# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hasmukh-dhirajlal-sankalia
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:41:58.152Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hasmukh-dhirajlal-sankalia"
name: "Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia"
slug: "hasmukh-dhirajlal-sankalia"
description: "Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia was an Indian Sanskrit scholar and archaeologist specialising in proto- and ancient Indian history. He is considered to have pioneered archaeological excavation techniques in India, with several significant discoveries from the prehistoric period to his credit. Sankalia received the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak award in 1966.\nAnd also received Padma Bhushan in the year 1974."
tagline: "Indian archaeologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H.D.Sankalia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1908-12-10"
deathDate: "1989-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5899705014749262
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "هاسموخ دهيراچلال سانكاليا"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump