Gabriel Jouveau-Dubreuil (1885–1945) was a French

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

who specialized in

Southern India South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and T ...

.National Library of France databank
/ref> Jouveau-Dubreuil was the first discoverer of artifacts at

Nagarjunakonda Nagarjunakonda (IAST: Nāgārjunikoṇḍa, meaning Nagarjuna Hill) is a historical town, now an island located near Nagarjuna Sagar in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, near the state border with Telangana. It is one of ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

in 1926, before systematic digging was taken over by

A. H. Longhurst Albert Henry Longhurst (1876 – 1955) was a British archaeologist and art historian, working in India and Ceylon. Albert Henry Longhurst was born in Great Bookham, Surrey, England in 1876, the third of seven children (second son) to David Lon ...

in 1927.Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 72, Issue 2–3 June 1940 , pp. 226-22

/ref> He published both in French and English.

Works

* Archaeologie du Sud de l'Ind
Vol. 1Vol.2
* Ancient History of the Decca

* The Pallava

* Pallava Antiquitie

References

French archaeologists 1885 births 1945 deaths 20th-century archaeologists {{Archaeologist-stub