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This page provides a simple browsing interface for finding entities described by a property and a named value. Other available search interfaces include the page property search, and the ask query builder.
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- Alexander Cunningham + (Major+General+Sir+Alexander+Cunningham+%28 … Major+General+Sir+Alexander+Cunningham+%28January+1814+%E2%80%93+28+November+1893%29+was+a+British+Army+engineer+with+the+Bengal+Engineer+Group+who+later+took+an+interest+in+the+history+and+archaeology+of+India.+In+1861%2C+he+was+appointed+to+the+newly+created+position+of+archaeological+surveyor+to+the+government+of+India%3B+and+he+founded+and+organised+what+later+became+the+Archaeological+Survey+of+India.%0A%0AHe+wrote+numerous+books+and+monographs+and+made+extensive+collections+of+artefacts.+Some+of+his+collections+were+lost%2C+but+most+of+the+gold+and+silver+coins+and+a+fine+group+of+Buddhist+sculptures+and+jewelery+were+bought+by+the+British+Museum+in+1894.+He+was+also+the+father+of+mathematician+Allan+Cunningham.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAlexander_Cunningham+Source+Accessed+Aug+16%2C+2023%5D%29ngham+Source+Accessed+Aug+16%2C+2023%5D%29)