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M Harunur Rashid (archaeologist) was a Bangladeshi archaeologist and historian who was born on 1925 in Rasulullahbad Village, Brahmanbaria district, Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh). He was the founder of the Department of Archaeology at Jahangirnagar University and the first director of the Bangladesh National Museum. Rashid was educated at the University of Dhaka, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947 and his Master of Arts degree in 1949. He then went on to pursue a PhD in Archaeology at the University of London, which he completed in 1956. Rashid was a pioneer in the field of archaeology in Bangladesh. He conducted extensive research on the archaeological sites of Bangladesh, including the ruins of the ancient city of Pundranagara, the Buddhist sites of Mainamati, and the ruins of the ancient city of Mahasthangarh. He also wrote several books on the history and archaeology of Bangladesh, including The History and Archaeology of Bangladesh (1962), The Archaeology of Bangladesh (1966), and The History and Archaeology of Bangladesh (1971). Rashid was also a professor of archaeology at Jahangirnagar University, where he served as the first director of the Department of Archaeology. He was also a member of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and the Bangladesh Historical Society. Rashid passed away in 2011 at the age of 85.

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Born 1925, 1925
Birthday 1925
Birthplace Rasulullahbad Village, Brahmanbaria district, Bengal, British India ( now Bangladesh )
Date of death (2010-10-10)2010-10-10 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Died Place Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality India

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2013

Rashid joined Bhairab College as a lecturer in History and then he moved to join the Archaeology of Pakistan. He worked as a curator at Lahore Museum and later joined the Taxila Museum. Along with British archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler, he excavated Banbhore, Taxila, Harappa-Mohenjo-daro and many other sites of Pakistan. These excavations along with "...the principal finds of all classes formed the necessary foundation..." of Early South-East Bengal History between 6th and 13th centuries A.D.

2010

M Harunur Rashid (1925 – 10 October 2010) was a Bangladeshi archaeologist, educationist and museum curator, who excavated archaeological sites in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

1971

After 1971 Rashid started working as a senior official in the Directorate of Archaeology until 1982. He also compiled and edited the volume on Bangladesh Archaeology in 1979.

1940

Rashid passed the matriculation in 1940 from Abu Torab High School in Chittagong and then passed IA in 1942 from Dhaka College. He obtained Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in 1945 and Master of Arts in history in 1946 from the University of Dhaka. He earned his PhD from Cambridge University in 1968.