Braj Basi Lal (2 May 1921 – 10 September 2022) was an Indian writer and archaeologist. He was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India ...
B. B. Lal
Indian writer and archaeologist
Braj Basi Lal was an Indian writer and archaeologist. He was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1968 to 1972 and has served as Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. Lal also served on various... Wikipedia
Born: May 2, 1921, Jhansi, India
Died: September 10, 2022 (age 101 years), New Delhi, India
Awards: Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan
Education: University of Allahabad
Children: 3
Known for: Work on Indus Valley civilization sites, Mahabharat sites, Kalibangan, Ramayana sites
Books
Historicity of the Mahābhārata: Evidence of Literature, Art, and Archaeology
2013
The R̥igvedic People: 'invaders'?/'immigrants'? Or Indigenous? : Evidence of Archaeology and Literature
2015
The Sarasvatī flows on
2002
India 1947-1997
1998
How Deep are the Roots of Indian Civilization? Archaeology Answers
2009
Indraprastha: The Earliest Delhi Going Back to the Mahabharata Times
2021
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Oct 30, 2022 ˇ Braj Basi Lal, usually addressed as B.B. Lal, a doyen in the field of Archaeology, passed away recently, on 10th September 2022, ...
Sep 10, 2022 ˇ Archaeologist Braj Basi Lal, who led an excavation at the Ramjanmabhoomi site in the mid-1970s and was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2021 passed away on ...
Sep 11, 2022 ˇ A real-life Indiana Jones, BB Lal dug deep at the sites associated with the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Sep 13, 2022 ˇ Archaeologist Braj Basi Lal, who had led the excavation at the Ram Janmabhoomi site, was praised as much at his death on September 10, as during his lifetime.
Jan 28, 2021 ˇ Archaeologist Braj Basi Lal who led an excavation at the Ramjanmabhoomi site in the mid-1970s in among those honoured with the Padma Vibhushan this Republic ...
Sep 10, 2022 ˇ Considered India's senior-most archaeologist, Braj Basi Lal wrote of the 'pillar-base theory' and claimed to have found temple-like pillars.
Sep 13, 2022 ˇ Braj Basi Lal was the lead archaeologist of the Ram Janmabhoomi site. ˇ He was born in 1921 at Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh and resided in New Delhi.
Sep 10, 2022 ˇ Renowned archaeologist Braj Basi Lal (commonly referred to as BB Lal) passed away at the ripe age of 101. Born in 1921, Lal went on to serve ...
Jan 27, 2021 ˇ In May, Braj Basi Lal shall be a centenarian. Popularly known as B B Lal, he has been awarded Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India.