Master of Arts [MA] (Ancient History)

After completing the MA Ancient history course, a student can get employment in various sectors like tourism, journalism, State Departments, Archaeological Survey of India, museums, law, civil services where he/she can work as a professor, archivist, heritage manager, museum education officer, civil service administrator, archaeologist and historian.

Teaching is one of the most obvious career options for the one who has done his/her MA Ancient History. One can become a lecturer or assistant professor in any college. Other than these, it is never too late to start your own business and becoming your own boss, for which one must have some entrepreneurial skills and passion to achieve new heights.

Here is a list of major recruiters of masters of Ancient History:

• Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department
• Orissa State Archaeology Department
• Karnataka State Department of Archaeology
• Kerala State Archaeology Department
• National Museum, New Delhi
• Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

Various job profiles and their description in detail are:

MA Ancient History: Salary Trends

Students of Ancient history are highly analytical and are capable of processing a large amount of data. This quality gives them a lot of recognition in market. As the people are growing aware of historical monuments and their importance, this gives a backhand to historians in increasing job opportunities for themselves. New museums, historical site are coming into existence that are in desperate need of ancient history masters. ASI on the other hand always have something for deserving historian and the amount of money in this profession is equally good. Average salary a historian can expect is 1 lakh to 4 lakhs per annum.