Manu V. Devadevan
Manu V. Devadevan (born 1957) is an Indian historian known for his works on pre-modern south India.[1] [2] He holds an expertise in multiple Indian languages.[3] He currently works at School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi.[1][4] He has also published two poetry collections in Kannada and is also a translator.[2]
Manu Devadevan, originally from Kerala, grew up and studied in Bengaluru.[2] He completed his post-graduate degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University and completed his doctoral research from Mangalore University (under historian Kesavan Veluthat).[2] The Infosys Prize 2019 for Humanities was awarded to Manu Devadevan.[1]
Publications
- A Pre-History of Hinduism (2016)
- Clio's Descendants: Essays in Honour of Kesavan Veluthat (2018, editor)
- The 'Early Medieval' Origins of India (2020)
- God Is Dead, There Is No God: The Vachanas of Allama Prabhu (2019)
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Humanities (2019)". Infosys Prize.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Meet Manu V Devadevan, the Keralite Winner of Infosys Prize". Malayala Manorama. 2019.
- ^ "IIT Mandi Professor Wins USD 100,000 for Research on Indian History". The Indian Express. 2019.
- ^ "The Temple was Not a Vedic institution: Manu V. Devadevan". The Hindu. 2019. ISSN 0971-751X.
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