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Honors & Awards

1992: National Award of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

National Award of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz conferred by the President of Pakistan for making outstanding contributions to the archaeology and culture of Pakistan.

1967: Fulbright-Hays Travel Grant

Fulbright-Hays Travel Grant to commence Graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US.

1967-68: JDR 3rd Fund Grant

JDR 3rd Fund Grant for Graduate study and Research, US.

1968-70: Research Fellowship

University of Pennsylvania Museum Research Fellowship, US.

1973: Iranian Ministry of Culture and Arts Grant &

Iranian Ministry of Culture and Arts Grant to attend Second Archaeological Symposium and sites in Iran.1977 Fulbright-Hays Travel Award for teaching at University of Berkeley and lecturing at various American Universities.

1977: Fulbright-Hays Travel Award

Fulbright-Hays Travel Award for teaching at University of Berkeley and lecturing at various American Universities.

1987: ISMEO Grant

ISMEO (Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente) Grant to participate in the Ninth International Conference on South Asian Archaeology at Venice, Italy.

1988-89: Fulbright-Hays Senior Scholars Grant

Fulbright-Hays Senior Scholars Grant to do research and teach at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

1990: Colombo grant

Postgraduate Research Institute of Archaeology, Colombo grant to participate in the Symposium on the History and Technology in South and Southeast Asia at Kandy, Sri Lanka.

1991 and 1995 (Twice): The British Council Grants

The British Council Grants, for participation in International Conferences at Cambridge University, UK.

1993: ICOMOS Grant

ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) Sri Lanka Grant to attend Tenth General Conference of the ICOMOS at Colombo.

1994: Japan Buddhist Federation Grant

Lumbini Development Trust and Japan Buddhist Federation Grant to attend “Specialists’ Meeting for the Maya Devi Temple Restoration Project” at Lumbini, Nepal.

1995: UNESCO Grant

UNESCO’s Grant to attend meeting of Experts on World Heritage Information Management in Paris, France.

1997: ISMEO Gran

ISMEO Grant to participate in the 14th International Conference on South Asian Archaeology in Rome, Italy.

1998-99: Visiting Fellowship

Visiting Fellowship, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK.

2000: Stein-Arnold Research Grant

Stein-Arnold Research Grant of the British Academy, London.

2001: Travel Grant from BU

Travel Grant from Boston University to attend 16th International Conference on South Asian Archaeology in Paris, France.

2004: Government of Turkmenistan Grant

Ministry of Culture, Government of Turkmenistan Grant to participate in the International Conference on Architecture of Sultan Sanjar at Ashgabad, November 17 & 18, 2004.

2004: University of London Grant

De Montfort University, Leicester and Circle of Inner Asian Art, University of London Grant to participate in an International Conference on “The South Asian Legacy of Sir Aurel Stein” at Leicester, U.K., 6 & 7 March, 2004.

2004: Kyoto Grant

Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, RIHN, Kyoto Grant to participate in an International Symposium on Ethnogenesis of South and Central Asia, June 6 – 8, 2004.

2005: Grants frrom BU

Two Grants from Boston University, U.S.A. and Victoria & Albert Museum, U.K. for participation in the Biennial Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists and Art Historians at London, July 4 – 8, 2005.

2005: ICOMOS Chine Grant

ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) China Grant to participate in the ICOMOS 15th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium on “ Monuments in their Settings: Conserving Cultural Heritage in Changing Townscapes and Landscapes” at Xian, October 17 – 21, 2005

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