Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo (born 29 August 1946) is an Indian historian and archaeologist. He is from

Khariar Khariar (also called Khadial, Rajkhariar and Rajakhariar) is a town and a Notified Area Council in Nuapada District of the Indian state of Odisha. History The region of Khariar was under the rule of the Chauhan dynasty of Patna State which ...

Nuapada Nuapada is a town in western region of Odisha state of eastern India. It is the headquarter of Nuapada district. Nuapada district was carved out of the undivided Kalahandi district on 27 March 1993. It is on the western border of Odisha with C ...

Odisha, India Odisha (), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is a state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area, and the eleventh-largest by population, with over 41 million inhabitants. The state also has the third ...

. He is the president of Khariar Sahitya Samiti. He has authored several books on Odisha, and has discovered the pre-historic rock art of Yogimath Donger, Ghat Ghumar rock art copper plates, gold coins of

Sharabhapuriya dynasty The Sharabhapuriya (IAST: Śarabhapurīya) dynasty ruled parts of present-day Chhattisgarh and Odisha in India, during 5th and 6th centuries. The dynasty probably served as Gupta Empire, Gupta vassals in their early days, but became practically i ...

, clay seal, stone seal of Panduvamshi dynasty, Kalachuri coins, terracottas, beads and sculpture of various types.

Books

Following are some of his highly cited books: * ''Cultural Profile of South Kosala'', Gyan books, Delhi, 2012, * ''Origin of Jagannath Deity'', Giyan Books, Delhi, 1991, * ''Tantric Art of Odisha'' * * ''Character Assassination in Modern History of Orissa. ''

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JP Singh Deo
1946 births Indian art historians 20th-century Indian archaeologists Scientists from Odisha Living people People from Nuapada district Indian social sciences writers {{India-academic-bio-stub