Elliot, Sir Walter, 1803-1887 (curator and archaeologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1803 - 1887
Biography
Sir Walter Elliot was Scottish civil servant based in Madras, India. He was an archaeologist and collector, and he excavated at Amaravati in 1845.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
The Sir Walter Elliot Archive
Collection
Identifier: Coll-1860
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of seven Indian copper plate charters in Sanskrit recrding land grants, dating from the 5th to 16th centuries CE, and of three volumes containing rubbings of inscriptions from different regions of India, collected by Sir Walter Elliot throughout the 19th century.
Dates:
5th-19th centuries