Daya Ram Sahni
(1879-1939)
Indian archaeologist
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Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni (16 December 1879 – 7 March 1939) was an Indian archaeologist who supervised the excavation of the Indus valley site at Harappa in 1921-22. A protege of John Marshall, in 1931, Sahni became the first Indian to be appointed Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), a position in which he served till 1935.
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16 December 1879 (now in Punjab Province, Pakistan)
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7 March 1939 (aged 59) (now in Rajasthan, India)
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