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Robert Bruce Foote

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Foote built a valuable collection due to 40 years of geological and pre-historic expeditions in various parts of western and southern India. Foote's collection of antiquities was all sold to the
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went on to discover more such tools and settlements in Southern and Western India. In 1884, he discovered the 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) long
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As a geologist, one of his significant contributions to Indian geology was the "Geological Features of the
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Human origins, genome and people of India : genomic, palaeontological & archaeological evidences
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in 1859. In 1863, after his archaeological survey began, he discovered India's first conclusive
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India, the Ancient Past: a history of the Indian sub-continent from c. 7000 BC to AD 1200
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India : a History of the Indian Subcontinent from c. 7000 BCE to CE 1200
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Chakrabarti, Dilip K. (1979). "Robert Bruce Foote and Indian Prehistory".
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who conducted geological surveys of prehistoric locations in
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in 1906, where it is quoted to be a valuable treasure.
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Effect of Foote's work on modern archeological finds
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Museum article which discusses Foote's contributions
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for his contributions to realm's defence during the
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Coromandel : a personal history of South India
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Calcutta
Yercaud
Tamil Nadu
geologist
archaeologist
India
Geological Survey of India
site
Attirampakkam
Madras Presidency
Chennai
Madrasian culture
Geological Survey of India
Madras Presidency
Hyderabad region
Bombay
Paleolithic life
Joseph Prestwich
Paleolithic
hand axe
Pallavaram
Madras
William King
Belum Caves
Indian subcontinent
GSI
state of Baroda
South Mahratta Country
Maharashtra

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