M. N. Deshpande
Madhusudan Narhar Deshpande (11 November 1920 - 7 August 2008), was an Indian archaeologist, art historian and conservator who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1972 to 1978.[1][2][3]
Early life[]
Deshpande was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family in the village of Rahimatpur in the Satara district of the then Bombay Presidency. He did his schooling in Poona and graduated with honours from Fergusson College in 1942. Deshpande did his post graduate research at the Deccan College under H. D. Sankalia on "The Cultural History of India based on Jain Canonical Literature and Archaeology" but before completion, he was selected by Mortimer Wheeler to undergo training in field archaeology in the School of Archaeology at Taxila.[4]
Books[]
- Deshpande, Madhusudan Narhar (1986). The caves of Panhāle-Kājī (ancient Pranālaka): an art historical study of transition from Hinayana, Tantric Vajrayana to Nath Sampradāya (third to fourteenth century A.D.). New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. ASIN B0006EPMPS. OCLC 923371295. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
References[]
- ^ Nayanjot Lahiri (30 November 2020). Archaeology and the Public Purpose: Writings on and by M.N. Deshpande. Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 9780190993863.
- ^ Rao 1981, p. ix.
- ^ "M.N. Deshpande: Archaeologist as miracle worker". Frontline, The Hindu. 1 January 2021.
- ^ Nayanjot Lahiri (30 November 2020). Archaeology and the Public Purpose: Writings on and by M.N. Deshpande. Oxford University Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780190993863.
Bibliography[]
- Rao, M. S. Nagaraja (1981). Madhu: recent researches in Indian archaeology and art history : Shri M.N. Deshpande festschrift. Agam Kala Prakashan.
- 1920 births
- 2008 deaths
- Directors General of the Archaeological Survey of India
- 20th-century Indian archaeologists
- Indian art historians
- People from Satara district
- Scientists from Maharashtra
- Indian institute directors