 As their relationship had become increasingly strained , his wife had left and returned to Britain . Although hoping to leave his post in India several months early , he was concerned for his economic prospects , and desperately searched for a new job position . Through friends in the British archaeological community , he was offered a job as the Secretary of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments for Wales , although he was upset that this would mean a drop in his professional status and income and decided to turn it down . Instead , he agreed to take up a chair in the Archaeology of the Roman <unk> at the Institute of Archaeology . In addition , the Pakistani Minister of Education invited him to become the Archaeological <unk> to the Pakistani government ; he agreed to also take up this position , on the condition that he would only spend several months in the country each year over the next three . 
