Quotes:Cunningham, Alexander

Zirkoff, Boris

Cunningham, Sir Alexander. English soldier, archaeologist, anthor, b. 1854, at Westminster, son of the poet Allan Cunningham; d. 1893. Studied at Addiscombe; went to India, 1883, as second lieut. of Bengal engineers; appointed aide-de-camp to Lord Auckland, 1836; in milit. and eng. service, 1836-46; field eng. in Sikh war, 373 1846-48; as lieut. col., appointed chief eng. of Burma, 1856; similar post in N. W. Prov., 1858; ret. as major-general, 1861. Until 1865 and 1870-85, Director General of the Indian Archaeological Survey, editing its *Reports (23 vols., 1871-86). Made extensive explorations and drawings, gathered most valuable collection of Ind. coins, conducted important researches in the history of Buddhism as revealed by its architecture. Lahore Museum contains his coll, of Graeco-Buddhist sculptures, arranged by J. Lockwood Kipling. Works: Bhilsa Topes: or Buddhist monuments of Central India. London: Trübner & Co., 1871. 8vo; no more publ. —*Corpus Ancient Geography of India. Part I, The Buddhist Period. London: Smith & Elder, 1854,— *Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum. Calcutta, 1877, etc. 4vo.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 5, pp. 372-373