Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo (born 29 August 1946) is an Indian historian and archaeologist. He is from

Khariar Khariar (also called Khadial, Rajkhariar and Rajakhariar) is a city and a Notified Area Council in Nuapada District of the Indian state of Odisha. History The region of Khariar was under the rule of the Chauhan dynasty of Patna State which was ...

Nuapada Nuapada is a town in western region of Odisha state of eastern India. It is the headquarter of Nuapada district. Nuapada district was carved out of the undivided Kalahandi district on 27 March 1993. It is on the western border of Odisha with Chh ...

Odisha, India Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sch ...

. He is the president of Khariar Sahitya Samiti. He is a famous archaeologist and authors of several books on Odisha. He has discovered of pre-historic rock art of Yogimath Donger, Ghat Ghumar rock art copper plates, gold coins of

Sharabhapuriya dynasty The Sharabhapuriya (IAST: Śarabhapurīya) dynasty ruled parts of present-day Chhattisgarh and Odisha in India, during 5th and 6th centuries. The dynasty probably served as Gupta Empire, Gupta vassals in their early days, but became practically i ...

, clay seal, stone seal of Panduvamshi dynasty,

Kalachuri The Kalachuris (IAST: Kalacuri), also known as Kalachuris of Mahishmati, were an Indian dynasty that ruled in west-central India between 6th and 7th centuries. They are also known as the Heheya Kingdom, Haihayas or as the Early Kalachuris to d ...

coins, terracotas, beads and sculpture of various types.

Books

Following are some of his highly cited books: * ''Cultural Profile of South Kosala'', Gyan books, Delhi, 2012, * ''Origin of Jagannath Deity'', Giyan Books, Delhi, 1991, * ''Tantric Art of Odisha'' * * ''Character Assassination in Modern History of Orissa. ''

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JP Singh Deo
1946 births Indian art historians 20th-century Indian archaeologists Scientists from Odisha Living people People from Nuapada district Indian social sciences writers {{India-academic-bio-stub