The Historians
First Online: April 17, 2001
Page Last Updated: August 20, 2024
| India's
Greatest Historian "Indian history is on sound foundation" -- says R.C. Majumdar in a 1979 interview with Jyotsna Kamat. |
Father of Indology Krishnanand Kamat pays tribute to William Jones, who restarted the study of India in the 18th century. |
| Patriot Historian Jyotsna Kamat remembers the contributions of Veer Savarkar, both as a freedom fighter and as a historian. |
Alberuni's
India Is it ironic that some of the the most comprehensive study of Hindu India of the middle ages is performed by an Islamic scholar? |
| The
History Teacher Jyotsna Kamat remembers Professor Saletore, her guru of history. |
Social Change in
India Interview with Suryanath Kamath on causes of social change in India. |
| Fa-Hien's India Excerpts from the Chinese scholar's notes of Indian travel in A.D. 399-414 |
Biography of D.D.
Kosambi Jyotsna Kamat profiles the hardships and achievements of a great Buddhist scholar of modern times. |
| Man Who Found Saraswati The accidental 1977 interview with historian Wakankar who traced the dried up basin of river Saraswati. |
 Epigraphist P.B. DesaiBiographical sketch of epigraphist Pandurangrao Bhimrao Desai. |
This is a list of historians (of both
Indian and foreign origin) who studied the history of India, that we (the
Kamats) were fortunate to interact with, or whose works we have studied, and not a survey of all of
great Indian historians.
