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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Armenian-Indian archaeologist (1845–1907)}}<br />
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| name = Joseph David Beglar<br />
| image = Ruins at Stupa 1 Sanchi Joseph Beglar 1875.jpg<br />
| caption = Ruins of the Southern Gateway, [[Sanchi]] in 1875, photographed by Joseph David Beglar.<br />
| birth_date = 1845<br />
| birth_place = India<br />
| death_date = 1907<br />
| death_place = <br />
| occupation = Engineer, archaeologist<br />
| known_for = Archaeological Survey of India surveys and excavations<br />
| employer = Archaeological Survey of India<br />
| notable_works = Archaeological surveys in Bengal, Bihar and Central India<br />
}}<br />
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'''Joseph David Beglar''', or Joseph David Freedone Melik Beglar (1845–1907), was an [[Armenians in India|Armenian-Indian]] engineer, archaeologist and photographer working in [[British Raj|British India]] and reporting to the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], known for his images of temples and religious art. He was an assistant of [[Alexander Cunningham]].<ref>Armenians in India, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, by Mesrovb Jacob Seth [https://books.google.com/books?id=BlreO8bmK30C&pg=PA309 p.309]</ref><ref>'Archaeologizing' Heritage?: Transcultural Entanglements by Michael Falser, Monica Juneja [https://books.google.com/books?id=EVY_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 p.42]</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
*[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Report_of_a_Tour_through_the_Bengal_Provinces Report of a Tour through the Bengal Provinces] (1878) {{ISBN|978-1021861993}}<br />
*''Report of Tours in the South-eastern Provinces in 1874-75 and 1875-76'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=qM8OAAAAQAAJ Google Books] {{ISBN| 978-0666185358}}<br />
*''Report of a Tour in Bundelkhand and Malwa, 1871-72: And in the Central Provinces, 1873-74'' {{ISBN|978-1148070674}}<br />
*''Report for the Year 1871-72- Delhi and Agra'' {{ISBN|978-0483641693}}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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KITLV 88205 - Unknown - Sculpture of a woman Kichang in British India - 1897.tiff|Life-size statue of a woman at Kichang Singhbhum District in British India.<br />
KITLV 87946 - Unknown - Pataini temple in British India - 1897.tif|Pataini temple in British India. <br />
KITLV 88133 - Unknown - Buddha sculpture, Rajaona in British India - 1897.tif|Buddha sculpture, Rajaona in British India.<br />
KITLV 88134 - Unknown - Hindu sculptures at Rajaona in British India - 1897.tif|Statue of four-armed goddess with child.<br />
KITLV 88145 - Unknown - Buddha sculpture at Ghenjan in British India - 1897.tif|Buddha sculpture at Ghenjan in British India.<br />
KITLV 88196 - Unknown - Temple at Telkupi in British India - 1897.tif|Temples of Hooghly District<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[John Marshall (archaeologist)|Sir John Hubert Marshall]]<br />
* [[Edward Clive Bayley|Sir Edward Clive Bayley]]<br />
* [[Sir Alexander Cunningham]]<br />
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