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Mr. H. Sarkar is an archaeologist of repute and has substantial contribution to various fields of Indian archaeology, particularly Buddhist art and architecture, and protohistory, art and architecture of south India. Among his publications are Studies in early Buddhist Architecture of India (1966), Nagarjunakonda (third edition 1980), Amaravati (second edition 1980). He joined the Archaeological Survey of India in 1955 and served in various capacities in different parts of India and had been for some time director (antiquity). He was on deputation to the Secretariat of the XXVI International Congaress of Orientalists from 1964 to 1967 as the Assistant Editor. Mr. Sarkar’s association with museums dates back to 1961 when the island museum at Nagarjunakonda was being built to house antiquities, found in the large-scale excavation here before its submergence; in fact, he was intimately associated with the entire salvage operations, including the reconstitution of important monuments – a venture which was among the first in India.