Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti

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Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti (born April 27, 1941 ) is an Indian archaeologist and professor of South Asian archeology at the University of Cambridge . He is known for his studies of the early use of iron in India.

Life

Chakrabarti began his career between 1965 and 1977 as a lecturer in archeology at the University of Calcutta . He was a lecturer in archeology at the University of Delhi from 1977 to 1990 . In 1990 he moved to the University of Cambridge and became a professor there. He has also been nominated as a member of the ICHR (Indian Council of Historical Research) and is editor of an academic journal for this institute ( Indian Historical Review ). Autobiographical information about his studies and teaching can be found in his 2012 work Fifty Years of Indian Archeology (1960–2010): Journey of a Foot Soldier .

Works

  • Ancient Bangladesh: A Study of the Archaeological Sources (1992) Delhi: Oxford University Press
  • The Early Use of Iron in India (1992) Delhi: Oxford University Press
  • Archeology of Eastern India: Chhotanagpur Plateau and West Bengal (1993) Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Private Limited.
  • Archeology of coastal West Bengal : Twenty-four Parganas and Midnapur districts (1994) South Asian Studies, 10: pp. 135-160
  • A note on the use of metals in ancient Bengal, Pratnasamiksha (1994) Bulletin of the Directorate of Archeology and Museums, Government of West Bengal, 2 & 3: pp. 155-158
  • The Archeology of Ancient Indian Cities (1995) Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Post-Mauryan states of mainland south Asia (1995) In: F. Raymond Allchin (ed.), The Archeology of Early Historic South Asia , pp. 274-326. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Preliminary observations on the distribution of sites in the south Bihar plain (1995) South Asian Studies, 11: pp. 129-147
  • Buddhist sites across south Asia as influenced by political and economic forces (1995) WorldArchaeology, 27 (2): pp. 185-202. JSTOR 125081
  • Copper and its Alloys in Ancient India (1996) Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Private Limited
  • From Purnea to Champaran: The distribution of sites in the north Bihar plains (1996) South Asian Studies, 12: pp. 147-158
  • The Issues in East Indian Archeology (1998) Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Private Limited
  • India: An Archaeological History. Palaeolithic Beginnings to Early Historic Foundations . Oxford University Press, Delhi 1999
  • Archaeological Geography of the Ganga Plain. The Lower and the Middle Ganga. Permanent Black, Delhi 2001
  • The Archeology of European Expansion in India, Gujarat, c. 16th – 18th Centuries (2003) Delhi: Aryan Books International
  • Archeology in the Third World: A History of Indian Archeology since 1947 (2003) Delhi: DK Printworld Private Limited
  • A Sourcebook of Indian Archeology. Volume 3. Prehistoric Roots of Religious Beliefs, Human Remains, The First Steps in Historical Archeology: Sculpture, Architecture, Coins and Inscriptions (ed. With F. Raymond Allchin ) (2003) Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Private Ltd.
  • Indus Civilization Sites in India: New Discoveries (ed.) (2004) Mumbai: Marg Publications
  • The Archeology of the Deccan Routes: The Ancient Routes from the Ganga Plain to the Deccan (2005) New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Private Limited
  • Archaeological Geography of the Ganga Plain: The Upper Ganga (Oudh, Rohilkhand, and the Doab) (2008) New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Private Limited
  • Fifty Years of Indian Archeology (1960-2010): Journey of a Foot Soldier . BookVistas, New Delhi 2012, ISBN 978-81-7305-429-7

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Chakrabarti, Dilip Kumar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chakrabarti, DK
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian archaeologist and professor of South Asian archeology
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1941