Dwijendra Narayan Jha

Dwijendra Narayan Jha is an eminent Indian historian, specializing in Ancient and Medieval India, Professor of History at Delhi University, and member of the Indian Council of Historical Research.

Education

Jha completed his B.A. (Hons.) in History at Presidency College, Calcutta and then his M.A. in History at Patna University where he was a student of Professor R.S. Sharma.

Politics

Jha's has repeatedly taken position against Hindu nationalist ideology, arguing against what he claims is "communalism" and "saffronisation" during the 1998 to 2004 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of the Republic of India.^[1]

Jha has received death threats over his Myth of the Holy Cow, where he dispels popular allegations that "Muslims introduced beef-eating to the Indian subcontinent"^[2]

Californian textbook case

Main article: Californian Hindu textbook case

He has also spoken out against the changes in the context of the Californian Hindu textbook case on the basis of political implications rather than historical fact.

Publications

Works by D N Jha:

• 1980, Studies in early Indian economic history, Anupama Publications, ASIN: B0006E16DA.
• 1993, Economy and Society in Early India: Issues and Paradigms, ISBN 8121505526.
• Society and Ideology in India: ed. Essays in Honour of Professor R.S. Sharma (Munshiram Manoharlal, Delhi, 1996)
• 1997, Society and Ideology in India, ISBN 8121506395.
• 1997, Ancient India: In Historical Outline, ISBN 8173042853.
• 2002, Holy Cow: Beef in Indian Dietary Traditions; paperback (2004) ISBN 1859844243
• 2004, Early India: A Concise History, ISBN 8173045879

As editor:

• 1988, Feudal Social Formation in Early India, ISBN 8170010241
• "Society and Ideology in India: Essays in Honour of Professor R.S. Sharma" (Munshiram Manoharlal, Delhi, 1996).
• 2000, The Feudal Order: State, Society, and Ideology in Early Medieval India, ISBN 8173044732; a collection of critical essays by 20 specialists on medieval Indian society, politics, ideology and religion.

References

1. ^ D. N. Jha, Against Communalising History, Social Scientist (1998).
2. ^ The Guardian (13 July 2002); The Hindu (15 August 2003)

External links

• Indian Council of Historical Research
• History Department, Delhi University

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