7 Facts about R. D. Banerji, the forgotten archaeologist who discovered Mohenjo-Daro

R D Banerji also known as Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay was an eminent Indian Archaeologist & Museum expert was born on 12 April 1885

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The discovery of Mohenjo-Daro in 1922 was a turning point in Banerji's career. He is generally known as the pioneer of Mohenjodaro, the chief site of the Harappa culture

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He joined the Indian Museum in Calcutta as an Assistant to the Archaeological Section in 1910. ⁣ Later, he joined the Archaeological Survey of India as Assistant Superintendent in 1911

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Banerji is well known for uncovering pre-Buddhist ancient rarities at the vestiges at Mohenjodaro

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Those revelations led to unearthings at the two destinations that set up the presence of the then-obscure Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilisation

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He took several exploration along the banks of the Indus River in search of Alexander the Great’s victory pillars. It was on one such expedition that he stumbled upon the ancient mounds of Mohenjodaro and Harappa

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The greatest achievement of Banerji in the field of Indian coins is, undoubtedly, the Prachin(a) Mudra (in Bangla), part I, which gives a scientific account and critical analysis of coins of ancient and early medieval India

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His translations of this civilisation were distributed in various articles and books like, "An Indian City 5,000 Years Prior", "Mohenjo-Daro", Ancient, Old and Hindu India and Mahenjodaro – A Failed to remember Report

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