Harbans Mukhia (born 1939) is an Indian historian whose principal area of study is

medieval India Medieval India refers to a long period of Post-classical history of the Indian subcontinent between the "ancient period" and "modern period". It is usually regarded as running approximately from the breakup of the Gupta Empire in the 6th cent ...

Biography

He received his Bachelors in Arts (BA) in history in 1958 from

Kirori Mal College Kirori Mal College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. Established in 1954, it is located in the North Campus of the university in New Delhi, India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the sciences, humanities ...

Delhi University Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...

and then earned his

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from Department of History, Delhi University in 1969. Mukhia worked at

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...

(JNU),

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as Professor of Medieval History at the Centre for Historical Studies. He was rector of JNU from 1999 to 2002 and retired in February 2004..

Honors and awards

* Fellowship of the

Indian Institute of Advanced Study The Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) is a research institute located in Shimla, India. It was set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 1964 and started functioning from 20 October 1965. History and establishment The ...

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(1971) * Homi Bhabha Fellowship (1979–1981) * Directeur d’Étude Associé,

EHESS The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (french: École des hautes études en sciences sociales; EHESS) is a graduate ''grande école'' and ''grand établissement'' in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. The ...

, Paris, 1980-2003 (a month every year)1980-2003. * UGC National Lecturer (1985–1986) * UGC National Fellow (1991–1993) * Visiting Professor,

The British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...

, London, February–March, 1993. * Senior Visiting Fellow,

International Institute for Asian Studies The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) is a global research institute and knowledge exchange platform, based in Leiden, the Netherlands. The Institute initiates and promotes interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral programmes that engage ...

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(1997) * Fellow, IDPAD,

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, October 2004. * National Fellow, Indian Council of Historical Research, 2014-16.

Books

;As author * ''The Mughals of India (Peoples of Asia)'' * ''Perspectives on Medieval History'' * ''Historians and Historiography During the Reign of Akbar'' * '' Issues in Indian History, Politics and Society'' * '' Exploring India’s Medieval Centuries: Essays in History, Society, Culture and Technology'' ;As editor * ''Feudalism and Non-European Socieites (Special issue of the ''Journal of Peasant Studies'', 12)'' T. J. Byres, Harbans Mukhia (Editor) ASIN B0017DM8SQ * ''Religion, Religiosity, and Communalism''; Praful Bidwai, Harbans Mukhia, and Achin Vanaik Bidwai ASIN B001NJD892 * ''French Studies in History: The Inheritance'' Harbans Mukhia, Maurice Aymard (Editor) * ''The Feudalism Debate'' * ''French Studies in History: The Departures'' * Understanding India: Indology and Beyond, Harbans Mukhia, Jaroslav Vacek, Prague, 2012. * The History of Technology in India, vol II, Medieval India, New Delhi, 2012. ;Festschriften * ''Rethinking a Millennium: Essays for Harbans Mukhia: perspectives on Indian history from the 8th to the 18th century (Hardcover)''; editor Rajat Dutta

References

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