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Romila Thapar
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1931
Romila Thapar 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 Delhi.
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1931
Romila Thapar 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 Delhi.
Romila Thapar is one of the most influential historians of contemporary India.
Born in Lucknow in 1931, she has dedicated her life to the rigorous study of ancient Indian history.
Her most notable work, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, is a fundamental academic reference.
With a prolific career, she has published over 70 works exploring historiography and her country's past.
Her work as a university professor has been key to transforming the academic understanding of Indian history.
