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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. [1] Thapar is a Professor of Ancient History, Emerita, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi.
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.
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...
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...
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.
Professor Romila Thapar is a noted historian, with a research focus on the study of Ancient India. She is currently Professor Emerita at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. Selected Publications: The Past before Us: Historical Traditions of Early North India, Permanent Black, Ranikhet /Harvard University Press, Cambridge Mass., 2013
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.
Apr 21, 2023 · PDF | On Apr 21, 2023, Sanne van der Kaaij-Gandhi published Romila Thapar (1931–) | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Romila Thapar is Professor Emeritus in History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. In 1983 she was elected General President of the Indian History Congress and in 1999...
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 ...
