Roshen Dalal (born 1952) is an Indian

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

and

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of books for adults and children on the history of India and its religions. She has a PhD in Indian Ancient History. Roshen Dalal was born in

Mussoorie Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board, near Dehradun city in the Dehradun district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is about from the state capital of Dehradun and north of the national capital of New Delhi. The hill st ...

and studied in various schools across the country. After a BA (Hons) in history from the

University of Bombay The University of Mumbai is a collegiate, state-owned, public research university in Mumbai. The University of Mumbai is one of the largest universities in the world. , the university had 711 affiliated colleges. Ratan Tata is the appointed h ...

, she completed an MA and PhD in Ancient Indian History 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 ...

, New Delhi. She has taught at both school and university, and been involved in research in the fields of indian history, religion and philosophy, and education.She lives in

Dehradun Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative A ...

Life

Roshen Dalal was born in 1952 in

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Selected publications

*''The Puffin History of India'' (2 vols) Penguin Books India, 1997. * *''Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide'' Penguin Books India, 2010. * * *''The Puffin History of the World'' (2 vols) Penguin Books India, 2014. * *

References

1952 births Living people Indian women historians 21st-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian writers 21st-century Indian historians Parsi writers Parsi people Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni People from Mussoorie Scholars from Uttarakhand Women writers from Uttarakhand {{India-writer-stub