Henry Cousens
![Photo by Cousens of the ruins of the [[Somnath Temple](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/1869_archive_photo_of_the_Somanatha_temple%2C_Veraval_Gujarat%2C_Exterior_03.jpg)
Cousens meticulous measurements, sketches, photographs and reports were in many cases the earliest reports of historic sites in these parts of India and Pakistan. He thus published objective facts about India and Pakistan history, and brought them to the notice of wider scholarship within India, as well as Europe and the United States. He worked with James Burgess, a collaboration that produced a series of publications, cited throughout the 20th and 21st century. These were praised as of high quality, "beautiful photographs of temples and mosques", and important contributions by his peers, though some of the printing oversights and spelling errors were criticized.
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According to John Marshall, Cousens success at the Archeological department brought his team added responsibilities where the British India government sought to preserve the local heritage, its ancient monuments and further explore buried remains. Cousens effort helped clean up, restore and start this process of preserving India's heritage in Sindh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. His publications include: *The Antiquities of the Town of Dabhoi in North Gujarat (with J. Burgess) *Bijapur, a Guide to its Ruins *Notes on the Buildings and other Antiquarian Remains at Bijapur *Lists of Antiquarian Remains in HH. the Nizam’s Territories (now part of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) *The Architectural Antiquities of Northern Gujarat (with J. Burgess) *Portfolio of Illustrations of Sindh Tiles *Bijapur and its Architectural Remains *The Architectural Antiquities of Western India *The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts *The Antiquities of Sindh (now part of Pakistan) *Medieval Temples of the Dakhan *Somanatha and other Medieval Temples in Kathiawad Provided by Wikipedia
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