In collaboration with the Indian Navy, it had carried out an excavation of a shipwreck, Princess Royal, in Lakshadweep waters in 2003. It had retrieved many antiquities including iron cannon, glazed pottery, and blue on white porcelain, nails, and objects of copper. Till date, it is the deepest archaeological excavation conducted so far in the country. The Princess Royal, 18th-century British ship, sank in the Arabian Sea near Bangaram Island in the Lakshadweep archipelago.“The Wing has been organizing training courses on different aspects of underwater Archaeology on occasions. It had trained eight assistant archaeologists of ASI, three archaeologists from Department of Archaeology of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra, and one research scholar from Andhra University.The programme included lectures on aspects of Underwater Archaeology, traditional boat building, diving, navigation, maritime law, archival researches and chemical preservation besides practical demonstrations and film on important underwater archaeological investigations held across the globe,” officials added.
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