Ghulam Yazdani

Ghulam Yazdani, OBE was an Indian archaeologist who was one of the founders of the Archaeological Department during the colonial era reign of Nizam of Hyderabad. He also edited the Arabic and Persian Supplement of Epigraphia Indica from 1913 to 1940. He was instrumental in surveying and documenting Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu and Jain sites in the Hyderabad state, including major mosques in the region, the caves at Ajanta, Ellora Caves, Alampur group of temples, Ramappa Temple, Bidar fort, and Daulatabad Fort, among many others.