Manu V. Devadevan (born 1977) is an Indian historian known for his works on pre-modern south India. He holds an expertise in multiple Indian languages. He currently works at School of Humanities and Social Sciences,

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. He has also published two poetry collections in Kannada and is also a translator. Manu Devadevan, originally from

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, grew up and studied in

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. He completed his post-graduate degree from

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 ...

and completed his doctoral research from Mangalore University (under historian

Kesavan Veluthat Kesavan Veluthat (born 1951) is an Indian historian and academic from Kerala specializing in medieval south Indian history. He is also an epigraphist and knows languages such as Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.Delhi University - Faculty P ...

). The Infosys Prize 2019 for Humanities was awarded to Manu Devadevan.

Publications

* ''A Pre-History of Hinduism'' (2016) * ''Clio's Descendants: Essays in Honour of Kesavan Veluthat'' (2018, editor) * ''The 'Early Medieval' Origins of India'' (2020) * ''God Is Dead, There Is No God: The Vachanas of Allama Prabhu'' (2019)

References

Living people Historians of India 21st-century Indian historians Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni Historians of Kerala 1977 births Mangalore University alumni {{India-historian-stub