Archaeology in Madras University

Hello, I want to know the details of the department of Archaeology of University of Madras. Please provide me.

[Pathak]

Hello, here I am providing you the details of the department of Archaeology of University of Madras as under:

About the department:
The Department of Ancient History and Archaeology had its inception in the year 1959 with Dr. T.V. Mahalingam adorning the Professorial Chair and Dr. B.K. Gururaja Rao, Dr. C. Krishnamurthy and Dr. R. Champakalakshmi serving as Lecturers.

Courses Offered
Post Graduate
M.A Ancient History and Archaeology

M.Phil Courses
Ancient History and Archaeology

Ph.D
Ph.D Programmes

Faculty:
Dr. P.D. Balaji
Dr. J. Soundararajan
Mr. G. Thirumoorthy

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT
Arikkamedu – Pondichery (Collaborated with Pennsylvania University, U.S.A.) 1990 – 1994
Padaiveedu – Tiruvannamalai District – 1995
Tiruverkadu – Chennai District – 1996 – 2000
Palur – Kanchipuram District – 2001 – 2005
Melchittamur – Villupuram District – 2006- 2010
Arpakkam – Kanchipuram District – since 2011

Contact details:
Department of Ancient History and Archaeology
University of Madras,
Chepauk Campus, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu 600005
Phone: 044 2539 9422