The Father of Indian Prehistory

The Father of Indian Prehistory

Robert Bruce Foote: The British geologist who unearthed India’s Prehistory.

Documentary | 25 Mins | English / Tamil | 2017

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Synopsis:

The term “The Father of Indian Prehistory” was given to a man who is not an Indian. The British geologist Robert Bruce Foote’s additional efforts and hard work made him the father of Indian Prehistory.

Foote discovered many prehistoric Palaeolithic artefacts in India. He discovered 459 prehistoric artefacts during his lifetime. He is not an Archaeologist. In fact, he is a Geologist. He served the Geological Survey of India for 33 years. He even explains the theory behind the uncovering of many coastal places in South India and his discovery of minerals like Limestone deposits, Magnetite, Magnesium, and Chromites in India. Foote travelled around 53,000 km along with his friend on horseback for his findings.

This documentary will be cognizant of Foote’s contribution to India’s prehistory and geology. Foote is a Geologist, archaeologist, Ethnographer, Paleontologist, museologist, and Artist.

24: The age at which Robert Bruce Foote joined the Geological Survey of India.

33: The number of years he contributed towards research on Indian Geology & Prehistory.

459: The number of prehistoric sites he discovered during his career.

4135: The number of prehistoric antiquities he collected in the Indian subcontinent.

Robert Bruce Foote, a man whose footprints traversed the whole of India, a man whose hands painstakingly recorded his prehistoric findings for the future. He lived true to these immortal words:

“I have fought a good fight.

I have finished my course.

I have kept the faith.

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