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Harbans Mukhia
Harbans Mukhia (born 1939) is an Indian historian whose principal area of study is medieval India. Biography He received his Bachelors in Arts (BA) in history in 1958 from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University and then earned his doctorate from Department of History, Delhi University in 1969. Mukhia worked at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi as Professor of Medieval History at the Centre for Historical Studies. He was rector of JNU from 1999 to 2002 and retired in February 2004.. Honors and awards * Fellowship of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla (1971) * Homi Bhabha Fellowship (1979–1981) * Directeur d’Étude Associé, EHESS, Paris, 1980-2003 (a month every year)1980-2003. * UGC National Lecturer (1985–1986) * UGC National Fellow (1991–1993) * Visiting Professor, The British Academy, London, February–March, 1993. * Senior Visiting Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden (1997) * Fellow, IDPAD, University of Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medieval India
Medieval India refers to a long period of Post-classical history of the Indian subcontinent between the "ancient period" and "modern period". It is usually regarded as running approximately from the breakup of the Gupta Empire in the 6th century CE to the start of the Early modern period in 1526 with the start of the Mughal Empire, although some historians regard it as both starting and finishing later than these points. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early Medieval and Late Medieval eras. In the Early Medieval period, there were more than 40 different states on the Indian subcontinent, which hosted a variety of cultures, languages, writing systems, and religions. At the beginning of the time period, Buddhism was predominant throughout the area, with the short-lived Pala Empire on the Indo Gangetic Plain sponsoring the Buddhist faith's institutions. One such institution was the Buddhist Nalanda University in modern-day Bihar, India, a centre of scholar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
