Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India : No. 64 : Excavations in Swat and Explorations in the Oxus Territories of Afghanistan : A detailed report of the 1938 expedition

Contents : Foreword. Preface. 1. The objects of the expedition. 2. The plan of campaign. 3. Excavation of sites in the Barikot district. 4. Excavations at Charbagh in upper Swat. 5. General conclusions on the work in Swat. 6. Explorations in Afghanistan. List of objects found in Swat. Index.

From the preface: “This memoir is an account of the work of a British expedition which spent the Summer of 1938 in excavating a number of sites in the Swat Valley and in making an archaeological reconnaissance in the Oxus territories of Afghanistan. The expedition, a party of four, was supported by a number of learned societies in England, and the publication of this volume by the Government of India as one of this series is due to the kindness of the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey, Rao Bahadur K.N. Dikshit, who must not, however, be held responsible for the views expressed or conclusions reached.

The main object of this short expedition was to pave the way for further British work on the Indian Frontier and beyond. Whatever the value of the material brought back on this occasion, it is satisfactory to record that it has contributed, in some measure, to a revival of interest in Indian and Central Asian studies in England, and that there is some prospect of this being the first of a series of campaigns, for which a representative committee is now being formed and is shortly to become responsible.”