Giovanni Verardi

Author Bio: As a member of ISIAO, Rome, Giovanni Verardi has carried out excavations in Afghanistan (Ghazni), Nepal(in Kathmandu and at the Asokan site of Gotihawa) and China (Luoyang), as well as extensive surveys and research work in India and Pakistan. He has been professor of India Archaeology and Archaeology of Central Asia at the Universita 'L' Orientale, Naples.