There are two major issues in conducting archeology on the Indian subcontinent. One is the permit process as the Indian government administers it. From my informants, the process is easily one of the most political and "politically correct" systems (i.e. what is the current interest of the Indian state in archeological information) in the world. The other is a pervasive sense that Indian archeology ought ot be conducted by Indians with the Indian perspective on the past. Thus, I would find it remarkable to find much archeology of the colonial period that relates to the British invaders' material culture other than that which vindicates current views. John Dendy