Raymond Allchin

Dr
Frank Raymond Allchin
Born(1923-07-09)9 July 1923
Harrow, London, United Kingdom
Died4 June 2010(2010-06-04) (aged 86)
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Alma materSOAS University of London
Known forsignificant contribution to the study of the ancient history of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
SpouseBridget Allchin
Parents
  • Frank Macdonald Allchin (father)
  • Louise Maude (mother)
Scientific career
Fieldsarcheology

Frank Raymond Allchin, FBA (9 July 1923 – 4 June 2010) was a British archaeologist and Indologist. He and his wife, Bridget Allchin, formed one of the most influential British partnerships in the post-Independence study of South Asian archaeology. Producing a large body of scholarship ranging from archaeological excavations, ethnoarchaeology as well as epigraphy and linguistics, the Allchins made their work and that of others accessible through a series of sole, joint and edited publications. Seminal works include The Birth of Indian Civilisation (1968), which was later superseded by their books The Rise of Indian Civilisation in India and Pakistan (1982) and The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia (1995).[1]

  1. ^ Robin Coningham. "Raymond Allchin obituary | Science". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2017.