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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.
Apr 22, 2022 · Thapar’s analysis of Hinduism in historical terms has for decades brought her into conflict with religious nationalists, who look to India’s ancient past for evidence of a pre-Islamic golden...
Apr 20, 2021 · Professor Romila Thapar taught Ancient Indian History at Kurukshetra University, Delhi University and Jawaharlal University. In 1991, she retired from JNU, where she is at present Professor...
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.
Romila Thapar’s new book touches on thought-provoking subjects including attitudes to knowledge, the role of women, the context of objects that identify cultures and ideas like social ...
Jun 22, 2017 · This is an extended video interview with Romila Thapar, Professor Emeritus at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, and India’s best-known historian of early India. Prof. Prof. Thapar is known for her unwavering commitment to the principles of secularism and equal citizenship, which has often made her the target of attacks by the ...
Dec 10, 2014 · romila thapar studies Ancient Near East, Manuscript Studies, and Indian studies. Specialisation is in the history of early India, and historiography. I am also concerned with the way in which the past is used to legitimise activities in present
Professor Romila Thapar is a renowned historian of modern Asia. Starting her academic career in post independence India, she has transformed conventional historical description by introducing a positive viewpoint into research work, and has examined Indian history in the context of human history.
