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Romila Thapar

1931 - Today

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Romila Thapar (born 30 November 1931) is an Indian historian. Her principal area of study is ancient India, a field in which she is pre-eminent. Thapar is a Professor of Ancient History, Emerita, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. Thapar's special contribution is the use of social-historical methods to understand change in the mid-first millennium BCE in northern India. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Romila Thapar is the 528th most popular historian (down from 518th in 2019), the 919th most popular biography from India (down from 818th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Romila Thapar ranks 528 out of 561. Before her are Simon Schama, Carroll Quigley, Richard Hofstadter, Jan Morris, Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, and Francis Parkman. After her are Charles Oman, Richard Bauckham, Warren Treadgold, Vasily Struve, Andrei Lankov, and Edward Augustus Freeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Romila Thapar ranks 563. Before her are Robert Fowler, Zoltán Huszárik, Bassano Staffieri, Helena Pilejczyk, Jerry Herman, and Georgi Vladimov. After her are Ernie Banks, Werner Israel, Bruce Halford, Bernie Geoffrion, Leslie Bricusse, and Thane Baker.

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In India

Among people born in India, Romila Thapar ranks 919 out of 1,861. Before her are Nanda (1939), Krishan Kant (1927), Sushil Kumar (1983), Ruskin Bond (1934), Begum Akhtar (1914), and Jyoti Amge (1993). After her are E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1909), Bhumi Pednekar (1989), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Neetu Singh (1958), Yashwant Sinha (1937), and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1941).

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Among HISTORIANS In India

Among historians born in India, Romila Thapar ranks 4. Before her are Pulakeshin II (610), ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540), and R. H. Tawney (1880). After her are Irfan Habib (1931).

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