Record

StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	File
Reference Number	WHEELER/E/3/6
Title	'Afghanistan and Balkh, Indian correspondence re Balkh'
Date	1956-1957
Description	Newspaper cuttings and correspondence between Wheeler and various correspondents concerning his proposal for Indian-British excavations at Balkh under the joint auspices of the British Academy and the Indian Department of Archaeology,
Extent	1 file
AdminHistory	Balkh, known as Bactra to the Greeks and Baktri or Bagdhi to the Persians, was an ancient city and centre of Zoroastrianism in Northern Afghanistan. Today it is a small town in the province of Balkh, northern Afghanistan, about 20 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif.
AccessStatus	Open
AccessConditions	The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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