON THE OCCASION OF ITS COMPLETING 150 YEARS OF EXISTENCE, THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS COMMEMORATES THE EVENT WITH THE ISSUE OF A SET OF TWO POSTAGE STAMPS.

                                                                                                                                     

SeSquICentennIal year of ArchaeologIcal Survey of IndIa

In December 2011 Archaeological Survey of India completes 150 years of its existence. To commemorate the Sesquicentennial anniversary of ASI a set of commemorative postage stamps were released on 20th December, 2011 by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India. These stamps depict excavated structures and artefacts retrieved at Dholavira, the largest and very significant Harappan site in India.