Digital Rare Book :
Prehistoric Ancient And Hindu India
By R.D. Banerji (Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay)
Published by Blackie & son, Calcutta - 1934

Extract from the Foreword :
In 1921 the author of this volume was engaged in laying bare Buddhist remains at Mohenjo-Daro on the Indus, in the Larkana district of Sindh, when, as Sir John Marshall has recorded, he "came by chance on several 'seals' which he recognized as belonging to the same class as the remarkable seals ' with legends in an undecipherable script, long known, from the ruins of Harappa, in the Panjab. He "was quick to appreciate the value of his discovery", and he at once deepened his digging on the east side of a Buddhist monastery. Here, Mr. Banerji was a pioneer, and his work resulted in the discovery of remarkable remains that antedate the Buddhist structures by two or by three thousand years.
" This was no small achievement ", says Sir John Marshall, and he goes on to remind us that Mr. Banerji's conclusions upon it have been remarkably borne out by subsequent research. Larger operations have since been carried out, but they do not lessen the credit due to Mr. Banerji or diminish the importance of his discoveries.
By Donald A. Mackenzie