Archaeology & Prehistory
Birbal Sahni's palaeobotany
1920s-1949Birbal SahniLucknowPan-Indian / unspecified
1920
Described fossil plants such as Pentoxylon and founded India's palaeobotany institute.
- Dated
- 1920–1949
- As scholars put it
- 1920s-1949
- Originator
- Birbal Sahni
- Source text
- Lucknow
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Path to modern innovation
The Birbal Sahni Institute still leads the field.
References
- 1Sahni (1948)
Further reading
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