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Romila Thapar (born 30 November 1931) is an Indian historian. Her principal area of study is ancient India, a field in which she is pre-eminent. Thapar is a Professor of Ancient History, Emerita, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in South West Delhi.
Jan 30, 2023 · Romila Thapar, professor emeritus at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and author of several books on ancient Indian history, was appointed the first holder of Kluge Chair in “Countries and Cultures of the South” at the US Library of Congress.
Jan 1, 2002 · Romila Thapar was born in India in 1931 and comes from a Punjabi family, spending her early years in various parts of India. She took her first degree from Punjab University and her doctorate from London University.
Romila Thapar Professor Emerita 23 B Road Maharani Bagh New Delhi 110065 91-11-26831744 romilathapar@gmail.com Research Interests: My research into early Indian history has been part of the shift from treating ancient history as Indology to establishing it as a Social Science.
The preeminent historian of early India, Romila Thapar opened the study of its rich, ancient civilization to habits of inquiry and conceptual frameworks arising out of the modern social sciences.
Romila Thapar has 80 books on Goodreads with 22463 ratings. Romila Thapar’s most popular book is A History of India, Vol. 1: From Origins to 1300.
Romila Thapar is an Indian historian, professor, and author. Romila is known for writing books about Indian History and is one of the pre-eminent names amongst the Indian historians.
The Public Intellectual in India shows us why it is important to have self-governing voices to protect the deprived and safeguard human rights and social justice. Romila Thappar and the others tell us in this book why we should care about the public intellectual in India.
Romila Thapar (30 Nov 1931-) is an eminent historian with a particular expertise on ancient India. A long-time professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, India, Thapar has an interest in the social and cultural history of ancient India.
In her new book, Romila Thapar, the doyenne of Indian historians, reconstructs what took place by studying other sources, including local Sanskrit inscriptions, biographies of kings and merchants of the period, court epics and popular narratives that have survived.
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