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From the Desk of the Vice Chancellor

Greetings!

As the Vice Chancellor of this premier university, I am extremely pleased to share this space to converse with all of you. The University of Madras is a post- sesquicentennial institution which has forged a glorious path for itself and has been the site for significant scientific discoveries as well as the beacon for national and regional societal transformation. It has successfully managed to hold aloft its tradition even while keeping up with the emerging trends. One reason for this is the way in which the university has kept alive its interactions with all the stakeholders.

The COVID 19 pandemic has introduced a ‘new normal’ and its impact is felt in the workings of the university as well. The students have been attending the lectures online. While online learning has the advantage of being anytime and anywhere, it has taken away the peer group interaction and peer learning which are integral aspects of the university experience. We look forward to welcoming you to the campus very soon. Meanwhile, our faculty and administration will continue to bring the best to the virtual classrooms. As students, you need to view the restrictions posed by the pandemic as a temporary deterrent. Your focus should be to gain the competencies to conduct application oriented research in order to evolve as useful citizens of our society.

Our university boasts of faculty with a high degree of knowledge and commitment to offer the best in teaching and research. Given the context of the pandemic, we need to redefine our teaching-learning processes to offer the best pedagogic experience to our students. Similarly, the post-pandemic era demands that we hone the employment potential and entrepreneurial capacity of our learners. This necessitates that we focus on sponsored research in cutting edge areas.

Our administrative staff have been the backbone of the university. While we move towards a transparent and complete e-governance model, we need more support from you. When the teaching-learning process at our university – from admission to certification -- is moving into the digital era, your skills and competencies need to keep pace.

At our university, we are gearing up for the final round of NAAC re-accreditation. This has offered us an opportunity to assess our Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges. Further, it has made us more determined to reiterate our quality benchmarks in teaching, research and extension activities. We are aware of this responsibility and fully prepared for it because, our university has always encouraged individual thinking within the established frameworks. This is echoed in the words of Tim Burners Lee, who initiated the World Wide Web: “We are forming cells within a global brain and we are excited that we might start to think collectively. What becomes of us still hangs crucially on how we think individually.” Let us unite to make the educational experience at the University of Madras a synergy of the best minds and best thoughts.

Prof.Dr.S.Gowri

Vice-Chancellor
University of Madras

Department of Ancient History and Archaeology

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About the Department

Objective

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. It was further strengthened with Technical posts such as Curator, Excavation and Research Assistant, Photographer, Draughtsman and Artist. With this excellent team of faculty and Technical Staff members, Post-Graduate degree course in Ancient History and Archaeology was introduced in 1960 and field training in exploration and excavation was imparted to students. The Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai Circle and the Government Museum, Egmore, came forward to extend expertise knowledge in the field of archaeology and Museology respectively to students of the department. Promotion of Archaeological research gave an impetus for enthusiastic researchers to enroll themselves in the Department for M.Litt. and Ph.D. degrees. Consequent to the retirement of Professor T.V.Mahalingam in 1971, Dr.C.Krishnamurti was placed in-charge of the Department for a few years and thereafter, Dr.K.V. Raman from the Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai Circle, was appointed Professor in 1976. Besides, Dr.S.Gurumurti and Dr.P.Shanmugam, old students of the Department, became Lecturers, and subsequently Headed the Department. From 2004 - 2008 the Department was headed by Prof. A. Ekambaranathan.There after Dr. P.D. Balaji is the Head in- charge of the Department.. The Department had further expansion with the creation of Technical Posts. The Postgraduate student strength also increased year after year. Students from foreign countries like Thailand, Japan, Poland and Srilanka also had the opportunity of studying M.A. degree course in the Department. Moreover, archaeological studies attracted research scholars from different parts of Peninsular India and North East India to the Department inorder to pursue research leading to M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees, as this Department is the only University Department offering M.A. Degree course in Ancient History and Archaeology in South India. Further, it is the only University Department in South India recognized by the Government of India to undertake archaeological excavations annually and give field training to M.A. students. With a view to ascertain the spread of Neolithic culture and its links with the megalithic culture in Tamilnadu, archaeological explorations were carried out and new sites like Appukkallu, Mallappadi, Kallerimalai, Athiyamankottai, Tiruvakkarai and Guttur were identified in Tamilnadu where the Department had undertaken archaeological excavations. Besides, to reinvestigate the origin of the rouletted ware, a variety of Roman pottery, collaborative excavation with Dr.Vimala Begly of the Pensilvaniya University, U.S.A., was undertaken at the famous Indo-Roman trading center of Arikkamedu, Pondicherry, for 5 sessions (1990 - 95). The results of the excavations were highly rewarding, and earned good reputation to the Department. The Department also had collaboration with Professor Nobru Karashima of the Tokyo University, Japan. With the financial support from the Government of Japan joint research project works were undertaken by Prof. K.V.Raman and Prof. P.Shanmugam. The results of the joint research projects had been published in the form of books. Under F.I.P. programme also, many college Teachers registered for Ph.D. degree in the Department. Above all, Major and Minor research projects, sponsored by UGC, ICHR and Nehru Trust, New Delhi were undertaken by Faculty members. This 50 years old Department of Ancient History and Archaeology is the almamater for 450 Postgraduate students from the year of its inception till date. It has the credit of producing 132 M.Phil., 7 M.Litt. and 61 Ph.D. degrees. Faculty members have all along published 60 books and hundreds of research articles in reputed journals. Conducting Seminars, Workshops, Conferences, Refresher Courses, Endowment Lectures, Explorations and Excavations are the regular Departmental activities towards achieving academic excellence in the field of Ancient History as well as Archaeology.

 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT

  1.      Tirukkampuliyur – Trichy District – 1962, 1963

2.      Alagarai - Trichy District – 1964

3.      Uraiyur  – Trichy District – 1965 – 1968

4.      Kanchipuram – Kanchipuram District – 1970 – 1976

5.      Appukkallu – Vellore District – 1977 & 1980

6.      Mallappadi -  Krishnagiri District - 1978

7.      Kallerimalai – Vellore District – 1979

8.      Adiyamankottai – Dharmapuri District – 1981, 1982

9.      Guttur – Dharmapuri District – 1983

10.  Tiruvakkarai – Villupuram District – 1985

11.  Tiruvamattur – Villupuram District – 1987

12.  Kudikadu – Cuddalore District – 1989

13.  Arikkamedu – Pondichery (Collaborated with Pennsylvania University, U.S.A.) 1990 – 1994

14.  Padaiveedu – Tiruvannamalai District – 1995

15.  Tiruverkadu – Chennai District – 1996 – 2000

16.  Palur – Kanchipuram District – 2001 – 2005

17.  Melchittamur – Villupuram District – 2006- 2010

18.  Arpakkam – Kanchipuram District – since 2011

Our Faculties

Associate Professor and Head i/c

Dr.J.Soundararajan

M.A., M.Phil., PGDEA., Ph.D.

  j.soundararajan@unom.ac.in    

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Assistant Professor

Dr.G. Thirumoorthy

MA.(Ancient History and Archaeology),M.Phil.,PhD.

  thirumoorthy@unom.ac.in    044 - 25399608

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Course Offered

Post Graduate

M.A Ancient History and Archaeology

Eligibility

A candidate who has passed any Bachelor’s Degree Examination of this University or an examination of other Universities accepted by the Syndicate as equivalent thereto.

Fee Structure

Master of Philosophy(M.Phil)

Ancient History and Archaeology

Eligibility

A candidate who has passed any Bachelor’s Degree Examination of this University or an examination of other Universities accepted by the Syndicate as equivalent thereto

Fee Structure

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D)

Ph.D Programmes

Eligibility

A candidate who have passed Master’s Degree in Ancient or Medieval Indian History/Archaeology/Anthropology/Indian Classical Languages such as Tamil, Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia, Pali, Prakit, Arabic or Persian or in Geology with knowledge of Pleistocene age from a recognized University or equivalent with a minimum aggregate of 55% of marks (50% in respect of candidates belonging to reserved categories as per UGC and Government Rules). There is no age limit for P.G. Diploma in Archaeology course. Reservation to SC/ST/OBC/PH as per Government Rules. Total intake of 20 candidates only and duration of course is two years.

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Syllabus

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Timetable

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M.Phil Scholars

Name Guide Topic Year Joined Year Completed Email Id
No M.Phil Scholars

Ph.D Scholars

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Awarded Scholars

Ph.D 3
M.Phil Nil

Present Scholars

Ph.D Nil
M.Phil Nil

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