21. Activities Outside India.-As in the past year, the activities of the Survey were not confined to India alone. Shri A. Ghosh, Director General of Archaeology in India visited Afghanistan in July-August, 1964 for exploring the possibilities of preserving the colossal statues of Buddha at Bamian and selecting a suitable site for excavation. His report is under Government's consideration. As part of the aid programme to Nepal, the Archaeological Survey of India proposes to undertake the preservation of paintings at Bhaktapur near Kathmandu as they are deteriorating.
22. Collaboration with Unesco.-Known the world over for her priceless monuments and with a culture and history dating back to over 5,000 years, India befittingly responded to the Unesco's call for an international campaign for monuments and organised it at the national level for a fortnight in November, 1964, to educate the public on the cultural, historical and artistic value of the great monuments and to inculcate a sense of responsibility for their preservation for posterity. The campaign was organised by the Government of India through the agency of the Archaeological Survey of India. The State Governments-particularly their Education Departments and Directorates of Archaeology, Museums and Educational Institutions gave their whole hearted cooperation.
23. Publications.-Four new sets of picture postcards of representative monuments at Nagarjunakonda, Vishnupur, Lucknow and Goa were published and released for sale to the public as part of publicity programme of the Survey. Another important publication brought out by the Survey is the Monograph on "Pallava Cave-temples" by Shri K. R. Srinivasan, Deputy Director-General of Archaeology, which is the first volume in the Temple Architecture series on the programme of publications of the Temple Survey Project set up under the Survey.
24. Meetings.-The twentieth meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Archaeology was held at Patna with the Minister of Education in the
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Chair. The Governor of Bihar inaugurated the meeting. A variety of problems relating to archaeology were discussed at the meeting and a number of important resolutions were passed.
C. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF INDIA 25. The main activities of the National Archives of India relate to accession, repair and preservation of records, research and technical service and training and publication.
26. Accession-192 authenticated copies of Bills passed by the various States Legislatures and assented to by the President of India were received from the Ministry of Home Affairs. 1,163 books and 415 periodicals were added to the Department Library.
26.1. Among the significant additions to the Department's private archives and historical documents, mention may be made of the collec- tions of Dr. M. R. Jayakar, V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, V. Krishnaswami Aiyer and Purushottam Das Tandon. Documents of the India Independence League at Singapore were also acquired.
26.2. Under the programme of acquisition of materials of Indian interests, the papers of former Governors General Lord Dalhousie, Lord William Bentick and Lord Hardinge and former Secretary of State for India Lord Chamberlain were acquired in microfilm from various libraries and repositories.
26.3. Photo copies of a nishan of Princess Jahan Ara and a Farman of Emperor Akbar were procured from Surat.
27. Compilation of Reference Media.-Lists were prepared of the files of Legislative Department (1872-89) and Military Department (1876-89) of the Government of India. Listing of papers of G. K. Gokhale, B. G. Khaparde and Badruddin Tyabji was completed. Lists were prepared of papers of Duke of Argyll and Lord Dalhousie. Further progress was made in preparing a descriptive list of Persian Corres- pondence (1804-07), press listing of Secret Department records (1783- 6), indexing of the Alqabnama, the Foreign and Political Department records 1781-83) and cataloguing the Survey of India maps.
28. Research and Reference.-The number of research scholars in- cluding those from the U.K., the U.S.A., Australia, Germany and Sweden, who availed themselves of facilities for consulting records was 118 this year as against 190 last year.
29. Technical Service.-A number of institutions and individuals from abroad as well as within the country availed themselves of technical advice of the National Archives of India, notably among them are : Bir Library, Kathmandu, Nepal, Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, Registrar General's Office, New Delhi.
30. Training in Archives Keeping.-Three candidates successfully completed the one-year Diploma Course in Archives-Keeping offered by the National Archives of India. The Archivist of the Ceylon Govern- ment completed the study-curn-observation tour arranged by the National Archives of India under the Colombo Plan.
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32. Publications.-In collaboration with the University of Calcutta, Ochterlony Papers on Delhi and Central India (1818-25) were published. Progress was maintained in printing of Fort William-India House Correspondence Vol. VII (Home Public, 1773-76) and Calender of Persian Correspondence, Vol. XI (1794-95). The Indian Archives, Vol. XIV (Jan. 1961-Dec, 1962) was published. Fort William-India House Correspondence Vol. III (Home Public, 1760-63), Vol. XXI (Military Department, 1797-1800), Descriptive list of Secret Department Records Vol. II (1776-80) and the Indian Archives Vol, XV (Jan. 1963-Dec. 1964) were sent to the press. Arrangements were made for reprinting of Selections from Educational Records.
32. Grants to State Governments.-Grants were given to the State Governments of Bihar, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Madras, Mysore, Orissa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan for the compilation of material for the National Register of Records in private custody.
33. Advisory Bodies and Committees.-The National Committee of Archivists met at Trivandrum in December, 1964 to discuss matters of archives in the Union and States. In the same month the Historical Documents Purchase Committee also met to consider the acquisition of some documents from private sources.
34. Indo-Soviet Cultural Exchange Programme.-Under this Programme, Shri K. D, Bhargava, Director of Archives, visited the various records repositories of the Soviet Union.
35. General.-The administrative control of the archives in Goa was transferred to the National Archives of India from the 1st October, 1964.
36. Programme for 1965-66.-In addition to completing its present accession work on band, the National Archives of India proposes to continue its programme of locating and acquiring documents bearing on modern Indian history, private papers of former Governors General, Viceroys, and Secretaries of State as well as of eminent Indians. Em- phasis will continue to be laid on appraisal and weeding of records of ephemeral value in custody of the National Archives of India as well as in the record rooms of other government agencies.
36.1. As regards publication programme, the printing of Vol. XV of the Indian At-chives, Vol. VII of Fort William-India House Correspondence Vol. XI of Calendar of Persian Correspondence and Persian Akhbar are expected to be completed. Another Volume of Fort William-India House Correspondence will be sent to the press. A volume of Descriptive list of Secret Department Records and Index to the Foreign and Political Department Records (1781-83) will be ready for press. Descriptive listing of Persian Correspondence (1806-7) is likely to be completed.
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D. FINANCIAL PROVISION
37. Financial Provision.-The financial provision for the various schemes described in this Chapter are given below :
Sl. Provision for 1964-65
No. Name of the scheme provision for
Original Revised 1965-66
1 2 3 4 5
1. Reorganisation and development of Muse-
ums 11,00,000 8,25,000 8,25,000
2. Indian War Memorial 20,800 21,600 21,800
3. National Museum, New Delhi 21,41,200 19,37,000 22,26,200
4. Indian Museum, Calcutta 5,69,100 4,55,000 5,00,000
5. Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta 3,44,400 3,44,400 2,16,200
6. Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad 17,45,000 10,50,000 17,00,000
7. Nava Nalanda Mahavihara 50,000 50,000 1,50,000
8. National Gallery of Modern Arts 4,00,800 3,29,100 3,76,500
9. Archaeological Survey of India 1,28,30,000 1,16,37,000 1,21,96,400
10. National Archives of India 15,49,000 15,51,000 16,47,800
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