John Marshall

Sir John Hubert Marshall CIE FBA was the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902 to 1928. He oversaw the excavations of Harappa and Mohenjodaro, two of the main cities that comprise the Indus Valley Civilization. In 1902, the new viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, appointed Marshall as Director-General of Archaeology within the British Indian administration. He modernised the approach to archaeology on that continent, introducing a programme of cataloguing and conservation of ancient monuments and artifacts